Leonard Abbeduto | |
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Citizenship | United States of America |
Occupation(s) | Tsakopoulos-Vismara Endowed Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
Awards | Enid and William Rosen Research Award
Kellett Mid-Career Research Award Emil H. Steiger Distinguished Teaching Award |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Chicago |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Psychology |
Institutions | MIND Institute, University of California, Davis |
Leonard Abbeduto is a psychologist known for his research on individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, including Fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, and Down syndrome, and factors that influence their linguistic development over the lifespan.[1] He is the Tsakopoulos-Vismara Endowed Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at University of California, Davis. He serves as Director of Research at the Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopment Disorders (MIND) Institute,[2][3][4] which was launched in 2001.[3] Prior to his affiliation with the University of California, Davis, Abbeduto was the associate director for Behavioral Sciences at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[5][4]
Abbeduto received various awards during his tenure at the University of Wisconsin-Madison including the Kellett Mid-Career Research Award and the Emil A. Steiger Award for Distinguished Teaching.[6] In 2010, Abbeduto received the Enid and William Rosen Research Award from the National Fragile X Foundation.[6]
Abbeduto has authored several books including Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Educational Psychology[7] and Guide to Human Development for Future Educators.[8] He co-authored Language and Communication in Mental Retardation: Development, Processes and Intervention, with Sheldon Rosenberg.[9] A review, published by the Linguistic Society of America,[10] acknowledges the complexity of research on language development in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders and describes the book as valuable and useful to the field.[10]
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