Kelly B Beck, PhD

Areas of Expertise

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Expertise & Interests Selected Publications Education & Credentials Related News

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Develop/implement mental health interventions; Community-based participatory research; Supporting neurodivergent children in schools

Selected Publications

White SW, Conner CM, Beck KB, Mazefsky CM. Efficacy of the Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement (EASE) program in autism: A randomized controlled trial. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.07.1058.
Beck KB, MacKenzie KT, Kirby AV, McDonald KE, Moura I, Breitenfeldt KE, Rutenberg E, Kumar T, Mancino J, Sabatello M, Roth S, Nicolaidis C, and the Working to increase Inclusivity in Research Ethics (WIRE) Consortium. Guidelines for the creation of accessible consent materials and procedures: lessons from research with autistic people and people with intellectual disability. Autism in Adulthood. 2025; https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0263
Beck KB, MacKenzie KT, Kumar T, Breitenfeldt KE, Chang J, Conner CM, Mandell DS, White SW, Mazefsky CA. The world's really not set up for the neurodivergent person: Understanding emotion dysregulation from the perspective of autistic adults. Autism in Adulthood. 2024. DOI: 0214 https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2023.0214
Beck KB*, Northrup JB*, Breitenfeldt KE, Porton S, Day TN, MacKenzie K, Conner CM, Mazefsky CA. Stakeholder informed development of the Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement team-based program (EASE-Teams). Autism. 2021;26(3):586-600. doi:10.1177/13623613211061936 *Joint First Author
Beck KB, Conner CM, Breitenfeldt KE, Northrup JB, White SW, Mazefsky CA. Assessment and treatment of emotion regulation impairment in autism spectrum disorder across the life span: Current state of the science and future directions. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics. 2020;29(3):527-542.