Dr Susie Chandler

  • Qualifications and position:
    • PhD
    • Research Associate
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  • Summary:
    • My main research interest is social cognitive development in autism and the clinical implications of the disorder. My PhD focused on diagnosis and early intervention, and I have since been working on epidemiological and screening studies and currently a longitudinal study of infant siblings of children with autism.
  • Research Projects:
    • British Autism Study of Infant Siblings (funders: Autism Speaks, MRC, Bailey Thomas)
      QUEST Study: evaluating prevalence of emotional and behavioural difficulties in 4-8 year olds with autism spectrum disorders (Funder: Research Autism)
      Does the use of screening instruments for autism improve the accuracy of referrals to specialist paediatric services? (funded by PPP Health Foundation)
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Could the use of screening instruments for autism spectrum disorder improve the accuracy of referrals to specialist paediatric services? Chandler S, Davison-Jenkins A, Baird G, Simonoff E, Pickles A, O'Sullivan T, Sharma A & Charman T. Poster presented at International Meeting for Autism Research, London, 2008.

      Validation of the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) in "at-risk" and normal populations. Chandler S, Baird G, Simonoff E, Charman T, Pickles A, Loucas T, Meldrum D. Poster presented at International Meeting for Autism Research, Montreal, 2006.

      Using the ADI-R and ADOS to diagnose PDD and autism: discrepancies in instrument diagnosis. Chandler S, Loucas T, Baird G, Charman T, Simonoff E, Pickles A, Rowley, E. Poster presented at: International Meeting for Autism Research, Sacramento, 2005.
  • Languages Spoken:
    • French (basic)
  • Languages Written:
    • French (basic)
Dr Susie Chandler

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Publications

  • Christie, P., Newson, E., Prevezer, W., & Chandler, S. (2009) First Steps in Intervention with Your Child with Autism: Frameworks for Communication (in press). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers..
  • Baird G., Charman T., Pickles A., Chandler S., Loucas T., Meldrum D., Carcani-Rathwell I., Serkana D., & Simonoff S. (2008) 'Regression, developmental trajectory and associated problems in disorders in the autism spectrum: the SNAP study', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 38, 1827-1836.
  • Simonoff, E., Pickles, A., Charman, T., Loucas, T., Chandler, S., & Baird, G. (2008) 'Psychiatric disorders in children with autism spectrum disorders: Prevalence, comorbidity and associated factors in a population-derived sample', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 47, 921-929.
  • Charman, T., Baird, G., Simonoff, E., Loucas, T., Chandler, S., Meldrum, D., Scott, M., & Pickles, A. (2008) 'Cross-Cultural Validation of the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) as a Screener for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Practical Considerations', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 47, 720.
  • Baird, G., Pickles, A., Simonoff, E., Charman, T., Sullivan, P., Chandler, S., Loucas, T., Meldrum, D., Afzal, M., Thomas, B., Jin, L. & Brown, D. (2008) 'Measles vaccination and antibody response in autism spectrum disorder', Archives of Disease in Childhood 93, 832-837.
  • Charman, T., Baird, G., Simonoff, E., Loucas, T., Chandler, S., Meldrum, D.,& Pickles, A. (2007) 'Efficacy of three screening instruments in the identification of autism spectrum disorder', British Journal of Psychiatry 191, 554-559.
  • Chandler, S., Charman, T., Baird, G., Simonoff, E. Loucas, T., Meldrum, D.,Scott, M. & Pickles, A. (2007) 'Validation of the Social Communication Questionnaire in a population cohort of children with autism spectrum disorders', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 46, 1324-1332.
  • Baird, G., Simonoff, E., Pickles, A., Chandler, S., Loucas, T., Meldrum, D. & Charman, T. (2006) 'Prevalence of pervasive developmental disorders in a population cohort of children in South East Thames: The Special Needs and Autism Project (SNAP)', The Lancet 368, 210-215.
  • Chandler, S., Christie, P., Newson, E. & Prevezer, W. (2002) 'Developing a diagnostic and intervention package for 2- to 3-year-olds with autism: outcomes of the Frameworks for Communication approach', Autism 6, 47-69.
  • Full list of publications (pdf, 17KB)