Professor Tony Charman

  • Qualifications and position:
    • BA, MSc (C. Clin. Psychol), PhD
    • Professor in Autism Education
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  • Summary:
    • My main research interest is the investigation of early social cognitive development in children with autism and the clinical application of this work via screening, epidemiological, intervention and 'at risk' studies. I am a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and work in a clinic at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust where I work in a diagnostic service for children with complex neurodevelopmental conditions.
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  • Professional Activities:
    • Editor-in-Chief Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2007-2009). Associate Editor (2001-2006) and Advisory Board member (1999-2000) Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
      I am an Associate Editor of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (from 2004 to present).
      I am on the Editorial Board of the journal: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice (from 1996 to present); the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research (from 2005), Research into Autism Spectrum Disorders (from 2007) and Autism Research (from 2008).
      I am a Consulting Editor of the journal: British Journal of Developmental Psychology (from 2003).
      Current Chair of the advisory group to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism (APPGA) (member from 2003).
      Advisor and member of the Development and Public Affairs Committee (DPAC) for TreeHouse the national charity for autism education 2003 to present.
      Member NIH 2008 Science Panel convened to review progress toward the (USA) Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) research plan.
      College of Experts' for the Medical Research Council (Mental Health and Neuroscience Board) October 2004
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • How useful are screening instruments for autism? Lessons from research and clinical practice. Keynote presentation at the 2nd WSAT conference, Frankfurt, December 2008

      Social cognitive development in autism spectrum disorders: implications for everyday life. Keynote presentation at the 1st Participate! Congrès L'autisme (APEPA/WA), Brussels, October 2008

      Screening for autism spectrum disorders. Invited presentation Fondation de France Autisme/RNRS Conference, Paris, October 2008
Professor Tony Charman

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Publications

  • Jones, C. R. G., Happé, F., Golden, H., Marsden, A. J. S., Tregay, J., Simonoff, E., Pickles, A., Baird, G., & Charman, T. (in press) 'Reading and arithmetic in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders: Peaks and dips in attainment', Neuropsychology
  • Sebastian, C., Blakemore, S. J. & Charman, T. (in press) 'Reactions to ostracism in adolescents with autism spectrum conditions', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Riches, N. G., Loucas, T., Charman, T., Simonoff, E. & Baird, G. (in press) 'Sentence Repetition in children with Specific Language Impairment and Autism; a study of linguistic factors affecting recall', International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
  • Pickles, A., Simonoff, E., Conti-Ramsden, G., Falcaro, M., Simkin, Z., Charman, T., Chandler, S., Loucas, T. &  Baird, G. (in press) 'Loss of language in early development of autism and specific language impairment', Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Elsabbagh, M., Volein, A., Tucker, L., Holmboe, K., Csibra, G., Baron-Cohen, S., Bolton, P., Charman, T., Baird, G., Kriejs, S., & Johnson, M. H. (in press) 'Visual orienting in the early autism phenotype: Disengagement and facilitation', Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Tregay, J., Gilmour, J. & Charman, T. (in press) 'Childhood rituals and executive functions', British Journal of Developmental Psychology
  • Green, D., Charman, T., Pickles, A., Loucas, T., Chandler, S., Simonoff, E. & Baird, G. (2009) 'Impairment in movement skills of children with autism spectrum disorders', Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 51, 311-316.
  • Elsabbagh, M., Volein, A., Holmboe, K., Tucker, L., Csibra, G., Baron-Cohen, S., Bolton, P., Charman, T., Baird, G., Kriejs, S., & Johnson, M. H. (2009) 'Correlates of eye gaze processing in the early autism phenotype', Biological Psychiatry 65, 31-38.
  • Howlin, P., Magiati, I. & Charman, T. (2009) 'A systematic review of early intensive behavioural interventions (EIBI) for children with autism', American Journal on Mental Retardation 114, 23-41.
  • Baird G, Charman T, Pickles A, Chandler S, Loucas T, Meldrum D, Carcani-Rathwell I, Serkana D, Simonoff E. (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.
  • Full list of publications (pdf, 40KB)