Постери и презентации

Михаела Барокова PhD, Developmental Psychologist

Darvishi, N., Baker-Harvey, H., Barokova, M. D., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2021, November). Comparing parent and examiner topic initiation and maintenance during interactions with minimally and low verbal individuals with autism. Boston University Conference on Child Development in Boston, MA on November 4th, 2021.

Andonova, E. & Barokova, M. D. (2021). Digital Use and Language Development in Early Childhood in Bulgaria.
Online presentation at the Early Language Development in the Digital Age (e-LADDA).
September 28th & 29th in Universidad de Sevilla.

Barokova, M.D., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2021, May). How do Bulgarian- and English-speaking Parents Refer to their Children with ASD? Meeting of the International Society for Autism Research in Boston, MA.

Baker-Harvey, H., Barokova, M.D., Raymond, L., La Valle, C., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2021, May). How does Parent and Examiner Question Use Differ during Natural Language Sampling? Meeting of the International Society for Autism Research in Boston, MA.

La Valle, C., Raymond, L., Johnston, E., Barokova, M.D., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (June, 2020). Examining the equivalence of two semi-structured natural language protocols. Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders in Madison, Wisconsin.

Barokova, M.D., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (May, 2020). A Country Profile: Bulgarian Children with ASD.
International Society for Autism Research in Seattle, WA.

A Country Profile: Bulgarian Children with ASD. International Society for Autism Research in Seattle, WA.

Barokova, M.D., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (May, 2020).
Why Are Parents Better than Researchers at Eliciting Speech from Minimally and Low-Verbal Children and Adolescents with ASD? 
International Society for Autism Research in Seattle, WA

Why Are Parents Better than Researchers at Eliciting Speech from Minimally and Low-Verbal Children and Adolescents with ASD

Pecukonis, M.G., Barokova, M.D, La Valle, C., & Tager-Flusberg. (May, 2020).
Frequency of Household Book Reading May Explain SES Disparities in Expressive Language – Findings from a Nationally-Representative Sample of Children with ASD.
International Society for Autism Research in Seattle, WA.

La Valle, C., Barokova, M.D., Raymond, L., Johnston, E., Stowe, L., Krol, M., Leanno, J, & Tager-Flusberg, H. (March, 2020).
Language assessment in toddlers with ASD: Can measures derived from natural language samples replace scores from standardized tests and parent reports?
Meeting on Language in Autism in Durham, NC.

Barokova, M.D., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2019, May).
The Role of Linguistic Input in Person-Reference of Preschoolers with ASD.
International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada.

The Role of Linguistic Input Poster

Barokova, M.D., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2019, May).
A New Approach for Assessing Social Communication in ASD: ELSA.
International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada.

A New Approach for Assessing Social Communication Poster

Barokova, M.D., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2019, March).
The Influence of Conversational Partner on Expressive Language in Children and Adolescents with ASD.
 Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, USA.

The Influence of Conversational Partner Poster

Barokova, M.D., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2018, May).
The Relationship between Person Reference and Mental State Language in Preschoolers with ASD.
 International Society for Autism Research, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Barokova, M. D., Hassan, S., Lee, C., Xu, M., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2017, May).
A new approach for eliciting expressive language samples: ELSA.
 International Meeting for Autism Research, San Francisco, CA.

*PDF versions of the posters are available upon request.

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Аутизъм: Тенденции в научните изследвания и терапиите. Обучение като част от поредицата Лекции по психология на Giunti Psychometrics Bulgaria. 

Разстройства от аутистичен спектър: Езиково развитие, ролята на речта на родителите и нуждите на българските семейства. Публична лекция като част от Дните на отворените врати на Нов български университет, 23. Март 2022

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Language and Early Intervention. Guest lecture Development in Early Childhood, New Bulgarian University, May 20th, 2021 for DEVM203: Language

Family Needs Assessment Survey in Bulgaria. Autism Speaks Advocacy Leadership Network Conference. April 27-28, 2021

The main principles of ethical conduct: Integrity. Guest lecture for PSYB206: Ethics for Psychologists, New Bulgarian University, April 20th, 2021

What are the evidence-based therapies and intervention for autism? The case of WHO’s Caregiver Skills Training. Presented at the V Multifacet Conference on Child Development organized by Medical University, Plovdiv on April 2nd, 2021

ELSA: A New Protocol for Assessing Language and Communication in ASD. Invited talk for the Language Workgroup of the Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS) Network on March 26th, 2021.

ELSA-A: A New Way of Assessing Language and Communication in Minimally to Low-Verbal Children and Adolescents with ASD. Invited talk as part of the “Meet the Experts” Series for COMM916: Autism Spectrum Disorders (Dr. Jill Thorson) at University of New Hampshire. March 9th, 2021

Language Difficulties in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Course in Language Development, Developmental Psychology, New Bulgarian University. January 5th, 2021

A Comparison of Parent-Child Interactions of Children with Autism and Children with Typical Development. Barokova, M. D., Ignatova, S., Andonova, E.
Talk at the IX International Congress of Psychology in Sofia, Bulgaria. (organized by the Bulgarian Psychological Society). November 13th, 2020

Selfhood in Autism and Typical Development.
Guest lecture for PS541: Social Development, Boston University. October 22nd, 2020.

Explorations of Language and Communication in Autism.
Colloquium Series for the Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, New Bulgarian University. June 3rd, 2020

Language Development in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Course in Language Development, Developmental Psychology, New Bulgarian University. April 9th, 2020

Conversational Partner Effects in Language Sampling of Minimally to Low-Verbal Older Children and Adolescents with Autism. Meeting of the Minds Series. Developmental Science, Boston University. February 19th, 2020.

Understanding Self and Others. Guest lecture for PS241: Developmental Psychology, Boston University. April 18th, 2019.

Language and Theory of Mind Interplay: Evidence from Neuroscience. Meeting of the Minds series. Developmental Science, Boston University. April 4th, 2019.

Collecting Natural Language Samples from Bulgarian Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
 Center for Autism Research Excellence, Boston University. October 22nd, 2018.

What is Autism? Autism Science Conference and Webinars. National Palace of Culture. Sofia, Bulgaria. July 14th, 2018.

How Do We Choose Evidence-Based Autism Therapies? Autism Science Conference and Webinars. National Palace of Culture. Sofia, Bulgaria. July 14th, 2018.

Language and Sense of Self in Autism. Invited talk at Minnesota Syntax and Psycholinguistics Lab. University of Minnesota. October 13th, 2017.

Assessing Expressive Language in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Communication Sciences and Disorders Research Day Retreat. Sargent College, Boston University. May 4th, 2017. A New Approach for Assessing Expressive Language in Autism. Developmental Science Colloquium Series, Boston University. April 19th, 2017.

How Do Children with Autism Talk About Themselves and Others?
Meeting of the Minds series. Developmental Science, Boston University. September 27th, 2017.