Lauren H. Hampton, Ph.D., BCBA-D

Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, The University of Texas at Austin

Research Interests and Expertise

Adaptive intervention research for young children and families with or with a high likelihood for developmental delays and/or autism

Research Projects and Grants

Optimizing Parent-Mediated Interventions for Toddlers With a High Likelihood for Social Communication Delays, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Optimizing Positive Behavioral Support Training for Speech Language Pathologists
SMARTer Teacher Training: Improving Implementation of Positive Behavior Supports in the Classroom

Boards, Committees, and Associations

Member: International Society for Autism Research, Council for Exceptional Children: Division for Early Childhood
Review Board: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Board of Directors: Capitol School of Austin
Advisory Board: Autism Consortium of Texas

Recent Awards

Dean’s Fellow, College of Education, The University of Texas at Austin, 2020
Robert Gaylord Ross Award for Excellence in Scholarly Writing, 2016
CEC Division for Research Scholar, 2016
Semmel Dissertation Award, Vanderbilt University, 2015

Representative Publications

Hampton, L. H., & Kaiser, A. P. (2016). Early intervention effects on spoken language outcomes for children with autism: A systematic review and meta-analysis [Special issue]. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 60(5), 444–463. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12283

Hampton, L. H., Kaiser, A. P., & Roberts, M. Y. (2017). One-year language outcomes in toddlers with language delays: An RCT follow-up. Pediatrics, 140(5). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-3646

Hampton, L. H., Curtis, P. R., & Roberts, M. Y. (2019). Autism at a glance: Optimizing thin-slice observations for developmental screenings. Autism, 23(4), 971–979. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361318792872

Hampton, L. H., Harty, M., Fuller, E. A., & Kaiser, A. P. (2019). Enhanced milieu teaching for children with autism in South Africa. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 21(6), 635–645. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2018.1559357

Hampton, L. H., Fuller, E. A., & Kaiser, A. P. (2020). Multicomponent communication intervention for children with autism: A randomized controlled trial. Autism, 24(8), 2104–2116. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320934558

Hampton, L. H., Kaiser, A. P., Neitfeld, J. P., & Khachoyan, A. (2021). Generalized effects of naturalistic social communication intervention for minimally verbal children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(1), 75–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04521-4

Hampton, L. H., Roberts, M. Y., Anderson, E., Hobson, A. N., Kaat, A. J., Bishop, S. L., Krogh-Jepersen, S., Wakschlag, L. S., & Bevans, K. B. (2021). Brief report: What diagnostic observation can teach us about disruptive behavior in young children with autism. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 42(1), 55–60. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000857