Roles and Interests
Instructor
- Professional Orientation & Ethics
- Clinical Practicum Supervisor
Clinical and Research Interests
- The development and evaluation of family-based treatments for serious mental health problems, especially externalizing disorders, in children and adolescents
- Risk factors for aggressive and other disruptive behaviors in autistic youth
- Symptomatology and treatment for youth on the autism spectrum
- Training and mentoring in health service psychology
Education
- Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2020, Clinical Child Psychology
- M.A., University of Missouri, 2016, Clinical Psychology
- B.A., University of Kansas, 2013, Psychology
Selected Recent Publications (*indicates trainee)
Brown, C.E., Lerner, M.D., Stadheim, J.L.*, Kerns, C., Moskowitz, L., Cohn, E., Drahota, A., Soorya, L., & Wainer, A. (in press). Provider self-reported use and usefulness of intervention strategies for externalizing behaviors in youths with ASD. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Quetsch, L.B., Brown, C.E., Onovbiona, H.*, Bradley, R.*, Aloia, L.S., & Kanne, S.M. (2023). Understanding aggression in autism across childhood: Comparisons with a non-autistic sample. Autism Research, 16, 1185-1198.
Brown, C.E., Sheerin, K.M., Quetsch, L.B., & Borduin, C.M. (2023). Family-friendship linkages in youths with autism spectrum disorder. Family Relations. Advance online publication.
Brown, C.E., Quetsch, L.B., Aloia, L.S., & Kanne, S.M. (2023). Predictors of aggression, disruptive behavior, and anger dysregulation in youths with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Advance online publication.
Staples, G.L.*, Bradley, B.S.*, Quetsch, L.B.*, Aloia, L.S., Brown, C.E., & Kanne, S.M. (2023). Associations between parental stress and quality time spent with youth on the autism spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Advance online publication.
Brown, C. E., Beauchamp, M. T., Nowell, K. P., Bernardin, C. J., & Kanne, S. M. (2023). The network structure of the Special Interests Survey. Autism Research, 16, 379-393.
Lerner, M.D., Brown, C.E., Sridhar, A., Tschida, J.E., Felsman, P.G., Libsack, E.J., Kerns, C.M., Moskowitz, L., Soorya, L., Wainer, A., Cohn, E., & Drahota, A. (2022). Usual care for youth with autism spectrum disorder: community-based providers’ reported familiarity with treatment practices. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 1-13.
Brown, C. E., Boness, C. L., & Sheerin, K. M. (2022). Supporting students in health service psychology training: A theory-driven approach to meeting the diverse needs of trainees. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 16, 78–86.
Sheerin, K. M., Brown, C. E., & Dopp, A. R. (2021). The evidence base for treating adolescents with a history of sexual offenses: Comment on Mii et al. (2021). The Behavior Therapist, 44(8), 422-423. Available at
Brown, C. E., Quetsch, L. B., & Borduin, C. M. (2021). Adapting multisystemic therapy to the treatment of disruptive behavior problems in youths with autism spectrum disorder: Toward improving the practice of health care. In A. S. El-Baz & J. S. Suri (Eds.), Neural engineering techniques for autism spectrum disorder (1st ed.). Elsevier.
Brown, C.E. & Hawley, K.M. (2021). Application of exposure plus response prevention for obsessive compulsive disorder related to pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 6, 211-226.
Sheerin, K.M., Borduin, C.M., Brown, C.E., & Letourneau, E.J. (2021). An evaluation of mechanisms of change in multisystemic therapy with juvenile justice-involved youths a decade following treatment. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 47, 208-219. . Awarded Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 2021 Article of the Year
Nowell, K.P., Bernardin, C.J., Brown, C.E., & Kanne, S.M. (2021). Characteristics of special interests in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51, 2711-2724.
Brown, C.E., Borduin, C.M., Dopp, A.R., & Mazurek, M.O. (2019) The social ecology of aggression in youths with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 12, 1636-1647.
Borduin, C. M., Brown, C. E., & Sheerin, K. M. (2019). Multisystemic therapy for juvenile offenders. In E. L. Jeglic & C. Calkins (Eds.), New frontiers in offender treatment: The translation of evidence-based practices to correctional settings. Springer: New York.
Brown, C.E., & Sheerin, K. M. (2018). The role of graduate students as mentors in health service psychology programs [Special issue]. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 12, 22-28.
Brown, C.E. (2016). Ethical issues when graduate students act as mentors. Ethics & Behavior, 26, 688-702.
Dopp, A.R., Borduin, C.M., & Brown, C.E. (2015). Evidence-based treatment for juvenile sexual offenders: Review and recommendations. Journal of Aggression, Conflict, and Peace Research, 7, 223-236.