Pamela Ventola, PhD
Associate Professor Child Study CenterCards
About
Titles
Associate Professor Child Study Center
Appointments
Child Study Center
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Child Study Center
- Developmental Disabilities Program
- Predoctoral Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychology
- Ventola Lab
- WHRY Pilot Project Program Investigators
- Women's Health Research at Yale
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Yale Child Study Center (2008)
- PhD
- University of Connecticut (2007)
- MA
- University of Connecticut (2003)
Research
Overview
My research investigates the efficacy of naturalistic behavioral interventions as well as the underlying brain-based mechanisms of treatment response.
Medical Research Interests
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Publications
2024
Early‐ and Late‐Stage Auditory Processing of Speech Versus Non‐Speech Sounds in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An ERP and Oscillatory Activity Study
Edgar E, McGuire K, Pelphrey K, Ventola P, van Noordt S, Crowley M. Early‐ and Late‐Stage Auditory Processing of Speech Versus Non‐Speech Sounds in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An ERP and Oscillatory Activity Study. Developmental Psychobiology 2024, 66: e22552. PMID: 39508446, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderNon-speech soundsSpeech soundsTD childrenSpectrum disorderCortical activityResponses to speech soundsProcessing stagesSensitivity to speechAtypical auditory processingTheta phase coherenceAuditory speech processingP3a amplitudeAuditory speechIntra-individual variabilityDevelopment of cortical networksASD childrenCortical networksSpeech processingAuditory processingElectroencephalography sessionLanguage processingCortical responsesAutismSpeechImplementing Pivotal Response Treatment to Teach Question Asking to High School Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Kowitt J, Madaus J, Simonsen B, Freeman J, Lombardi A, Ventola P. Implementing Pivotal Response Treatment to Teach Question Asking to High School Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2024, 1-13. PMID: 38848010, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06405-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecondary school settingsQuestion-asking behaviorEducation providersSecondary studentsSchool settingsMultiple baseline design studyPivotal Response TreatmentSocial skills instructionHigh school studentsBaseline design studyTeaching questionsSchool studentsSkills instructionStudentsCommunication skillsSocial communication skillsAutism spectrum disorderEducationResponse treatmentTraining programAdult outcomesIntervention phasePositive differenceSpectrum disorderInstructionChapter 13 Data-driven learning strategies for biomarker detection and outcome prediction in Autism from task-based fMRI
Duncan J, Staib L, Dvornek N, Li X, Zhuang J, Wang J, Ventola P. Chapter 13 Data-driven learning strategies for biomarker detection and outcome prediction in Autism from task-based fMRI. 2024, 357-393. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-32-385124-4.00024-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong short-term memoryGraph neural networksFunctional magnetic resonance imagingAutism spectrum disorderNeural ordinary differential equationsData-driven learning strategyDeep learning techniquesTask-based functional magnetic resonance imagingShort-term memoryNeural networkLearning techniquesImpaired social interactionTerm memoryBehavioral therapyRepetitive behaviorsSpectrum disorderDevelopmental disordersLearning strategiesSpatio-temporal characteristicsInherent dynamicsCharacterization of individualsModel of causalitySocial interactionNetworkPersonalized outcome predictions
Clinical Trials
Current Trials
ACE Multisite Study of Adolescent & Adult Transitions
HIC ID2000024998RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date04/30/2024Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge12 years - 35 yearsCBT for Anxiety in Children With Autism
HIC ID1211011144RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date06/30/2020Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge8 years - 14 yearsGenetic and molecular studies of developmental neuropsychiatric disorders
HIC ID0301024156RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date12/31/2025Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBoth
Clinical Care
Overview
Pamela Ventola, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in the Yale Child Study Center. She specializes in treating children and adults with developmental disorders, including autism.
“I enjoy seeing children with developmental disabilities grow and develop,” she says.
Ventola conducts diagnostic evaluations and provides evidence-based behavioral treatment to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
She is associate professor at the Yale Child Study Center
Clinical Specialties
Psychiatry; Pediatric Developmental and Behavioral Medicine; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Fact Sheets
Pivotal Response Treatment
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- April 12, 2024
Spring 2024 postgraduate associate travel award recipients announced
- July 14, 2023
Welcoming new YCSC community members: July 2023
- May 24, 2023
Spring 2023 postgraduate travel awardees announced
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Child Study Center
PO Box 207900, 230 South Frontage Road
New Haven, CT 06520-7900
United States
Locations
Neison Irving Harris Building
Academic Office
230 South Frontage Road
New Haven, CT 06519
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