Research Presentations

*denotes student co-author

Dueñas, A., Valdez Lopez, K., (2025) De la reactividad a la respuesta consciente: Entrenamiento parental desde la terapia de aceptación y compromise. Parent workshop presentation at the 11th annual FERIA Partnership Conference in San Diego, CA. October 2025.

*Quijas, G., *Varela S., Morales, J., *Valdez Lopez, K., *Stout, K., Caplan, B. (2025). Understanding the Association Between Therapist Characteristics and Family Satisfaction in Early Intervention Services. Poster presented at Psych Day, Long Beach, CA, April 2025.

*Valdez Lopez, K., Castellon, F., Caplan, B., & Dueñas, A. (2025) Using the Ecological Validity Model to Understand Family Satisfaction in Autism Services Among Transborder Latinx Caregivers. Poster presented at the 57th Annual Gatlinburg Conference, San Diego, CA, April 2025.

Caplan, B., *Valdez Lopez, K., *Mohammed Rafi, A., Chemotti-Jackson, M., & Rieth, S. (2025). Parenting Stress and Parent Engagement in Community Early Intervention Sessions: Differences by Caregiver Ethnicity. Poster presented at the 57th Annual Gatlinburg Conference, San Diego, CA, April 2025.

*Morales, J., *Varela, S., *Valdez Lopez, K., *Stout, K., Caplan, B., & Reith, S. (2025). Concordance Between Observer-rated and Parent-rated Parent Engagement in Community EarlyIntervention Sessions for Autism. Poster presented at the 57th Annual Gatlinburg Conference, San Diego, CA, April 2025.

Orendain Soto, C., *Valdez Lopez, K., Rocha, J., Valladares, M., Rocha, L., Castellon, F. A., & Dueñas, A. D. (2025). Autism Intervention in Mexico-U.S. Border Cities: Examining Providers' Training, Challenges, and Services. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Seattle, WA, April 2025.

Dueñas, A., Castellon, F., *Valdez Lopez, K., Orendain Soto, C., (2024) Comprender los servicios para el autismo a través de las fronteras. Multidisciplinary panel presentation at the sixth annual RE: BORDER Binational Conference in San Diego, CA. October 2024.

*Valdez Lopez, K., Dueñas, A., Caplan, B. (2024). Culturally tailoring Early Intervention (EI) services for autistic children: understanding experiences of Latinx families. Research presented at the CSULB Department of Psychology Colloquium: Graduate Student Showcase in Long Beach, CA. April 2024.

*Valdez Lopez, K., Caplan, B., Chemotti-Jackson, M., Orendain Soto, C., *Stout, K. & Rieth, S. (2024). Family satisfaction in early intervention services for autism spectrum disorder for Latinx and Non-Latinx caregivers. Poster presented at the 56th Gatlinburg Conference in Kansas City, MO. April 2024.

*Stout, K., Chemotti-Jackson, M., *Orendain Soto, C. Valdez Lopez, K., Caplan, B., & Rieth, S. (2024). Caregiver-therapist ethnicity match, working alliance, and caregiver engagement in community-based early intervention services for autism. Poster presented at the 56th Gatlinburg Conference in Kansas City, MO. April 2024.

*Ekmekjian, S., *Chavez, R., *Quijas, G., *Stout, K., *Valdez Lopez, K., Caplan, B. (2024). Associations between provider characteristics and parent participatory engagement within early intervention services for autism. Poster presented at Psych Day, Long Beach, CA. April 2024.