Perrine Heymann

Perrine is a doctoral student in the Clinical Science Program in Child and Adolescent Psychology. Under the mentorship of Dr. Daniel Bagner, she is working to develop a better understanding of the bidirectional relations between therapists and parenting behaviors on treatment outcomes. Additionally, she is interested in the impact of language spoken during treatment on treatment outcomes.

Publications

*Heymann, P.*, Heflin, B. H., & Bagner, D. M. (2021). Effect of therapist coaching statements on parenting skills in a brief parenting intervention for infants. Behavior Modification, 1-15. DOI: 10.1177/0145445520988140

Vernetti, A., Schic, F., Boccanfuso, L., Macari, S., Kane-Grade, F., Milgramm, A., Hilton E., *Heymann, P.*, Goodwin, M. S., & Chawarska, K. (2020). Atypical Emotional Electrodermal Activity in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research.

Heflin, B. H., *Heymann, P.*, Coxe, S., Bagner, D. M. (2020). Impact of parenting intervention on observed aggressive behaviors in at-risk infants. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29, 2234-2245.

*Heymann, P.*, Heflin, B. H., Baralt, M., Bagner, D. M. (2020). Infant-directed language following a brief behavioral parenting intervention: The importance of language quality. Infant Behavior and Development, 58.

Griffith, S. F., Hagan, M. B., *Heymann, P.*, Heflin, B. H., Bagner, D. M. (2020). Apps as learning tools: A systematic review. Pediatrics, 145(1), e20191579

*Heymann, P.*, Northrup, J. B., West, K. L., Parladé, M. V., Leezenbaum, N. B., Iverson, J. M. (2018). Coordination is key: Joint attention and vocalization in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 53(5), 1007-1020.

Wang, Q., DiNicola L., *Heymann, P.*, Hampson, M., Chawarska, K., (2018). Impaired Value Learning for Faces in Preschoolers with autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 57(1), 33-40.

Book Chapters:

*Heymann, P.*, Heflin, B. H., & Bagner, D. M. (2020). Parent-child interaction therapy: Theory and research to Practice. In Stones, S., Glazzard, J. & Muzio, M. R. (Eds.), Selected Topics in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, https://www.intechopen.com/books/selected-topics-in-child-and-adolescent-mental-health

Powell, K.K., *Heymann, P.*, Tsatsanis, K.D., & Chawarska. K. Early autism: Assessment and diagnosis of infants and toddlers with autism spectrum disorder. To appear in S. Goldstein & S. Ozonoff (Eds.), Assessment of autism spectrum disorders, Second Edition. New York: Guilford Press.

Presentations

*Heymann, P.*, Bagner, D. M. (2020, November). Impact of PCIT therapist coaching statements on parenting skill acquisition: What about language in a predominately Latinx sample of high-risk infants and their mothers? In C. Lieneman (Chair), Reaching beyond disruptive behavior disorders: New directions for PCIT research. Virtual symposium conduced at ABCT.

Bagner, D. M., Heflin, B. H., *Heymann, P.*, Martínez-Pedraza, F. L., Coxe, S. (2018, July). Impact of a brief and home-based intervention on aggressive behaviors in high-risk infants. In M. T. Villodas (Chair), Extending the reach of evidence-based parenting interventions for aggressive behavior using innovative implementation strategies. Symposium conducted at the biennial World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, Paris, France. 

*Heymann, P.*, Heflin, B., Bagner, D.M. (2018, February). The Role of Cumulative Risk on Intervention Outcomes for Infants t-risk for Behavior Disorders. Poster presented at the Miami International Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference, Miami, FL. 

*Heymann, P.*, (2017, May). Positive Affective Response to Dynamic Smiling Faces in young Children with ASD. Talk Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, San Francisco, CA.

*Heymann, P.*, (2017, April). Positive Affective Response to Dynamic Smiling Faces in young Children with ASD. Talk Presented at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

*Heymann, P.*, Macari, S., Milgramm, A., DiNicola, L., Hilton, E., Powell, K. K., … and Chawarksa, K. (2016,April). Incongruous emotions during fear-eliciting tasks in children with ASD. Talk presented at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

*Heymann, P.*, Macari, S., Milgramm, A., DiNicola, L., Hilton, E., Powell, K. K., … and Chawarksa, K. (2016, May). Incongruous emotions during fear-eliciting tasks in children with ASD. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Baltimore, MD.

*Heymann, P.*, Northrup, J. B., Parladé, M. V., Leezenbaum, N. B., West, K. L, Iverson, J. M. (2016, May). The development of joint attention and vocalizations in infants at heightened risk for autism spectrum disorder. Poster presentation at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Baltimore, MD

Education

• MS, Clinical Science, Florida International University, 2019
• B.Phil., Psychology and minor in Spanish, University of Pittsburgh, 2015