Christina Casnar, PhD

Associate Professor

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee / Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2013 – 2017 Dissertation: Autism spectrum disorder symptomatology in children with Neurofibromatosis type 1 Minor: Cognition and Perception

Master of Science in Clinical Psychology University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee / Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2010 – 2013 Masters: Relations between fine motor skill and parental report of attention in young children with NF1

Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and Sociology University of Missouri – St. Louis / Missouri, St. Louis 2002 - 2006 Minor: Political Science

Adaptive Behavior and Executive Functioning in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Using a Mixed Design.

(Glad DM, Casnar CL, Yund BD, Enderle MJ, Siegel DH, Basel DG, Klein-Tasman BP.) J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2020 Oct-Nov;41(8):637-643 PMID: 33064400 10/17/2020
Social skills and autism spectrum disorder symptoms in children with neurofibromatosis type 1: evidence for clinical trial outcomes.

(Payne JM, Walsh KS, Pride NA, Haebich KM, Maier A, Chisholm A, Glad DM, Casnar CL, Rouel M, Lorenzo J, Del Castillo A, North KN, Klein-Tasman B.) Dev Med Child Neurol. 2020 07;62(7):813-819 PMID: 32181506 03/18/2020
Social difficulties in youth with autism with and without anxiety and ADHD symptoms.

(McVey AJ, Schiltz HK, Haendel AD, Dolan BK, Willar KS, Pleiss SS, Karst JS, Carlson M, Krueger W, Murphy CC, Casnar CL, Yund B, Van Hecke AV.) Autism Res. 2018 12;11(12):1679-1689 PMID: 30475451 PMCID: PMC6311999 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85057438139 11/27/2018
Parent and Teacher Perspectives on Emerging Executive Functioning in Preschoolers With Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Comparison to Unaffected Children and Lab-Based Measures.

(Casnar CL, Klein-Tasman BP.) J Pediatr Psychol. 2017 Mar 01;42(2):198-207 PMID: 27189686 05/18/2016
A Replication and Extension of the PEERS® for Young Adults Social Skills Intervention: Examining Effects on Social Skills and Social Anxiety in Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

(McVey AJ, Dolan BK, Willar KS, Pleiss S, Karst JS, Casnar CL, Caiozzo C, Vogt EM, Gordon NS, Van Hecke AV.) J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Dec;46(12):3739-3754 PMID: 27628940 PMCID: PMC5310211 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84987646143 09/16/2016
Language in young children with neurofibromatosis-1: relations to functional communication, attention, and social functioning.

(Brei NG, Klein-Tasman BP, Schwarz GN, Casnar CL.) Res Dev Disabil. 2014 Oct;35(10):2495-504 PMID: 24995687 07/06/2014
Relations between fine motor skill and parental report of attention in young children with neurofibromatosis type 1.

(Casnar CL, Janke KM, van der Fluit F, Brei NG, Klein-Tasman BP.) J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2014;36(9):930-43 PMID: 25284746 10/07/2014
Cognitive and psychosocial phenotype of young children with neurofibromatosis-1.

(Klein-Tasman BP, Janke KM, Luo W, Casnar CL, Hunter SJ, Tonsgard J, Trapane P, van der Fluit F, Kais LA.) J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2014 Jan;20(1):88-98 PMID: 24229851 PMCID: PMC4249943 11/16/2013
Adaptive behavior in young children with neurofibromatosis type 1.

(Klein-Tasman BP, Colon AM, Brei N, van der Fluit F, Casnar CL, Janke KM, Basel D, Siegel DH, Walker JA.) Int J Pediatr. 2013;2013:690432 PMID: 24348581 PMCID: PMC3852810 12/19/2013

Christina Casnar