Judy Reaven, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry-JFK

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Graduate School :
  • PhD, University of Missouri - Columbia (1985)
Undergraduate School:
  • BA, Vanderbilt University (TN) (1980)
Fellowships:
  • JFK Medical Center Program, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (1987)
Languages: English
Department: Psychiatry-JFK

Publications

  • Reaven J, Pickard K, Meyer AT, Hayutin L, Middleton C, Reyes NM, Tanda T, Stahmer A, Blakeley-Smith A, Boles RE. Implementing school-based cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety in students with autism or suspected autism via a train-the-trainer approach: Results from a clustered randomized trial. Autism. 2023 May 19;:13623613231175951. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37208894
  • DeVries L, Pickard K, Boles R, Blakeley-Smith A, Duncan A, Keefer A, Klinger L, Meyer A, Reaven J. The Role of Maternal Anxiety in Treatment Response for Youth with ASD and Co-occurring Anxiety. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Dec;54(6):1789-1798. PubMed PMID: 35678890
  • Clarkson, T., Meyer, A., Reaven, J., & Blakeley-Smith, A. Anxiety Co-Occurrence in Autistic Teens with and without Intellectual Disability. Department of Psychiatry Spring Poster Session, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
  • Meyer, A., Pickard, K., Blakeley-Smith, A., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., Boles, R., Reyes, N., & Reaven, J. Examining IEP Services for Autistic and Anxious Youth from Diverse Communities: Comparing Services Based on Race, Ethnicity and Gender. Poster presented at the International Society of Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR), Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Blakeley-Smith, A., Meyer, A., Olson, L., Abu-Ramadan, T., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., & Reaven, J. Primary Anxiety Diagnoses in a Clinical Sample of Autistic Teens with Intellectual Disability. Poster presented at the International Society of Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR), Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Meyer, A., Reaven, J., Sandercock, R., Reyes, N., Hayutin, L., Abu-Ramandan, T., & Blakeley-Smith, A. Parental Accommodation in Autistic Teens with ID and Anxiety. Poster presented at the International Society of Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR), Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Frost, K., Pickard, K., Meyer, A., Blakeley-Smith, A., Boles, R., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., Reyes, N., Stahmer, A., & Reaven, J. The Role of Organizational Climate and Teacher Stress in Predicting Attitudes Towards Evidence-Based Practices and Implementing Outcomes of School-Based Facing Your Fears. Poster presented at the International Society of Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR), Stockholm, Sweden.
  • DeVries L, Pickard K, Boles R, Blakeley-Smith A, Duncan A, Keefer A, Klinger L, Meyer A, Reaven J. The Role of Maternal Anxiety in Treatment Response for Youth with ASD and Co-occurring Anxiety. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2022 Jun 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35678890
  • Rosen TE, Pickard K, Ponomaryova A, Kerns CM, Reaven J. From Clinic to Classroom: Two Case Studies of Youth With ASD and Anxiety From the School-Based Facing Your Fears Program. J Cogn Psychother. 2022 Feb 1;36(1):24-41. PubMed PMID: 35121677
  • Pickard K, Meyer A, Reyes N, Tanda T, Reaven J. Using evaluative frameworks to examine the implementation outcomes of a cognitive behavioral therapy program for autistic students with anxiety within public school settings. Autism. 2022 Apr;26(3):640-653. PubMed PMID: 34961348
  • Miller, J., Brookman-Frazee, L., & Reaven, J. (2022). Mental health interventions in youth with autism spectrum disorder and other intellectual and developmental disabilities: Introduction to Special Issue, Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 7:1, 1-4.
  • Olson, L., Meyer, A., Boles, R., & Reaven, J. (2022) Characterizing mental health in boys vs girls with ASD or suspected ASD. Department of Psychiatry Spring Poster Session, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
  • Bernier, S. L., Thomson, K., Reaven, J., Feldman, M., Makela, T., Susko, M., & De Santis, J. (2022, May). Evaluating virtual training for increasing clinicians’ fidelity of implementation of the Facing Your Fears curriculum. Poster presented at Association for Behavior Analysis International 48th Annual Convention. Boston, Mass.
  • Bernier, S. L., Thomson, K., Reaven, J., Feldman, M., Makela, T., Susko, M., & De Santis, J. Evaluating virtual training for increasing clinicians’ fidelity of implementation of the Facing Your Fears curriculum. Symposium presented at the Research Special Interest Group Meeting of the Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities. Virtual.
  • Olson, L., Meyer, A., Boles, R., Blakeley-Smith, A., & Reaven, J. Characterizing mental health in boys vs girls with ASD or suspected ASD. Oral presentation at the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (SDBP), Denver, Colorado.
  • Brewe, A. (chair), Beck, K., Simmons, G.L., Martinez, K., Maddox, B. & Reaven, J. (Discussant). Symposium: Leveraging Stakeholder Perspectives to Optimize Intervention Effectiveness and Facilitate Implementation Within the Autism Community. Association of Behavior and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT), New York New York.
  • https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/jfk-partners/mental-health and https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/jfk-partners/gender-and-sexual-diversity
  • Recorded a podcast for the Let’s Get Psyched podcast: (2022) #147 - Masking and Camouflaging in the Autism Community: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/147-masking-and-camouflaging-in-the-autism-community/id1498987447?i=1000585262533
  • Recorded a podcast for the Let’s Get Psyched podcast: (2022) #148 - School-Based Interventions for Autistic Students: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/148-school-based-interventions-for-autistic-students/id1498987447?i=1000586056637
  • Postorino V, Mazzone L, Reaven J. Editorial: Internalizing disorders in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Front Psychiatry. 2022;13:1112633. PubMed PMID: 36699478
  • Blakeley-Smith A, Meyer AT, Boles RE, Reaven J. Group cognitive behavioural treatment for anxiety in adolescents with ASD and intellectual disability: A pilot and feasibility study. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2021 Jan 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33410240
  • Pickard K, Mellman H, Frost K, Reaven J, Ingersoll B. Balancing Fidelity and Flexibility: Usual Care for Young Children With an Increased Likelihood of Having Autism Spectrum Disorder Within an Early Intervention System. J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33484371
  • Blakeley-Smith A, Meyer AT, Boles RE, Reaven J. Group Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for Anxiety in Autistic Adolescents with Intellectual Disability: A Pilot and Feasibility Study. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2021 May;34(3):777-788. PubMed PMID: 33410240
  • Hill TL, White TC, Anthony BJ, Reaven J, Harris B, Reyes N, Anthony LG. Disparities in autism spectrum disorder diagnoses among 8-year-old children in Colorado: Who are we missing?. Autism. 2021 Jan;25(1):102-113. PubMed PMID: 32859134
  • Rosen, T. & Reaven, J. (2021). The evolution of Facing Your Fears: Where we’ve been and where we’re going. Blog for Sean Inderbitzen. http://seaninderbitzen.com/blog/
  • Yankowitz, L., & Reaven, J. (March 2021). Brief training on CBT for anxiety in children with autism can equalize knowledge and self-efficacy in mental health and on-mental health school providers. Department of Psychiatry Spring Poster Session, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
  • Pickard, K., Meyer, A., Reyes, N., Tanda, T., & Reaven, J. (May 2021). Looking at the Big Picture: Stakeholder Perspectives on the Implementation Outcomes of a CBT Program for Students with ASD and Anxiety within Diverse Public Schools. Poster presented virtually at the International Society For Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR).
  • Meyer, A., Reyes, N., Pickard, K., Boles, R., Engstrom, E., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., Tanda, T., Blakeley-Smith, A., & Reaven, J. (May 2021). Emotion Dysregulation in ASD: An Examination of an RCT of CBT for anxiety in public schools. Poster presented virtually at the International Society of Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR).
  • Pickard, K., Mellman, H., Frost, K., Reaven, J., & Ingersoll, B. (May 2021). Provider Perspectives on Usual Care and NDBI Models within an Early Intervention System. Poster presented virtually at the International Society of Autism Research Annual Meeting (INSAR).
  • Shaffer, R. (chair), Lee, V., Banasik, A., Estabillo, J. and Reaven, J. (Discussant). Development and Evaluation of Virtual Adaptations of Evidence Based Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Fragile X Syndrome. Gatlinburg Conference 2021 (virtual meeting).
  • Reaven, J., Pickard, K., Boles, R., Meyer, A., Middleton, C., Hayutin, L., Reyes, N., Engstrom, E., Tanda, T., Stahmer, A., & Blakeley-Smith, A. Facing Your Fears in Schools: Implementing CBT for Anxiety in Students with ASD in Urban Schools: Results from a Randomized Trial. Oral Presentation to International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2021 (virtual meeting).
  • Pickard, K., Boles, R., Blakeley-Smith, A., Hayutin, L., Meyer, A., Middleton, C., Reyes, N., Stahmer, A., Tanda, T., & Reaven, J. Examining school and provider level factors impacting the implementation Of a group CBT program for youth with ASD and anxiety within public Schools. Oral presentation to the Association of Behavior and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT) 2021 (virtual meeting).
  • Blakeley-Smith, A., Meyer, A., Boles, R., Pickard, K., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., & Reaven, J. Measuring treatment fidelity in a CBT Implementation trial in schools for students with autism spectrum Disorders: successes and challenges. Oral presentation to the Association Of Behavior and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT) 2021 (virtual meeting)
  • Reaven, J., Pickard, K., Meyer, A., Boles, R., Middleton, C., Hayutin, L. Reyes, N., Engstrom, E., Tanda, T., Kerns, C., Stahmer, A., & Blakeley-Smith, A. Implementing CBT in public schools to students with ASD and anxiety via a train the trainer model: results from an RCT. Oral Presentation to the Association of Behavior and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT) (virtual meeting).
  • Yankowitz, L., Pickard, K., Meyer, A., Blakeley-Smith, A., Middleton, C. Hayutin, L., Reyes, N., Tanda, T., Boles, R., Stahmer, A., & Reaven, J. Training interdisciplinary school providers to deliver CBT for anxiety in Students with autism spectrum disorder: impact on knowledge and self- Efficacy. Oral presentation to the Association of Behavior and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT) (virtual meeting).
  • Hill TL, White TC, Anthony BJ, Reaven J, Harris B, Reyes N, Anthony LG. Disparities in autism spectrum disorder diagnoses among 8-year-old children in Colorado: Who are we missing?. Autism. 2020 Aug 28;:1362361320950058. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32859134
  • Carter RM, Jung H, Reaven J, Blakeley-Smith A, Dichter GS. A Nexus Model of Restricted Interests in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Front Hum Neurosci. 2020;14:212. PubMed PMID: 32581753
  • Meyer AT, Moody EJ, Keefer A, O'Kelley S, Duncan A, Blakeley-Smith A, Reaven J. Effect of Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders on Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Anxiety. J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 May 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32462457
  • Pickard, K., Blakeley-Smith, A., Boles, R., Duncan, A., Keefer, A., O’Kelley, S., & Reaven, J. (2020) Examining the sustained use of a cognitive behavioral therapy program for youth with autism spectrum disorder and co-occurring anxiety. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101532
  • Reaven, J. (2020) Intervention for Anxiety Conditions in Children and Youth with ASD. Autism Advocate Parenting Magazine. https://autismadvocatemagazine.com/judy-reaven370/
  • Reaven, J., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., Devries, L., Rosen, T., Reyes, N. (2020). Facing Your Fears: Adaption for Telehealth Appendix. https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/docs/librariesprovider95/default-document-library/telehealth-version-of-fyf-appendix-2020.pdf?sfvrsn=f36bcb9_0
  • Carter RM, Jung H, Reaven J, Blakeley-Smith A, Dichter GS. A Nexus Model of Restricted Interests in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Front Hum Neurosci. 2020;14:212. PubMed PMID: 32581753
  • Meyer AT, Moody EJ, Keefer A, O'Kelley S, Duncan A, Blakeley-Smith A, Reaven J. Effect of Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders on Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Anxiety. J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 May 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32462457
  • Vasa RA, Keefer A, Reaven J, South M, White SW. Priorities for Advancing Research on Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Co-occurring Anxiety. J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Mar;48(3):925-934. PubMed PMID: 29164436
  • Keefer A, Kreiser NL, Singh V, Blakeley-Smith A, Reaven J, Vasa RA. Exploring Relationships Between Negative Cognitions and Anxiety Symptoms in Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Behav Ther. 2018 Sep;49(5):730-740. PubMed PMID: 30146140
  • Rosen, T., Pickard, K., Ponomaryova, A., Kerns, C., & Reaven, J. (in press). From clinic to classroom: Two case studies of youth with ASD and anxiety from the school-based Facing Your Fears program. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy.
  • Rosen, T., Pickard, K., Ponomaryova, A., Kerns, C., & Reaven, J. (in press). From clinic to classroom: Two case studies of youth with ASD and anxiety from the school-based Facing Your Fears program. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy.
  • Reyes, N., Pickard, K., Morris, M., Tanda, T., & Reaven, J. (in press). Identifying and understanding anxiety in youth with ASD: Parent and school provider perspectives on anxiety within public school settings. Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health. DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2021.1917017
  • Reaven, J., Meyer, A.T., Pickard, K., Boles, R., Hayutin, L., Middleton, C., Reyes, N., Hepburn, S., Tanda, T., Stahmer, A., & Blakeley-Smith, A. (in press). Increasing Access and Reach: Implementing School-Based CBT for Anxiety in Students with ASD or Suspected ASD. Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2021.1941430.
  • Pickard, K., Meyer, A., Reyes, N., Tanda, T., & Reaven, J. (in press) Using evaluative frameworks to examine the implementation outcomes of a CBT program for autistic students with anxiety within public school settings. Autism.
  • Middleton, C.E., Hayutin, L., Reaven, J. (in press). Special Populations: Youth with Developmental Disabilities and Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions. In G. Asmundson (Ed), Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, 2nd Edition. Elsevier Publishing.
  • Pickard, K., Maddox, B., Boles, R., & Reaven, J. (in press). A cluster randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of two school-interventions for autistic youth with anxiety. BMC Psychiatry. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3544123/v1
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Professional Memberships

  • Autism Task Force of the Colorado, Member
  • American Psychological Association (APA), Member
  • Autism Society of America , Member
  • Autism Society of Colorado , Member
  • NADD: An association for persons with developmental disabilities and mental health needs, Member
  • Association of Behavior and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT), Member
  • International Society for Autism Research, Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

JFK Partners - Specialty Clinic
13121 E. 17th Ave
C234
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-6630

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado
Center Affiliations

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Board Certification (2002)

General Information

Graduate Schools:
  • PhD, University of Missouri - Columbia (1985)
Undergraduate Schools:
  • BA, Vanderbilt University (TN) (1980)
Fellowships:
  • JFK Medical Center Program, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (1987)
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Languages: English
Department: Psychiatry-JFK
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