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Background Info

Jennifer is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Children's National Hospital. She completed her undergraduate work at Binghamton University and then worked as a clinical research assistant at the Center for Autism Research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia before coming to Virginia Tech. Her research interests focus on interventions for autistic children that maximize parent and sibling involvement, and she is particularly interested in understanding and overcoming barriers to access-to-care for families in diverse and low-resource communities.

Jennifer R. Bertollo, M.S.

Clinical Science Doctoral Student

Assessment Clinician, VT Autism Clinic

Assessment Clinician, Child Assessment Clinic

Interests

  • Improving access to evidence-based services for autistic children and their families

  • Mental health disparities among families of diverse and low-income communities

  • Telehealth and mobile service delivery

  • Implementation of evidence-based treatments for autistic children

  • Parent and sibling-mediated interventions

Contact Info

Email: jbertollo@vt.edu

Phone: (540) 251 - 1698

 

Office Locations: 

VT Autism Clinic & Center for Autism Research
3110 Prices Fork, Blacksburg, VA 24061

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Child Study Center

460 Turner St NW #207, Blacksburg, VA 24060

Selected Publications

  • McFayden, T.C., Breaux, R., Bertollo, J.R., Cummings, K., & Ollendick, T.H. (In press). COVID-19 remote learning experiences of youth with neurodevelopmental disorders in rural Appalachia. Journal of Rural Mental Health.
     

  • Tschida, J.E., Bertollo, J.R., Kuschner, E.S., Maddox, B.B., Miller, J., Ollendick, T.H., Greene, R.W., & Yerys, B.E. (2021). Short Report: Caregiver perspectives on challenging behaviors treatment for school-age autistic children. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 81, doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101714.
     

  • Bertollo, J.R., Strang, J.F., Kenworthy, L., Wallace, G.L., & Yerys, B.E. (2020). Adaptive behavior in youth with autism spectrum disorder: The role of flexibility. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04220-9.
     

  • Bertollo, J.R. & Yerys, B.E. (2019). More than IQ: Executive function skills explain adaptive behavior above and beyond IQ in youth with autism and intellectual disability. American Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 124(3), 191-205. doi:10.1352/1944-7558-124.3.191.

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