Jayne Bellando, Ph.D.
Associate Professor with Tenure
Department of Pediatrics
Pediatric Psychology Section
EDUCATION
Internship: Tulane Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Neurology. (87-88)
Ph.D.: Texas Tech University: Counseling Psychology (1988)
M.A: University of Alabama-Birmingham (1981)
B.S.: Louisiana Tech University (1979)
CLINICAL AREAS: Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Co-Director of Community Based Autism Liaison and Treatment Project (CoBALT)
- Co-Director of Arkansas Evidenced-based Medical, Behavioral, Resources, and Consultation, Educational Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs (AR EMBRACES CSHCN).
- Management Team of Healthy Child Care Arkansas (HCCAR)
- Diagnostic team at the James L. Dennis Developmental Center
- Therapy for co-morbid anxiety for children/teens on the autism spectrum
EDUCATIONAL ROLES:
- Training faculty for Pediatric Psychology
- Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, Pediatric residents
RESEARCH:
- Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center
- Autism Treatment Network (2008-2017)
RESOURCES / REFERENCES:
- Flor, J., Bellando, J. & Lopez, M. & Shui, A. (2017). Developmental Functioning and Medical Co-morbidity Profile of Children with Complex and Essential Autism. Autism Research. 10, 1344-1352. doi:10.1002/aur.1779.
- Wang, A., Foster, C. & Bellando, J. (2016). Diabetes control and adherence in adolescents. Pediatric Annals, 45(9), e327-331.
- Bellando, J., Fussell, J., & Lopez, M. (2015). Autism Speaks Toolkits: Resources for busy physicians. Clinical Pediatrics, 55(2), 171-175.
- Bellando, J. Watson, J., Pulliam, E., Powell, P., Baxter, B., & Bing, N. (2014). Exploring feeding behavior in autism: a parent’s guide. Toolkit published on-line on the Autism Speaks website (www.autismspeaks.org).
- Kanne, S., Mazurek, M., Sikora, D., Bellando, J., Branum-Martin, L., Handen, B., Katz, T., Freedman, B., Powell, P., Warren, Z. (2014). The Autism Impact Measure (AIM): Initial developmental of a new tool for treatment outcome measures. Journal for Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44 (1), 168-79.
- Bellando, J. & Pulliam, E. (2009). Helping the student with Asperger’s Disorder with social and behavioral issues in the school: Nursing, psychology and educators working in unison. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 14 (3) pp 210-214.
- Bellando, J., & Lopez, M. (2009). The school nurse’s role in treatment of the student with autism spectrum disorders. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 14(3) pp 173-182.