Dr. Lakes' background includes research, teaching, clinical practice, and forensic consultation in areas relevant to child development and mental health. She works with individuals, families, and professionals to help families build meaningful, connected relationships and community environments that are optimized to support healthy child and adolescent outcomes.
Lakes, K.D., Abdullah, M., Taylor-Lucas, C., Guo, Y., Youssef, J., Arastoo, S., Viray, L., Goldberg, W., and Aizik, S. (In Press). Assessing parent perceptions of physical activity in families of toddlers with neurodevelopmental disorders: The Parent Perceptions of Physical Activity Scale (PPPAS) Pediatric Exercise Science.
Schuck, S., Emmerson, N., Abdullah, M., Stehli, A., Fine, A., & Lakes, K. D. (In Press). A randomized controlled trial of traditional behavioral and canine-assisted interventions for ADHD. Human Animal Interaction Bulletin.
Lakes, K. D., Guo, Y., Lucas, C., & Cooper, D. (2017). Measuring Maternal Behaviors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Infants and Young Children, 30, 124-132.
Swanson, J. M., Sibley, M., Stehli, A., Arnold, L., E., Owens, E. B., Mitchell, J., Molina, B., Hinshaw, S. P., Abikoff, H., Algorta, G. P., Howard, A. Hoza, B., Etcovitch, J., Lakes, K. D., and others for the MTA Group. (In Press). Prospective 16-Year Follow-up of the Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD: Effects of Treatment and Maturation on Developmental Course. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Hechtman, L., Swanson, J. M., Sibley, M., Stehli, A., Arnold, L., E., Owens, E. B., Mitchell, J., Molina, B., Hinshaw, S. P., Abikoff, H., Algorta, G. P., Howard, A. Hoza, B., Etcovitch, J., Lakes, K. D., and others for the MTA Group. Functional Adult Outcomes 16 years after Childhood Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: MTA Results. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Schuck, S., Ziv, H., Emmerson, N., Collins, P., Arastoo, S.*, Warschauer, M., Crinella, F., & Lakes, K.D. (2016). Designing an iPad app to monitor and improve classroom behavior for children with ADHD: iSelfControl Feasibility and Pilot Studies. PLOS ONE.
Sibley, M., Swanson, J. M., Arnold, L.E., Hechtman, L., Owens, L. E., Mitchell, J., Nichols, Q., Stehli, A., Abikoff, H., Hinshaw, S. P., Molina, B., Howard, A., Acosta, M., Muenke, M., Arcos-Burgos, M., Wigal, T., Lakes, K. D., and Pelham, W. for the MTA Group. (In Press). Defining Symptomatic ADHD Persistence in Adulthood: Optimizing Sensitivity and Specificity. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Newschaffer, C. J., Schriver, E., Berrigan, L., Bishop, S., Burkom, D., Golden, A., Ibanez, L., Kuo, A., Lakes, K. D., Landa, R., Messinger, D.S., Paterson, S., Stone, W.L., Warren, Z. (In Press). Development and validation of a streamlined Autism case confirmation approach for use in epidemiologic risk factor research in prospective cohorts. Autism Research.
Vazou, S., Pesce, C., Lakes, K., Smiley-Oyen, A. (2016). More than one road leads to Rome: A narrative review and meta-analysis of physical activity intervention effects on children’s cognition. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Azami, S., Moqaddas, A., Morteza, N., Faramarz, S., Mahdieh, M., Hemmati, F., Ameneh, A., Pariya, H., Saeedeh, K., & Lakes, K. D. (2016). A randomized controlled trial comparing computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation, stimulant medication, and an active control in the treatment of ADHD. Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Pina, L., Hayes, G.R., Cheng, K.G., Griswold, W., Emmerson, N., Schuck, S.E.B., and Lakes, K.D. (2016). Quantified Families: A Distributed Cognition Analysis of Family Behavioral Training to Manage ADHD. ACM Transactions in Computer-Human Interaction (ToCHI).
Lakes, K.D., Marvin, S., Rowley, J., San Nicholas, M., Arastoo, S., Viray, L., Orozco, A., and Jurnak, F. (2016). Dancers’ perceptions of the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical benefits of modern styles of partnered dancing. Complementary Therapies in Medicine.
Hechtman, L., Swanson, J. M., Sibley, M., Stehli, A., Arnold, L., E., Owens, E. B., Mitchell, J., Molina, B., Hinshaw, S. P., Abikoff, H., Algorta, G. P., Howard, A. Hoza, B., Etcovitch, J., Lakes, K. D., and others for the MTA Group. Functional Adult Outcomes 16 years after Childhood Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: MTA Results. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Schuck, S., Ziv, H., Emmerson, N., Collins, P., Arastoo, S.*, Warschauer, M., Crinella, F., & Lakes, K.D. (2016). Designing an iPad app to monitor and improve classroom behavior for children with ADHD: iSelfControl Feasibility and Pilot Studies. PLOS ONE.
Kettler, R., Blumert, H., & Lakes, K.D. (In Press). Impact of language translation on internal structure of a rating scale: The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in Spanish. Global Journal of Human Social Sciences, 15 (1).
Lakes, K.D., Vaughan, E., Pham, J., Tran, T., Jones, M., Baker, D., Swanson, J., & Olshansky, E. (2014). Community member and faith leader perspectives on the importance of building trusting relationships between communities and researchers. Clinical Translational Science, 7 (1), 20-28.
Lakes, K.D. (2013). Restricted sample variance reduces generalizability. Psychological Assessment, 25, 643-650.
Lakes, K.D., Bryars, T., Emmerson, N., Sirisinihal, S., Salim, N., Arastoo, S., Kang, D., Shim, L., Wong, D., & Kang, C. J. (2013). The Healthy for Life Taekwondo pilot study: A preliminary evaluation of effects on executive function and BMI, feasibility, and acceptability. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 6, 181-188.
Lakes, K.D. (2013). Measuring self-regulation in a physically active context: Psychometric analyses of scores derived from an observer-rated measure of self-regulation. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 6, 189-196.
Olshansky, E., Kando, K., Vaughan, J., Lakes, K.D., & Cooper, D. (2013). The importance to society of embracing counter-intuitive thought in science: Assisted exercise in preterm infants for long-term healthy outcomes. The International Journal of Science in Society, 4 (3), 145-152.
Lakes, K.D. (2013). The value of youth education in Taekwondo training: Scientific evidence for the benefits of training children. In the Proceedings of the Seoul World Taekwondo Leaders Forum published by the Taekwondo Journal of Kukkiwon, 45-63.
Schuck, S., Emmerson, N., Fine, A., & Lakes, K. D. (2013). Canine assisted therapy for children with ADHD: Preliminary findings from the Positive Assertive Cooperative Kids (P.A.C.K.) study. Journal of Attention Disorders.
Lakes, K.D., Vaughan, E., Pham, J., Tran, T., Jones, M., Baker, D., Swanson, J., & Olshansky, E. (2014). Community member and faith leader perspectives on the importance of building trusting relationships between communities and researchers. Clinical Translational Science, 7 (1), 20-28.
Gravem, D., Lakes, K. D., Rich, J., Vaughan, J., Hayes, G., Cooper, D., & Olshansky, E. (2012). Feasibility of caregiver assisted home exercise for preterm infants. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing.
Lakes, K.D. (2013). Scientific evidence for the benefits of teaching children Taekwondo. Taekwondo Journal of Kukkiwon, 4(1), 1-23.
Lakes, K.D., Vaughan, E., Lemke, A., Jones, M., Baker, D., Swanson, J., & Burke, W. (2012). Maternal perspectives of the return of genetic results: Context matters. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, 9999: 1-10.
Lakes, K.D., Vaughan, E., Jones, M., Burke, W., Baker, D., & Swanson, J. (2011). Diverse perceptions of the informed consent process: Results from formative research for the National Children’s Study. American Journal of Community Psychology.
Lakes, K.D. (2011). Psychological and educational assessment in child and adolescent research: Introduction to the special issue. The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment.
Swanson, J. M. Schuck, S., Mann, M., Carlson, C., Hartman, K., Sergeant, J., Clevenger, W., Wasdell, M., McCleary, R., Lakes, K. D., & Wigal, T. (2011). Categorical and dimensional definitions and evaluations of symptoms of ADHD: History of the SNAP and SWAN rating scales. The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment.
Olshansky, E., Lakes K. D., Vaughan, J., Gravem, D., David, M., Nguyen, H., Rich, J., & Cooper, D. (2011). Enhancing the Construct and Content Validity of Rating Scales for Clinical Research: Using Qualitative Methods to Develop a Rating Scale to Assess Parental Perceptions of Infant Exercise. The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment.
Lakes, K. D. (2011). The Response to Challenge Scale (RCS): The Development and Construct Validity of an Observer-Rated Measure of Children’s Self-Regulation. The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment.
Lakes, K.D., Swanson, J. M., & Riggs, M. (2011). The reliability and validity of the English and Spanish Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD and Normal Behavior (SWAN) rating scales: Continuum measures of hyperactivity and inattention. Journal of Attention Disorders.
Swanson, J.M., Wigal, T.L., Lakes, K. D., & Volkow, N. (2011). ADHD: Defining a Spectrum Disorder and Considering Neuroethical Implications. In J. Illes & B. Sahakian (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lakes, K.D., Vargas, D., Riggs, M., Schmidt, J., & Baird, M. (2010). Parenting intervention to reduce attention and behavior difficulties in preschoolers: A CUIDAR evaluation study. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
Wigal, S. B., Maltas, S., Crinella, F., Stehli, A., Steinhoff, K., Lakes, K. D., Schuck, S. (2010). Reading performance as a function of treatment with lisdexamfetamine dimesylate in elementary school children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Journal of Attention Disorders.
Swanson, J. M., Wigal, T. L., & Lakes, K. D. (2009). DSM V and the Future of Diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Current Psychiatry Reports, 11 (5).
Gravem, D., Lakes, K. D., Teran, L., Rich, J., Cooper, D., & Olshansky, E. (2009). Maternal perceptions of a neonatal intensive care unit infant exercise program. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 38, 527-533.
Lakes, K. D. & Hoyt, W. T. (2009). Applications of Generalizability Theory to clinical child psychology research. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38, 1-22.
Lakes, K. D., Kettler, R., Schmidt, J., Haynes, M., Feeney-Kettler, K., Swanson, J. M., & Tamm, L. (2009). Predictors of service utilization in a parent training intervention for preschoolers at risk for ADHD and related childhood disorders: Reducing disparities in access to service. Journal of Early Intervention, 31, 167-178.
Lakes, K. D. & Hoyt, W.T. (2008). What Sources Contribute to Variance in Observer Ratings? Using Generalizability Theory to Assess Construct Validity of Psychological Measures. Infant and Child Development, 17, 269-284.
Lopez, S., Garro, L., & Lakes, K. D. (2008). Toward an empirically supported process model of cultural competence. The California Psychologist, 41, 10-14.
Lakes, K. D., Lopez, S., & Garro, L. (2006). Cultural competence and psychotherapy: Applying anthropologically informed conceptions of culture. Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, and Training, 4, 380-396.
Tamm, L., Swanson, J. M., Lerner, M.A., Childress, C., Patterson, B., Lakes, K., et. al. (2005). Intervention for preschoolers at risk for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Service before diagnosis. Clinical Neuroscience Research, 5, 247-253.
Lakes, K. D. & Hoyt, W. T. (2004). Promoting self-regulation through school-based martial arts training. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 25, 283-302.