Publications
Under Review:
Rozenblat, S., Netzer-Hellman, S., Zachor, D., Rudko, N., Zaidman-Zait, A., & Koller, J. (under review). The association between RRBs and adaptive functioning
Tarabieh, M, Sinai-Gavrilov, Y., Rose, A., Netzer Hellman, S., Binet, A., Costa, D., Shimony, O., Shougry, A., Nahum, M., & Koller, J. (revise and resubmit). RUBI goes to town: Community implementation of an evidence-based parent training protocol for disruptive behavior in autism.
Nitzan, T., Matz Vaisman, T., David Cohen, T., Ilan, M., Faroy, M., Michaelovski, A., Zigdon, D., Meiri, G., Dinstein, I., & Koller, J. (revise and resubmit). Feasibility and Initial Outcomes of the Social ABCs Parent-Mediated Intervention for Autistic Toddlers in Israel: A Pilot Single-Arm Study doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.11.25342043
Matz Vaisman, T., & Koller, J. (preprint). Family and teacher accommodation of restricted and repetitive behaviors in young autistic children. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6337141/v1
Nitzan, T., Bachrach, M., Ilan, M., Faroy, M., Waissengreen, D., Michaelovsky, A., Zagdon, D., Sadaka, Y., Bar Yosef, O. O., Zachor, D., Avni, E., Menashe, I., Meiri, G., Koller, J., & Dinstein, I. (revise and resubmit). Early joint attention abilities measured by the ADOS-2 predict subsequent expressive language development in minimally verbal autistic children. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.07.25335088
2026:
Sasportas Joseph, L., Perez, M., Perry, A., & Koller, J. (2026). ToM2: Parental Perception of Theory of Mind Abilities in Autistic Children. Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70192
Bachrach, M., Ilan, M., Faroy, M., Michaelovsky, A., Zagdon, D., Sadaka, Y., Yosef, O.B., Aran, A., Begin, M., Zachor, D., Avni, E., Koller, J., Menashe, I., Meiri, G. and Dinstein, I. (2026), Cognitive Abilities and Irritability Are the Main Factors Influencing Initial Placement of Autistic Preschoolers in Special or Mainstream Education in Israel. Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70188
2025:
de la Roche, L., Chen, C., Roncadin, C., D’Anguilli, A., Lee, V., Salt, M., Elisabetta, T., Carter, M., Koller, J., Fournier, S., Zwaigenbaum, L., McPhee, P., Gentles, S., Drmic, I., DiRezze, B., Rosenbaum, P., Mesterman, R., Frei, J., Zubairi, M., Georgiades, K., Duku, E., Bennett, T., Hanlon-Dearman, A., Lai, J., Singal, D., Georgiades, S., & Kelley, E. (2025). Brief Report: Exploring the relationship between family experiences and behavioural inflexibility in young autistic children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Weintraub, N., Koller, J., Wiesenthal, V., Gumpel, T. P., & Werner, S. (2025). Does the educational setting matter? School quality of life of students with special education needs. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2025.2526013
Rum, Y., Dolev, A.², Reichman, O.², Zachor, D.A., Avni, E., Ilan, M., Meiri, G., & Koller, J. (2025). The older sibling effect: Comparing social functioning outcomes for autistic children with typically developing siblings, no siblings, and autistic siblings. Frontiers in Psychology
Rozenblat, S.², Shimshoni, Y., Lebowitz, E., Perez, M.², & Koller, J. (2025). A pilot trial of SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) in autism. Child Psychiatry & Human Development
2024:
Rozenblat, S.², Nitzan, T.², Matz Vaisman, T.², Shusel, R., Rum, Y., Ashtamker, M., Golan, O., Dinstein, I., & Koller, J. (2024). Autistic children and their parents in the context of war: Preliminary findings. Disability and Society: Research and Practice (3). (Hebrew).
Barami, T., Manelis-Baram, L., Kaiser, H., Ilan, M., Slobodkin, A., Hadashi, O., Hadad, D., Waissengreen, D., Nitzan, T., Menashe, I., Michaelovsky, A., Begin, M., Zachor, D., Sadaka, Y., Koller, J., Zagdon, D., Meiri, G., Azencot, O., Sharf, A., & Dinstein, I. (2024). Automated identification and quantification of stereotypical movements from video recordings of children with ASD. JAMA Network Open
David Cohen, T.², Koller, J., Duku, E., Kata, A., Anderson, C., Bennett, T., Cauwenbergs, A., Dekker, K., Di Rezze, B., Drmic, I., Eerkes, J., Gentles, S. J., Georgiades, K., Hoult, L., Kraus De Camargo, O., Mahoney, W., Mesterman, R., Ng, O., Robertson, S., Roncadin, C., Rosenbaum, P., and Georgiades, S. (2024). Brief Report: Pilot findings from the PARC Study: The interaction between autism symptomatology and adaptive functioning over a six-month period. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities
Rozenblat, S.², Nitzan, T.², Matz Vaisman, T.², Shusel, R., Rum, Y., Ashtamker, M., Golan, O., Dinstein, I., & Koller, J. (2024). Short Communication: Autistic Children in the Context of War: Preliminary Findings. Stress and Health
Kata A., McPhee P.G., Chen Y., et al. (2024). The Pediatric Autism Research Cohort (PARC) Study: protocol for a patient-oriented prospective study examining trajectories of functioning in children with autism. BMJ Open
2023:
Ilan, M., Faroy, M., Zachor, D., Manelis, L., Waissengreen, D., Michaelovski, A., Avni, I., Menashe, I., Koller, J., Dinstein, I., & Meiri, G. (2023). Children with autism exhibit similar longitudinal changes in core symptoms when placed in special or mainstream education settings. Autism.
Nitzan, T.², Koller, J., Ilan, M., Faroy, M., Michaelovski, A., Menashe, I., Dinstein, I., & Meiri, G. (2022). Early ASD diagnosis is associated with larger language impairments in public healthcare settings. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities
2022:
Graucher, T.², Sinai-Gavrilov, Y.², Mor, Y., Netzer, S., Cohen, E., Levi, L., Birenboim, T., & Koller, J. (2022). From clinic room to zoom: Delivery of an evidence-based, parent-mediated intervention in the community before and during the pandemic. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities. doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05592-1
Arazi, A., Koller, J., Zachor, D. A., Golan, O., Sadaka, Y., Eytan, D., Stolar, E., Atzva-Poria, N., Golan, H., Menashe, I., Meiri, G., Gabis, L., & Dinstein, I. (2022). Home-quarantine during the initial COVID-19 outbreak in Israel: Parent perceived impact on children with ASD. Heliyon. doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09681
Koller, J., David, T.², Bar, N.², & Lebowitz, E. R. (2022). The role of family accommodation of RRBs in disruptive behavior among children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05163-w
2021:
Gabbay-Dizdar, N., Ilan, M., Meiri, G., Faroy, M., Michaelovski, A., Flusser, H., Menashe, I., Koller, J., Zachor, D., & Dinstein, I. (2021). Early diagnosis of ASD in the community leads to marked social improvements within 1-2 years. Autism. doi.org/10.1177/13623613211049011
Werner S., Gumpel T.P., Koller J., Wiesenthal V., Weintraub N. (2021) Can self-efficacy mediate between knowledge of policy, school support, and teacher attitudes towards inclusive education? PLoS ONE 16(9): e0257657. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257657
Koller, J., Shalev, R.², Schallamach, C.², Gumpel, T.P., & Begin M. (2021). The role of demographics in the age of autism diagnosis in Jerusalem. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04107-9
2020:
Dinstein, I., Arazi, A., Golan, H.M., Koller, J. et al. (2020). The National Autism Database of Israel: A resource for studying autism risk factors, biomarkers, outcome measures, and treatment efficacy. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12031-020-01671-z
Ben-Itzhak, E., Koller, J. & Zachor, D. (2020). Characterization and prediction of anxiety in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A longitudinal study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00673-0
Gumpel, T.P., Koller, J., Weintraub, N., Werner, S., & Wiesenthal, V. (2020). The 3P model for creating sustainable educational reform: An epilogue to the special issue. Journal of Educational Administration, doi.org/10.1108/JEA-03-2020-0074
Koller, J. & Lebowitz, E. (2020). Family accommodation in autism spectrum disorder. In: Volkmar, F. (Ed) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorder (general entry). Springer, New York doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102436-1
Koller, J. (2020). The role of demographics in the age of autism diagnosis. In: Volkmar, F. (Ed) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorder (general entry). Springer, New York doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8
2019:
Feldman, I.², Koller, J., Lebowitz, E., Ben-Itzchak, E., Shulman, C., & Zachor, D. (2019). Family accommodation in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04078-x
Koller, J. & Georgiades, S. (2019). Letter to the Editor: The balance between demands and capacity in autism. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
2017:
Macari, S.¹, Koller, J¹, Campbell, D. & Chawarska, K. (2017). Temperamental markers in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(7), 819-828. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12710.
Koller, J., Levy, M., Weisenthal, V., & Gumpel, T. P. (2017). Inclusion in Israel. In: M. L. Wehmeyer & J. R. Patton (Eds.), Handbook of International Special Education. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
2016:
Kim, S.H., Macari, S., Koller, J. & Chawarska, K. (2016). Examining the phenotypic heterogeneity of early autism spectrum disorder: Subtypes and short-term outcomes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57(1), 93-102. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12448
¹equal contribution ²graduate student