Ashley Woodman
Senior Lecturer, Program Director DDHS
Education
PhD, Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology, Boston College
BA, Psychology, French Language and Literature, McGill University
Research
My research primarily focuses on the impact of raising a child with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD) on parent and family well-being, as well as the impact of family processes on the social, emotional, and behavioral development of individuals with IDD over the life course. I am also interested in how people - including parents, students and community members - make meaning of disability (e.g., disability paradigms).
Teaching
PSYCH 480: Intellectual Disability: Concepts and Controversies
PSYCH 481: Impact of Disabilities on Families
PSYCH 387: Autism
PSYCH 490P: International Perspectives on Disability
Service
Director of the Developmental Disabilities and Human Services Program (blogs.umass.edu/ddhs)
Undergraduate Studies Committee
Course Materials Affordability Working Group
Publications
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
*UMass students
Woodman, A. C., Breviglia, E.*, Mori, Y., Golden, R., Maina, J., & Wisniewski, H.* (in press). The effect of music on exercise intensity among children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Clinical Medicine.
Woodman, A. C., Demers, L., Crossman, M. K., Warfield, M. E., & Hauser-Cram, P. (2018). The influence of part C early intervention dosage levels on growth in adaptive skills through adolescence. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 43(2), 73-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.01.007
Gerstein, E. D., Woodman, A. C., Burnson, C., Cheng, E. R. & Poehlmann-Tynan, J. (2017). Trajectories of externalizing and internalizing behaviors in preterm children admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit. Journal of Pediatrics, 187, 111-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.04.047
Woodman, A. C., Mailick, M. R., & Greenberg, J. S. (2016). Trajectories of internalizing and externalizing symptoms among adults with autism spectrum disorders. Development and Psychopathology, 28(2), 565-581. doi: 10.1017/S095457941500108X
Woodman, A. C., Smith, L. E., Mailick, M. R., & Greenberg, J. S. (2016). Contextual factors predict patterns of change in functioning over 10 years among adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(1), 176-189. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2561-z
Hauser-Cram, P., & Woodman, A. C. (2016). Trajectories of internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44(4), 811-821. doi: 10.1007/s10802-015-0055-2
Woodman, A. C., Mawdsley, H. P., & Hauser-Cram, P. (2015). Parenting stress and child behavior problems within families of children with developmental disabilities: Transactional relations across 15 years. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 36, 264-276. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.10.011
Woodman, A. C., Mailick, M. R., Anderson, K. A., & Esbensen, A. J. (2014). Residential transitions among adults with intellectual disability across 20 years. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 119(6), 496-515. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-119.6.496
Hauser-Cram, P., Woodman, A. C., & Heyman, M. (2014). Early mastery motivation as a predictor of executive function in young adults with developmental disabilities. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 119(6), 536-551. doi: 10.1352/1944-7588-119.6.536
Woodman, A. C., Smith, L. E., Greenberg, J. S., & Mailick, M. R. (2014). Change in autism symptoms and maladaptive behaviors in adolescence and adulthood: The role of positive family processes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (online). doi: 10.1007/s10803-014-2199-2
Woodman, A. C. (2014). Trajectories of stress among parents of children with disabilities: A dyadic analysis. Family Relations, 63(1), 39-54.
Friedman, S., Helm, D. T., & Woodman, A. C. (2013). End-of-life care policies and practices in pediatric skilled nursing facilities. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Woodman, A. C., & Hauser-Cram, P. (2013). The role of coping strategies in predicting change in parenting efficacy and depressive symptoms among mothers of adolescents with developmental disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 57(6), 513-530. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01555.x
Friedman, S., Helm, D. T., & Woodman, A. C. (2012). Unique and universal barriers: Hospice care for aging adults with intellectual disability. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 117(6), 509-532. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-117.6.509
Pechtel, P., Woodman, A., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2012). Early maternal withdrawal and nonverbal childhood IQ as precursors for substance use disorder in young adulthood: Results of a 20-year prospective study. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 5(3), 316-329.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Anderson, K. A., & Woodman, A. C. (in press). Supported living. In E. Braaten (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Intellectual and Developmental Disorders. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Woodman, A. C., Mailick, M. R., Greenberg, J. S., & Smith, L. E. (2016). Caregiving: Adults with developmental disabilities. In S. K. Whitbourne (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Hauser-Cram, P., Cannarella, A., Tillinger, M., & Woodman, A. C. (2012). Disabilities and development. In R. M. Lerner, A. Easterbrooks, & J. Mistry (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology, Vol. 6: Developmental Psychology (pp. 547-570, 2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.