Juliana Boucher graduated from Skidmore College with a B.A in psychology. During her time at Skidmore, Juliana worked as an RA in several labs including clinical, social, and reading psychology during the school year and summer internships. She also acted as a lab manager for Dr. Jessica Sullivan in the Developing Minds Center where she managed and worked collaboratively with the research assistants on their studies, as well as lead her own work investigating how sentence connectives (i.e., and, because) impact novel word learning in young children. Clinically, Juliana had the opportunity to complete multiple clinical internships during her time at Skidmore, including a Special Education Assistant Teacher at Prospect Center in Queensbury, NY for a small class of children with ASD, and a SibShop Facilitator for Saratoga Bridges in Ballston Spa, NY for siblings of kids with developmental disabilities.
At the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, Juliana has worked alongside Dr. Catherine Lord on the multi-site Simons Foundation-funded Tracking Health in Kids study which aimed to investigate the relationship between fever and the behavioral presentations of children on the autism spectrum utilizing parent reports through a smartphone application. Currently, Juliana is working on the multi-site NIH-funded Mobilizing Community Systems study lead by Dr. Amy Wetherby at Florida State University which aims to utilize a novel online screener to identify communication delays and ASD in young children (9-18 months) to increase earlier detection and provide better outcomes to all families, with a focus on under-represented and low income populations. In the future, Juliana plans to pursue her interests in autism and young children in a graduate level program.