Laurel Benjamin, M.S.

Pronouns: she, her

Doctoral Student

SDSU / UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
Experimental Psychopathology

San Diego

E-Mail: labenjamin@health.ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-966-7703
Location: [room number]
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Mail Code: [1234]
Fax: [619-594-####]
Links: [lab website]
Accounts: LinkedIn

Areas of Research

Implementation Science, Children’s Mental Health, Autism, Families, Culture, Service Disparities

Bio

My research focuses on the implementation of evidence-based interventions within publicly-funded mental health and educational settings. I am interested in identifying and testing multi-level strategies to increase providers’ effective use of evidence-based interventions with their autistic clients. A key aspect of my work involves elevating the voices of caregivers to inform both implementation science and autism services research.

Mentors

Lauren Brookman-Frazee, Ph.D., UC San Diego

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Education

B.S. in Psychology and Spanish
Haverford College
M.S. in Clinical Psychology
San Diego State University

Publications

Benjamin, L. R., Stahmer, A. C., Lau, A., & Brookman-Frazee, L. (2025). Caregiver concerns for autistic children differ between publicly-funded educational and mental health settings: Findings from a community implementation-effectiveness trial. Autism. Advance online publication, https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613251337536
Benjamin, L. R., Neece, C. L., McIntyre, L. L., Fenning, R. M., Edwards, A., Gwaltney, A., & Wheeler, A. C. (in press). A transdiagnostic comparison of mindfulness and parenting stress in mothers of children with autism, developmental delay, and fragile X syndrome. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Advance online publication, http://aaidd.org/publications/journals/articles-accepted-for-publication
Benjamin, L. R., Krantz, M., Fenning, R., & Neece, C. L. (2024). Parenting stress and child behavior problems among Latino and non-Latino families of autistic children: Exploring day-to-day temporal relations. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02908-w
Benjamin, L. R., & Wang, S. W. (2024) Coping, connection appraisal, and well-being during COVID-19 in the U.S., Japan, and Mexico. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1420327. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1420327
Neece, C. L., Fenning, R. M., Morrell, H., & Benjamin, L. R. (2024). Comparative effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction and psychoeducational support on parenting stress in families of autistic preschoolers. Autism, 28(4), 985-998. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231191558
Sanner, C., Benjamin, L. R., Eskander, C., McGregor, H., Preston, A., McIntyre, L. L., & Neece, C. L. (2023). Sibling support and perceived daily hassles in Latino and non-Latino families of children with DD. The Family Journal. 31(2), 330-340. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807221151174
Benjamin, L. R., & Wang, S. W. (2022). One size doesn’t fit all: Forms of social technology differentially predict distress. Communication Research Reports, 39(2), 80-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2022.2037542
Benjamin, L., Ni, X., & Wang, S. W. (2021). Implicit support differs across five groups in the U.S., Taiwan, and Mexico. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 27(4), 675-683. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000471

Grants

2023-2024: SDSU University Graduate Fellowship, San Diego State University
2024-2027: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation