Beth L. Goodlin-Jones, Ph.D.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Goodlin-Jones, a clinical developmental psychologist, is an active member of the clinical
research teams. The research teams see a wide range of children with at-risk development and
neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and fragile X syndrome. Her focus of research
involves sleep patterns in typically developing children and children with autism, developmental
delay, and fragile X syndrome. Dr. Goodlin-Jones works closely with several colleagues at the M.I.
N.D. Institute on the early indicators of autism and parent-child interaction patterns in families
with fragile X syndrome and autism. She is also a lead clinician on the M.I.N.D. Institute's Social
Skills program.
Title
Associate Professor
Specialty
Clinical Psychology
Department
Division
Center/Program Affiliation
Address/Phone
Education
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
UC Davis MIND Institute
UC Davis MIND Institute, 2825 50th St. Sacramento, CA 95817
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1987
B.A., Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1979
Internships
California Youth Authority, Sacramento, California, 1991
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, 1992-1993
Select Recent Publications
Anders TF, Iosif AM, Schwichtenberg AJ, Tang K, Goodlin-Jones BL. Six-month sleep-wake
organization and stability in preschool-age children with autism, developmental delay, and typical
development. Behav Sleep Med. 2011 Apr;9(2):92-106.
Schwichtenberg AJ, Iosif AM, Goodlin-Jones B, Tang K, Anders T. Daytime sleep patterns in
preschool children with autism, developmental delay, and typical development. Am J Intellect Dev
Disabil. 2011 Mar;116(2):142-52.
Schwichtenberg AJ, Goodlin-Jones B. Causes and correlates of frequent night awakenings in early
childhood. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2010;93:177-91.
Wirojanan, 1., Jacquemont, S., Diaz, R., Anders, T., Hagerman, R. Goodlin-Jones, B.L. (2009). The
Efficacy of Melatonin Treatment for Sleep Problems in Children with Autism and Fragile X
Beth L. Goodlin-Jones, Ph.D.
Syndrome. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 5(2), 145-150.
Goodlin-Jones B, Tang K, Liu J, Anders TF. Sleep problems, sleepiness and daytime behavior in
preschool-age children. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2009 Dec;50(12):1532-40. Epub 2009 Jul 1.
Goodlin-Jones, B., Schwichtenberg, A., Iosif, A., Tang, K., Liu, J., Anders, T, (2009). Six-month
persistence of sleep problems in young children with autism, developmental delay and typical
development. Journal of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, 48(8), 847-854.
Goodlin-Jones, B.L., Waters, S., Anders, T.F. (2009). Objective Sleep Measurement in Typically
and Atypically Developing Preschool Children with ADHD-like Profiles, Child Psychiatry and
Human Development, 40(2), 257-268.
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