Hayley's research focusses on characterising behavioural and mental health outcomes in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders associated with intellectual disabliity. Her work to date has primarily focussed on understanding autism, anxiety, ADHD and behaviours that challenge in children and adults with rare genetic syndromes through describing behavioural profiles, developmental trajectories, risk markers, and mechanistic underpinnings.
Hayley studied Psychology at the University of Birmingham and then completed an ESRC-funded Masters of Research Degree and PhD at the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Her doctoral research investigated social cognition and social behaviour in children and adults with rare genetic syndromes associated with intellectual disability and was awarded the 2014 Patricia Howlin Lecture Prize by the Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes. Following her PhD, Hayley was appointed as Assistant Professor at Coventry University where she led research into the identification of anxiety in individuals who are unable to self-report, as well as genetic markers for behavioural and mental health difficulties. In 2020, Hayley moved to University of Warwick where she leads the Neurodevelopmental Conditions Research @ WMS Lab which focusses on research into clinical outcomes for children and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders. Hayley is a Specialist Advisor to the Fragile X Society and Co-Director of the Cerebra Network for Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
- Edwards, Georgina, Tarver, Joanne, Shelley, Lauren, Bird, Megan, Hughes, Jessica, Crawford, Hayley, Waite, Jane, 2023. Utilising interview methodology to inform the development of new clinical assessment tools for anxiety in autistic individuals who speak few or no words. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53, pp. 2328-2348
- Crawford, Hayley, 2023. Social anxiety in neurodevelopmental disorders : the case of fragile X syndrome. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 128 (4), pp. 302-318
- Crawford, Hayley, Oliver, Chris, Groves, Laura, Bradley, Louise, Smith, Kayla, Hogan, Abigail, Renshaw, Derek, Waite, Jane, Roberts, Jane, 2023. Behavioural and physiological indicators of anxiety reflect shared and distinct profiles across individuals with neurogenetic syndromes. Psychiatry Research, 326
- Thomas, Nicky, Atherton, Helen, Dale, Jeremy, Smith, Kayla, Crawford, Hayley, 2023. General practice experiences for parents of children with intellectual disability : systematic review. British Journal of General Practice, 7 (3)
- Pelton, Mirabel K., Crawford, Hayley, Bul, Kim, Robertson, Ashley E., Adams, Jon, de Beurs, Derek, Rodgers, Jacqui, Baron?Cohen, Simon, Cassidy, Sarah, 2023. The role of anxiety and depression in suicidal thoughts for autistic and non?autistic people : a theory?driven network analysis. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 53 (3), pp. 426-442
- Bissell, Stacey, Oliver, Chris, Moss, Joanna, Heald, Mary, Waite, Jane, Crawford, Hayley, Kothari, Vishakha, Rumbellow, Lauren, Walters, Grace, Richards, Caroline, 2022. The behavioural phenotype of SATB2-associated syndrome : a within-group and cross-syndrome analysis. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 14
- Edwards, Georgina, Jones, Chris, Pearson, Effie, Royston, Rachel, Oliver, Chris, Tarver, Joanne, Crawford, Hayley, Shelley, Lauren, Waite, Jane, 2022. Prevalence of anxiety symptomatology and diagnosis in syndromic intellectual disability : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 138
- Crawford, Hayley, Moss, Joanna, Groves, Laura, Dowlen, Robyn, Nelson, Lisa, Reid, Donna, Oliver, Chris, 2020. A behavioural assessment of social anxiety and social motivation in Fragile X, Cornelia de Lange and Rubinstein-Taybi syndromes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50 (1), pp. 127-144
- Pelton, Mirabel K., Crawford, Hayley, Robertson, Ashley E., Rodgers, Jacqui, Baron-Cohen, Simon, Cassidy, Sarah, 2020. Understanding suicide risk in autistic adults : comparing the interpersonal theory of suicide in autistic and non-autistic samples. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Pelton, Mirabel K., Crawford, Hayley, Robertson, Ashley E., Rodgers, Jacqui, Baron-Cohen, Simon, Cassidy, Sarah, 2020. A measurement invariance analysis of the interpersonal needs questionnaire and acquired capability for suicide scale in autistic and non-autistic adults. Autism in Adulthood
- Crawford, Hayley, Scerif, Gaia, Wilde, Lucy, Beggs, Andrew, Stockton, Joanne, Sandhu, Pria, Shelley, Lauren, Oliver, Chris, McCleery, Joseph P., 2020. Genetic modifiers in rare disorders : the case of fragile X syndrome. European Journal of Human Genetics
- Ellis, Katherine, Lewington, Philippa, Powis, Laurie, Oliver, Chris, Waite, Jane, Heald, Mary, Apperly, Ian, Sandhu, Priya, Crawford, Hayley, 2020. Scaling of early social cognitive skills in typically developing infants and children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50, pp. 3988-4000
- Oliver, Chris, Adams, Dawn, Allen, Debbie, Crawford, Hayley, Heald, Mary, Moss, Jo, Richards, Caroline, Waite, Jane, Welham, Alice, Wilde, Lucy, Woodcock, Kate, 2020. The behaviour and wellbeing of children and adults with severe intellectual disability and complex needs : the Be-Well checklist for carers and professionals. Paediatrics and Child Health, 30 (12), pp. 416-424
- Roberts, Jane, Crawford, Hayley, Hogan, Abigail L., Fairchild, Amanda, Tonnsen, Bridgette, Brewe, Alexis, O'Connor, Shannon, Roberts, Douglas A., Abbeduto, Leonard, 2019. Social avoidance emerges in infancy and persists into adulthood in Fragile X syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49 (9), pp. 3753-3766
- Cressey, Helen, Oliver, Chris, Crawford, Hayley, Waite, Jane, 2019. Temper outbursts in Lowe syndrome : characteristics, sequence, environmental context and comparison to Prader?Willi syndrome. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32 (5)
- Groves, Laura, Moss, Joanna, Crawford, Hayley, Nelson, Lisa, Stinton, Chris, Singla, Gursharan, Oliver, Chris, 2019. Lifespan trajectory of affect in Cornelia de Lange syndrome : towards a neurobiological hypothesis. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 11
- Crawford, Hayley, Karakatsani, Efthalia, Singla, Gursharan, Oliver, Chris, 2019. The persistence of self-injurious and aggressive behavior in males with Fragile X syndrome over 8 years : a longitudinal study of prevalence and predictive risk markers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49 (7), pp. 2913-2922
- Roberts, Jane E., Crawford, Hayley, Will, Elizabeth A., Hogan, Abigail L., McQuillin, Samuel, Tonnsen, Bridgette L., O'Connor, Shannon, Roberts, Douglas A., Brewe, Alexis M., 2019. Infant social avoidance predicts autism but not anxiety in Fragile X syndrome. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10 (199)
- Surtees, Andrew D. R., Richards, Caroline, Clarkson, Emma L., Heald, Mary, Trickett, Jayne, Denyer, Hayley, Crawford, Hayley, Oliver, Chris, 2019. Sleep problems in autism spectrum disorders : a comparison to sleep in typically developing children using actigraphy, diaries and questionnaires. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 67
- Crawford, Hayley, Moss, J., Stinton, C., Singla, G., Oliver, C., 2018. Overactivity, impulsivity and repetitive behaviour in males with Fragile X syndrome : contrasting developmental trajectories in those with and without elevated autism symptoms. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 62 (8), pp. 672-683
- Nelson, Lisa, Crawford, Hayley, Reid, Donna, Moss, Joanna, Oliver, Chris, 2017. An experimental study of executive function and social impairment in Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 9 (33)
- Crawford, Hayley, Waite, Jane, Oliver, Chris, 2017. Diverse profiles of anxiety related disorders in Fragile X, Cornelia de Lange and Rubinstein?Taybi syndromes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47 (12), pp. 3728-3740
- Crawford, Hayley, Moss, Joanna, Oliver, Chris, Riby, Deborah, 2017. Differential effects of anxiety and autism on social scene scanning in males with Fragile X syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 9 (9)
- Crawford, Hayley, Moss, Joanna, Oliver, Chris, Elliott, Natasha, Anderson, Giles M., McCleery, Joseph P., 2016. Visual preference for social stimuli in individuals with autism or neurodevelopmental disorders : an eye-tracking study. Molecular Autism, 7 (24)
- Christou, Antonios I., Wallis, Yvonne, Bair, Hayley, Crawford, Hayley, Frisson, Steven, Zeegers, Maurice P., McCleery, Joseph P., 2015. BDNF Val66Met and 5-HTTLPR genotype are each associated with visual scanning patterns of faces in young children. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9
- Crawford, Hayley, Moss, Joanna, Anderson, Giles M., Oliver, Chris, McCleery, Joseph P., 2015. Implicit discrimination of basic facial expressions of positive/negative emotion in Fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorder. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 120 (4), pp. 328-345
- Crawford, Hayley, Moss, Joanna, McCleery, Joseph P., Anderson, Giles M., Oliver, Chris, 2015. Face scanning and spontaneous emotion preference in Cornelia de Lange syndrome and Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 7 (22)
- Oliver, Chris, Ellis, Katherine, Agar, Georgie, Bissell, Stacey, Chung, Justin Cheuk Yin, Crawford, Hayley, Pearson, Effie, Wade, Kelly, Waite, Jane, Allen, Debbie, Deeprose, Lucy, Edwards, Georgina, Jenner, Lauren, Kearney, Breanne, Shelley, Lauren, Smith, Kayla, Trower, Hayley, Adams, Dawn, Daniel, Louise, Groves, Laura et al (Select to open full list), 2022. Distress and challenging behavior in people with profound or severe intellectual disability and complex needs : assessment of causes and evaluation of intervention outcomes. In Esbensen, A. J.; Schworer, E. K. (eds.), Contemporary Issues in Evaluating Treatment Outcomes in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Elsevier, pp. 109-189
Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
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The development of a checklist for influences on distress and poor behavioural outcomes in children with severe-profound intellectual disability and complex needs (outline: 67068) | Great Ormond Street Hospital Childrens Charity | 01 Oct 2021 | 30 Sep 2024 |
Road to recovery: Understanding the impact of COVID and recovery phases on children and young people with Intellectual Disabilities and their families | UK Research and Innovation | 01 Apr 2021 | 31 Mar 2022 |
Bailey Thomas Foundation: The Identification of Anxiety in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disability' | Baily Thomas Charitable Fund | 02 Jan 2020 | 01 Jan 2021 |
Novation from Cov Univ: Ensuring timely and targeted intervention for anxiety and depression in minimally verbal individuals with autism: A neglected population | Autistica | 06 Jan 2020 | 29 Sep 2020 |