Ofer Golan פרופ' עפר גולן

Clinical psychologist, head of the Autism Research Lab, Psychology Dept., Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
ר' המעבדה לחקר אוטיזם, המח' לפסיכולוגיה, אונ' בר-אילן.

[Ofer Golan פרופ' עפר גולן @Prof_Ofer_Golan]

Kudos to my former Master's student Eden Mizrahi-Kliger and my PhD student Sandra Israel-Yaacov for their work on the #PEERS program in autistic children and adolescents presented at #insar 2026

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Brilliant work by my and Prof Sigal Eden's doctoral student Ifat Bar on the integration of the Emotiplay intervention into autism special education classes. #insar 2026

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A great presentation by my and prof. Tomer Shechner's PhD student Dror Koren on identity formation of gender diverse autistic individuals #Insar 2026

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A new paper in Autism Research by my PhD student Liron Oliver-Aronson, demonstrating that parents' insightfulness into their autistic children's minds is associated with better social competence of the children. Open access at: https://t.co/Vbeqmo3yXn

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A new paper by my PhD student Eldar Fayena, showing how emotion regulation difficulties may account for suicidal ideation in autistic adults, is now freely available @SpringerNature JADD: https://t.co/YXzeuQu2uY

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Even at such difficult times, research must prevail. Congrats to Our former PhD student Dr Ester Zadok and my phd student Zohar Ben-Moshe, for publishing their work on empathic behavior & behavioral synchrony in autistic adolescents in JADD. Open access: https://t.co/e7aTnjHBL9

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Congratulations to our doctoral students Shir Shaked Ashkenazi, Ifat Bar, and Liron Oliver-Aronson, for the publication of their important report on the effects of exposure to war and terrorism on the distress of autistic children. https://t.co/qrYWBEreeM

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Great work by my colleague Dr Yael Goldfarb on autonomous work motivation and job satisfaction of autistic and non-autistic adults #INSAR2025

[Ofer Golan פרופ' עפר גולן @Prof_Ofer_Golan]

So proud of my doctoral student Liron Oliver-Aronson , who presented findings from our RCT evaluating the PEERS for Preschoolers program for autistic children #INSAR2025

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(Most of) the Israeli team at #INSAR2025 . Bringing together rigorous research and clinical excellence.

[Ofer Golan פרופ' עפר גולן @Prof_Ofer_Golan]

Congratulations to my doctoral student Michael Terner, for his new paper, titled "Sex Differences in Adult Autism Screening: A Comparison of Current Self-Report and Retrospective Parent-Report Measures" in JADD. The open access paper is available here:
https://t.co/MMwXcoOeQn

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Free access to the article here:
https://t.co/C0ivAfG5HS

[Ofer Golan פרופ' עפר גולן @Prof_Ofer_Golan]

Congrtulations to Dr. Yael Goldfarb on her new paper, "A narrative approach to career identity construction of autistic adults" in the Journal of Vocational Behavior. A significant contribution to the undertsanding of work life among autistic adults. https://t.co/o9lQlvKPVt

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@bhismadev @sbaroncohen Congratulations! Well deserved.

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A new publication @journalautism by my doctoral students Michael Terner and Sandra Israel-Yaacov, demonstrating autism diagnosis in girls and boys is predicted by different items on the CAST.
https://t.co/rtwuQxP4Yd

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A new publication by my and Ilanit Gordon's former PhD student Dr. Ester Zadok, titled "Autonomic nervous system responses to social stimuli among autistic individuals: A systematic review and meta‐analysis" is now available in Autism Research - Wiley https://t.co/bTgtpYgHLd

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Delighted our panel on Autism and trauma struck a chord with the dedicated audience #INSAR2023 . Thanks to Drs Connor Kerns, Arvin Kildahl, Freya Rumball, and Danny Horesh for sharing their important findings, and to Dr Jonathan Weiss, for his enlightening comments.

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My autism research lab's team at #INSAR2023 : Sandra Israel Yaacov., Dr Tali Gev, Ifat Bar, Liron Oliver-Aronson, and Lital Kohn [missing - Michael Terner]. Great job presenting your work at such a leading international forum!

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So wonderful to see my doctoral student Liron Oliver Aronson describe the preliminary results of her randomized controlled trial evaluating PEERS for preschoolers (P4P) to the creator of the PEERS interventions Dr Liz Laugeson #INSAR2023.

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Thank you Ifat Bar for a brilliant presentation at the technology session of #INSAR2023 about the adaptation of the Emotiplay emotional understanding intervention for use in special education classes.