Janet Farmer, PhD, ABPP

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Janet Farmer, PhD, ABPP, is a Professor in the Department of Health Psychology and the Department of Child Health at the University of Missouri-Columbia Health Sciences Center. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her internship and post-doctoral fellowship were also completed at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Farmer established the Child Neuropsychology Clinic in 1991 and the Division of Pediatric Psychology and Neuropsychology in 2001. Currently, she directs the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, which was launched in 2005. She has earned a Diplomate in Rehabilitation Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology and is also a fellow of the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Farmer’s research interests focus on children with special health care needs, including autism, and health service delivery systems for children and youth with chronic health conditions. She has received grant funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, NIH/National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth and the Missouri Foundation for Health. She also is active in health policy initiatives, including the DHHS Primary Care Health Policy Fellowship, the MU Center for Health Policy, and the MU Center for Family and Policy Research.

Janet Farmer, PhD, ABPP
Ellis Fischel Hospital
One Hospital Drive, DC 116.88
Columbia, MO 65212
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Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

Farmer, J.E., Clark, M.J., & Sherman, A. (2003). Rural vs. urban social support seeking as a moderating variable in traumatic brain injury outcome. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 18 (2), 116-127.

Farmer, J.E., Clark, M.J., Marien, W.E. (2003). Building systems of care for children with chronic health conditions. Rehabilitation Psychology. 48(4), 242-249.

Farmer, J.E., Marien, W., & Frasier, L. (2003). Quality improvements in primary care for children with special health care needs: Use of a brief screening measure. Children’s Health Care, 32 (4), 273-285.

Hagglund, K. J., Clark, M. J., Farmer, J. E., & Sherman, A. K. (2004). A comparison of consumer-directed and agency-directed personal assistance services programmes. Disability and Rehabilitation, 26 (9), 518-527.

Stoelb, M., Yarnal, R., Miles, J., Takahashi, N., Farmer, J. E., & McCathren, R. B. (2004). Predicting responsiveness to treatment of children with autism: The importance of physical dysmorphology. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 19 (2), 66-77.

Farmer, J.E., Marien, W.E., Clark, M.J., Sherman, A., & Selva, T.J. (2004). Primary care supports for children with chronic health conditions: Identifying and predicting unmet family needs. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 29(5), 355-367.

McCann, K.K., Farmer, J.E., & Patel, N. (2004). Childhood-onset multiple sclerosis and mood disorders: A case study. Child Neuropsychology, 10 (2), 102-116.

Takahashi, T.N., Farmer, J.E., Deidrick, K.K., Hsu, B.B., Miles, J.H., & Maria, B.L. (2005). Joubert Syndrome is not a cause of classical autism. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 132A, 347-351.

Miles, J.H., Takahashi, T.N., Bagby, S., Sahota, P.K., Vaslow, D.F., Wang, C.H., Hillman, R.E., & Farmer, J.E. (2005, online pre-publication copy May 10). Essential vs complex autism: Definition of fundamental prognostic subtypes. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 135A (2), 171-180.

Farmer, J.E., Clark, M.J., Sherman, A., Marien, W. E., Selva, T.J. (2005). Comprehensive primary care for children with special health care needs in rural areas. Pediatrics, 116, 649-656.

Deidrick, K. M., and Farmer, J. E. (2005). School reentry following traumatic brain injury. Preventing School Failure, 49, 23-33.

Farmer, J.E., Deidrick, K.M., Gitten, J.C., Fennell, E.B., & Maria, B.L. (in press). Parenting stress and its relation to the behavior of children with Joubert Syndrome. Journal of Child Neurology.

Braddock, B.A., Farmer, J.E., Deidrick, K.M., Iverson, J.M., & Maria, B.L. (in press). Oromotor and communication findings in Joubert Syndrome: Further evidence of multisystem apraxia. Journal of Child Neurology.

Recent Published Abstracts

Farmer, J.E., McCann, K.K., Horwitz, E., Fennell, E.B., Gitten, J.C., Jackson, A., & Maria, B.L. (2003). Adaptive and maladaptive behaviors in children with Joubert syndrome. Pediatric Research, 53 (4), 69A.

Braddock, B.A., Reid, E.R., Takahasi, N., Farmer, J.E., Miles, J.H., Hillman, R.H., & Iverson, J.M. (2003). Links between language, gesture, and motor skills in children with autistic disorders. Pediatric Research, 53 (4), 258A.

Farmer, J.E., Clark, M.J., Marien, W.E., Petty, T., Sherman, A., & Selva, T. (2003). Outcomes of a medical home intervention for children with special health care needs. Pediatric Research, 53 (4), 185A.

Recent Book Chapters and Edited Books

Frank, R. G., Farmer, J. E., & Klapow, J. (2003). The relevance of health policy to the future of health psychology. In S. Llewelyn and P. Kennedy (Eds.), Handbook of clinical health psychology (pp. 547-561). London: Oxford Press.

Frank, R. G., Hagglund, K., & Farmer, J. E. (2004). Chronic illness management in primary care: The Cardinal Symptoms Model. In R. G. Frank, S. H. McDaniel, J.H. Bray and M. Heldring (Eds.) Primary care psychology (pp. 259-275). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Farmer, J.E., Donders, J., & Warschausky, S. (2006). Treating neurodevelopmental disabilities: Clinical research and practice. Guilford Publishing, Inc.

Farmer, J. E., & Deidrick, K.M. (2006). Introduction to childhood disability. In J.E. Farmer, J.Donders, & S. Warschausky (Eds.), Treating neurodevelopmental disorders: Clinical research and practice. Guilford Press.

Farmer, J. E., & Drewel, E. H. (2006). Systems interventions for comprehensive care. In J.E. Farmer, J.Donders, & S. Warschausky (Eds.), Treating neurodevelopmental disorders: Clinical research and practice. Guilford Press.

Recent National Presentations

Farmer, J.E. (2004, March). ABRP Preparation Workshop: Selection and writing of practice samples. Presentation at the Rehabilitation Psychology 2004 conference, Seattle, WA.

Farmer, J.E., Clark, M.J., Drewel, E.H., & Sherman, A. (2004, April). Parent satisfaction with community mental health services for children with chronic health conditions. Presentation at the National Conference on Child Health Psychology, Charleston, SC.

Deidrick, K.M., Farmer, J.E., Gitten, J.C., Fennell, E.B., Horwitz, E., & Maria, B.L. (2004, April). Maternal and paternal parenting stress in Joubert Syndrome. Presentation at the National Conference on Child Health Psychology, Charleston, SC.

Braddock, B.A., Farmer, J.E., McCann, K.M., Thompson, T.R., Iverson, J.M., & Maria, B.L. (2004, June). Gesture, speech, and motor skill in Joubert Syndrome. Presentation at the 25th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Petty, T., & Farmer, J.E. (2004, July). Partnership with a Medicaid managed care organization in building medical homes for rural children with special health care needs. Roundtable discussion at the American Academy of Pediatrics Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) & Medical Home National Conference, Chicago, IL.

Deidrick, K.K., Farmer, J.E., & Lopez, W. (2004, October). Unmet behavioral health care needs in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Presentation at the Kansas Conference on Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, KS.

Deidrick, K. M. and Farmer, J. E. (2005, April). Behavioral healthcare needs among children referred for neuropsychological assessment: Associated child and family characteristics. Poster presented at the annual Rehabilitation Psychology (APA Division 22) Mid-Year Conference, Baltimore , MD.

Harlan Drewel, E., Farmer, J.E., & Sherman , A.K. (2005, April). Depression in caregivers of children with chronic health conditions and its relationship with child functioning and unmet family needs. Poster presented at the annual Rehabilitation Psychology (APA Division 22) Mid-Year Conference, Baltimore , MD.

Farmer, J.E., Giuffre, D., Deidrick, K.K., Day, L., & Hillman, L. (2005, August). Low birthweight and injury risk. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington , D.C.

Farmer, J.E. (2005, October). Comprehensive and coordinated care for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Invited workshop at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Tampa , FL.

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