Melanie Pellecchia, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Consulting Psychologist, Penn Medicine Autism Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
Consulting Psychologist, Hall Mercer Early Childhood Program
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
3535 Market Street, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-746-1950
Education:
B.S (Psychology)
St. Joseph's University, 2000.
M.S.Ed (Applied Behavior Analysis)
Temple University, 2006.
Ph.D. (School Psychology)
Temple University, 2013.
Permanent linkB.S (Psychology)
St. Joseph's University, 2000.
M.S.Ed (Applied Behavior Analysis)
Temple University, 2006.
Ph.D. (School Psychology)
Temple University, 2013.
Selected Publications
Becker-Haimes, E.M., Jamison. J., Creed, T.A., Pellecchia, M., Jager-Hyman, S., Sanchez, A., Imel, Z., Atkins, D.C., Worley, J., Oquendo, M.A., Capella, E., and Wolk, C.B.: Toward Equitable Fidelity Measurement of Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions. American Psychologist 2026.Straiton-Webster, D., Ingersoll, B., Johnson, L., Pellecchia., M., Stahmer, A.C., Reith, S., Crabbe, S., Pickard, K. : Factors That Influence Provider Fidelity to a Caregiver-Mediated Naturalistic Developmental Intervention Implemented Across Four States and Two Service Systems Oral presentation delivered at the International Society for Autism Research Conference, Prague. 2026.
Zielke, J., Pu, M., Kim, J., Islam, N., Argueta, T., Yosick, R., Pellecchia, M., & Pickard, K.: Identity-Based Perspectives on the Benefits and Harms of Autism Early Intervention Strategies. Oral presentation delivered at the International Society of Autism Research Annual Conference, Prague. 2026.
Pellecchia, M., Lynch, K., Newman, J., Becker-Haimes, E., Crabbe, S., Mandell, D.S.: Co-Designing Implementation: A Toolkit for Caregiver-Mediated Intervention in Early Intervention. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research Conference, Prague. 2026.
Straiton, D., Crabbe., S., Ingersoll, B., Mandell, D.S., Pellecchia, M.: Discrepancies in Self-Rated vs. Observer-Rated Fidelity to a Caregiver Coaching Intervention for Autism Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research Conference, Prague. 2026.
Nagpal, A., Divan, G., Chopra A., Chan, J., Pellecchia., M.: Implementation of Classroom Pivotal Response Teaching (CPRT) for Autistic Students in India. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research, Seattle, WA. May 2025.
Kina, F., Straiton, D., Crabbe S., Pellecchia, M., : Caregiver Perspectives on Caregiver-Provider Relationships in Early Intervention for Autism. Poster presented at the Dwight L. Evans, M.D. Penn Psychiatry Research Day: Translational Research - Bench to Bedside & Back Again, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. April 2025.
Gottret Murillo, N., Hernandez, A., Crabbe, S., Pellecchia. M.: Who Stays Engaged? Investigating Predictors of Engagement in a Caregiver-Mediated Autism Intervention. Poster presented at the Dwight L. Evans, M.D. Penn Psychiatry Research Day: Translational Research - Bench to Bedside & Back Again, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. April 2025.
Pellecchia, M., Beidas, R.S., Tomczuk, L., Mandell, D.S., Stahmer, A.C.: A Pilot Evaluation of the PEACE Implementation Toolkit to Improve the Use of Caregiver Coaching in Early Intervention. Behavioral Sciences 15(9), 2025.
Hernandez, ALyssa, M., Straiton, Diondra, Mandell, David, S., Ingersoll, Brooke, Crabbe, Samantha, Rieth, Sarah, & Pellecchia, Melanie.: Short report: Associations of family characteristics and clinicians’ use of caregiver coaching in early intervention. Autism 29(7): 1898-1906, 2025.