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Student Publications

2019-2023

2023

  • Hansen, B.A., Phipps, L. E., Drayton, A., Demchuk, N., Knight, R. & Elson, L. (Submitted 2023). Motivating children with feeding disorders to self-feed: An evaluation of using differential reinforcement and manipulation of establishing operations to increase self-feeding. Journal of Behavioral Interventions. 
  • Hansen, B. A., Phipps, L. E., Andersen, A. S., Schissel, M. E., & Shillingsburg., M. A. (Submitted March, 2022). A Feasibility Study of Headsprout Reading Program in Children with  Autism Spectrum Disorder and Reading Delay. Journal of Behavioral Education.  
  • Phipps, L. E., Hansen, B. A., Andersen, A. S, Demchuk, N., & Peterson, K. M. (Submitted April, 2023). A replication and extension of comparisons of trial-based and extended functional analyses of inappropriate mealtime behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 
  • Piazza, C. C., Ibañez, V. F., Kirkwood, C. A., Crowley, J. G., & Haney, S. D. (in progress). Function-based assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders. In P. Sturmey (Ed.), Functional analysis in clinical treatment. Elsevier Academic Press: San Diego, CA.
  • Fallon, M. J., Luczynski, K. C., Rodriguez, N.M., Felty, C., & Rahaman, J.A. (accepted). Teaching children with autism spectrum disorder self-protection skills in response to bullying situations. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Aragon, M. A., Rodriguez, N. M., Luczynski, K. C., & McKeown, C. (accepted). Facilitating the emergence of intraverbal-tact in autistic children via joint control. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
  • Owen, T. M. & Rodriguez, N. M. (accepted). Toward establishing a qualifying autoclitic repertoire in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
  • Fahmie, T.A., Rodriguez, N.M., Luczynski, K.L., Rahaman, J.A., Charles, B.A. & Zangrillo, A.N. (2023). Toward an explicit technology of ecological validity. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(2), 302–322. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.972
  • Higgins, W. J., Fisher, W. W., Gibson, A. L., & Velasquez, L., Hoppe, A.L.G., Preas, E. J. (2023). Evaluation Of a telehealth training package to remotely teach caregivers to conduct discrete-trial instruction. Behavior Modification, 47(2), 380-401. https://doi.org/10.1177/01454455221138062.
  • Lehardy, R. K., Luczynski, K. C., Stocco, C. S., Fallon, M. J., Rodriguez, N. M. (2023). Increasing young children’s honest reports and decreasing their transgressions. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(1), 98-116. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.960.
  • Melanson, I. and Fahmie, T.A. (2023). Functional analysis of problem behavior: A 40-year review. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(2), 262-281. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.983

2022

  • Hood, S. A., Gopez, J. M., Fallon, M. J., Byczynski, F. A., Aquino, S. C., & Monroy, S. (2022). The beginning of a friendship: Teaching individuals with autism to identify shared interests. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55(4), 1030-1058. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.951.
  • Mitteer, D. R., Greer, B. D., Randall, K. R., & Haney, S. D. (2022). On the scope and characteristics of relapse when treating severe destructive behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55(3), 688-703. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.912.
  • Phipps, L. A., Peterson, K. M., & Piazza, C. C. (2022). Indices of happiness and unhappiness during treatment of pediatric feeding disorders. Behavioral Interventions, 37(3), 568-593. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1863.
  • Preas, E. J., & Carroll, R. A. (2022). A comparison of nested and unnested stimuli to teach visual-visual identity matching skills to children with an autism spectrum disorder. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 22(2), 212-223. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000238.
  • Rodriguez, N. M., Aragon, M. A.,McKeown, C. A., & Glodowski, K. R. (2022). Facilitating the emergence of intraverbal-tacts in children with autism: a preliminary analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55(2), 412–429. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.898.
  • Smith, S. W., & Greer, B. D. (2022). Phase duration and resurgence. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 117(1), 91-104. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.725.
  • Walker, S.G., White, A.C., Zangrillo, A.N., Sellers, T.P., & Fahmie, T.A. (2022). Behavioral interventions addressing needle-based medical procedures in individuals diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A scoping review. Behavior Analysis Research and Practice, 22(3), 325-340. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000243.

2021

  • Andersen, A. S., Hansen, B. A., & Peterson, K. M. (2021). An evaluation of trial-based functional analysis of inappropriate mealtime behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55(1), 264-289. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.888.  
  • Andersen, A. S., Hansen, B. A., Hathaway, K. L., & Elson, L. A. (2021). A demonstration of caregiver-implemented functional analysis of inappropriate mealtime behavior via telehealth. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 14(4), 1067 - 1072. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00615-2.
  • Haney, S. J., Piazza, C. C., Peterson, K. M., & Greer, B. D. (2021). An evaluation of a renewal-mitigation procedure for inappropriate mealtime behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(3), 903-927. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.815.
  • Kirkwood, C. K., Piazza, C. C., & Peterson, K. M. (2021). A comparison of function - and nonfunction-based extinction for inappropriate mealtime behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(3), 928-945. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.825.
  • Lehardy, R. K., Luczynski, K. C., Hood, S. A., & McKeown, C. A. (2021). Evaluating the remote teaching of publication-quality, single-case graphs in Microsoft Excel. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(3), 1265-1280. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.805.
  • McKeown, C. A., Luczynski, K. C., & Lehardy, R. K. (2021). Evaluating the generality and social acceptability of early friendship skills. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(4), 1341-1368. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.842.
  • Mitteer, D. R., Greer, B. D., Randall, K. R., Kimball, R. T., & Smith, S. W. (2021). Empirically deriving omission and commission errors for relapse tests: A demonstration of reverse translation. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 21(4), 351-363. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000218.
  • Owen, T. M., Luczynski, K. C., Rodriguez, N. M., & Fisher, W. W. (2021). Efficacy of and children’s and caregiver’s preferences for treatments for escape-maintained behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(3), 946-965. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.817.
  • Peterson, K. M., Ibañez, V. F., Volkert, V. M., Zeleny, J. R., Engler, C. W., & Piazza, C. C. (2021). Using telehealth to provide outpatient follow-up to children with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(1), 6-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.794.

2020

  • Brown, K. R., Greer, B. D., Craig, A. R., Sullivan, W. E., Fisher, W. W., & Roane, H. S. (2020). Resurgence following differential reinforcement of alternative behavior implemented with and without extinction. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 113(2), 449-467. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.588.
  • Crowley, J. G., Peterson, K. M., Piazza, C. C., & Fisher, W. W. (2020). Treating food selectivity as resistance in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53(4), 2002-2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.711.
  • Fisher, W. W., Fuhrman, A. M., Greer, B. D., Mitteer, D. R., & Piazza, C. C. (2020). Mitigating resurgence of destructive behavior using the discriminative stimuli of a multiple schedule. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 113(1), 263-77. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.552.
  • Greer, B. D., Mitteer, D. R., Briggs, A. M., Fisher, W. W., & Sodawasser, A. J. (2020). Comparisons of standardized and interview-informed synthesized reinforcement contingencies relative to functional analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53(1), 82-101. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.601.
  • Greer, B. D., Fisher, W. W., Retzlaff, B. J., & Fuhrman, A. M. (2020). A preliminary evaluation of treatment duration on the resurgence of destructive behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 113(1), 251-262. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.567.
  • Hansen, B. A. & Andersen, A. S. (2020). Behavior-analytic treatment progression for a child with tube dependence: Reaching age-typical feeding. Clinical Case Studies, 19(6), 403-417. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534650120950525.
  • Ibañez, V. F., Peterson, K. M., Crowley, J. G., Haney, S. D., Andersen, A. S., & Piazza, C. C. (2020). Pediatric prevention: Feeding disorders. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 67(3), 451-467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2020.02.003.
  • Ibañez, V. F., Kirkwood, C. A., Zeleny, J. R., Peterson, K. M., & Piazza, C. C. (2020). A pilot study on increasing intake and sucking for infants receiving supplemental feedings. Behavioral Development, 25(2), 88-97. https://doi.org/10.1037/bdb0000077.
  • Mitteer, D. R., Luczynski, K. C., McKeown, C. A., & Cohrs, V. L. (2020). A comparison of teaching tacts with and without background stimuli on acquisition and generality. Behavioral Interventions, 35(1), 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1702.
  • Mitteer, D. R., Greer, B. D., Randall, K. R., & Briggs, A. M. (2020). Further evaluation of teaching behavior technicians to input data and graph using GraphPad Prism. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 20(2), 81-93. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000172.
  • Mitteer, D. R., Randall, K. R., Van Winkle, L. J., & Greer, B. D. (2020). Incorporating discriminative stimuli into functional communication training with augmentative and alternative communication devices: A tutorial. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 36(1), 63-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2020.1731761.
  • Owen, T. M., Fisher, W. W., Akers, J. A., Sullivan, W. E., Falcomata, T. S., Greer, B. D., Roane, H. S., & Zangrillo, A. N. (2020). Treating destructive behavior reinforced by increased caregiver compliance with the participant’s mands. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53(3), 1494-1513. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.674.
  • Saini, V., & Mitteer, D. R. (2020). A review of investigations of operant renewal with human subjects: Implications for theory and practice. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 113(1), 105-123. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.562.
  • Zangrillo, A. N., Simmons, C. A., Fisher, W. W., & Owen, T. M. (2020). Use of a paired-stimulus demand analysis to evaluate demands for inclusion in functional analyses. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53(2), 665-677. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.651.

2019

  • Ausenhus, J. A., & Higgins, W. J. (2019). An evaluation of real-time feedback delivered via telehealth: Training staff to conduct preference assessments. Behavior Analysis in Practice. 12(3), 643-648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-00326-1.
  • DeSouza, A. A., Fisher, W. W., & Rodriguez, N. M. (2019). Facilitating the emergence of convergent intraverbals in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(1), 28-49. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.520.
  • Fisher, W. W., Saini, V., Greer, B. D., Sullivan, W. E., Roane, H. S., Fuhrman, A. M., & Kimball, R. T. (2019). Baseline reinforcement rate and resurgence of destructive behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 111(1), 75-93. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.488.
  • Fisher, W. W., Felber, J. M., Phillips, L. A., Craig, A. R., Paden, A. R., & Niemeier, J. J. (2019). Treatment of Resistance to Change in Children with Autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(4), 974–993. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.588.
  • Greer, B. D., Fisher, W. W., Briggs, A. M., Lichtblau, K. R., Phillips, L. A., & Mitteer, D. R. (2019). Using schedule-correlated stimuli during functional communication training to promote rapid transfer of treatment effects. Behavioral Development, 24(2), 100-119. https://doi.org/10.1037/bdb0000085.
  • Hood, S. A., Rodriguez, N. M., Luczynski, K. C., & Fisher, W. W. (2019). Evaluating the effects of physical reactions on aggression via concurrent-operant analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(3), 642-651. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.555.
  • Ibañez, V. F., Piazza, C. C., & Peterson, K. M. (2019). A translational evaluation of renewal of inappropriate mealtime behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(4), 1005-1020. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.647.
  • Lesser, A. D., Luczynski, K. C., & Hood, S. A. (2019). Evaluating motion detection to score sleep disturbance for children: A translational approach to developing a measurement system. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(2), 580-599. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.531.
  • Mitteer, D. R., Fisher, W. W., Briggs, A. M., Greer, B. D., & Hardee, A. M. (2019). Evaluation of an omnibus mand in the treatment of multiply controlled destructive behavior. Behavioral Development, 24(2), 74-88. https://doi.org/10.1037/bdb0000088.
  • Peterson, K. M., Piazza, C. C., Ibañez, V. M., & Fisher, W. W. (2019). Randomized controlled trial of an applied behavior-analytic intervention versus wait-list control for food selectivity in participants with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(4), 895-917. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.650.
  • Peterson, S. P., Rodriguez, N. M., & Pawich, T. (2019). Effects of modeling rote versus varied responses on response variability and skill acquisition during discrete-trial instruction. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,52(2), 370-385. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.528
  • Zeleny, J. R., Volkert, V. M., Ibañez, V. F., Crowley, J. G., Kirkwood, C. A., & Piazza, C. C. (2020). Food preferences before and during treatment for a pediatric feeding disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53(2), 875-888. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.625.

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For journal articles published between 2014-2018 or to receive the entire publications list as a PDF, please email Dr. Rodriguez.