One of the best ways for NECC to share research findings is through the many scientific publications that cover the field of Autism and related disorders. For example, summaries of studies conducted by our staff members – as well as those that were completed through collaborative efforts with other research centers and individual scientists - have appeared in periodicals such as the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Please review the sections and links below to see some of our recent and archived publications. You can also view our Research Newsletter, sign up to receive it automatically by email, or subscribe to have it sent directly to your home.

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The following are research articles written by NECC staff, in recent and upcoming publications.

Groskreutz, M.P., & Graff, R.B. (in press).   Evaluating pictorial preference assessment: The effect of differential outcomes on preference assessment results. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Herscovitch, B., Roscoe, E.M., Libby, M.E., Bourret, J.C., & Ahearn, W.H. (in press).   A methodology for identifying precursors to problem behavior.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Klein, J.L., MacDonald, R.P.F., Vaillancourt, G., Ahearn, W.H., & Dube, W.V. (in press).   Teaching discrimination of adult gaze direction to preschool children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

MacDonald, R.P.F., Cota, S., Mansfield, R., Wiltz, K., & Ahearn, W.H. (in press).   Using video modeling to teach reciprocal pretend play to children with autism.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Miguel, C.F., Clark, K.M., Tereshko, L., & Ahearn, W.H. (in press).   The effects of response interruption and redirection and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (sertraline) on vocal stereotypy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Miguel, C.F., Yang, H.G., Finn, H., & Ahearn, W.H. (in press).   Using conditional discrimination training to establish derived textual control in activity schedules with children diagnosed with autism.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Pence, S.T., Roscoe, E.M., Bourret, J.C., & Ahearn, W.H. (in press).   Relative contributions of three descriptive methods: Implications for behavioral assessment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Roscoe, E.M., Rooker, G.W., Pence, S.T., & Longworth, L.J. (in press).   Assessing the utility of a demand assessment for functional analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Ahearn, W.H. (2007)  Is eliminating casein and gluten from a child’s diet a viable treatment for autism? In S.J. Judd (Ed.), Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Sourcebook, First Edition. Omnigraphics, Inc. (Reprinted from the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies website http://www.behavior.org/autism/index.cfm?page=
http%3A//www.behavior.org/autism/autism_ahearn_gluten.cfm.

Bancroft, S.L., & Bourret, J.C. (2008).   Generating variable and random schedules of reinforcement using Microsoft Excel ™macros. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41, 227-235.

Libby, M.E., Weiss, J.S., Bancroft, S., & Ahearn, W.H. (2008).  A comparison of most-to-least and least-to-most prompting on acquisition of solitary play skills. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 1, 37-43.

MacDonald, R.P.F. (2008).   Hey, look, it’s a train! In E.Cipani (Ed.),  Triumphs in Early Autism Treatment. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Miguel, C., Petursdottir, A. I., Carr, J. E., & Michael, J. (2008).  The role of naming in stimulus categorization by preschool children. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 89, 383-405.

Moher, C.A., Gould, D.D., Hegg, E., & Mahoney, A.M. (2008).  Non-generalized and generalized conditioned reinforcers: Establishment and validation. Behavioral Interventions, 23, 13-28.

Roscoe, E.M., & Fisher, W.W. (2008).  Evaluation of an efficient method for training staff to implement stimulus preference assessments. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41, 249-254.

Roscoe, E.M., Carreau, A., MacDonald, J., & Pence, S. T. (2008).  Further evaluation of leisure items in the attention condition of functional analyses. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41, 351-364.

Smaby, K., MacDonald, R.P.F., Ahearn, W.H., & Dube, W.V. (2007).  Assessment protocol for identifying preferred social consequences.  Behavioral Interventions, 22, 311-318.

The following research articles written by NECC staff have appeared in various publications over the past 15 years. Please select year you wish to view from the links below:

2007 /  2006 /  2005 /  2004 /  2003 /  2002 /  2001 /  2000 /  1999 /  1998 /  1997 /  1996 /  1995 /  1994 /  1993 / 

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