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Research interests
Research Expertise:
Severe Behavior | Autism Spectrum Disorder | Behavior Analysis
My research focuses on promoting socially valid outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities who engage in severe behavior. Toward that goal, I am exploring how to best facilitate caregiver involvement in the assessment, treatment, and maintenance of treatment effects through research comprising three areas: (a) refinements to the assessment of problem behavior, (b) parent and teacher training in behavioral interventions, and (c) implementation of evidence-based practice across settings. I have contributed to the development of novel indirect and direct assessment measures to identify tasks that evoke problem behavior and am currently evaluating caregivers’ accuracy at demand identification and evaluating alternative instructional methods that do not rely on physical guidance.
Honors and Awards:
2016 Certificate in Interdisciplinary Care in Developmental Disabilities, Munroe-Meyer Institute
2012 Del Jones Memorial Award, University of Georgia
2010 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Spain
Member of:
Association for Behavior Analysis International (https://www.abainternational.org)
International Society for Autism Research (http://www.autism-insar.org/)
National Association of School Psychologists (https://www.nasponline.org/)
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, doctorate
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Provision of Intensive In-Home Individualized Behavioral Supports and Services
10/1/17 → 6/30/23
Project: Other project
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Research output
- 116 Citations
- 6 h-Index
- 16 Article
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Efficiency and preference for alternative activities during schedule thinning with functional communication training
Simmons, C. A., Salvatore, G. L. & Zangrillo, A. N., Feb 1 2022, In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 55, 1, p. 101-120 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Parent-Implemented Self-Management Intervention on the On-Task Behavior of Students With Autism
Simmons, C. A., Ardoin, S. P., Ayres, K. M. & Powell, L. E., Mar 24 2022, In: School Psychology. 37, 3, p. 273-284 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accuracy of caregiver identification of demands for children with escape-maintained challenging behavior
Simmons, C. A., Sethi, R. & Ford, K. R., Dec 2021, In: Research in Developmental Disabilities. 119, 104083.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physician Perspectives on Severe Behavior and Restraint Use in a Hospital Setting for Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Salvatore, G. L., Simmons, C. & Tremoulet, P. D., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Delay Discounting by College Undergraduates of Hypothetical Intervention Effects for Challenging Behavior
Scheithauer, M. C., Call, N. A., Simmons, C. A., Gillespie, S. E., Bourret, J., Lloveras, L. A. & Lanphear, J. E., Mar 1 2020, In: Psychological Record. 70, 1, p. 65-73 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review