The behavior analysis laboratory is located in a stand-alone building on the Florida Tech main campus. The laboratory houses a treatment room and an office/experimental room separated by an enclosed observation area with one-way mirrors and speaker system. Hand-held and laptop computers running behavioral observation software are available for data collection. To learn more about the research interests of our faculty, visit the Faculty page.

Representative faculty publications (“*” indicates student author)

Wilder, D. A., *Rost, K., & *McMahon, M. (in press). The accuracy of managerial prediction of employee preference. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management.

Malow, B. A., McGrew, S. G., Harvey, M. T., Henderson, L. M., and Stone, W. L. (in press). Impact of treating sleep apnea in a child with autism spectrum disorder. Pediatric Neurology, 34, 325-328.

Harvey, M. T., Smith, R. L., May, M. E., Caruso, M., Roberts, C., Patterson, T. G. Valdovinos, M. G., & Kennedy, C. H. (in press). Possible role for the 5-HT1A receptor in the behavioral effects of REM sleep deprivation on free-operant avoidance responding in rat. Psychopharmacology.

Thomason, J.L., Iwata, B.A., Neidert, P.L., & Roscoe, E.M.  (in press).  Evaluation of response latency as the index of problem behavior during functional analyses. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Wilder, D. A., *Harris, C., *Reagan, R., & *Rasey, A. (2007). Functional analysis and treatment of noncompliance by preschool children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40, 173-177.

Doran, S. M., Harvey, M. T., & Horner, R. H. (2006). Sleep and developmental disorders: Assessment, treatment, and outcome measures. Mental Retardation, 44, 13-27.

Wilder, D. A., *Atwell, J. 2006). Evaluation of a guided compliance procedure to reduce noncompliance among preschool children. Behavioral Interventions, 21, 265-272.

Wilder, D. A., *Atwell, J., & *Wine, B. (2006). The effects of varying levels of treatment integrity on child compliance during treatment with a three-step prompting procedure. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39, 369-373.

Valdovinos, M., Roberts, C., & Kennedy, C. H. (2005). Functional analysis of tardive

dyskinesia: Implications for assessment and treatment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 239-242.

Valdovinos, M. G., Caruso, M., Roberts, C., Kim, G., & Kennedy, C. H. (2005). Medical

and behavioral symptoms as potential medication side effects in adults with

developmental disabilities. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110, 164–170.

Worsdell, A.S., Iwata, B.A., Dozier, C.L., Johnson, A.D., Neidert, P.L., & Thomason, J.L.  (2005).  Analysis of response repetition as an error-correction strategy during sight-word reading.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 28, 511-527.

Fisher, W.W., Adelinis, J.D., Volkert, V.M., Keeney, K.M., Neidert, P.L., & Hovanetz, A.  (2005).  Assessing preferences for positive and negative reinforcement during treatment of destructive behavior with functional communication training.  Research in Developmental Disabilities, 26, 153-168.

Valdovinos, M., Roberts, C., & Kennedy, C. H. (2004). Analogue functional analysis of

movements associated with tardive dyskinesia. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37, 391-393.