Dissertations

Dissertations from recent graduates of the Psy.D. Program:

• Andren, Kristina (2010). An Analysis of the Concurrent and Predictive Validity of Curriculum Based Measures (CBM), the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), and the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) for Reading (pdf)
• Bickford, Rebekah (2012). Promoting Students' Social and Academic Success Through Teacher Praise (pdf)
• DeRosa, Nicole (2012). Using Establishing Operation Manipulations to Improve Functional Communication Training (pdf)
• Gadaire, Dana (2011). Self-control Responding in Children with Developmental Delays: Analog Assessment of Subjective Value of High and Low Preferred Stimuli (pdf)
• Goss, Lee (2008). Tier II Reading Interventions: Research Study (pdf)
• Gritter, Aaron (2009). An Evaluation of the Handwritten and Typed Writing Performance with Instruction and No-instruction Conditions of Students with Disabilities (pdf)
• Harris, Eileen (2010). Evaluating the Efficacy of Reading Fluency Instruction (pdf)
• Johnson, Paul (2008). Surrogate and Reflexive Conditioned Motivating Operations (pdf)
• Kiburis, Alexis (2012). Evaluating The Efficacy of an Adaptation of PALS for Math in a Seventh Grade Classroom (pdf)
• Labbe-Poisson, Kimberly (2009). Peer-Mediated Social Skills Instruction and Self-Management Strategies for Students with Autism (pdf) (pending)
• Milo, Jessie-Sue (2009). The Effects of Single vs. Varied Reinforcers on Resistance to Change (pdf)
• Piechocki, Iride (2010). The Effects of Specific Types of Attention on Youth Problem Behavior (pdf)
• Pratt, Jamie (2010). Extending the Functional Behavioral Assessment Process: A Methodology for Test-driving Interventions with Varied Choice Dimensions to Reduce Escape-maintained Behaviors Displayed by Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (pdf)
• Scamman, Mary (2009). The Effects of Relative Rates of Reinforcement on the Resistance of Response Accuracy to Distraction (pdf)
• Shamlian, Kenneth (2012). Evaluation of Multiple Schedules With Naturally Occurring and Contrived Discriminative Stimuli Following Functional Communication Training (pdf)
• Tekverk, Jeanmarie (2010). A Prescriptive Model of Multi-tier Professional Development to Increase Treatment Integrity for Staff in a Day Treatment Setting Part 1 (pdf) Part 2 (pdf)
• Zangrillo, Amanda (2012). An Evaluation of The Effects of Spaced Trial Fading on Skill Acquisition: An Analysis of Transfer of Stimulus Control (pdf)
• Zook, Elizabeth (2010). Effects of Matched Reinforcement on Correct Responding and Disruptive Behavior During Academic Instruction (pdf)