As a university-based program, ASSERT serves as a research site for the
development and refinement of educational interventions for students with
ASD.
ASSERT Research Lab 2007-08
From left to right: Alison Betz, Katie Harris, Tyra Sellers, Dr. Tom Higbee,
Shawnee Collins, Alice Keyl, Nicky Groskreutz, Mark Groskreutz
Recently Published ASSERT Research Studies (Click to download):
Betz, A., Higbee, T.S., & Reagon, K.A. (in press).
Using joint activity schedules to promote peer play in preschoolers with
autism.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Endicott, K. & Higbee, T.S. (2007) Contriving establishing operations to
teach preschoolers with autism to mand for information.
Research in Autism
Spectrum Disorders, 1,
210-217.
Reagon, K.A., Higbee, T.S., & Endicott, K. (2007).
Using video instruction
procedures with and without embedded text to teach object labeling to
preschoolers with autism: A preliminary investigation.
Journal of Special Education
Technology, 22, 13-20.
Reagon, K.A., Higbee, T.S., &
Endicott, K. (2006).
Teaching
pretend play skills to a student with autism using video modeling with a
sibling as model and play partner.
Education and Treatment of Children,
25, 517-528.
Rule,
S., Salzberg, C., Higbee, T., Menlove, R.
& Smith, J. (2006). Technology-mediated consultation to assist rural
students: A case study.
Rural Special Education Quarterly,
25, 3-7.
Higbee, T.S., Chang, S., & Endicott, K. (2005). Non-contingent access to
preferred sensory stimuli as a treatment for automatically reinforced
stereotypy. Behavioral Interventions,
20, 177–184.
Researchers at ASSERT are currently investigating the following topics:
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Reinforcer
identification for students with ASD
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Social
scripting and script fading
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Video
modeling and video-based instruction
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The impact of
error-correction procedures on rates of learning
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Activity
schedules to promote independence
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Treatment
integrity of behavioral interventions
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Methods of
decreasing vocal stereotypy
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Methods of
promoting spontaneous speech and question asking behavior
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