Katrina J Phillips

RMIT Vietnam | IUV · Psychology SSET

We applied independent and interdependent group contingencies in a counterbalanced reversal experimental design to the vocational on‐task behavior for two groups of adults with intellectual disabilities. On‐task behavior increased for all participants in both groups above a criterion of 80% of time on‐task during both treatment phases. Independent...

Generalization and maintenance is a key tenet to our work as behavioral practitioners. This is highlighted in our work with children with autism spectrum disorders who require additional support to learn new behaviors and then use them across people, settings, stimuli, responses, or time. In a review of the last 5 years of the Journal of Applied Be...

Functional assessment checklists and experimental functional analysis have become standard practice in applied behavior analysis. This chapter incudes an overview of existing methods and how they are utilized in various applied contexts. We discuss the standard functional analysis model first described by Iwata et al. (1982/1994) and significant va...

Behavior analysis has long been used to improve the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities (IDD); some of the first examples of applied behavior analysis were conducted with people with IDD. As there has been a shift from custodial care to meaningful quality of life and from institutionalization to community integration, the goals...

With an emphasis on context and repeated measurement of behaviors of interest, behavior analysis is well placed to assess and provide solutions for issues faced by older adults. The field of behavioral gerontology (i.e., behavior analysis applied to issues of ageing) has most recently focused improving quality of life for adults with major neurocog...

Soft skills are a collection of abilities instrumental to one being a successful professional. Soft skills are knowing why, what, when, and where to perform specific technical, hard skills. Traditionally, universities and other professional training providers have focused on teaching hard skills, relying on graduates to learn necessary soft skills...

In New Zealand, there is limited research on dance movement therapy for people living with dementia. The lack of observation tools to calibrate the observation data is an ongoing problem in dance movement therapy research with this population. This preliminary study proposed small-N subjects research design, using observation tools (anecdotal and d...

Objective To evaluate the behaviour change techniques (BCT) of anxiety-related stand-alone apps accessible to individuals who wish to use apps to assist in the self-management of their anxiety. Methods Apps that met the inclusion criterion were downloaded and subjected to content analysis. Specific categories were coded using the BCTTv1 (behaviour...

Background: Soft skills and the need for their development have been discussed across industries for many years, predominantly in engineering, hospitality, and IT sectors. The importance of soft skills to career success has been well-documented, but gaps exist on how to teach them. Inter-industry variability and a lack of consensus in identifying a...

The effective management of chronic asthma requires long-term adherence to both pharmacotherapy and optimal self-management practices. The use of mobile applications (apps) offer a promising and cost-effective platform to support the self-management of asthma. However, students as consumers may not always be sufficiently knowledgeable to select the...

Stereotypy is one of the core diagnostic features of autism spectrum disorder and warrants behavioral intervention when it negatively impacts the person's life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of noncontingent matched stimulation (NCR‐M) compared with response interruption redirection (RIRD) on reducing levels of vocal stere...

Objective: To evaluate a home-based behavioral treatment model for children with tube dependency. Methods: Nine children (aged 4-14 years) dependent on nasogastric and gastrostomy tubes were consecutively admitted into a home-based behavioral treatment program. A psychologist specializing in applied behavior analysis led the assessment and treat...

Severe problem behavior within a school can result in exclusion from education. A practitioner providing school‐based services must plan an effective treatment, while mitigating safety risks to the child and others. In this study, we sought to replicate the interview‐informed synthesized contingency analysis and treatment procedures developed by Ha...

This chapter provides an overview of the treatment and education of autistic-related communication-handicapped children (TEACCH). We provide a summary of the historical development of the program, its underlying philosophy, and the defining features of structured teaching. We provide a commentary on the eclectic nature of some of the program’s comp...

Decisions based upon quality data is central to research and practice in applied behaviour analysis (ABA). Currently, despite criticism, data quality is assessed using interobserver agreement (IOA). There have been calls to use calibration like other natural sciences. The overall aim of this thesis was to assess the utility of calibration in assess...

Often it is assumed that electronic recording by observers necessarily provides better quality data than pen-and-paper methods. Fifteen novice observers recorded rates of responding from 10 role-played video samples using one of three continuous recording input formats: keyboard (laptop), touchscreen (personal digital assistants), or pen-and-paper....

The effectiveness of four antecedent treatments for rumination was compared for two individuals with autism, severe intellectual disabilities and long histories (at least 20 years) of rumination. Comparisons of increased meal size, supplemental feedings, fixed-time provision of peanut butter, and liquid rescheduling found liquid rescheduling to be...

Obtaining paid employment is beneficial for youth during and following treatment for substance abuse. A training program for acquiring employment was implemented at a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility for nine residents who were near to completing the program. Data are presented from three residents with the most complete data se...

We replicated and extended previous research on microswitch facilitated choice making by individuals with profound multiple disabilities. Following an assessment of stimulus preferences, we taught 6 adults with profound multiple disabilities to emit 2 different responses to activate highly preferred stimuli. All participants learnt to activate both...

Functional assessments identified that the grabbing behavior of a 24-year-old man with intellectual disability was maintained by social positive reinforcement, that is, attention. Aggression was more likely to occur when his social environment changed from high to low attention. An intervention that combined extinction with activity choice and nonc...

It is often reported that children with ASD do not readily generalize and maintain skills. As such it is of particular importance that practitioners specifically address these issues when developing interventions. This chapter will review and discuss generalization and maintenance within the current ABA research.

Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is defined as a scientific approach for discovering environmental variables that reliably influence socially significant behavior and for developing a technology of behavior change that takes practical advantage of those discoveries (Cooper et al., 2007, p. 3). As a means to produce meaningful changes to behaviour A...

Functional analysis is the most effective assessment for identifying the maintaining contingencies of aberrant behavior. However, it is suggested that functional analyses are not conducted regularly due to the level of skill required. A multiple baseline design across participants was used to assess if four residential caregivers, with limited expe...

Any behavior performed to excess in frequency or intensity, and beyond the immediate resources available for effective treatment, can be called challenging behavior. The most frequently cited examples of challenging behaviors are aggressive, self-injurious, antisocial, offensive, disruptive, and destructive behaviors. Challenging behavior has a ran...

Thesis (MSc--Psychology)--University of Auckland, 2005.