Linda A. LeBlanc, Ph.D., Associate Professor
  Department of Psychology , Western Michigan University
  - Co-director, WMU Center for Autism
 

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Education & Employment

2002-present:  Associate Professor, Western Michigan University

1997-1999:  Visiting Assistant Professor, Claremont McKenna College

1997:  Post-doctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

1996:  Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Louisiana State University



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In Press

Carr, J. E., & LeBlanc, L. A.  Autism spectrum disorders in early childhood:  An overview for practicing physicians.  Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice.

Gillett, J. N., & LeBlanc, L. A. (in press).  Parent implemented natural language paradigm to increase language and play in children with autism.  Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

LeBlanc, L. A., Feeney, B., & Bennett, C. (in press). Pica. In J. Fisher & W. O’Donohue (Eds.), Practice guidelines for evidence based psychotherapy. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

LeBlanc, L. A., Geiger, K. G., Sautter, R. A., & Sidener, T. M. ( in press).  Using the natural language paradigm (NLP) to cncrease vocalizations of older adults with cognitive impairments.  Research in Developmental Disabilities. 

Stewart, K. K., Carr, J. E., & LeBlanc, L. A.  (in press).  Evaluation of family-implemented behavioral skills training for teaching social skills to a child with Asperger’s Disorder.  Clinical Case Studies.

2007
Goldsmith, T. R., LeBlanc, L. A., & Sautter, R. A. (2007).  Teaching intraverbal behavior to children with autism.  Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders,1, 1-13.

2006
Carr, J. E., & LeBlanc, L. A.  (2006).  Noncontingent reinforcement as antecedent behavior support.  In J. K. Luiselli (Ed.), Antecedent assessment & intervention:  Supporting children & adults with developmental disabilities in community settings (pp. 147-164).  Baltimore, MD:  Brookes.

LeBlanc, L. A., Cherup, S. M., Feliciano, L. & Sidener, T. M. (2006).  Using choice making opportunities to increase activity engagement in individuals with dementia.  American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 21, 318-325.

LeBlanc, L. A., Esch, J., Firth, A. M., & Sidener, T. M. (2006).  Behavioral language interventions for children with autism: Comparing applied verbal behavior and naturalistic teaching approaches. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 22, 49-60.

LeBlanc, L. A., Sautter, R. A., Dore, D. J. (2006). Peer relationship problems.  In M. Hersen (Ed.), Clinician's handbook of child behavioral assessment (p. 377-399).  San Diego, CA:  Academic Press.

Sautter, R. A. & LeBlanc, L. A. (2006).  Empirical applications of Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior with humans. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 22, 35-48.

2005

LeBlanc, L. A., Bennett, C. M., & Sautter, R. A. (2005). Sensory Extinction. In A. M. Gross & R. S. Drabman (Eds.), Encyclopedia of behavior modification and cognitive behavior therapy - Volume 2:  Child clinical applications (pp. 1028-1031).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.

LeBlanc, L. A., Carr, J. E., Crossett, S. E., Bennett, C. M., & Detweiler, D. M. (2005). Intensive outpatient behavioral treatment of primary urine incontinence of children with autism. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 20, 98-105.

2004

Carr, J. E., & LeBlanc, L. A. (2004). A comment on Drash and Tudor’s (2004) operant theory of autism. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 20, 25-30.

Feliciano, L., Vore, J., LeBlanc, L. A., & Baker, J. (2004). Decreasing wandering in an individual with mental retardation, bipolar disorder and probable dementia using a visual barrier. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37, 107-110.

Goldsmith, T. R., & LeBlanc, L. A. (2004). Use of technology in interventions for children with autism. Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 1, 166-178.

Lancaster, B. M., LeBlanc, L. A., Carr, J. E., Peet, M., Brenske, S., & Culver, S. (2004). Functional analysis and treatment of bizarre speech in dually diagnosed individuals. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37, 395-399.

2003

Carr, J. E., & LeBlanc, L. A.  (2003).  Functional analysis of problem behavior.  In W. O’Donohue, J. E. Fisher, & S. C. Hayes (Eds.), Cognitive behavior therapy:  Applying empirically supported techniques in your practice (pp. 167-175).  Hoboken, NJ:  Wiley.

LeBlanc, L. A., Coates, A. M., Daneshvar, S., Charlop-Christy, M. H., Morris, C., & Lancaster, B. M. (2003). Using video modeling and reinforcement to teach perspective-taking skills to children with autism.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 253-257. 

LeBlanc, L. A., Goldsmith, T. R., & Patel, D. (2003). Behavioral aspects of chronic disease in childhood and adolescence. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 50, 859-878.

LeBlanc, L. A., Miguel, C. F., Cummings, A. R., Goldsmith, T. R., & Carr, J. E.  (2003).  The effects of three stimulus-equivalence testing conditions on emergent U.S. geography relations of children diagnosed with autism.  Behavioral Interventions, 18, 279-289.

2002
 
Charlop-Christy, M. H., Carpenter, M. H., Le, L., LeBlanc, L. A., & Kellet, K. A. (2002).  Using the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) with Children with Autism: Assessment of PECS Acquisition, Speech, Social-Communicative Behavior, and Problem Behavior.   Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 35, 213-232.

LeBlanc, L. A., Hagopian, L. P., Maglieri, K. A., & Poling, A. (2002). Decreasing the intensity of reinforcement-based interventions for reducing behavior: Conceptual issues and a proposed model for clinical practice. The Behavior Analyst Today, 3, 289-298.

Poling, A., Carr, J. E., & LeBlanc, L. A.  (2002).  Operant conditioning.  In M. Hersen & W. Sledge (Eds.), Encyclopedia of psychotherapy (pp. 271-287). San Diego:  Academic Press.

Poling, A., LeBlanc, L. A., & Turner, L.  (2002).  Negative reinforcement.  In M. Hersen & W. Sledge (Eds.), Encyclopedia of psychotherapy (pp. 199-205). San Diego:  Academic Press.

1998-2004
  
Charlop-Christy, M. H., LeBlanc, L. A., & Carpenter, M. H. (1999). Naturalistic teaching strategies to teach speech to children with autism: Historical perspective, development, and current practice. California School Psychologist, 4, 30-46. 

Hagopian, L. P., Fisher, W. W., Sullivan, M. T., Acquisto, J., & LeBlanc, L. A. (1998). Effectiveness of functional communication training with and without extinction and punishment: A summary of 21 inpatient cases.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31, 211-235.

Hagopian, L. P., LeBlanc, L. A., & Maglieri, K. A. (2000). Noncontingent attention for the treatment of excessive medical complaints in a medically-fragile man with mental retardation. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 21, 215-221.

LeBlanc, L. A., Hagopian, L. P., & Maglieri, K. A.  (2000). Use of a token economy to eliminate excessive inappropriate social behavior in an adult with developmental disabilities. Behavioral Interventions, 15, 135-143.

LeBlanc, L. A., Hagopian, L. P., Marhefka, J. M., & Wilke, A. E. (2001). Effects of therapist gender and type of attention on assessment and treatment of attention-maintained destructive behavior. Behavioral Interventions, 16, 39-57.

LeBlanc, L. A., Le, L., & Carpenter, M. (2000). Behavioral treatments. In M. Hersen & M. Ammerman (Eds.), Advanced abnormal child psychology (2nd ed.) (pp. 197-218).  Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

LeBlanc, L. A., Patel, M. R., & Carr, J. E. (2000). Recent advances in the assessment of aberrant behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement in individuals with developmental disabilities. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 31, 137-154.

Piazza, C. C., Fisher, W. W., Hanley, G. P., LeBlanc, L. A., Worsdell, A. S., Lindauer, S. E., Keeney, K. M. (1998). Treatment of pica through multiple analyses of its reinforcing functions. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31, 165-190.



Linda A. LeBlanc, Ph.D.
 Department of Psychology
Western Michigan University
1903 W. Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI  49008-5439
269.387.4920 (office)
269.387.4550 (fax)
linda.leblanc@wmich.edu


web page last updated:  February, 2007