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Educational History

Western Michigan University

Program: Behavior Analysis Doctoral Program
Current GPA: 4.0
Master of Arts: In Progress
Thesis: Evaluating Increasing and Decreasing Prompt Hierarchies with Developmentally Disabled Adults (In Progress)

Major: Psychology
Minor: Practical Writing
Overall GPA: 3.82
Psychology GPA: 4.0
Bachelor of Science: April 26, 2002 magna cum laude

Relevant Coursework

Honors

Clinical Experience

Rehabilitation Specialist

Gentiva Health Resources, Rehab Without Walls
Duration: April 2005 – Present
Duties: providing community and home based neurorehabilitation services
Supervisor: Julie Parks, Patricia Burton, M.A.

Intern

The Guidance Clinic
Duration: September 2003 – May 2004
Duties: administration and scoring of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children- Fourth Edition and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Third Edition. Direct clinical experience with adults with developmental disabilities. Accumulated 500 hours for licensure
Supervisor: George Starrett, Ph.D.

Behavior Therapist

Kalamazoo Behavioral Services
Duration: November 2000 – September 2002
Duties: conducting one-on-one verbal behavior therapy with children diagnosed with autism
Supervisor: Carl Sundberg, Ph.D.

Behavior Therapist

Croyden Avenue School – Autism Practicum
Duration: January 2001 – April 2001
Duties: discrete trial training, data collection
Supervisor: Richard Malott, Ph.D.

Supported Living Assistant

Homelife, Inc.
Duration: June 1999 – January 2001
Duties: implemented behavior plans, data collection, and conducted weekly meetings for an adult with traumatic brain injury, attended IEP meetings
Supervisor: Carl Sundberg Ph.D., Barry Bruns

Research Experience

Student Investigator

“Combining Schedule Density and Stimulus Magnitude in the Delivery of Noncontingent Reinforcement to Adults with Developmental Disabilities” (Sophie Rubin and Kelise Stewart)
Duration: April 2004 – Present
Duties: administrative duties, on-site data collection, collecting and scoring inter- observer agreement, graphing data, conducting weekly meetings, training and supervising research assistants
Supervisor: James Carr, Ph.D.

Research Assistant

“Maintaining Manding at Practical Levels through Differential Schedules of Reinforcement” (with Tina Sidener and Danny Shabani)
Duration: September 2001 – July 2002
Duties: on-site data collection, reviewing videotapes/data scoring, graphing data, attending weekly meetings, training research assistants
Supervisor: James Carr, Ph.D.

Research Assistant

“The effects of Interpolated Reinforcement on Resistance to Extinction” (with Tina Sidener and Caio Miguel)
Duration: September 2001 – September 2002
Duties: on-site data collection, data entry, scoring IOA, attending weekly meetings, training research assistants
Supervisor: James Carr, Ph.D.

Research Assistant

“A Project to Examine the Interaction between Exposure Therapy with Mindfulness Based interventions”
Duration: September 2001 – May 2002
Duties: literature review, design of experiment, writing HSIRB protocol, attending weekly meetings
Supervisor: Richard Spates, Ph.D.

Research Assistant and Group Leader

“Self-Control Training in Young Children” (With Laura Murray)
Duration: September 2000 – March 2002
Duties: on-site data collection, scored Self Control Rating Scales and Conners Parent and Teacher Rating Scales, data entry, extensive literary search, direct clinical work with children, oversaw group of ten undergraduates in collecting data during a one-month absence of Laura Murray
Supervisor: Wayne Fuqua, Ph.D.

Teaching Experience

Practicum Supervisor and Instructor

The Alliance for Community Supports Practicum
Duration: July 2003 – Present
Duties: developed and coordinated practicum with three agencies that care for adults and children with disabilities, development of course materials, supervision of students on tasks such as functional assessment and functional analysis, administrative duties, weekly class lectures, supervision of client care, direct clinical experience
Supervisor: Wayne Fuqua, Ph.D.

Lab Instructor

Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis
Duration: September 2002 – May 2003
Duties: care of lab animals and equipment, lab lectures, supervision of students, grading papers
Supervisor: Jack Michael, Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant

Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis
Duration: August 2001 – December 2001
Duties: graded papers, conducted study sessions
Supervisor: Jack Michael, Ph.D.

Professional Presentations

Murray, L., Kollins, S., Rubin, S., Borushko, J.& Fuqua, W. (November, 2001). Ratings of Impulsivity in Young Children: A Comparison between Teacher and Parent Report. Poster presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT), Philadelphia, PA.

Membership in Professional Organizations

Workshops Attended

Workshop: Beginning a Language Intervention Program (8 hours)
Instructor: Mark Sundberg, Ph.D.
Orland Park, Illinois
April 5, 2001

Workshop: Teaching Advanced Language Skills to Children with Autism. (16 hours)
Instructor: Mark Sundberg, Ph.D.
Orland Park, Illinois
April 6-7, 2001

Workshop: Introduction to Verbal Behavior: Teaching Verbal Behavior to Children with Autism and Related Disabilities (16 hours)
Instructor: Vincent J. Carbone Ed.D
White Plains, New York
March 19-20, 2001