Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Applied behaviour analysis
- Developmental disorders including autism
- Applications of the analysis of verbal behaviour for teaching communication skills
- Effective, values-driven professional training in behaviour analysis
- Socially valid parent-mediated interventions and parental training
- The use of telehealth in the provision of evidence-based interventions
- Behaviour analytic interventions that address wider societal challenges
- The use of high quality systematic reviews in informed decision making and policy changing
Public outreach & key achievements
- https://globalnews.ca/news/2650248/early-intervention-the-key-for-children-with-autism/
- Her work has led to new ways of working with children and infants with autism that include effective parent
training and innovative use of technology that have been assessed against methodological quality standards
in rigorous research.
Research students
| PhD Title | Using Parent-Mediated Intervention to Treat Autism Symptoms in High-Risk Infants |
| Name | Amy Tanner |
| Country | Canada |
| Year of Study | 2015 - 2020 |
| https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/using-parent-mediated-intervention-to-treat-autism-symptoms-in-in | |
| PhD Title | Conditioned reinforcement and its application to the teaching of children with autism |
| Name | Elena Cló |
| Country | Italy |
| Year of Study | 2016 - 2024 |
| Establishing conditioned reinforcers and socio-communicative behaviours in toddlers with a high probability of autism spectrum disorders — Queen's University Belfast (qub.ac.uk) | |
| PhD Title | Examining the Effectiveness of Telehealth as a Model of Training and Delivery of Behaviour Analytic Interventions |
| Name | Janet Ferguson |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Year of Study | 2017 - 2022 |
| https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/examining-the-effectiveness-of-telehealth-as-a-model-of-training- | |
| PhD Title | Examining the effectiveness of behaviour analytic interventions delivered via telehealth in training professionals working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| Name | Emma A. Craig |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Year of Study | 2017-2021 |
| https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/examining-the-effectiveness-of-behaviour-analytic-interventions-d | |
| PhD Title | Applied Behaviour Analysis and Acquired Aphasia: An Exploration into the Use of Behavioural Interventions for Regaining Lost Verbal Skills Due to a Stroke |
| Name | Rebecca Barnes |
| Country | England |
| Year of Study | 2019 - |
| https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-barnes | |
| PhD Title | |
| Name | Nursel Ozkan Gonzalez |
| Country | France |
| Year of Study | 2023- |
| https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/nursel-ozkan-gonzalez |
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- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
- Centre for Behaviour Analysis