Poster Presentations

Amsbaugh, T., (2011). Moving on up with Medicaid for Employed People with Disabilities (MEPD) improved quality of life. Poster presented at annual meeting of The Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD), Washington, DC.

Bassingthwaite, B. J., Scheib, M., Lee, J. F., Wacker, D. P., & Casey, S. D. (2014, May). Improving school-based functional behavior assessments by teaching experimental analyses. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL. 

Bassingthwaite, B. J., Lee, J. F., Wacker, D. P,, Kopelman, T. G., (2014, May). Impacts on school-based functional behavior assessments after training behavioral consultants on experimental analyses of behavior. Poster presented at the annual conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL. 

Behrens, E.L., Sussman, Z.W., Foley-Nicpon, M., Gaasedelen, O.J., Berns, A., & Lyon, M.M., (2012). High ability youth with autism spectrum disorders. Presented at the APA Annual Convention.

Carlson, A, Holte, L, O'Hollearn, T (2014). Prevalence of Risk Factors Associated with Congenital and Delayed Onset Hearing Loss in Iowa's Children. Poster submitted to National EHDI Conference, April 2014.

Casey, S. D., Bassingthwaite, B. J., Wacker, D. P., Lee, J. F., Schieltz, K. M., Christensen, T. J., & Kopelman, T. G. (2014, May). The challenging behavior specialist project: What have we learned after 4 - 5 years? Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL. 

Christensen, T.J., Bassingthwaite, B.J., Wacher, D.P., Schieltz, K.M., Kopelman, T.G., Lee, J.F., Kuhle, J., Casey, S.D., (May 2011). Year two of a training service for members of challenging behavior teams in Iowa. Poster presented to Association for Behavior Analysis International, Denver, CO.

Fiedorowicz, JK., Tate, J., Miller, A., Franklin, E., Gourley, R., Young, T., & Rosenbaum, M., (October 2011). Teaching communication skills to assess suicide risk in a psychiatric clerkship. Poster presented at the International Conference on Communication and Healthcare, Chicago, IL.

Garvert M., Walker, E, Holte, L (2013). Parental Attitudes Regarding Hearing Aid & Cochlear Implant Troubleshooting. Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL, November 2013.

Gay, J., & DeGarmo, K., (June 2011). Iowa community access project: increasing the capacity of local disability organizations to make liveable communities. Poster presented at the Annual ADD/CDD Conference of Disability and Health, Chicago, IL.

Holland, B. M., Wacker, D. P., Cooper-Brown, L.. J., & Willms, A. (2014, May). An evaluation of the interaction of response effort and food preferences to increase food consumption. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL. 

Holte, L., Bentler, R., Tomblin, J.B., Moeller, M.P., (2011). Predictors of speech and language outcomes for children who are hard-of-hearing. Poster presented to annual meeting of The Association of University Center on Disability (AUCD). Washington, DC.

Holte, L., Walker, E., Oleson, J., Spratford, M., Roush, P., Moeller, M.P., (March 2012). Timing of diagnosis and intervention for children with hearing loss. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.

Kopelman, T., Pelzel, K., Wacker, D., Lindgren, S., Padilla, Y., Lee, J., & Waldron, D., (May 2011). Increasing accessibility to behavioral evaluation and treatment through telehealth. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, San Diego, CA.

Kuhle, J. K., Schieltz, K. M., & Wacker, D. P. (2014, February). Evaluating oral reading fluency interventions using a brief experimental analysis. Poster presented at the annual conferences of the National Association of School Psychologists, Washington, DC. 

Kuhle, J., Dalmau, Y.P., Wacker, D.P., Lindgren, S., Kopelman, T., Lee, John., (2011). Behavioral assessment for children with autism through telehealth. Poster presented at Annual International American Telemedicine Conference, Tampa, FL.

Lee, J. F., Bassingthwaite, B. J., Wacker, D. P., Kuhle, J. K. (2014, May). The impact of systematic training to conduct experimental analyses on behavior intervention plans. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.  

Lee, J. F., Wacker, D. P., Romani, P., Suess, A. N., Schieltz, K. M., Lindgren, S. D., & Kopelman, T. G. (2014, May). Training parents to conduct functional analyses and functional communication training via telehealth. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL. 

Lindgren, S., Hoenig, M., Riley, A., DeGarmo, K., (November 2011). Training medical students to communicate effectively with people with disabilities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of The Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD).

Lustig, N. H., Pomani, P. W., O'Brien, M., Wacker, D. P., Green, J., Gunsug, L., (2014, May). The effect of attention during a treatment package to decrease problem behavior maintained by positive and negative reinforcement. Post presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL 

Morgan, T. A., Wacker, D., & Clark, L. A. (2013, September). Personality traits and functional analysis: More to behavior than was dreamt of in our philosophy? Presented at the Thirteenth International Congress on the Disorders of Personality, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Obr, B., & Rosenbaum, M. (September 2011). What strategies do attending physicians use to effectively engage and teach multple levels of learners during inpatient rounds. Poster presented at the Carver College of Medicine Medical Student Research Day, Iowa City, IA. Winner of The Borts Award.

Onken, K.L., Tabor, A., Lenlhan, A., Pittaway, M., (2011). Improving the nutrition of foods offered at special olympics through guidelines and resources. Poster presented at University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA.

Padilla Dalmau, Y. C., Wacker, D. P., Romani, P., Schwartz, J. E., & Breznican, G. (2014, May). Evaluation of choices by bilingual children with disabilities across social contexts: The role of stimulus and language preference. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL. 

Ringdahl, J. E., Berg, W. K., Vargo, K., Nuernberger, J. E., Romani, P., & Wacker, D. P. (2014, May). An evaluation of the interaction between communication modality preference, disruptor, and response maintenance. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL. 

Romani, P., Wacker, D. P., Berg, W. K., Suess, A. N., Ryan, S. E., & Ringdahl, J. E. (2014, May). Relations between mand preference and the persistence of manding. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.

Romani, P., Wacker, D. P., Lustig, N. H., & Holland, B. M.. (2914, May). The relation between reinforcer potency and the persistence of task completion. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL. 

Rosenbaum, Pearson, S., & Holte, L., (2010). LEND program evaluation: the use of retrospective pre-post ratings of lend competencies. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of The Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD), Washington, DC.

Sapp, C, Holte, L, O'Hollearn, T (2014). Extending newborn hearing screenings to homebirth populations in Iowa. Poster submitted to National EHDI Conference, April 2014.

Schieltz, K. M., Wacker, D. P., Suess, A. N., Schwartz, J. E., & Lustig, N. H. (2014, May). An evaluation of the influence of various dimensions of effort on choice responding. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.

Slonaker, A.R. & Pass, L.A., (November 2011). Neuropsychological assessment in the schools: a nationwide survey. Poster presented at the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Marco Island, FL. 

Smith, A.L., & Bohnenkamp, L.M. (October 2015). Using Eye Gaze Technology to Assess Cognitive Status in Individuals with Motor and Complex Communciation Needs. Poster presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Austin, Texas.   

Suess, A. N., Romani, P., Wacker, D. P., Dyson, S., Kuhle, J., Lee, J. F., Lindgren, S. D., & Kopelman, T. (2014, May). Evaluating the integrity of parents who conduct in-home FCT with coaching via telehealth. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL. 

Wacker, D. P. (2013, November). Training school teams to conduct functional analysis: The DOE challenging behavior project. Invited presentation for the Iowa Association for Behavior Analysis, Des Moines, IA.

Wacker, D. P., & Lee, J. F. (2013, October). Conducting functional analysis and functional communication training via telehealth with young children who have autism and display problem behavior. Presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan Autism Conference, Kalamazoo, MI. 

Wacker, D. P., & Lee, J. F. (2013, September). Conducting functional analysis and functional communication training via telehealth with young children who have autism and display problem behavior. Presented at the annual meeting of the Georgia Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA. 

 Wacker, D. P. (2014, May). Developing lines of research in clinical and educational environments: The process, the pitfalls, and overcoming challenges. Panel discussion at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.