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Jonathan Tarbox, PhD, BCBA-D
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Adel Najdowski, PhD, BCBA-D
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Amy Kenzer, PhD, BCBA-D
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Arthur Wilke
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Averil Schiff, MA
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Carolynn Bredek, MA
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Carrie Sloo, BS, BCABA
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Catherine Peters, BA
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Dennis Dixon, PhD
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Emily L. Barnoy, MA
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Evelyn Gould, MSc
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Kathy Thompson, MA, BCBA
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Melissa Olive, PhD, BCBA-D
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Michele Bishop, PhD, BCBA-D
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Ryan Bergstrom, MA
 

Adel C. Najdowski, PhD, BCBA-D

Research and Development Manager

Phone #: (818) 345-2345 ext. 224

Fax #: (818) 758-8015

E-mail address: A.Najdowski@centerforautism.com

Biography:

   Started with CARD: March 2005

   Education:

      MA, Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, December 2001

      Ph.D., Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, December 2004

Interests:

  • Teaching higher level skills to children with autism
  • Assessment and curriculum design for children with autism
  • Evaluation of procedures used in early intensive behavioral intervention programs
  • Feeding disorders

Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals:

Barnoy, E.L., Najdowski, A.C., Tarbox, J., Wilke, A.E., & Nollet, M.D. (in press).

    Replication of a multicomponent intervention for diurnal bruxism in a young child with autism.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Boyce, T.E., & Najdowski, A.C. (2003). Assessing preference for self-charting of

    academic skills by elementary school students. European Journal of Behavior

    Analysis, 4, 97-104.

Dixon, D.R., Tarbox, J., & Najdowski, A. (2009). Social skills in autism spectrum

    disorders. In Matson, J.L. (Ed.) Practitioners Guide to Social Behavior and Skills in

    Children. New York: Springer.

Mintz, C., Wallace, M.D., & Najdowski, A.C. (in press). Reinforcer identification and evaluation

    of choice within an educational setting. Journal of Behavioral Education.

Patel, M.R., Carr, J.E., Kim, C., Robles, A., & Eastridge, D. (2000). Functional analysis

    of aberrant behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement: Assessments of specific
    sensory reinforcers. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 21, 393-407.

Tarbox, J., Wilke, A. E., Najdowski, A. C., Findel-Pyles, R. S., Balasanyan, S., Caveney,

    A. C., Chilingaryan, V., King, D. M., Niehoff, S. M., Slease, K., & Tia, B. (in press). Comparing
    indirect, descriptive, and experimental functional assessments of challenging behavior in
    children with autism. Journal of Physical and Developmental Disabilities.

Tarbox, R.S.F. & Najdowski, A.C. (2008). Discrete trial training as a teaching

    paradigm. In J.K. Luiselli, D.C. Russo, W.P. Christian, & S.M. Wilczynski (Eds.),
    Effective Practices for Children with Autism: Educational and Behavioral Support
    Interventions that Work
. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc.

Tarbox, R.S.F., Najdowski, A.C., Wilson, G.R., & Ghezzi, P.M. (accepted with

    revisions). An Evaluation of a Multi-Component Treatment for Eye Stereotypy.
   Behavioral Interventions.

Wallace, M.D., & Robles, A.C. (2003). Differential reinforcement of other behavior and

    differential reinforcement of alternative behavior. In W.O’Donohue, J.E. Fisher, & S.C.
    Hayes (Eds.), Cognitive behavior therapy: Applying empirically supported techniques
    in your practice
(pp. 136-143). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Wallace, M.D., & Najdowski, A.C. (2009). Differential reinforcement of other behavior

    and differential reinforcement of alternative behavior. In W. O’Donohue, J.E. Fisher, &
    S.C. Hayes (Eds.), Cognitive behavior therapy: Applying
    empirically supported techniques in your practice
(2nd edition). Hoboken, NJ:
    John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 

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