Jonathan Tarbox, PhD, BCBA-D

Director of Research and Development

Phone #: (818) 345-2345 ext. 256

E-mail address: J.Tarbox@centerforautism.com

Biography:

   Started with CARD: December 2004

Interests:

• Recovery from autism
• Behavioral analysis of complex human behavior (e.g., language, cognition, social skills)
• Behavioral theory & philosophy
• Interdisciplinary research
• Graduate training initiatives
• International training and dissemination of behavior analysis

Tarbox, R.S.F., Wallace, M.D., Penrod, B.P., & Tarbox, J. (2007). Effects of Three-step

    compliance with caregiver requests. The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40,

    703-706

Tarbox, R.S.F., Tarbox, J., Ghezzi, P., Wallace, M. & Yoo, J. (In Press). The Effects of
    Blocking Mouthing of Leisure Items on their Effectiveness as  Reinforcers.           
    The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40, 761-765.

Hayes, L. J., & Tarbox, J. (2006). Ethics and values in behavioral perspective, in J. W.

   Jacobson, J. A. Mulick, & J. Rojahn (Eds.), Handbook of Intellectual and

   Developmental Disabilities. New York: Springer.

Kahng, S., Tarbox, J., & Wilke, A. E. (2001). Use of a multicomponent treatment for

    food refusal. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 93-96.

Tarbox, J., & Hayes, L. J. (2003). Differential reinforcement of low-rate behavior, in W.

    O'Donahue, J. Fisher, & S. Hayes (Eds.), Empirically Based Practices in Cognitive

    Behavior Therapy (pp. 129-135). Hoboken , NJ : John Wiley & Sons.

Tarbox, J., Wallace, M. D., & Tarbox, R. S. F.. (2002). Successful generalized parent

    training and failed schedule thinning of response blocking for automatically

    maintained object mouthing, Behavioral Interventions, 17 , 169-178.

Tarbox, J., Wallace, M. D., Tarbox, R. S. F., Landaburu, H. J., & Williams, W. L. (2004).

    Functional analysis and treatment of low-rate problem behavior in individuals with

    developmental disabilities. Behavioral Interventions, 19 , 1-18.

Tarbox, J., & Hayes, L.P. (2005).  Verbal behavior and behavioral contrast in human

    subjects.  Psychological Record, 55, 419-437