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Meet Our SOS Staff

The CARD S.O.S. staff is experienced and dedicated to helping each individual achieve his or her full potential. They receive intensive, ongoing training and rigorous evaluations to ensure that each individual has the greatest chance for success. Our Directors and senior staff include:

 

Katherine Gutshall, M.A., BCBA

Managing Supervisor

Biography:
Started with C.A.R.D.: January, 2007
Education: M.A., Human Services Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, May 2005
Board Certified Behavior Analyst, March, 2006

Interests:
Functional analysis and intervention of severe behavior
Interdisciplinary approaches to challenging behavior
Effects of choice upon reinforcement value 

Selected Publications:
DeLeon, I.G., Toole, L. M., Gutshall, K. A., & Bowman, L. G. (2005).  Individualized sampling parameters for behavioral observations: Enhancing the predictive validity of competing stimulus assessments.  Research in Developmental Disabilities, 46, 440-455.

DeLeon, I. G., Uy, M., & Gutshall, K. (2005).  Noncontingent reinforcement and competing stimuli in the treatment of pseudoseizures and destructive behaviors.  Behavioral Interventions, 20, 203-217.

Keating, C. F., Randall, D., Kendrick, T., Gutshall, K. (2003).  Do babyfaced adults receive more help?  The (cross-cultural) case of the lost resume.  Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 27(2), 89-109.

Reed, G. K., Piazza, C. C., Patel, M. R., Layer, S. A., Bachmeyer, M. H., Bethke, S. D., & Gutshall, K. A.
(2004).  On the relative contributions of noncontingent reinforcement and escape extinction in the treatment of food refusal. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37, 27-41.

 

Taira Lanagan, M.S.

Case Supervisor

Biography:
Started with C.A.R.D.: October 2005
Education: M.S., Counseling, emphasis in ABA, California State University, Los Angeles, June 2008
Board Certified Behavior Analyst, August 2008

Interests:
Treatment of feeding disorders
Assessment and treatment of challenging behaviors
Consultation and parent training
Using behavior analytic principles during collaboration and instruction among staff members

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