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

Other Appointments:

• Board of Editors, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
• Board of Editors, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior
• Board of Editors, Behavior Analysis in Practice
• President, Nevada Association for Behavior Analysis
• Adjunct Faculty, Chicago School of Professional Psychology
• Governmental Affairs Committee, Association for Behavior Analysis, International

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

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Baltruschat, L., Hasselhorn, M., Tarbox, J., Dixon, D.R., Najdowski, A.C., Mullins, R.D., & Gould, E. R.
       (in-press). Addressing Working Memory in Children with Autism through Behavioral
       Intervention. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Barnoy, E. L., Najdowski, A. C., Tarbox, J., Wilke, A. E., & Nollet, M. D. (2009). Replication of a
       multicomponent intervention for diurnal bruxism in a young child with autism. Journal of
       Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, 845-848.

Bergstrom, R., Tarbox, J., & Gutshall, K. A. (in-press). Behavioral intervention for domestic pet
       mistreatment in a young child with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Dixon, D. R., Bergstrom, R., Smith, M. N., & Tarbox, J. (in-press). A review of research on
       procedures for teaching safety skills to persons with developmental disabilities. Research in
       Developmental Disabilities.

Granpeesheh, D., Dixon, D.R., Tarbox, J., Kaplan, A.M. & Wilke, A.E. (2009). The effects of age and
       treatment intensity on behavioral intervention outcomes for children with autism spectrum
       disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3, 1014-1022.

Granpeesheh, D., Tarbox, J., & Dixon, D. (2009). Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Records in 38
       Cases of Recovery from Autism. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 21, 195-204.

Granpeesheh, D., Tarbox, J., & Dixon, D. (2009). Applied Behavior Analytic Interventions for
       Children with Autism: A Description and Review of Treatment Research. Annals of Clinical
       Psychiatry, 21, 162-173.

Granpeesheh, D., Tarbox, J., Dixon, D., Peters, C. A., Thompson, K., & Kenzer, A. (2010). Evaluation
       of an elearning tool for training behavioral therapists in academic knowledge of applied
       behavior analysis. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 4, 11-17.

Granpeesheh, D., Tarbox, J., Dixon, D., Wilke, A. E., Allen, A., & Bradstreet, J. J. (2010). Randomized
       trial of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum
       Disorders, 4, 268-275.

Kahng, S., Tarbox, J., & Wilke, A. E. (2001). Use of a multicomponent treatment for food refusal.
       Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 93-96.

Najdowski, A. C., Chilingaryan, V., Bergstrom, R., Granpeesheh D., Balasanyan S., Aguilar, B., &
       Tarbox J. (2009). Comparison of data collection methods in a behavioral intervention program
       for children with pervasive developmental disorders: A replication. Journal of Applied
        Behavior Analysis, 42, 827-832.

Najdowski, A. C., Wallace, M. D., Penrod, B., Tarbox, J., Reagon, K., & Higbee, T. S. (2008).
       Caregiver-conducted experimental functional analyses of inappropriate mealtime behavior.
       Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41, 459-465.

Najdowski, A.C., Wallace, M.D., Reagon, K., Penrod, B., Higbee, T.S., & Tarbox, J. (2010). Utilizing
       a home-based parent training approach in the treatment of food selectivity. Behavioral
       Interventions, 25, 89-107.

Rhine, D., & Tarbox, J. (2009). Chewing gum as a treatment for rumination in a child with autism.
       Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, 381-385.

Tarbox, J. & Hayes, L. P. (2005). Verbal behavior and behavioral contrast in human subjects.
       Psychological Record, 55, 419-437.

Tarbox, J., Madrid, W., Augilar, B., Jacobo, W., & Schiff, A. (2009) Use of chaining to increase
       complexity of echoics in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
       42, 901-906.

Tarbox, J., Schiff, A., & Najdowski, A. C. (2010). Parent-implemented procedural modification of
       escape extinction in the treatment of food selectivity in a young child with autism. Education
       and Treatment of Children, 33, 223-234.

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., Wilke, A. E., Findel-Pyles, R. S., Bergstrom, R. M., & Granpeesheh, D. (2010). A c
       omparison of electronic to traditional pen-and-paper data collection in discrete trial training
       for children with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 4, 65-75.

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. (2009). Comparing indirect,
       descriptive, and experimental functional assessments of challenging behavior in children with
       autism. Journal of Physical and Developmental Disabilities, 21, 493-514.

Tarbox, R. S. F., Wallace, M. D., Penrod, B. P., & Tarbox, J. (2007). Effects of three-step prompting
       on compliance with caregiver requests. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40, 703-706.

Tarbox, R. S. F., Tarbox, J., Ghezzi, P. M., Wallace, M. D., Yoo, J. H. (2007). The effects of blocking
       mouthing of leisure items on their effectiveness as reinforcers. Journal of Applied Behavior
       Analysis, 40, 761-765.

Yoo, J. H., Tarbox, J., & Granpeesheh, D. (2008). Using stimulus fading to teach a young child with
       autism to ingest wireless capsule endoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 67, 1203-1204.

Publications in Edited Scientific Texts

Dixon, D.R., Garcia, M.J., Granpeesheh, D., & Tarbox, J. (2010). Differential diagnosis in autism
       spectrum disorders. In Matson, J.L. (Ed.) Applied Behavior Analysis for Children with Autism
       Spectrum Disorders: A Handbook. New York: Springer

Dixon, D.R., Granpeesheh, D., Tarbox, J.T., & Smith, M. (In Press). Early identification of autism
       spectrum disorders. In Matson, J.L. & Sturmey, P. (Eds.) International Handbook of Autism
       and Pervasive Developmental Disorders. New York: Springer.

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.

Hayes, L. J., & Tarbox, J. (2007). 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.

Olive, M. L., Tarbox, J., & Boutot, E. A. (2010). Teaching students with autism using the principles
       of applied behavior analysis. In E. A. Boutot & B. Myles (Eds.), Autism Spectrum Disorders:
       Foundations, Characteristics, and Effective Strategies. Prentice Hall.

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., Najdowski, A. C., & Lanagan, T. M. (in-press). Behavioral observation and
       measurement. In J. Luiselli (Ed.), Teaching and Behavior Support for Children and Adults with
       Autism Spectrum Disorders: A "How To" Practitioner's Guide. New York, NY: Oxford
       University Press.

Tarbox, J., Tarbox, R. S. F., & O’Hora, D. (2009). Non-relational and relational instructional control.
       In Rehfeldt, R. & Barnes-Holmes, Y. (Eds.), Derived Relational Responding: Applications for
       Learners with Autism and other Developmental Disabilities. New Harbinger.

Publications in Non-Technical Outlets

Granpeesheh, D., & Tarbox, J. (2008). Applied behavior analysis and autism. In Richard Day Gore
       (Ed.), Voices of Autism: The Healing Companion: Stories for Courage, Comfort, and Strength.
        New York, NY: LaChance Publishing.

Granpeesheh, D., & Tarbox, J. (2008). Applied behavior analysis: Addressing cognitive and
       emotional development in children with autism. Autism Advocate, 53, 44-48.

Granpeesheh, D., Tarbox, J., & Bishop, M. (2010). Center for Autism and Related Disorders. In K.
       Siri, & T. Lyons (Eds.), Cutting-Edge Therapies for Autism: 2010-2011. New York, NY:
       Skyhorse Publishing.