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Recent Presentations - 2009-2010
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• Kahng, S., Hausman, N. L., & Fisher, A. (2009, August).  Childhood Obesity: An Overview of Behavioral Treatment and Research. Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
• O'Malley, P. (2010, February). Differentiating Standards-Based Education for Students with Special Needs. Paper presented at the Learning Disabilities Association of America Annual International Conference, Baltimore, MD.
• Sullivan, C. J. & Baker, L. (2010, March). College Students’ Learning Strategies: What is the Impact of First-year Experience Courses?  Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
• Sullivan, C. J., Alam, P., & Baker, L. (2010, March). Making the transition to college? How first generation students compare to their peers.  Poster  presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
• Mendres, A. E., & Borrero, J. C. (2010, March). Development and modification of a response class via positive and negative reinforcement: A translational approach. Poster presented at the Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
• DeLeon, I.G., Frank-Crawford, M. A., Carreau, A.B., Triggs, M.M., Allman, M., Hursh, S.R., & Leon, Y. (2010, March ). SIB and evidence for elasticity in the behavioral economics of allocation.  In Darragh P. Devine and Frank J. Symons (Chairs), Behavioral and Biological Frontiers in the Analysis of Self-Injurious Behavior.  Symposium presented at the Gatlinburg Conference on Theory and Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Annapolis, MD.
• Leung, C. Y. Y., Zhou, N., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2010, March). Endorsement of filial behaviors and associated relations among Chinese adolescents: Differences between boys and girls. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
• Leung, C. Y. Y., Bayram-Özdemir, S., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2010, March).  The social cognitive reasoning of chinese-malaysian adolescents.  Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
• Bayram-Özdemir, S., Leung, C. Y. Y., Cheah, C. S. L. (2010, March).  Predicting filial behaviors of Chinese adolescents from indebtedness, filial emotions, and parent-child relationship quality. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
• Sheperd, K. A., Murdock, S., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2010, March). Autonomy development and future career orientation among young mothers: The moderating role of support for basic psychological needs. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
•  Sheperd, K. A., Kuraishi, A., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2010, March). Association between relationship quality with the father and grandmother and the parenting of adolescent mothers and fathers. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
• Sheperd, K. A., Siddiqi, S., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2010, March). Dual identity development among young mothers. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
• Buckingham-Howes, S., Oberlander, S.E., Hurley, K.M., & Black, M.M. (2010, March). A longitudinal investigation of adolescent maternal depression and child resilience. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA.
• Schmidt, K. (2010, March). Predictors of parent involvement in Part C Early Intervention Programs. Poster presented at the International Society for Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD.
• Scaletti, L., Hurley, K., Candelaria, M., & Black, M. (2010, March). Maternal perceptions of infant fussiness is related to shorter breastfeeding duration in a statewide sample of WIC participants. Poster presented at the International Society for Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD.
• Frank-Crawford, M. A., Borrero, J. C., Mendres, A. E., & Toole, L. M. (2010, March). The Matching Law and social dynamics: A preliminary replication and extension to instant-messaging conversations. Poster presented at the Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
• Castillo- Irazábal, M. I., Borrero, J. C., & Mendres, A. E. (2010, March). Extinction as a control procedure: A translational evaluation of the presence versus absence of the reinforcing stimulus. Poster presented at the Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.
• Bowman, L. G., Hardesty, S. L., & Mendres, A. E. (2010, April). A functional analysis of crying. Poster presented at the Kennedy Krieger Institute Behavioral Psychology Reunion Conference, Baltimore, MD
• Tenowich, P., & Sonnenschein, S. (2010, May). Profiling differences in achievement and social goals of students at different levels of expertise. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
• Mendres, A. E., & Borrero, J. C. (2010, May). Development and modification of a response class via positive and negative reinforcement: A translational approach. Paper presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
• Jann,K., Kahng, Hausman, N.L., Tomlian, B., & Castillo, M. (2010, May). Production ratios and reinforcement schedule thinning in second order schedules of token reinforcement. Poster to be presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Antonio, TX.
• Triggs, M. M., Hagopian, L. P., Goldber, M., DeLeon, I. G., Frank, M. A., Carreau, A., et al. (2010, May) A comparison of the correspondence between preference assessment outcomes and rapid progressive-ratio analyses using conditioned reinforcers. Poster presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, San Antonio, TX.
• Frank, M. A., Goldberg, M., DeLeon, I. G., Hagopian, L. P., Triggs, M. M., Carreau, A., et al. (2010, May).  Examining the relative strength of social and nonsocial reinforcers for children with and without autism spectrum disorders Symposium presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International, San Antonio, TX.
• Goldberg, M.C., Allman, M.A., Triggs, M. M., Frank-Crawford, M.A., Carreau, A.B., Mostofsky, S.M., et al. (2010, May). Preferences for activities embedded in a social and non-social context in boys with high functioning autism spectrum disorder. Symposium presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Philadelphia, PA.
• Sonnenschein, S., Thompson, J., Metzger, S., Ramos, M., & Baker, L. (2010, June) Head Start children’s math development: The role of classroom environment in facilitating English language learners’ math Skills. Poster presented at Head Start Conference Research, Washington, D.C.
• Candelaria, M., Nair, P., Buckingham-Howes, S., & Wang, Y. (2010,June). Behavioral and cognitive resilience among prenatally drug exposed children: Child and environmental predictors from toddlerhood. Paper presented at Head Start Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
• Bayram-Özdemir, S., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2010, July).  Turkish mothers’ parenting beliefs in response to aggressive and socially withdrawn behaviors.  Paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Zambia, Africa.
• Bayram-Özdemir, S., Cheah, C. S. L., & Watabane, M. (2010, July).  An ecological examination of psychological control in korean ımmigrant families.  Poster presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Zambia, Africa.
• Zhou, N., Leung, C. Y. Y., Cheah, C. S. L. & Li, J. (2010, July). The association between maternal expressions of warmth and the acculturation of Chinese immigrant mothers in the U.S. Poster presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Lusaka, Zambia.
• Leung, C. Y. Y., Cheah, C. S. L., & Nithianandam, C. (2010, July). Predictors of parenting attributions among Chinese-American and Korean-American mothers. Poster presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Lusaka, Zambia.
• Cheah, S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y., & Yuen, C. (2010, July). The parenting attributions and behaviors of Chinese-American and Korean-American mothers.  Poster presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Lusaka, Zambia.
• Haron, F., Louis, D. G. J., Ai-Hwa, Q., Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y., & Hart, C. H. (2010, July). Child temperament and parenting in the social adjustment of Malaysian children.  Poster presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Lusaka, Zambia.
• Shuttlesworth, M.E., & Zotter, D. (2010, August). Eating disorders in cultural context: The role of ethnic identity. Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.