Sidney W. and Janet R. Bijou Fellowship Recipients
2004: Terry Falcomata, University of Iowa
Terry Falcomata received his bachelor’s degree in Middle School Education at the Illinois State University in Normal, IL. He completed his MS degree in Behavior Analysis at Southern Illinois University and subsequently served for 18 months as a Clinical Specialist at the Marcus Institute in Atlanta, GA. He is currently enrolled in the doctoral program in School Psychology at the University of Iowa. His master’s thesis examined procedures aimed at promoting physical therapy activities and self-control choices with persons with acquired brain injury. The results of this study were published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and are in press with the European Journal of Behavior Analysis.
Terry has been a collaborating investigator on several research projects that focus on child behavior. These areas of research include training toleration of delays to reinforcement with children diagnosed with ADHD, stimulus control procedures in the treatment of self-injury with children with autism, and procedures to treat problem behaviors exhibited by children whose behavior is maintained by automatic reinforcement.
In close collaboration with University of Iowa faculty members David Wacker, John Northup, and Joel Ringdahl, Terry is currently investigating relations between problem behavior and communication, the effects of stimulant and psychotropic medications on children’s behavior, and the operant mechanisms associated with long-term maintenance of target behaviors. He is also studying procedures that match appropriate behavioral treatments, not only to behaviors presented by the child but also to those presented by the caregiver, with the purpose of identifying variables that may impact caregiver compliance with child treatment recommendations.
Following the completion of his doctoral program, Terry plans to continue working with children in either a clinical or an academic setting, where he looks forward to extending his current studies and developing additional lines of research.
Other 2004 Recipients:
Anna I. Pettursdottir, Western Michigan University
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