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9972
National Ranking
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Overview

Jonathan Tarbox is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with specific focus on developmental and educational psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience. Additional subfields of study include clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and social psychology.

The main topics of Jonathan Tarbox's work include behavioral and psychological studies, autism spectrum disorder research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, child and animal learning development, family and disability support research, mindfulness and compassion interventions, and health policy implementation science.

Jonathan Tarbox has published extensively in several academic venues. The notable publication venues where their work frequently appears are:

  • Behavior Analysis in Practice
  • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • The Psychological Record
  • Journal of Organizational Behavior Management
  • Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Jonathan Tarbox include:

  • Acceptance and Commitment Training Within the Scope of Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2020, Behavior Analysis in Practice
  • Using acceptance and commitment training to enhance the effectiveness of behavioral skills training, 2020, Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Affirming Neurodiversity within Applied Behavior Analysis, 2024, Behavior Analysis in Practice
  • Increasing Vocalizations and Echoics in Infants at Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Behavior Analysis in Practice
  • Taking ACTion: 18 Simple Strategies for Supporting Children With Autism During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, Behavior Analysis in Practice

Jonathan Tarbox collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Adel C. Najdowski
  • Amanda N. Chastain
  • Megan St. Clair
  • Angela Persicke
  • Alexandra Little

Best Publications

  • The effects of age and treatment intensity on behavioral intervention outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorders.

    Doreen Granpeesheh;Dennis R. Dixon;Jonathan Tarbox;Andrew M. Kaplan

  • Symptom severity and challenging behavior in children with ASD

    Jina Jang;Dennis R. Dixon;Jonathan Tarbox;Doreen Granpeesheh

  • Applied behavior analytic interventions for children with autism: a description and review of treatment research.

    Doreen Granpeesheh;Jonathan Tarbox;Dennis R Dixon

  • Randomized Trial of an eLearning Program for Training Family Members of Children with Autism in the Principles and Procedures of Applied Behavior Analysis

    Jina Jang;Dennis R. Dixon;Jonathan Tarbox;Doreen Granpeesheh

  • Evaluating the effects of Acceptance and Commitment Training on the overt behavior of parents of children with autism

    Evelyn R. Gould;Jonathan Tarbox;Lisa Coyne

  • Utilizing a Home-Based Parent Training Approach in the Treatment of Food Selectivity

    Adel C. Najdowski;Michele D. Wallace;Kara Reagon;Becky Penrod

  • A Review of Assessments for Determining the Content of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention Programs for Autism Spectrum Disorders.

    Evelyn Gould;Dennis R. Dixon;Adel C. Najdowski;Marlena N. Smith

  • Comparing Indirect, Descriptive, and Experimental Functional Assessments of Challenging Behavior in Children with Autism

    Jonathan Tarbox;Arthur E. Wilke;Adel C. Najdowski;Rachel S. Findel-Pyles

  • Establishing metaphorical reasoning in children with autism

    Angela Persicke;Jonathan Tarbox;Jennifer Ranick;Megan St. Clair

  • A review of research on procedures for teaching safety skills to persons with developmental disabilities.

    Dennis R. Dixon;Ryan Bergstrom;Marlena N. Smith;Jonathan Tarbox

  • Teaching children with autism a basic component skill of perspective‐taking

    Evelyn Gould;Jonathan Tarbox;Denis O'Hora;Steve Noone

  • Evaluation of an eLearning tool for training behavioral therapists in academic knowledge of applied behavior analysis

    Doreen Granpeesheh;Jonathan Tarbox;Dennis R. Dixon;Catherine A. Peters

  • A Brief History of Functional Analysis and Applied Behavior Analysis

    Dennis R. Dixon;Talya Vogel;Jonathan Tarbox

  • Addressing working memory in children with autism through behavioral intervention

    Lisa Baltruschat;Marcus Hasselhorn;Jonathan Tarbox;Dennis R. Dixon

  • Intensity and Learning Outcomes in the Treatment of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Erik Linstead;Dennis R. Dixon;Ryan French;Doreen Granpeesheh

  • Teaching Children with Autism to Detect and Respond to Sarcasm.

    Angela Persicke;Jonathan Tarbox;Jennifer Ranick;Megan St. Clair

  • Randomized trial of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for children with autism

    Doreen Granpeesheh;Jonathan Tarbox;Dennis R. Dixon;Arthur E. Wilke

  • Caregiver-conducted experimental functional analyses of inappropriate mealtime behavior.

    Adel C. Najdowski;Michele D. Wallace;Becky Penrod;Jonathan Tarbox

  • Rule-governed behavior: teaching a preliminary repertoire of rule-following to children with autism.

    Jonathan Tarbox;Carrie K Zuckerman;Michele R Bishop;Melissa L Olive

  • Parent-Implemented Procedural Modification of Escape Extinction in the Treatment of Food Selectivity in a Young Child with Autism

    Jonathan Tarbox;Averil Schiff;Adel C. Najdowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis R. Dixon
Dennis R. Dixon Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Peter Sturmey
Peter Sturmey Queens College, CUNY
Mark R. Dixon
Mark R. Dixon University of Illinois at Chicago
Bryan Roche
Bryan Roche National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Louise McHugh
Louise McHugh University College Dublin
Johnny L. Matson
Johnny L. Matson Louisiana State University
Jennifer R. Zarcone
Jennifer R. Zarcone Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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