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Phillip S. Strain is affiliated with the University of Denver in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and social sciences, with specific focus on developmental and educational psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, education, and social psychology.

Their work covers multiple topics including behavioral and psychological studies, autism spectrum disorder research, family and disability support research, bullying, victimization, and aggression, interprofessional education and collaboration, innovative education and learning practices, and collaborative teaching and inclusion.

Strain has contributed to several publications in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Preventing School Failure Alternative Education for Children and Youth
  • Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions
  • Young Exceptional Children
  • International Journal of Inclusive Education
  • Rural Special Education Quarterly

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Strain include:

  • "Preventing the use of preschool suspension and expulsion: implementing the pyramid model," 2021, Preventing School Failure Alternative Education for Children and Youth
  • "The More the Merrier: Using Collaborative Transdisciplinary Services to Maximize Inclusion and Child Outcomes," 2020, Young Exceptional Children
  • "Development and evaluation of an advocacy course for early childhood special educators," 2022, International Journal of Inclusive Education
  • "Remote Delivery of Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families," 2022, Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions
  • "Instructional Approaches That Promote Positive Social Outcomes for Young Children: A Historical Review of Single-Case Design Research," 2020, Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions

Collaborative work features several frequent co-authors including Abby Hodges, Glen Dunlap, Alissa Rausch, Jaclyn D. Joseph, and Edward H. Bovey.

Best Publications

  • Problem Behavior Interventions for Young Children with Autism: A Research Synthesis

    Robert H. Horner;Edward G. Carr;Phillip S. Strain;Anne W. Todd

  • The Teaching Pyramid: A Model for Supporting Social Competence and Preventing Challenging Behavior in Young Children

    Lise Fox;Glen Dunlap;Mary Louise Hemmeter;Gail E. Joseph

  • Evidence-Based Practices for Young Children With Autism: Contributions for Single-Subject Design Research

    Samuel L. Odom;William H. Brown;Timothy Frey;Necdet Karasu

  • A Comparison of Peer-Initiation and Teacher-Antecedent Interventions for Promoting Reciprocal Social Interaction of Autistic Preschoolers.

    Samuel L. Odom;Phillip S. Strain

  • Response to Intervention and the Pyramid Model.

    Lise Fox;Judith Carta;Phillip S. Strain;Glen Dunlap

  • Comprehensive Evidence-Based Social—Emotional Curricula for Young Children: An Analysis of Efficacious Adoption Potential

    Gail E. Joseph;Phillip S. Strain

  • Effects of Peer-Mediated Social Initiations and Prompting/Reinforcement Procedures on the Social Behavior of Autistic Children.

    Phillip S. Strain;Mary Margaret Kerr;Elizabeth U. Ragland

  • Randomized, Controlled Trial of the LEAP Model of Early Intervention for Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Phillip S. Strain;Edward H. Bovey

  • An experimental analysis of "spillover" effects on the social interaction of behaviorally handicapped preschool children.

    Phillip S. Strain;Richard E. Shores;Mary M. Kerr

  • Effects of peer social initiations on the behavior of withdrawn preschool children.

    Phillip S. Strain;Richard E. Shores;Matthew A. Timm

  • Increasing handicapped preschoolers' peer social interactions: cross-setting and component analysis.

    Samuel L. Odom;Marilyn Hoyson;Bonnie Jamieson;Phillip S. Strain

  • Peer-mediated approaches to promoting children’s social interaction: A review.

    Samuel L. Odom;Phillip S. Strain

  • Peer Social Initiations: Effective Intervention for Social Skills Development of Exceptional Children

    Phillip S. Strain;Samuel L. Odom

  • An experimental analysis of social interaction between a behaviorally disordered preschool child and her classroom peers

    Phillip S. Strain;Matthew A. Timm

  • Children's Social Behavior: Development, Assessment, and Modification

    Phillip S. Strain;Michael J. Guralnick;Hill M. Walker

  • Individualized Group Instruction of Normally Developing and Autistic-like Children: The LEAP Curriculum Model

    Marilyn Hoyson;Bonnie Jamieson;Phillip S. Strain

  • EFFECTS OF SELF-EVALUATION ON PRESCHOOL CHILDREN'S USE OF SOCIAL INTERACTION STRATEGIES WITH THEIR CLASSMATES WITH AUTISM

    Diane M. Sainato;Howard Goldstein;Phillip S. Strain

  • Social Interactions of Normal Preschool Children: Using Normative Data for Subject and Target Behavior Selection

    Ann Tremblay;Phillip S. Strain;Jo M. Hendrickson;Richard E. Shores

  • ABA and the Development of Meaningful Social Relations for Young Children with Autism.

    Phillip S. Strain;Ilene Schwartz

  • Generalization of autistic children's social behavior change: Effects of developmentally integrated and segregated settings

    Phillip S. Strain

Frequent Co-Authors

Glen Dunlap
Glen Dunlap University of South Florida
Samuel L. Odom
Samuel L. Odom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mary Louise Hemmeter
Mary Louise Hemmeter Vanderbilt University
Scott R. McConnell
Scott R. McConnell University of Minnesota
Lise Fox
Lise Fox University of South Florida
Howard Goldstein
Howard Goldstein University of South Florida
Frank M. Gresham
Frank M. Gresham Louisiana State University
Judith J. Carta
Judith J. Carta University of Kansas
Ilene S. Schwartz
Ilene S. Schwartz University of Washington
Hill M. Walker
Hill M. Walker University of Oregon

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