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Ruth Anne Rehfeldt is affiliated with The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with a particular emphasis on developmental and educational psychology, general health professions, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and applied psychology.

The main topics addressed in their work include behavioral and psychological studies, community health and development, behavioral health and interventions, neuroscience and music perception, mindfulness and compassion interventions, health policy implementation science, and autism spectrum disorder research.

Rehfeldt has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed papers. Notable publications include:

  • "Towards a Modern-Day Teaching Machine: The Synthesis of Programmed Instruction and Online Education," 2020, published in The Psychological Record
  • "Music as a Cultural Inheritance System: A Contextual-Behavioral Model of Symbolism, Meaning, and the Value of Music," 2021, published in Behavior and Social Issues
  • "Collective Editorial: Ten Guidelines for Strategic Social Action," 2020, published in Behavior and Social Issues
  • "Editorial: Rendezvous With Truth and Discovery," 2020, published in Behavior and Social Issues
  • "Why We Are Not Acting to Save Ourselves: ACT, Health, and Culture," 2021, published in Behavior Analysis in Practice

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Rehfeldt include Mark A. Mattaini, Richard F. Rakos, Stephanie C. Chan, Traci M. Cihon, and Brian D. Katz. These professional relationships indicate consistent partnerships on various research projects.

Rehfeldt's work has appeared most often in the following publication venues:

  • Behavior and Social Issues
  • Perspectives on Behavior Science
  • Behavior Analysis in Practice
  • The Psychological Record
  • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science

Best Publications

  • Understanding complex behavior: the transformation of stimulus functions.

    Simon Dymond;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • Evaluating Stress Levels of Parents of Children with Disabilities

    Beth M. Lessenberry;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • Derived relational responding : applications for learners with autism and other developmental disabilities : a progressive guide to change

    Ruth Anne Rehfeldt;Yvonne Barnes-Holmes

  • Assessing Relational Learning Deficits in Perspective-Taking in Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Ruth Anne Rehfeldt;Jeffrey E. Dillen;Megan M. Ziomek;Rhonda K. Kowalchuk

  • TOWARD A TECHNOLOGY OF DERIVED STIMULUS RELATIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS, 1992–2009

    Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • THE EFFECTS OF BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

    Rocio Rosales;Karen Stone;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • Using video modeling to teach a domestic skill with an embedded social skill to adults with severe mental retardation

    Melissa A. Bidwell;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • Teaching a simple meal preparation skill to adults with moderate and severe mental retardation using video modeling.

    Ruth Anne Rehfeldt;Dana Dahman;Amanda Young;Hollie Cherry

  • Contriving transitive conditioned establishing operations to establish derived manding skills in adults with severe developmental disabilities.

    Rocio Rosales;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • Evaluation of the iPad in the acquisition of requesting skills for children with autism spectrum disorder

    Melissa L. King;Kazu Takeguchi;Shaina E. Barry;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • Assessing the acquisition and generalization of two mand forms with adults with severe developmental disabilities.

    Mark Chambers;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • Teaching Perspective-Taking Skills to Typically Developing Children through Derived Relational Responding

    Amie I. Heagle;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • ESTABLISHING DERIVED REQUESTING SKILLS IN ADULTS WITH SEVERE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

    Ruth Anne Rehfeldt;Shannon L. Root

  • Functional analysis and treatment of verbal perseverations displayed by an adult with autism.

    Ruth Anne Rehfeldt;Mark R. Chambers

  • AN EVALUATION OF THE STIMULUS EQUIVALENCE PARADIGM TO TEACH SINGLE-SUBJECT DESIGN TO DISTANCE EDUCATION STUDENTS VIA BLACKBOARD

    Brooke D. Walker;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • Facilitating requesting skills using high-tech augmentative and alternative communication devices with individuals with autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review

    Katharine Still;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt;Robert Whelan;Richard May

  • Enhancing tolerance to delayed reinforcers: the role of intervening activities.

    Mark R. Dixon;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt;Lysette Randich

  • Using stimulus equivalence technology to teach emotion recognition to adults with acquired brain injury

    John M Guercio;Hanna Podolska-Schroeder;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • Emergent Intraverbal Responses VIA Tact and Match-to-Sample Instruction.

    Leigh Grannan;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt

  • Terrorism and Relational Frame Theory

    Mark R. Dixon;Simon Dymond;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt;Bryan Roche

  • Effects of multiple exemplar training on the emergence of derived relations in preschool children learning a second language.

    Rocio Rosales;Ruth Anne Rehfeldt;Sadie Lovett

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R. Dixon
Mark R. Dixon University of Illinois at Chicago
Simon Dymond
Simon Dymond Swansea University
Bryan Roche
Bryan Roche National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Robert Whelan
Robert Whelan Trinity College Dublin
Yvonne Barnes-Holmes
Yvonne Barnes-Holmes Ireland Consulting Psychologists Ltd
Dermot Barnes-Holmes
Dermot Barnes-Holmes University of Ulster

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