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5318
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9536
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Overview

Wendy K. Berg is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research spans key areas within psychology and neuroscience, focusing intensely on behavioral and psychological studies as well as autism spectrum disorder research. Additional research interests include family and disability support, child nutrition and feeding issues, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and bullying, victimization, and aggression.

Their publication record includes contributions to various journals, with recent papers covering topics such as telehealth interventions, functional communication training, and behavioral assessment methods. Notable recent papers include:

  • Remote Coaching of Caregivers via Telehealth: Challenges and Potential Solutions (2020), Journal of Behavioral Education
  • Delivering Interventions Via Telehealth: Functional Communication Training with a Child with Autism as a Case Example (2020), Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities
  • A comparative effectiveness trial of functional behavioral assessment methods (2023), Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Parent Ratings of Generalized and Indirect Effects of Functional Communication Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (2021), Behavior Modification
  • Further evaluation of prompt density, rate of reinforcement, and the persistence of manding (2023), Behavioral Interventions

Their work has been published across multiple venues, including:

  • Behavioral Interventions
  • Journal of Behavioral Education
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities
  • Behavior Modification

Frequent co-authors in Wendy K. Berg's research include:

  • Matthew J. O'Brien
  • Kelly M. Schieltz
  • David P. Wacker
  • Dorothea C. Lerman
  • Nathan A. Call

The main fields of study covered by their publications are psychology and neuroscience. Within these disciplines, their subfields of study focus on developmental and educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and social psychology.

Best Publications

  • A component analysis of functional communication training across three topographies of severe behavior problems.

    David P. Wacker;Mark W. Steege;John Northup;Gary M. Sasso

  • Use of descriptive and experimental analyses to identify the functional properties of aberrant behavior in school settings.

    Gary M. Sasso;Thomas M. Reimers;Linda J. Cooper;David Wacker

  • An evaluation of persistence of treatment effects during long-term treatment of destructive behavior.

    David P Wacker;Jay W Harding;Wendy K Berg;John F Lee

  • THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL SETTINGS USING A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MODEL

    John Northup;David P. Wacker;Wendy K. Berg;Laura Kelly

  • Effects of picture prompts on the acquisition of complex vocational tasks by mentally retarded adolescents.

    David P. Wacker;Wendy K. Berg

  • The Use of Behavioral Assessment to Prescribe and Evaluate Treatments for Severely Handicapped Children.

    Mark W. Steege;David P. Wacker;Wendy K. Berg;Karla K. Cigrand

  • THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING IN HOME SETTINGS

    K M Derby;David P Wacker;W Berg;A DeRaad

  • Evaluation and long-term treatment of aberrant behavior displayed by young children with disabilities.

    David P. Wacker;Wendy K. Berg;Jay W. Harding;K. Mark Derby

  • Using Telemedicine to Conduct Behavioral Assessments

    Anjali Barretto;David P. Wacker;Jay Harding;John Lee

  • CHOICE-MAKING TREATMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN'S SEVERE BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

    Stephanie M. Peck;David P. Wacker;Wendy K. Berg;Linda J. Cooper

  • Generalization and maintenance of complex skills by severely handicapped adolescents following picture prompt training.

    David P. Wacker;Wendy K. Berg;Pat Berrie;Pat Swatta

  • Treatment effectiveness, stimulus generalization, and acceptability to parents of functional communication training

    David P. Wacker;Wendy K. Berg;Jay W. Harding;Anjali Barretto

  • EVALUATION OF REINFORCER PREFERENCES FOR PROFOUNDLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS

    David P. Wacker;Wendy K. Berg;Barbara Wiggins;Mary Muldoon

  • Functional Analysis of Separate Topographies of Aberrant Behavior.

    K M Derby;D P Wacker;S Peck;G Sasso

  • Training students with profound or multiple handicaps to make requests via microswitches.

    David P. Wacker;Barbara Wiggins;Mary Fowler;Wendy K. Berg

  • Use of negative reinforcement in the treatment of self-injurious behavior.

    Mark W. Steege;David P. Wacker;Karla C. Cigrand;Wendy K. Berg

  • An Evaluation of Resurgence during Functional Communication Training

    David P. Wacker;Jay W. Harding;Theresa A. Morgan;Wendy K. Berg

  • An analysis of choice making in the assessment of young children with severe behavior problems

    Jay W. Harding;David P. Wacker;Wendy K. Berg;Linda J. Cooper

  • The effects of presession exposure to attention on the results of assessments of attention as a reinforcer.

    Wendy K. Berg;Stephanie Peck;David P. Wacker;Jay Harding

  • Remote Coaching of Caregivers via Telehealth: Challenges and Potential Solutions

    Dorothea C. Lerman;Matthew J. O’Brien;Leslie Neely;Nathan A. Call

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Wacker
David P. Wacker University of Iowa
Dorothea C. Lerman
Dorothea C. Lerman University of Houston - Clear Lake
John A. Nevin
John A. Nevin University of New Hampshire
Robert H. Horner
Robert H. Horner University of Oregon
Timothy A. Shahan
Timothy A. Shahan Utah State University

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