Rachel Thompson

Education

Ph.D., University of Florida

More details available on my LinkedIn

Background

I advise qualified doctoral students who are employed at The New England Center for Children or other local agencies and those who are Fellows on the WNE campus. I also advise students in the MS in ABA program.

Interests

I have published applied and translational research on a wide range of topics. Visit my ORCID page for a complete list.

My current emphasis is on mentoring students in applied research aimed at improving their practice. I have listed a few current and recently completed projects along with the name of the student leading the project:

• Teaching Children with Autism to Tact Emotions Using an Intervention Based on Skinner’s Analysis of Private Events (Annalynn Barkhimer)
• Teaching Children with Autism to Mand for Choice-Making Opportunities (Sarah Kong)
• Training residential staff to offer choice-making opportunities (Sierra Leek)
• Improving Quality of Video Calls between Parents and their Children Living in a Residential Setting (Alicia Lim)
• Identifying the Active Components of a Visual Schedule Intervention in a School Setting (Tanya Mouzakes)

Courses Taught

Psy 505 Methods of Evaluation
PSY 509 Ethics and Professional Issues
PSY 610 Professional Issues, Ethics, and Research Design
PSY 740 Developmental Psychology
PSY 770 Teaching in the College Environment