Peer Reviewed Publications

THESIS and DISSERTATION:

Mulick, J. A. (1973) The Effects of Varying Reinforcement Density Provided for Competing Behavior in Extinction. Masters Thesis, University of Vermont.

Mulick, J. A. (1975) Use of Positive Reinforcement Contingencies to Suppress Behavior During Extinction. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Vermont. (Dissertation Abstracts International, 1975, 36, (6–B) 3095).

PUBLICATIONS:
Peer Reviewed:

Joffe, J. M., Mulick, J. A., & Rawson, R. A. (1972). Effects of adrenalectomy on open–field behavior in rats. Hormones and Behavior, 3, 87–96.

Joffe, J. M., Rawson, R. A., & Mulick, J. A. (1973). Control of their environment reduces emotionality in rats. Science, 180, 1383–1389.

Leitenberg, H., Rawson, R. A., & Mulick, J. A. (1975). Extinction and reinforcement of alternative behavior. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 88, 640–652.

Mulick, J. A., Joffe, J. M., & Peterson, J. M. (1975). Sex differences in the effects of dexamethasone phosphate on behavior in rats. Physiology and Behavior, 14, 37–42.

Mulick, J. A., Leitenberg, H., & Rawson, R. A. (1976). Alternative response training, differential reinforcement of other behavior and extinction in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri Sciureus). Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 25, 311–320.

Joffe, J. M., Mulick, J. A., Peterson, J. M., & Paunovic, J. (1976). Sex differences in the effect of dexamethasone on open–field behavior: gonadal hormones. Physiology and Behavior, 16, 543–548.

Rawson, R. A., Leitenberg, H., Mulick, J. A., & Lefebvre, M. (1977). Recovery of extinction responding in rats following discontinuation of reinforcement of alternative behavior: A test of two explanations. Animal Learning and Behavior, 5, 451–457.

Joffe, J. M., Mulick, J. A., Ley, K. F., & Rawson, R. A. (1978). Effects of prenatal stress procedures on maternal corticosterone levels and behavior during gestation. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 11, 93–96.

Rojahn, J., Mulick, J. A., McCoy, D., & Schroeder, S. R. (1978). Setting effects, adaptive clothing, and the modification of head–banging and self–restraint in two profoundly retarded adults. Behavioral Analysis and Modification, 2, 185–196.

Schroeder, S. R., Rojahn J., Mulick, J. A. (1978). On the ethical and unethical use of time–out: Appearances can be deceiving. Behavioral Analysis and Modification, 2, 200–202.

Schroeder, S. R., Rojahn, J., & Mulick, J. A. (1978). Ecobehavioral organization of developmental day care for the chronically self–injurious. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 3, 81–88.

Mulick, J. A., Hoyt, P., Rojahn, J., & Schroeder, S. R. (1978). Reduction of a "Nervous Habit" in a profoundly retarded youth by increasing independent toy play. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 9, 25–30.

Schroeder, S. R., Rojahn, J., & Mulick, J. A. (1978). A behavioral analysis of consent committee performance. North Carolina Journal of Mental Health, 8, 25–30.

Mulick, J. A., Schroeder, S. R., & Rojahn, J. (1980). Chronic ruminative vomiting: A comparison of four treatment procedures. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 10, 203–312.

Rojahn, J., Schroeder, S. R., & Mulick, J. A. (1980). Ecological assessment of self–protective devices in three profoundly retarded adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 10, 59–66.

Mulick, J. A., & Schroeder, S. R. (1980). Research relating to management of antisocial behavior in mentally retarded persons. The Psychological Record, 30, 397–417.

Schroeder, S. R., Mulick, J. A., & Rojahn, J. (1980). The definition, taxonomy, epidemiology, and ecology of self–injurious behavior. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 10, 417–432.

Mulick, J. A., Barbour, R., Schroeder, S. R., & Rojahn, J. (1980). Over–correction of pica in two profoundly retarded adults: Analysis of setting effects, stimulus and response generalization. Applied Research in Mental Retardation, 1, 241–252.

Huguenin, N. H., & Mulick, J. A. (1981). Nonexclusionary timeout: Maintenance of appropriate behavior across settings. Applied Research in Mental Retardation, 2, 55–67.

Sassaman, E. A., Zartler, A. S., & Mulick, J. A. (1981). Cognitive functioning in two sisters with carbamyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 6, 171–175.

Schroeder, S. R., Kanoy, J. R., Mulick, J. A., Rojahn, J., Thios, S. J., Stephens, M., & Hawk, B. (1982). Environmental antecedents which affect management and maintenance of programs for self–injurious behavior. In J.C. Hollis & C.E. Myers (Eds.) Life–threatening behavior. Washington, DC: AAMD (Monograph No.5).

Clement, D. B., Zartler, A. S., & Mulick, J. A. (1983). Ethical considerations for school psychologists in planning for special needs children. School Psychology Review, 12, 452–456.

Rojahn, J. Schroeder, S. R., & Mulick, J. A. (1983). Selbstverletzungsverhalten geistig Behinderter– okebehaviorale Analyse und Modifikation. Zeitschrift fur Klinische Psychologie, 12(3), 174–199.

Vyse, S., Mulick, J. A., & Thayer, B. (1984). An ecobehavioral assessment of a special education classroom. Applied Research in Mental Retardation, 5, 395–408.

Dura, J. R., Mulick, J. A., & Rasnake, L. K. (1987). Prevalence of stereotypy in institutionalized nonambulatory profoundly retarded people. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 91, 548–549.

Dura, J. R., & Mulick, J. A. (1987). Behavior disorder teams: An efficient institutional strategy. Behavioral Residential Treatment, 2, 223–228.

Wisniewski, J. J., Mulick, J. A., Genshaft, J. L., & Coury, D. L. (1987). Test–retest reliability of the revised children's manifest anxiety scale (RCMAS). Perceptual and Motor Skills, 65, 67–70.

Coury, D. L., Mulick, J. A., Eaton, A. P., Bruce, N. M., & Heron, T. E. (1988). Development of a fellowship curriculum in behavioral–developmental pediatrics. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 9, 39–41.

Dura, J. R., Mulick, J. A., & Hammer, D. (1988). Rapid clinical evaluation of sensory integrative therapy for SIB. Mental Retardation, 26, 83–87.

Dura, J. R., Mulick, J. A., & Myers, E. G. (1988). Prevalence of multiple problem behaviors in institutionalized profoundly mentally retarded children. Behavioral Residential Treatment, 3, 239–246.

Dura, J. R., Torsell, A. E., Heinzerling, R., & Mulick, J. A. (1988, November–December). Special oral concerns in people with severe and profound mental retardation. Special Care in Dentistry, 265–267.

Mulick, J. A., Schroeder, S. R., & Rojahn, J. (1988). Comment on Starin and Fuqua's (1987) review of research on rumination and vomiting. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 9, 433–436.

Wisniewski, J. J., Naglieri, J. A., & Mulick, J. A. (1988). Psychometric properties of a children's psychosomatic symptom checklist. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 11, 5, 497–507.

Wisniewski, J. J., Genshaft, J. L., Mulick, J. A., Coury, D., & Hammer, D. (1988). Relaxation therapy and compliance in the treatment of childhood headache. Headache, 28, 612–617.

Dura, J. R., Aman, M. G., & Mulick, J. A. (1988). Medication use in an ICF/MR for nonambulatory severely and profoundly mentally retarded children. Journal of the Multihandicapped Person, 1, 155–159.

Mulick, J. A., & Kedesdy, J. H. (1988). Self–injurious behavior, its treatment, and normalization. Mental Retardation, 26, 223–229.

Vyse, S. A., & Mulick, J. A. (1988). Ecobehavioral assessment of a special education classroom: Teacher–student behavioral covariation. Journal of the Multihandicapped Person, 1, 201–216.

Tarnowski, K. J., Rasnake, L. K., Linscheid, T. R., & Mulick, J. A. (1989): Behavioral adjustment of pediatric burn victims. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 14, 607–615.

Mulick, J. A., & Dura, J. R. (1989). Environmental factors and antisocial behavior. In C. T. Gualtieri and S.R. Schroeder (Eds.). Psychiatric treatments in mental retardation. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. (A Task Force Report of the American Psychiatric Association, APPI, 1989).

Antonak, R. F., Fiedler, C. R., & Mulick, J. A. (1989). Misconceptions relating to mental retardation. Mental Retardation, 27, 91–97.

Gunsett, R. P., Mulick, J. A., Fernald, W. B., & Martin, J. L. (1989). Brief report: Indications for medical screening prior to behavioral programming for severely and profoundly mentally retarded clients. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 19, 167–172.

Tarnowski, K. J., Rasnake, L. K., Linscheid, T. R., & Mulick, J. A. (1989). Ecobehavioral characteristics of a pediatric burn injury unit. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 22, 101–109.

Tarnowski, K. J., Rasnake, L. K., Mulick, J. A., & Kelly, P. A. (1989). Acceptability of behavioral interventions for self–injurious behavior. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 93, 575–580.

Kedesdy, J. H., & Mulick, J. A. (1989). Counter–therapeutic facilitation of a complex movement disorder with haloperidol in a young adult with a developmental disability. Journal of the Multihandicapped Person, 2(3), 191-200.

Rojahn, J., Polster, M.L., Mulick, J.A., & Wisniewski, J.J. (1989). Reliability of the behavior problem inventory. Journal of the Multihandicapped Person, 2(4), 283-293.

Bosma, A., & Mulick, J. A. (1990). Brief report: Ecobehavioral assessment using transparent scatter plots. Behavioral Residential Treatment, 5, 137–140.

Mulick, J. A. (1990). The ideology and science of punishment in mental retardation. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 95, 142-156.

Tarnowski, K. J., Mulick, J. A., & Rasnake, L. K. (1990). Acceptability of behavioral interventions for self–injurious behavior: Replication and interinstitutional comparison. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 95, 182-191.

Meinhold, P. M., & Mulick, J. A. (1990). Risks, choices, and behavioral treatment: Behavioral Residential Treatment, 5(1), 29–44.

Meinhold, P. M., & Mulick, J. A. (1990). Counter–habilitative contingencies in institutions for mentally retarded people: Ecological and regulatory influences. Mental Retardation, 28(2), 67–75.

Dura, J.R., Mulick, J.A., Hammer, D., Myers, E. (1990). Establishing independent microcomputer use in people with multiple handicaps, profound mental retardation and a history of learning failure. Computers in Human Behavior, 6, 177–183.

Mulick, J.A., (1990). Ideology and punishment reconsidered. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 95, 173-181.

Mulick, J.A. & Meinhold, P.M. (1991). Evaluating models for the emergence and maintenance of stereotypy and self-injurious behavior. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 96, 327-333.

Mulick, J. A., & Meinhold, P. M. (1992). Analyzing the impact of regulations on residential ecology. Mental Retardation, 30, 151-161.

Meinhold, P. M., & Mulick, J. A. (1992). Social policy and science in the treatment of severe behavior disorders: Defining and securing a healthy relationship. Clinical Psychology Review, 12, 585-603.

Rasnake, L. K., Martin, J., Tarnowski, K. J., & Mulick, J. A. (1993). Acceptability of behavioral treatments: Influence of knowledge of behavioral principles. Mental Retardation, 31, 247-251.

Antonak, R. F., Fiedler, C. R., & Mulick, J. A. (1993). A scale to measure the application of eugenics to persons with mental retardation. Mental Deficiency Research, 37, 75-83.

Jacobson, J. W., & Mulick, J. A. (1994). Facilitated communication: Better education through applied ideology. Journal of Behavioral Education, 4, 93-105.

Kobe, F. H., Mulick, J. A., Rash, T A., & Martin, J (1994). Nonambulatory persons with profound mental retardation: Physical, developmental, and behavioral characteristics. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 15, 413-423.

Meinhold, P. M., Mulick, J. A., & Teodoro, J. M. (1994). Risks and costs of SIBIS-treatment litigation: Focus on the family. Journal of Child and Family Studies , 3, 403-415.

Antonak, R. F., Mulick, J. A., Kobe, F. H., & Fiedler, C. R. (1995). The influence of mental retardation severity and respondent characteristics on self-reported attitudes toward mental retardation and eugenics. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 39, 316-325.

Kobe, F. H., & Mulick, J. A. (1995). Attitudes toward mental retardation and eugenics: The role of formal education and experience. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 7, 1-9.

Wisniewski, J. J., Andrews, T. J., & Mulick, J. A. (1995). Objective and subjective factors in the disproportionate referral of children for academic problems. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,63, 1032-1036.

Jacobson, J. W., Mulick, J. A., & Schwartz, A. A. (1995). A history of facilitated communication: Science, pseudoscience, and antiscience. American Psychologist, 50, 750-765.

Schroeder, S. R., Hammock, R.G., Mulick, J. A., Rojahn, J., Walson, P., Fernald, W., Meinhold, P., Sarphare, G. (1995). Clinical trials of D1 and D2 dopamine modulating drugs and self-injury in MR/DD. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disability Reviews, 1, 120-129.

Jacobson, J. W., Mulick, J. A., & Schwartz, A. A. (1996). If a tree falls in the woods . . . American Psychologist, 51(9), 988-989.

Andrews, T. J., Wisniewski, J. J., & Mulick, J. A. (1997). Variables influencing teachers’ decisions to refer children for school psychological assessment services. Psychology in the Schools, 34(3), 239-244.

DeWitt, M. B., Schreck, K. A. & Mulick, J. A. (1998). Use of the Bayley scales in individuals with profound mental retardation: Comparison of the first and second editions. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 10, 307-313.

Jacobson, J. W., Mulick, J. A., & Green, G. (1998). Cost benefit estimates for early intensive behavioral intervention for young children with autism - general model and single state case. Behavioral Interventions, 13, 201-226.

Mulick, J. A. (1999). Making a difference: “Differential rates of skill acquisition and outcome of early intervention in autism”. Behavioral Interventions, 14 (1), 29-34.

Jacobson, J. W., Mulick, J. A., & Green, G. (1999) EIBI Saves Up to $2,500,000. Peer reviewed web-publication: http://www.behavior.org/autism/autism_cost benefit.html.

Schreck, K. A., & Mulick, J. A. (2000). Parental report of sleep problems in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30, 127-135 .

Jacobson, J. W., & Mulick, J. A. (2000). System and cost research issues in treatments for people with autistic disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30(6) 585-594.

Mulick, J. A. & Butter, E. M. (2002). Educational advocacy for children with autism. Behavioral Interventions, 17, 57-74.

Schreck, K. A., Mulick, J. A., & Rojahn, J. (2003). Development of the behavioral evaluation of disorders of sleep. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 12, 349-359.

Schreck, K. A., Mulick, J. A., & Smith, A. F. (2004). Sleep problems as predictors of intensified symptoms of autism. Applied Research in Developmental Disabilities, 25, 57-66.

Salvy, S. J., Mulick, J. A., Butter, E., Kahng, R., & Linscheid, T. R. (2004). Contingent Electric Shock (SIBIS) and a Conditioned Punisher Eliminate Severe Head Banging in a Preschool Child. Behavioural Interventions, 19, 1-14.

Schreck, K. A., Mulick J. A., Rojahn, J. (2005). Parent Perception of Elementary School Aged Children’s Sleep Problems. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 14, 101 – 109.

Johnston, J.M., Foxx, R.M., Jacobson, J.W., Green, G., & Mulick, J.A. (2006). Positive behavior support and applied behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 29, 51-74.

Bass, J. D., & Mulick, J.A. (In Press). Social play skill enhancement of children with autism using peers and siblings as therapists. Psychology in the Schools.

Butter, E. M., Mulick, J. A., & Metz, B. (2006). Eight case reports of learning recovery in children with pervasive developmental disorders after early intervention. Behavioral Interventions, 21, 227-245.

RUPP Autism Network. [Butter, E.M, Aman, MG, Arnold, LE, Hall, K, Mulick, JA, Hollway, J, Lecavalier, L, Scahill, L, Sukhodolsky, D, Williams, S, Koenig, K, Bearss, K, Roumen N, McDougle, C, Stigler, K, Swiezy, N, Kohn, A, Fairbanks, J, Grothe, M, Handen, B, Johnson, CR, Wagner, A, Vitiello, A, & Ritz, L.] (in press). Parent Training for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders: A Multi-site Feasibility Trial. Behavioral Interventions.

Johnson, C.R., Handen, B.L. Butter, E.M., Wagner, A., Mulick, J., Sukhodolsky, D.G., Williams, S., Swiezy, N.A., Arnold, L.E., Aman, M.G., Scahill, L., Stigler, K.A., McDougle, C.J., Vitiello, B., & Smith, T. (in press). Development of a Parent Training Program for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Behavioral Interventions.


General Circulation Periodicals:

Mulick, J. A., Jacobson, J. W., & Kobe, F. H. (1993). Anguished silence and helping hands: Autism and facilitated communication. The Skeptical Inquirer, 17(3), 270-280. [Reprinted in K. Frazier (Ed.) (1998). Encounters with the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, and Belief, Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.]


Instructional Multimedia:

Coury, D., Mulick, J. A., & Yeargin-Allsopp, M. (Speakers). (2003). Autism (Cassette Recording Volume 23, AAP-Pediatric Update 7), Port Washington, NY: Medical Information Systems.

Butter, E., & Mulick, J. A. (2003). Parent management training for pervasive developmental disorders: Accompanying video vignettes. (DVD ROM & VHS Videotape), Ohio State University & Columbus Children’s Hospital: Produced for the NIMH Autism Network—Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Psychosocial Intervention.