Doctor Profiles

Rebecca MacDonald, Ph.D., BCBA
Program Director
Intensive Instructional Preschool Program

The New England Center for Children
33 Turnpike Road
Southborough, Massachusetts 01772

The Autism Forum

Education:

Undergraduate	1977	B.S., Communication Disorders, Emerson College, Boston, MA
Graduate	1980 1983	M.A., Applied Behavior Analysis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Ph.D., Developmental and Child Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence ,Kansas
Internship	1981-1983	Kansas Neurological Institute, Topeka, KS

Board Certification:

1990	Licensed Psychologist in MA #4787
2000	Board Certified Behavior Analyst #1-00-0334

Hospital / Academic Appointments:

1995-present	Clinical Assistant Professor, Bouvé College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Department of Counseling Psychology, Rehabilitation, and Special Education, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
1996-present	Adjunct Professor, Department of Education, Simmons College, Boston, MA.

Professional Publications:

Smaby, K., MacDonald, R.P.F., Ahearn, W.H., & Dube, W.V. (in press) Assessment protocol for identifying preferred social consequences. Behavioral Interventions.

Ahearn, W.H., Clark, K.M., MacDonald, R.P.F., & Chung, B.I. (in press). Vocal stereotypy: Assessing and treating acontextual vocalizations in children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

MacDonald, R.P.F., Sacramone, S.R., Mansfield, R., Wiltz, K., & Ahearn, W.H. (in press). Using video modeling to teach reciprocal pretend play to children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Ahearn, W. H. MacDonald, R. P. F., Graff, R. B., & Dube, W.V. (2007). Behavior analytic teaching procedures: Basic principles empirically derived practices. In P. Sturmey & A. Fitzer (Eds.), Autism Spectrum Disorders: applied Behavior analysis, Evidence, and Practice (pp. 31-83). Austin, TX: PRO-ED.

MacDonald, R. P. F., Gardenier, N., Geckeler, A., Green, G., Holcomb, W. L., Mansfield, R. C., & Sanchez, J. (2007). Stereotypy in young children with autism and typically developing children. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 28, 266-277.

MacDonald, R., Clark, M., Garrigan, E., & Vengala, M. (2005). Increasing play using video modeling. Behavioral Interventions.

Dube, W.V., MacDonald, R. P. F., Holcomb, W. L Mansfield, R. C.,. & Ahearn, W. H. (2004). Toward a behavioral analysis of joint attention. The Behavior Analyst, 27, 197-207.

MacDonald, R. P. F., Anderson, J., Dube, W. V., Geckeler, A. S., Green, G., Holcomb, W. L., Mansfield, R. C., & Sanchez, J. (2006). Behavioral assessment of joint attention: A methodological report. Research in Developmental Disabilities.27, 138-150.

Gardenier, N.C., MacDonald, R., & Green, G. (2004). Comparison of direct observational methods for measuring stereotypic behavior in children with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 25, 99-118.

Green, G., Chellquist, K., Krendel-Ames, S., Ross, S., & MacDonald, R. (1993). Analyzing the source of "facilitated" communications. Proceedings of the 1993 Association for Behavior Analysis Convention, 145.

MacDonald, R. F., Dixon, L. S., and LeBlanc, J. M. (1986). Stimulus class formation following observational learning. Analysis and Intervention of Developmental Disabilities .

Touchette, P., MacDonald, R., & Langer, S. (1985). A scatter plot for identifying stimulus control of problem behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 18, 343-351.

Professional Memberships:

Association for Behavior Analysis International
Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy
Autism Society of America
Council for Exceptional Children

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