Summary

Dr. Bethany Contreras earned her Master’s degree in Applied w88 sports betting app and Organizational Behavior Management at the Florida Institute of Technology and her PhD in Disability Disciplines with an emphasis in w88 sports betting app from Utah State University. Dr. Contreras also completed a one year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Missouri.

Dr. Contreras has over a decade of experience implementing early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) with young children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities. She also has extensive experience training teachers, parents, and students to implement w88 sports betting app analytic interventions.

Dr. Contreras conducts research related to w88 sports betting app analytic interventions for young children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities. Her lines of research include reinforced variability and its role in problem solving, enhancing the efficiency and fidelity of skill acquisition procedures, and promoting independent language and play skills. Dr. Contreras is also interested in evaluating methods of effective instruction in higher education (e.g., scholarship of teaching and learning).

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Courses taught

• PSY 701 Research Methods in w88 sports betting app
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• PSY 695 Ethics w88 sports betting app

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• B.S. Biology, Arizona State w88 sports betting app, 2008
• M.S. Applied w88 sports betting app and Organizational Behavior Management, Florida Institute of Technology, 2012
• PhD Disability Disciplines, Emphasis in Applied w88 sports betting app, Utah State University, 2017

Selected publications

• Becerra, L. A., Sellers, T. P., Contreras, B. P., (2020). Maximizing the conference experience: Tips to effectively navigate academic conferences. Submitted to w88 sports betting app in Practice. Advance Online Publication.
• Schmitz, B., w88 sports betting app, B. P., Tate, S. A., & Kahng, S. (in press). Variations of functional communication training and their effects on resurgence. Current Developmental Disorders Reports.
• Contreras, B. P., Cooper, A., & Kahng, S. (2019). Recent research on the relative efficiency of speaker and listener instruction for children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Applied w88 sports betting app, 53, 584-589.
• Gerencser, K. R., Higbee, T. S., w88 sports betting app, B. P. & Pellegrino, A. J. (2018) Evaluation of an interactive computerized training to teach paraprofessionals to implement errorless discrete trial instruction. Journal of Behavioral Education, 27, 461-487.
• Gerencser, K. R., Higbee, T. S., Akers, J. A., & Contreras, B. P. (2017). Evaluation of interactive computerized training to teach parents to implement photographic activity schedules with children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Applied w88 sports betting app, 50, 567-581.
• Contreras, B. P., & Betz, A. M. (2016). Using lag schedules to strengthen the intraverbal repertoires of children with autism. Journal of Applied w88 sports betting app, 49, 3-16.
• Hoffmann, A. M., Contreras, B. P., Clay, C. J., & Twohig, M. P. (2016). Acceptance and commitment therapy for individuals with disabilities: A behavior analytic strategy for addressing private events in challenging behavior. w88 sports betting app in Practice, 9, 14-24.

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Professional certifications

• Board Certified w88 sports betting app Analyst (BCBA-D)