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William H. Ahearn

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h-index: 31
Works: 81
Citations: 3,767

Most-cited papers

An Assessment of Food Acceptance in Children with Autism or Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified
William H. Ahearn, Todd Castine, Karen Nault, G. Green
2001Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders378 citations
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Assessing and treating vocal stereotypy in children with autism.
William H. Ahearn, Kathy M Clark, Rebecca P. F. MacDonald, In-Chung Bo
2007Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis315 citations Open access
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Assessing progress and outcome of early intensive behavioral intervention for toddlers with autism.
Rebecca P. F. MacDonald, Diana Parry-Cruwys, Sally Dupere, William H. Ahearn
2014Research in Developmental Disabilities205 citations
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A Comparison of Most-to-Least and Least-to-Most Prompting on the Acquisition of Solitary Play Skills
Myrna E. Libby, Julie S. Weiss, Stacie L. Bancroft, William H. Ahearn
2008Behavior Analysis in Practice181 citations Open access
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Using video modeling to teach reciprocal pretend play to children with autism.
Rebecca P. F. MacDonald, Shelly Sacramone, Renee Mansfield, Kristine Wiltz +1 more
2009Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis180 citations Open access
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An alternating treatments comparison of two intensive interventions for food refusal.
William H. Ahearn, M. E. Kerwin, P. Eicher, Jocelyn Shantz +1 more
1996Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis180 citations Open access
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Toward a behavioral analysis of joint attention
W. V. Dube, Rebecca P. F. MacDonald, Renee Mansfield, W. Holcomb +1 more
2004The Behavior Analyst144 citations Open access
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The costs of eating: a behavioral economic analysis of food refusal.
M. E. Kerwin, William H. Ahearn, P. Eicher, Deana M. Burd
1995Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis141 citations Open access
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Persistence of stereotypic behavior: examining the effects of external reinforcers.
William H. Ahearn, Kathy M Clark, N. Gardenier, In-Chung Bo +1 more
2003Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis137 citations Open access
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Using simultaneous presentation to increase vegetable consumption in a mildly selective child with autism.
William H. Ahearn
2003Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis126 citations Open access
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A comparison of momentary time sampling and partial-interval recording for evaluating functional relations.
Maeve G Meany-Daboul, Eileen M. Roscoe, Jason C. Bourret, William H. Ahearn
2007Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis113 citations Open access
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Sleep patterns predictive of daytime challenging behavior in individuals with low‐functioning autism
Simonne Cohen, Ben D. Fulcher, S. Rajaratnam, Russell Conduit +13 more
2018Autism Research106 citations
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Relative contributions of three descriptive methods: implications for behavioral assessment.
Sacha T. Pence, Eileen M. Roscoe, Jason C. Bourret, William H. Ahearn
2009Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis84 citations Open access
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On the role of preference in response competition.
William H. Ahearn, Kathy M Clark, Ruth M. DeBar, Christine Florentino
2005Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis78 citations Open access
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The effects of response interruption and redirection and sertraline on vocal stereotypy.
C. Miguel, Kathy M Clark, Lisa Tereshko, William H. Ahearn
2009Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis70 citations Open access
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Strategies for teaching children with autism to imitate response chains using video modeling
Lisa Tereshko, Rebecca P. F. MacDonald, William H. Ahearn
201063 citations
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The effects of verbal operant training and response interruption and redirection on appropriate and inappropriate vocalizations.
Candice L. Colón, William H. Ahearn, K. Clark, Jessica Masalsky
2012Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis62 citations Open access
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Assessment protocol for identifying preferred social consequences
Krista Smaby, Rebecca P. F. MacDonald, William H. Ahearn, W. V. Dube
200758 citations
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Effect of video self‐monitoring on procedural integrity
K. Pelletier, Bethany McNamara, Paula Braga-Kenyon, William H. Ahearn
201050 citations
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Establishing derived textual control in activity schedules with children with autism.
C. Miguel, Heejean G. Yang, Heather E Finn, William H. Ahearn
2009Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis47 citations Open access
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Effects of two variations of differential reinforcement on prompt dependency.
Catia Cividini-Motta, William H. Ahearn
2013Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis46 citations
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A procedure for identifying precursors to problem behavior.
Brandon Herscovitch, Eileen M. Roscoe, Myrna E. Libby, Jason C. Bourret +1 more
2009Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis46 citations Open access
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Resistance to disruption in a classroom setting.
Diana E. Parry-Cruwys, Carrie M Neal, William H. Ahearn, Emily E. Wheeler +3 more
2011Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis45 citations Open access
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Effect of two methods of introducing foods during feeding treatment on acceptance of previously rejected items
William H. Ahearn
200241 citations
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An ABAC Comparison of Two Intensive Interventions for Food Refusal
William H. Ahearn, M. E. Kerwin, P. Eicher, Colleen T. Lukens
2001Behavior Modification40 citations
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A comparison of verbal and tangible stimulus preference assessments.
Daniel Cohen-Almeida, Richard B. Graff, William H. Ahearn
2000Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis40 citations Open access
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Behavioral Momentum: Translational Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
W. V. Dube, William H. Ahearn, Karen M. Lionello-DeNolf, W. McIlvane
2009The Behavior Analyst Today39 citations Open access
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Teaching Discrimination of Adult Gaze Direction to Children with Autism
J. L. Klein, Rebecca P. F. MacDonald, Gretchen Vaillancourt, William H. Ahearn +1 more
2009Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders37 citations Open access
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Teaching and Generalizing Pretend Play in Children with Autism Using Video Modeling and Matrix Training
Cormac MacManus, Rebecca P. F. MacDonald, William H. Ahearn
201535 citations
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Teaching observational learning to children with autism.
Jacquelyn M. MacDonald, William H. Ahearn
2015Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis34 citations
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The emergence of untrained mands and tacts in children with autism.
Heather E Finn, C. Miguel, William H. Ahearn
2012Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis34 citations Open access
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An alternate scoring method for the multiple stimulus without replacement preference assessment
Francis J. Ciccone, Richard B. Graff, William H. Ahearn
200531 citations
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Relative preferences for various bivalued ratio schedules
William H. Ahearn, P. Hineline, F. G. David
199230 citations Open access
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An analysis of treatment integrity of response interruption and redirection.
Candice L. Colón, William H. Ahearn
2019Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis29 citations
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Behaviorally-determined sleep phenotypes are robustly associated with adaptive functioning in individuals with low functioning autism
Simonne Cohen, Ben D. Fulcher, S. Rajaratnam, Russell Conduit +13 more
2017Scientific Reports29 citations Open access
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Recombinative Generalization of Tacts Through Matrix Training with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Audrey A. Pauwels, William H. Ahearn, S. J. Cohen
2015The Analysis of Verbal Behavior28 citations Open access
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A comparison of procedural variations in teaching behavior chains: manual guidance, trainer completion, and no completion of untrained steps.
Stacie L. Bancroft, Julie S. Weiss, Myrna E. Libby, William H. Ahearn
2011Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis28 citations Open access
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Prerequisite Skills That Support Learning through Video Modeling
Rebecca P. F. MacDonald, Chata A. Dickson, M. Martineau, William H. Ahearn
201527 citations
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Social Validation of the New England Center for Children-Core Skills Assessment
Chata A. Dickson, Rebecca P. F. MacDonald, Renee Mansfield, P. Guilhardi +2 more
2013Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders27 citations
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The role of common motor responses in stimulus categorization by preschool children.
Amanda Mahoney, C. Miguel, William H. Ahearn, J. Bell
2011Journal of The Experimental Analysis of Behavior27 citations Open access
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Effects of reinforcer choice measured in single-operant and concurrent-schedule procedures.
Amy S. Geckeler, Myrna E. Libby, Richard B. Graff, William H. Ahearn
2000Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis27 citations Open access
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Effect of choice of task sequence on responding
Sharon S. Smeltzer, Richard B. Graff, William H. Ahearn, Myrna E. Libby
200925 citations
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Extended analysis and treatment of self‐injurious behavior
J. Healey, William H. Ahearn, Richard B. Graff, Myrna E. Libby
200123 citations
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Using video modeling with substitutable loops to teach varied play to children with autism.
Sally Dupere, Rebecca P. F. MacDonald, William H. Ahearn
2013Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis22 citations
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Long-term stability of edible preferences in individuals with developmental disabilities
Francis J. Ciccone, Richard B. Graff, William H. Ahearn
200722 citations Open access
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Increasing item engagement and decreasing automatically reinforced problem behavior within a modified competing stimulus assessment.
E. Leif, Eileen M. Roscoe, William H. Ahearn, Jacqueline P Rogalski +1 more
2020Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis21 citations
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MODELING THE EFFECTS OF SENSORY REINFORCERS ON BEHAVIORAL PERSISTENCE WITH ALTERNATIVE REINFORCEMENT
Mary M. Sweeney, Keira Moore, Timothy A. Shahan, William H. Ahearn +2 more
2014Journal of The Experimental Analysis of Behavior20 citations Open access
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Sensory Integration as a Treatment for Automatically Maintained Stereotypy
Keira Moore, Catia Cividini-Motta, Kathy M Clark, William H. Ahearn
201519 citations
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Persistence during Extinction: Examining the Effects of Continuous and Intermittent Reinforcement on Problem Behavior
Jacquelyn M. MacDonald, William H. Ahearn, Diana E. Parry-Cruwys, Stacie L. Bancroft +1 more
2013Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis19 citations Open access
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Further evaluation of the effects of motivating operations on preference assessment outcomes
N. Chappell, Richard B. Graff, Myrna E. Libby, William H. Ahearn
200918 citations
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