Research Interests

Fluency effects on academic and self-management repertoires of individuals with learning disabilities Investigating procedures for improving language skills in children with autism spectrum (ASD) Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention for children with ASD. Investigating treatment and client predictors of best outcomes. Investigating and developing family supports for children with developmental disorders (effects of parent education and sibling supports) Behavioural Interventions to improve social skills deficits in individuals with Asperger Syndrome Application of behaviour analysis to improve socially significant behaviour across populations and settings

 

 

Book Chapters

O’ Toole, C., Murphy, C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & O’Connor, J. (2009) 'Teaching Flexible, Intelligent, and Creative Behavior' In: Derived relational responding: Applications for children with autism and other developmental disorders. California: New Harbinger. [Details]

Leader, G., Healy, O., & O’Connor, J. (2009) 'Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention in the Treatment of Autistic Spectrum Disorders' In: Behavioral Theories for Autism. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. [Details]

Healy, O., Holloway, J., Lydon, S. and Dwyer, M (2012) 'Advances in Research on the Identification and Classification of Co-Morbid Psychopathology in Autism Spectrum Disorders' In: Autism Spectrum Disorders: New Research. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. [Details]

 

Peer Reviewed Journals

Healy, O., Leader, G., O' Connor, J., Kenny, N. (2008) 'Three years of intensive applied behavior analysis: A case study'. Journal of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention, :4-22. [Details]

O'Connor, J,Rafferty, A,Barnes-Holmes, D,Barnes-Holmes, Y (2009) 'THE ROLE OF VERBAL BEHAVIOR, STIMULUS NAMEABILITY, AND FAMILIARITY ON THE EQUIVALENCE PERFORMANCES OF AUTISTIC AND NORMALLY DEVELOPING CHILDREN'. Psychological Record, 59 :53-74. [Details]

O'Toole, C. A., Barnes-Holmes, D., Murphy, C., O'Connor, J., & Barnes-Holmes, Y (2009) 'Relational flexibility and intelligence: Extending the remit of Skinner's Verbal Behavior'. International Journal Of Psychology And Psychological Therapy, . [Details]

O'Connor, J,Barnes-Holmes, Y,Barnes-Holmes, D (2011) 'ESTABLISHING CONTEXTUAL CONTROL OVER SYMMETRY AND ASYMMETRY PERFORMANCES IN TYPICALLY DEVELOPING CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITH AUTISM'. Psychological Record, 61 :287-311. [Details]

Forde, I., Holloway, J., Healy, O., Brosnan, J. (2011) 'A dyadic analysis of the effects of setting and communication partner on elicited and spontaneous communication of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and typically developing children'. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5 (4):1471-1478. [Details]

McGarrell, M., Healy, O., Leader, G., O’Connor, J., & Kenny, N. (2009) 'Six reports of children with autism spectrum disorder following intensive behavioural intervention using Preschool Inventory of Repertoires for Kindergarten (PIRK®)'. Research In Autism Spectrum Disorders, . [Details]

                           

Conference Paper

Kelly, M. & Holloway, J. (2009) Using Functional Communication Training to increase functional communication repertoires and decrease inappropriate behaviour for an 11-year-old boy with autism. Conference Paper [Details]

McCoy, A., & Holloway, J. (2011) The effects of self-monitoring on precision teaching outcomes for children with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Conference Paper [Details]

Carter, H., Holloway, J., & Murray, C (2011) Effects of Sibling Instruction on Increasing Communication Skills in a Young Boy with ASD. Conference Paper [Details]

Collins, A, & Holloway, J. (2011) The effects of a Social Story procedure in comparison to a self editing procedure on the daily living skills for children with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Conference Paper [Details]

Forde, I., O’Connor, J., Healy, O., & Brosnan, J. (2011) A dyadic analysis of the effects of setting and communication partner on elicited and spontaneous communication of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and typically developing children. Conference Paper [Details]

Brady,T., Holloway, J., Mc Coy, A., & Collins, A. (2012) Outcomes of Teaching Observational Learning Skills to Children with ASD. Conference Paper [Details]

Connolly, C., Collins, A., McCoy, A., & Holloway, J. (2012) Increasing teacher accuracy in comprehension and application of ABA teaching practices. Conference Paper [Details]

Needham, K., Holloway, J., & Healy, O. (2012) Sibling-Mediated Reciprocal Imitation Training to Increase Play Skills for Young Children with Autism. Conference Paper [Details]

McCullagh, E., Holloway, J., & Brady, S. (2012) Evaluating the use of Video Modelling with Video Prompting Error Correction Procedure to Teach Cooking Skills to an Adult with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Conference Paper [Details]

Hayes, J. & Holloway, J. (2012) A Comparison of Detect, Practice and Repair (DPR) and Explicit Timings (ET) to increase maths fact accuracy and fluency. Conference Paper [Details]

O' Connor, J., Healy, O. (2003) An overview of the teaching tactics used to mainstream children with a diagnosis of autism in the CABAS schools in Ireland. The effects of research-based tactics and teachers scientific analytic repertoires on learner outcomes for children with autism in CABAS schools in the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland; Annual Conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis. Conference Paper [Details]

McGarrell, M., Healy, O., Leader, G., O' Connor, J. (2007) A Comparison of indirect and direct preference assessment procedures for assessing reinforcer preferences. The Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference. Conference Paper [Details]

McGarrell, M., Healy, O., Leader, G., O' Connor, J. (2007) A comparison of indirect and direct preference assessment procedures for assessing reinforcer preferences. The Division of Behaviour Analysis Annual Meeting. Conference Paper [Details]

Carolan, T., O'Connor, J., Leader, G., Healy, O. (2008) Decreasing delayed echolalia using a conditioned discriminative stimulus. annual conference of the Division of Behaviour Analysis in Ireland. London, Britain: Conference Paper [Details]

McCarthy, N., Healy, O., Leader, G., O'Connor, J. (2008) A component analysis of a DRO treatment package in the reduction of problem behaviour in children with autism spectrum disorder. annual conference of the Division of Behaviour Analysis in Ireland. Conference Paper [Details]

Murray, C., Healy, O., O'Connor, J., Leader, G. (2008) Investigating the Relationship Between Low Operant Variability and Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. annual conference of the Division of Behaviour Analysis in Ireland. Conference Paper [Details]

Healy, M., Healy, O., O'Connor, J., Leader, G. (2008) Increasing Spontaneous Verbal Operants in Three Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. annual conference of the Division of Behaviour Analysis in Ireland. Maynooth: Conference Paper [Details]

Conference Poster

Healy, O., Holloway, J., & Leader, G. (2012) Research Activity on the MSc ABA at NUI, Galway. Conference Poster [Details]

                                   

Invited papers

Healy, O., O'Connor, J. (2006) Designing, Writing and Applying Curricula. The Red Door Conference. Belfast, Northern Ireland: Invited papers [Details]

                                                         

Workshops

O'Connor, J. (2004) Basic and Applied Research in Derived Relational Responding. Workshops [Details]

O'Connor, J. (2008) Applications of Behaviour Analysis within the Community. Workshops [Details]

O' Connor, J. (2003) Relational Responding, Observational Learning and Generalisation. Workshops [Details]

O' Connor, J., Healy, O., & Kenny, N. (2006) Tracking progress over 3 years of a young child with Autism receiving an early intensive behaviour intervention. Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Galway, Ireland. Workshops [Details]

Murray, C., Healy, O., O'Connor, J., & Leader, G. (2008) Investigating the Relationship Between Low Operant Variability and Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Division of Behaviour Analysis in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin. Workshops [Details]

   

     

Modules Taught

2012-2013       Applications of Behaviour Analysis to differential diagnosis: Developmental Disorders

2012-2013       : Pediatric Clinical Behavioural Interventions

2012-2013       : BCBA Group Instruction

2012-2013       Casework in Applied Behaviour Analysis: Applied Project II

2012-2013       Theoretical Understanding of Behaviour Analysis: Principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis