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Autism Research
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Trainee: Duong Nguyen
PhD Candidate, University of Manitoba
Supervisor: Dr. CT Yu
Research Project: TEACHING OBJECT-PICTURE MATCHING TO IMPROVE CONCORDANCE BETWEEN OBJECTS AND PICTURES PREFERENCES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
My research focuses on assessing preferences and teaching choice making skills in children with autism and individuals with developmental disabilities.
Publications
1. Lee SH, Nguyen D, Yu CT, Thorsteinsson JR, Martin T. (In Press). Discrimination skills predict effective preference assessment methods for adults with developmental disabilities. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities.
Presentations
1. Nguyen D, Yu CT, Martin T. (2008, June). Longitudinal evaluation of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders graduating from the St. Amant ABA early intervention program. Presentation at the Manitoba Speech and Hearing Association Annual Convention, Winnipeg, MB.
2. Nguyen D, Figueroa M, (2008, June). Fading an object exchange communication system to a picture communication system for a child with autism. Presentation at the Manitoba Speech and Hearing Association Annual Convention, Winnipeg, MB.
3. Nguyen D, Fregeau P, Yu CT, Martin T, Pogorzelec C. (2008, May). Does teaching object-picture matching help persons with developmental disabilities to indicate preferences using pictures? Poster at the 34th Annual International Conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.
4. Nguyen D, Yu CT, Martin T, Fregeau P, Pogorzelec C. (2007, November). Does teaching object-picture matching help persons with developmental disabilities to indicate preferences using pictures? Poster at the 2nd Manitoba Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, Winnipeg, MB.
5. Nguyen D, Figueroa M. (2007, October). Fading an object exchange communication system to a picture communication system for a child with autism. Presentation at St. Amant’s 16th Annual International Conference on Research and Applications related to Developmental Disabilities, Winnipeg, MB.
6. Dobson N, Yu CT, Lee M, Nguyen D, Martin G. (2007, October). Assessing reinforcer effectiveness in individuals with profound developmental disabilities and minimal movement. Poster at St. Amant’s 16th Annual International Conference on Research and Applications related to Developmental Disabilities, Winnipeg, MB.
7. Nguyen D, Lee M, Yu CT, Thorsteinsson J, Martin T, Martin G. (2007, May). Discrimination skills predict effective preference assessment methods
for adults with developmental disabilities. Poster at the 33rd Annual International Conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Diego, CA.
8. Nguyen D, Yu, CT (2006, October 2006). An evaluation of early intensive behavioral intervention. Presentation at the St. Amant’s 15th Annual Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Autism, Winnipeg, MB.
9. Nguyen D, Walters KL, Yu CT. (2006, October). A behaviour analytic perspective on autism spectrum disorders. Presentation at the St. Amant’s 15th Annual Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Autism, Winnipeg, MB.
10. Lee SH, Nguyen D, Yu CT. (2006, October). How to determine preferences of persons with severe and profound developmental disabilities. Presentation at the St. Amant’s 15th Annual Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Autism, Winnipeg, MB.
11. Hiebert R, Martin GL, Yu CT, Spevack S, Vause T, Nguyen D, Thorsteinsson J. (2004, May). Using within-stimulus prompt-fading to teach auditory-auditory non-identity matching to persons with developmental disabilities. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
12. Sewell T, Martin GL, Yu CT, Vause T, Verbeke A, Thorsteinsson J, Plett R, Nguyen D, Spevack S, Marion C, Walters K. (2003, October). A comparison of methods to teach auditory-auditory identity matching (AAIM) to persons with developmental disabilities. Poster presented at the 12th Annual St. Amant Conference on Research and Applications related to Developmental Disabilities, Winnipeg, MB.