Trainee: Kerri Walters

Supervisor: Dr. C. T. Yu

Research Project: Relationship between Standard False Belief, Nonvocal False Belief and Guesser-Knower Tests in Children with Autism

The focus of my research is to better understand how children with autism learn to take the perspectives of others and whether language is related to the skill of perspective taking.

Publications

1. Spevack S, Wright L, Yu CT, Walters K, Holborn S. (in press). Using passive and active engagement to assess preferences of children with profound multiple disabilities and minimal movement. Journal on developmental disabilities.
2. Walters KL, Holborn SW, Ediger J. (2007). General case programming of compliance to instruction for individuals with developmental disabilities. Journal of Physical and Developmental Disabilities, 19(1), 51-64.
3. deVries C, Yu CT, Sakko G, Wirth KM, Walters KW, Marion C, Martin GL. (2005). Predicting the relative efficacy of verbal, pictorial, and tangible stimuli for assessing preferences of leisure activities. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 110, 145-154.
   
4. Marion C, Vause T, Harapiak S, Martin GL, Yu CT, Sakko G, Walters K. (2003). The hierarchical relationship between several visual and auditory discriminations and three verbal operants among individuals with developmental disabilities. The Analysis of Verbal Behaviour, 19, 91-105.

Presentations

1. Walters, KL, Kircher, K. (2008, May). Teaching requesting skills to a child with an autism spectrum disorder. Presented at the Manitoba Hearing and Speech Association Annual Convention, Winnipeg, MB.
   
2. Nepon T, Walters KL, Byiers B, Lipnowski D, Martin T, Martin G, Yu CT. (2007, October) Do persons with developmental disabilities prefer choice over no-choice of recreational activities? Poster presented at St. Amant's 16th annual Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Autism, Winnipeg, MB.
3. Walters KL, Fazzio D (2008, October) Functional analysis of self-injurious behaviour: A case study. Presented at St. Amant's 16th annual Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Autism, Winnipeg, MB.
4. Walters KL, Kircher K (2007, October) Teaching requesting skills to a child with autism spectrum disorder. Presented at St. Amant's 16th annual Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Autism, Winnipeg, MB.
5. Walters KL, Lee M, Yu CT, Astacio R, Thorsteinsson J, Lam M (2007, May) What role does expressive language play in perspective taking? Poster presented at the 33rd annual International Conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Diego, CA.
6. Byiers B, Walters KL, Nepon T, Martin T, Martin GL, Yu CT (2007, May) How do persons with developmental disabilities learn to prefer choice? Poster presented at the 33rd annual International Conference for the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Diego, CA.
7. Walters KL, Fazzio D, Wirth K, Thorne L, Frageau P. (2006, October) A comparison of two toilet training procedures to increase independent toilet use in a preschooler with autism. Presented at the 15th Annual St. Amant Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Autism.
   
8. Walters K, Nguyen D. (2006, October) A behaviour analytic perspective on autism spectrum disorders. Presented at the 15th Annual St. Amant Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Autism.
   
9. Byiers B, Walters K, Martin GL, Yu CT, Martin T. (2006, October). How do persons with developmental disabilities learn to prefer choice? Presented at the 15th Annual St. Amant Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Autism and at the Manitoba Association for Behaviour Analysis 1st Conference in Winnipeg MB.
   
10. Walters KL, LaFrance D, Martin T, Yu CT. (2006, May, October) Does the matching law describe the relationship between parental attention and child appropriate versus inappropriate behaviour? Presented at the Association for Behaviour Analysis International Convention in Atlanta GA, May 2006 and at the Manitoba Association for Behaviour Analysis 1st Conference in Winnipeg MB, October 2006.