Presentations

Presentations (by year)

Apelgren, H. & Turner, K. (November, 2025). Assent considerations in severe behavior services. Talk presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Standard Celeration Society, Savannah, GA.

O’Neill, J. & Masoum, A. (2025, May). Risperidone (risperdal) tapering and discontinuation amidst comprehensive behavioral treatment. In N. Lowther (Chair), Psychotropic Medication Management, Tapering, and Discontinuation. Symposium presented at the 51st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Washington, DC.

Masoum, A. & O’Neill, J. (2025, May). Aripiprazole (abilify) tapering and discontinuation amidst comprehensive behavioral treatment. In N. Lowther (Chair), Psychotropic Medication Management, Tapering, and Discontinuation. Symposium presented at the 51st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Washington, DC.

O’Neill, D. A., Masoum, A. & O’Neill, J. (2025, May). Olanzapine (zyprexa) and quetiapine (seroquel) tapering and discontinuation amidst comprehensive behavioral treatment. In N. Lowther (Chair), Psychotropic Medication Management, Tapering, and Discontinuation. Symposium presented at the 51st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Washington, DC.

Blenkush, N. (2025, May). Therapeutic orphans of applied behavior analysis. In J. J. Wyatt (Chair), Therapeutic Orphans of Applied Behavior Analysis. Symposium presented at the 51st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Washington, DC.

Apelgren, H. (2025, May). The behavioral assent to treatment scale. In J. J. Wyatt (Chair), Therapeutic Orphans of Applied Behavior Analysis. Symposium presented at the 51st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Washington, DC.

Singh, R. (2025, May). Research as an orphaning factor. In J. J. Wyatt (Chair), Therapeutic Orphans of Applied Behavior Analysis. Symposium presented at the 51st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Washington, DC.

Tacosik et al. (2025, May). Mitigation of countercontrol within a residential treatment setting. In A. Donahue (Chair), Maximizing Assent in Restrictive Settings: Case Studies from Residential Treatment and a Conceptual Analysis. Symposium presented at the 51st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Washington, DC.

Halton, J. (May, 2025). Making academic gains with direct instruction & performance feedback. Poster presented at the 51st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Washington, DC.

O’Neill, J. (2025, February). Behavioral Pharmacology: Psychotropic Medication Management, Tapering, and Discontinuation. Talk presented at the Connecticut Association for Behavior Analysis, Hartford, CT.

O’Neill, J., Apelgren, H., Kayser, L., Lindsay, J., Tacosik, J., O’Neill, D. A., & Blenkush, N. (2024, May). How to develop a scientist-practitioner culture: A tutorial for research in clinical settings. Poster presented at the 50th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Philadelphia, PA.

Lindsay, J., Kayser, L., O’Neill, J., Blenkush, N. (2024, May). Quantifying treatment resistance: A review of case examples. In N. Lowther (Chair), Science can Guide Us: Assent, Countercontrol, and Treatment Refractory Behavior. Symposium presented at the 50th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Philadelphia, PA.

Kayser, L., Lindsay, J., O’Neill, J., Blenkush, N. (2024, May). The refractory behavior index (RBI): Identification of treatment refractory behaviors. In N. Lowther (Chair), Science can Guide Us: Assent, Countercontrol, and Treatment Refractory Behavior. Symposium presented at the 50th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Philadelphia, PA.

Tacosik, J. & O’Neill, J., (2024, May). Countercontrol in residential treatment settings. In N. Lowther (Chair), Science can Guide Us: Assent, Countercontrol, and Treatment Refractory Behavior. Symposium presented at the 50th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Philadelphia, PA.

Apelgren, H., & O’Neill, J., (2024, May). Behavioral Assent to Treatment Scale (BATS): A Proposed Tool to Assess and Optimize Assent. In N. Lowther (Chair), Science can Guide Us: Assent, Countercontrol, and Treatment Refractory Behavior. Symposium presented at the 50th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Philadelphia, PA.

O’Neill, J. (2024). Twenty-three years of taping medications: The effect on self-injurious and aggressive behavior frequency. In A. Masoum (Chair), Real World Effects of Psychopharmacological Intervention Discontinuation on Destructive Behavior Frequency Amidst Comprehensive Behavioral Treatment. Symposium presented at the 50th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Philadelphia, PA.

Apelgren, H. & O’Neill, J. (2024). The applicability of assent: Treatment variables and limitations. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Autism Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

2023

O’Neill, J. (2023, November). Research applications in a residential school/treatment facility. In J. O’Neill (Chair), Comprehensive Application in a Residential School/Treatment Facility. Symposium presented at the 36th Annual Standard Celeration Society Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.

Kayser, L., Lindsay, J., O’Neill, J., & Blenkush, N. (2023, May). Toward a conceptualization of treatment-refractory problem behavior. In N. Lowther (Chair), Conceptual Extensions of Treatment-Refractory Behavior in Applied Behavior Analysis. Symposium presented at the 49th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Denver, CO.

Lindsay, J., Kayser, L., O’Neill, J., & Blenkush, N. (2023, May). Idiosyncratic and regulatory variables associated with treatment-refractory problem behavior. In N. Lowther (Chair), Conceptual Extensions of Treatment-Refractory Behavior in Applied Behavior Analysis. Symposium presented at the 49th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Denver, CO.

Apelgren, H. & O’Neill, J., (2023, May). Assent Considerations in Residential Settings. In D. O’Neill (Chair), Countercontrol: Treatment Implications and Assent Considerations. Symposium presented at the 49th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Denver, CO.

Tacosik, J. & O’Neill, J., (2023, May). Treatment of countercontrol in residential settings. In D. O’Neill (Chair), Countercontrol: Treatment Implications and Assent Considerations. Symposium presented at the 49th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Denver, CO.

O’Neill, J., Apelgren, H., Kayser, L., Lindsay, J., Tacosik, J., O’Neill, D. A., & Blenkush, N. (2024, May). How to develop a scientist-practitioner culture: A tutorial for research in clinical settings. Poster presented at the 50th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Philadelphia, PA.