Our lab is generally interested in improving behavior of societal importance by applying behavioral principles and evaluating their influence through rigorous experimental methodology. Specifically, our lab is currently working on projects related to (a) improving the safety, efficiency, and validity of functional behavior assessment methods, (b) determining the variables that promote durable treatment outcomes and prevent relapse of challenging behavior, and (c) developing effective training strategies for efficiently teaching caregivers and professionals to implement behavioral interventions with high procedural integrity.
Sunde, E., Briggs, A. M., & Mitteer, D. R. (2022). Reliability and validity of using structured visual-inspection criteria to interpret latency-based functional analysis outcomes. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55(3), 871-890. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.926
Dozier, C. L., Briggs, A. M., Holehan, K. M., Kanaman, N. A.,& Juanico, J. F. (2022). Functional Analysis methodology: Best practicesand considerations. In J. Leaf, J. Cihon, J. Ferguson, and M. J. Weiss (Eds.) Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autism (pp. 417-442). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96478-8_22
Greer, B.D., Mitteer, D. R., Briggs, A. M., Fisher, W. W., & Sodawasser, A. J. (2020). On the necessity of synthesized contingency analysis for determining behavioral function and the utility of the assessments informing synthesis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53(1), 82-101. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.601
Phillips, L. A., Briggs, A. M., Fisher, W. W., & Greer, B. D. (2018). Assessing and treating elopement in a school setting. Teaching Exceptional Children, 50(6), 333-342. https://doi.org/10.1177/0040059918770663
Dracobly, J. D., Dozier, C. L., Briggs, A. M.,& Juanico, J. F. (2018). Reliability and validity of indirect assessment outcomes: Experts versus caregivers. Learning and Motivation, 62, 77-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lmot.2017.02.007
Peterson, A., Pachis, J., Rinna, K., Sunde, E., & Briggs, A. M. (2023). Tangible reinforcers: Conceptual overview and considerations for practice. In J. L. Matson (Ed.), Applied Behavior Analysis: A Comprehensive Handbook (pp. 61-77). Springer.
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Briggs, A. M., Mitteer, D. R., Bergmann, S., & Greer, B. D. (2023). Reinforcer thinning: General approaches and considerations for maintaining skills and mitigating relapse. In J. L. Matson (Ed.), Applied Behavior Analysis: A Comprehensive Handbook (pp. 105-122). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19964-6_6
Kimball, R. T., Greer, B. D., Randall, K. R., & Briggs, A. M. (2020). Investigations of operant ABA renewal during differential reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 113(1), 187-205. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.577
Briggs, A. M., Dozier, C. L., Lessor, A. N., Kamana, B. U., & Jess, R. (2019). Further investigation of DRA without extinction for escape-maintained problem behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(4), 956-973. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.648
Mitteer, D. M., Fisher, W. W., Briggs, A. M., Greer, B. D., & Hardee, A. M. (2019). An evaluation of an omnibus functional communication response in the treatment of multiply controlled destructive behavior. Behavioral Development, 24(2), 74-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bdb0000088
Greer, B. D., Fisher, W. W., Briggs, A. M., Lichtblau, K. L., Phillips, L. A., & Mitteer, D. R., (2019). Using schedule-correlated stimuli during functional communication training to promote the rapid transfer of treatment effects. Behavioral Development, 24(2), 100-119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bdb0000085
Mitteer, D. R., Greer, B. D., Fisher, W. W., Briggs, A. M., & Wacker, D. P. (2018). A laboratory model for evaluating relapse of undesirable caregiver behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 110(2), 252-266. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.462
Briggs, A. M., Fisher, W. W., Greer, B. D., & Kimball, R. T. (2018). Prevalence of resurgence of destructive behavior when thinning reinforcement schedules during functional communication training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 51(3), 620-633. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.472
Briggs, A. M., Akers, J. S., Fisher, W. W., Greer, B. D., & Retzlaff, B. J. (2018). Systematic changes in preference for schedule-thinning arrangements as a function of relative reinforcement density. Behavior Modification, 42(4), 472-497. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445517742883
Briggs, A. M., Zohr, S. J., & Harvey, O. B. (2023). Training individuals to implement discrete-trial teaching procedures: A systematic review of behavioral skills training components. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Early Online Preview. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.1024
Franks, S. B., Mata, F. C., Wofford, E., Briggs, A. M., LeBlanc, L. A., Carr, J. E., & Lazarte, A. A. (2013). The effects of behavioral parent training on placement outcomes of biological families in a state child welfare system. Research on Social Work Practice, 23(4), 377-382. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731513492006
DeWitt, S., Stephens, A., & Briggs, A. M. (2023). Applied behavior analysis: Conceptual foundations, defining characteristics, and behavior-change elements. In J. L. Matson (Ed.), Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology: Theory to Practice (pp. 375–388). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24926-6_18
Briggs, A. M. & Mitteer, D. R. (2021). Updated strategies for making regular contact with the scholarly literature. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15, 541-552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00590-8
Briggs, A. M., & Greer, B. D. (2021). Intensive Behavioral Intervention Units. In A. Maragakis, C. Drossel, & T. J. Waltz (Eds.), Applications of Behavior Analysis to Healthcare and Beyond. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57969-2_7
Mitteer, D. R., Greer, B. D., Randall, K. R., & Briggs, A. M. (2020). Further evaluation of teaching behavior technicians to input data and graph using GraphPad Prism. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 20(2), 81–93. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000172
Carr, J. E., & Briggs, A. M. (2011). A resource on behavioral terminology: An annotated bibliography of “On Terms” articles in the behavior analyst. The Behavior Analyst, 34(1), 93-101. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392237
Carr, J. E., & Briggs, A. M. (2010). Strategies for making regular contact with the scholarly literature. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 3(2), 13-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391760
Stephens, A. M., Briggs, A. M., Barr, J., Loder, B. H., & Miller, A. (accepted). Delays to behavioral therapy in Michigan for children diagnosed with autism: A summary of survey data and caregivers needs. Behavior Analysis in Practice.
Harper Briggs, A. M., Dozier, C. L., Briggs, A. M., & Ackerlund Brandt, J. A. (2021). The effects of different types of attention on responding in young children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.814
Dracobly, J. D., Dozier, C. L., Briggs, A. M., & Juanico, J. F. (2017). An evaluation of procedures that affect response variability. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 50(3), 600-621. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.392
Payne, S. W., Dozier, C. L., Briggs, A. M., & Newquist, M. H. (2017). An analysis of group-oriented contingencies and associated side effects. Journal of Behavioral Education, 26(1), 27-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-016-9255-2
