Department Chair
Associate Professor
Room: 828 COE
Phone: (404) 413-8309
Email: lfredrick@gsu.edu
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, GA 30302-3979
EDUCATION:
MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST:
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS (italic indicates student at time of research)
Fredrick, L. D., Davis, D. H., Alberto, P. A., & Waugh, R. E. (in press). From initial phonics to functional phonics: Teaching word-analysis skills to students with moderate intellectual disabilities. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities.
Alberto, P. A., Waugh, R. E., Fredrick, L. D., & Davis, D. H. (in press). Sight word literacy: A function-based approach for identification and comprehension of individual words and connected text. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities.
Ennis, R. P., Jolivette, K., Fredrick, L. D., & Alberto, P. A. (in press). Using comparison peers as an objective measure of social validity: Recommendations for researchers. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities.
Davis, D. H., Gagne, P., Fredrick, L. D., Alberto, P. A., Waugh, R. E., & Haardörfer, R. (in press). Augmenting visual analysis in single-case research with hierarchical linear growth modeling. Journal of Behavior Modification. Available from http://bmo.sagepub.com/content/early/recent. doi: 10.1177/0145445512453734
Swoszowski, N. C., Jolivette, K., Fredrick, L. D., & Heflin, L. J. (2012). Check in/check out: Effects on students with emotional and behavioral disorders with attention- or escape-maintained behavior in a residential facility. Exceptionality, 20, 163-178
Davis, D. H., Fredrick, L. D., Alberto, P. A., & Gama, R. (2012). Functional communication training without extinction using concurrent schedules of differing magnitudes of reinforcement in classrooms. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 14, 162-172. doi:10.1177/1098300711429597
Dollar, C. A., Fredrick, L. D., Alberto, P. A., & Luke, J. K. (2012). Using simultaneous prompting to teach independent living and leisure skills to adults with severe intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33, 189-195. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2011.09.001
Mangum, A., Fredrick, L., Pabico, R., & Roane, H. (2012). The role of context in the evaluation of reinforcer efficacy: Implications for the preference assessment outcomes. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6, 158-167. doi:0.1016/j.rasd.2011.04.001
Greenberg, D., Wise, J. C., Morris, R., Fredrick, L. D., Rodrigo, V., Nanda, A. O., & Pae, H.D. (2011). A randomized control study of instructional approaches for struggling adult readers. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 4, 101-117. doi:0.1080/19345747.2011.555288
Waugh, R. E., Alberto, P. A., & Fredrick, L. D. (2011). Simultaneous prompting: An instructional strategy for skill acquisition. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 46, 528-543.
Waugh, R. E., Alberto, P. A., & Fredrick, L. D. (2011). Effects of error correction during assessment probes on the acquisition of sight words for students with moderate intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 47-57.
Duchaine, E. L., Jolivette, K., & Fredrick, L. D. (2011). The effect of teaching coaching with performance feedback on behavior-specific praise in inclusion classrooms. Education and Treatment of Children, 34, 209-227.
Alberto, P. A., Waugh, R. E., & Fredrick, L. D. (2010). Teaching the reading of connected text through sight-word instruction to students with moderate intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 31, 1467-1474. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2010.06.011
Cannon, J. E., Fredrick, L. D., & Easterbrooks, S. R. (2010). Vocabulary acquisition through books read in American Sign Language. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 31, 98-112. doi:10.1177/1525740109332832
Waugh, R. E., Fredrick, L. D., & Alberto, P. A. (2009). Using simultaneous prompting
to teach sounds and blending skills to students with moderate intellectual
disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 30, 1435-1447. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2009.07.004
Bachmeyer, M. H., Piazza, C. C., Fredrick, L. D., Reed, G. K., Rivas, K. D., & Kadey, H. J. (2009). Functional analysis and treatment of multiply controlled inappropriate mealtime behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, 641-658. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-641
Alberto, P., Fredrick, L. D., Hughes, M., McIntosh, L., & Cihak, D. (2007). Components of visual literacy: Teaching logos. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 22, 234-243.
Viel-Ruma, K., Houchins, D., & Fredrick, L. (2007). Error self-correction and spelling: Improving the spelling accuracy of secondary students with disabilities in written expression. Journal of Behavioral Education, 16, 291-301. doi:10.1007/s10864-007-9041-2
Nanda, A. O., & Fredrick, L. D. (2007). The effects of combining repeated readings with Reading Mastery on first graders’ oral reading fluency. Journal of Direct Instruction, 7, 17-27.
Cihak, D., Alberto, P. A., & Fredrick, L. D. (2007). Use of brief functional analysis and intervention evaluation in public settings. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 9, 80-93. doi:10.1177/10983007070090020501