Joshua A. Mellott

ORCID: 0000-0003-4504-1984
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Research Areas
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Second Language Acquisition and Learning

Kennedy Krieger Institute
2023-2025

Johns Hopkins University
2023-2025

Johns Hopkins Medicine
2023-2025

University of Georgia
2019-2024

Center for Autism and Related Disorders
2019

Objective: The purpose of the current study was to evaluate an alternative treatment distraction for a child with disruptive behavior and medical anxiety. Method: Behavioral skills training parent management were used address behavior, as measure distress tolerance, typically developing, 4-year-old white male, LeRoy, who presented dysfunctional elimination syndrome vesicoureteral reflux. A changing criterion single case design effect procedures on rates behaviors seconds appropriate waiting...

10.1177/21694826251328048 article EN Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology 2025-04-26

Reading comprehension tests involve not only reading passages and answering questions but also making choices such as the test-taking strategy to use, whether search for answers, where begin searching. We examined associations between student characteristics, passage type, strategies, students' time searching texts answers. differences in characteristics of students with high precision finding text that supported correct answer compared who lacked precision. Students grades three (n = 76),...

10.1080/10627197.2024.2356200 article EN Educational Assessment 2024-05-22

Duration schedules of reinforcement for continuous behavior abide by several preexisting operant behavioral economic equations reinforcer cost, otherwise known as price, and consumption. require behaviors to occur a set duration time prior accessing reinforcement, unlike interval that produce after the first instance given period. Despite extensive examples naturally occurring schedules, translational research regarding is quite limited. Further, lack investigating implementation such...

10.1002/jaba.984 article EN Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 2023-03-13

AbstractFew studies have investigated caregiver choice surrounding the modality for behavior therapy pediatric challenging behavior. This preliminary study sought to (1) understand factors impacting consumer decisions regarding virtual or in-person and (2) evaluate associated clinical outcomes using a quasi-experimental design. Forty nine participants received behavioral services assessment treatment of tantrum behaviors. Paired sample t-tests one-way ANOVA were conducted outcomes. Results...

10.1080/07317107.2023.2244466 article EN Child & Family Behavior Therapy 2023-08-09
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