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Autism Partnership is a strong believer in research and has published over 30 articles in journals.

Research Journal Articles

This page lists some key scientific Journal which publish peer-reviewed articles on ASD.

Effect of ABA on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Lovaas, O. I. (1987). Behavioral treatment and normal educational and intellectual functioning in young autistic children. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 55(1), 3.
Howard, J. S., Sparkman, C. R., Cohen, H. G., Green, G., & Stanislaw, H. (2005). A comparison of intensive behavior analytic and eclectic treatments for young children with autism. Research in developmental disabilities, 26(4), 359-383.

Research Published Peer-reviewed Journals by Autism Partnership and Autism Partnership Foundation

Cuvo, A. J., Leaf, R. B., & Borakove, L. S. (1978). Teaching janitorial skills to the mentally retarded: acquisition, generalization, and maintenance. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 11, 345-355.
Edelson, S.M., Taubman, M.T. & Lovaas, O.I. (1985). Some Social Contexts of Self-Destructive Behaviors with Treatment. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 11, 299-312.
Lovaas, O.I., & Taubman, M.T. (1981). Language Training and Some Mechanisms of Social and Internal Control.Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, 1, 363-372.
Lovaas, O.I., Ackerman, A.B., & Taubman, M.T. (1983). An Overview of Behavioral Treatment of Autistic Persons. In M. Rosenbaum, C. M. Franks, & Y. Jaffe (Eds.), Perspectives on Behavior Therapy in the Eighties. New York, New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Leaf, J.B., Taubman, M., Bloomfield, S., Palos-Rafuse, L.I., McEachin, J.J., Leaf, R.B., & Oppenheim, M. (2009),Increasing social skills and pro-social behavior for three children diagnosed with autism through the use of a teaching package. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 1, 275-289.
Mitchell T. Taubman, Ronald B. Leaf, John J. McEachin, Sasha Papovich, Justin B. Leaf (2013). A Comparison of Data Collection Techniques Used with Discrete Trial Teaching.Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Justin B. Leaf, Ronald Leaf, John McEachin, Mitchell Taubman, Shahla Ala’i-Rosales, Robert K. Ross, Tristram Smith & Mary Jane Weiss. (2015). Applied Behavior Analysis is a Science and, Therefore, Progressive. Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015.
Justin B. Leaf PhD, Mitchell Taubman PhD, Jeremy Leaf MA, Stephanie Dale MA, Kathleen Tsuji BA, Alyne Kassardjian MA, Aditt Alcalay BA, Christine Milne BA, Erin Mitchell MA, Donna Townley-Cochran MS, Ronald Leaf PhD & John McEachin PhD (2015). Teaching Social Interaction Skills Using Cool Versus Not Cool, Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 37:4, 321-334,
Justin B. Leaf, Alyne Kassardjian, Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf, Kathleen H. Tsuji, Stephanie Dale, Aditt Alcalay, Jeremy A. Leaf, Daniel Ravid, Christine Miline, Ronald Leaf, Mitchell Taubman and John McEachin. (2015). Observational Effects on Preference Selection for Four Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Replication.. Behavioral Interventions. 30: 256–269.
Angel Au, Toby Mountjoy, Justin B. Leaf, Ronald Leaf, Mitchell Taubman, John Mceachin and Kathleen Tsuji. (2016). Teaching Social Behaviour to Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using the Cool Versus Not Cool Procedure in a Small Group Instruction Format. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability.
Jeremy A. Leaf, Justin B. Leaf, Christine Milne, Donna Townley-Cochran, Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf, Joseph H. Cihon, Mitchell Taubman, John McEachin, Ronald Leaf. (2016). The Effects of the Cool Versus Not Cool Procedure to Teach Social Game Play to Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.. Behavior Analysis in Practice. Springer.

Cool Versus Not Cool Procedure Research Journal Articles

Jeremy A. Leaf, Justin B. Leaf, Christine Milne, Donna Townley-Cochran, Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf, Joseph H. Cihon, Mitchell Taubman, John McEachin, Ronald Leaf. (2016). Comparing Social Stories to Cool Versus Not Cool.. Education and Treatment of Children, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2016, 173-186.
Justin B. Leaf PhD, Mitchell Taubman PhD, Jeremy Leaf MA, Stephanie Dale MA, Kathleen Tsuji BA, Alyne Kassardjian MA, Aditt Alcalay BA, Christine Milne BA, Erin Mitchell MA, Donna Townley-Cochran MS, Ronald Leaf PhD, and John McEachin PhD. (2015). Teaching Social Interaction Skills Using Cool Versus Not Cool. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, Vol.37, No.4, 2015, 321–334.
Jeremy A. Leaf, Justin B. Leaf, Christine Milne, Donna Townley-Cochran, Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf, Joseph H. Cihon, Mitchell Taubman, John McEachin, and Ronald Leaf. (2016). The Effects of the Cool Versus Not Cool Procedure to Teach Social Game Play to Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Behav Analysis Practice, DOI: 10.1007/s40617-016-0112-5, Vol.9, Issue.1, 2016, 34–49.
Justin B. Leaf, Kathleen H. Tsuji, Brandy Griggs, Andrew Edwards, Mitchell Taubman, John McEachin, Ronald Leaf, and Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf. (2012). Teaching Social Skills to Children with Autism Using the Cool versus Not Cool Procedure. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Vol.47, No.2, 2012, 165–175.
Justin B. Leaf, Mitchell Taubman, Christine Milne, Stephanie Dale, Jeremy Leaf, Donna Townley-Cochran, Kathleen Tsuji, Alyne Kassardjian, Aditt Alcalay, Ronald Leaf, and John McEachin. (2016). Teaching Social Communication Skills Using a Cool Versus Not Cool Procedure Plus Role-Playing and a Social Skills Taxonomy. Education and Treatment of Children, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2016, 44-63
Angel Au, Toby Mountjoy, Justin B. Leaf, Ronald Leaf, Mitchell Taubman, John McEachin & Kathleen Tsuji. (2016). Teaching social behaviour to individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder using the cool versus not cool procedure in a small group instructional format. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2016.1149799, Vol.41, Issue.2, 2016, 115-124.

Discrete Trial Teaching Research Journal Articles

Mitchell T. Taubman, Ronald B. Leaf, John J. McEachin, Sasha Papovich, Justin B. Leaf. (2013). A Comparison of Data Collection Techniques Used With Discrete Trial Teaching. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Volume 7, Issue 9, 2013, 1026–1034.
Justin B. Leaf, Kathleen H. Tsuji, Amy E. Lentell, Stephanie E. Dale, Alyne Kassardjian, Mitchell Taubman, John McEachin, Ronald Leaf and Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf. (2012). A Comparison of Discrete Trial Teaching Implemented in a One-to-one Instructional Format and in a Group Instructional Format. Behavioral Interventions, Volu 28, Issue 1, 2013, 82–106, DOI: 10.1002/bin.1357.

Language and Communication Skills Research Journal Articles

Justin B. Leaf, Stephanie Dale, Alyne Kassardjian, Kathleen H. Tsuji, Mitchell Taubman, John J. McEachin, and Ronald B. Leaf, and Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf. (2014). Comparing Different Classes of Reinforcement to Increase Expressive Language for Individuals with Autism. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014, 49(4), 533–546.
Yvonne Cheung, Kimberly A. Schulze, Justin B. Leaf, and Eric Rudrud. (2016). Teaching Community Skills to Two Young Children with Autism Using a Digital Self-Managed Activity Schedule. Exceptionality, 2016, VOL. 24, NO. 4, 241-250, DOI: 10.1080/09362835.2016.1215654

Teaching Interaction Procedure Research Journal Articles

Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf, Justin B. Leaf, and Nikki A. Call. (2012). Teaching Board Games to Two Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, DOI: 10.1007/s10882-012-9274-4, Vol.24, Issue.4, 2012, 347–358.
Alyne Kassardjian, Mitchell Taubman, Eric Rudrud, Justin B. Leaf, Andrew Edwards, John McEachin, Ron Leaf, and Kim Schulze. (2013). Utilizing Teaching Interactions to Facilitate Social Skills in the Natural Environment. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 48, No. 2, 2013, 245–257.
Wesley H. Dotson, Justin B. Leaf, Jan B. Sheldon, and James A. Sherman. (2010). Group teaching of conversational skills to adolescents on the autism spectrum. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 4, 2010, 199–209.
Justin B. Leaf1 & Donna Townley-Cochran, Mitchell Taubman, Joseph H. Cihon, Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf, Alyne Kassardjian, Ronald Leaf, John McEachin, and Tammy Galensky Pentz. (2015). The Teaching Interaction Procedure and Behavioral Skills Training For Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder a Review and Commentary. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, DOI: 10.1007/s40489-015-0060-y , Vol.2, Issue.4, 2015, 402–413.
Justin B. Leaf, Misty L. Oppenheim-leaf, Nikki A. Call, Jan B. Sheldon, James A. Sherman, Mitchell Taubman, John Mceachin, Jamison Dayharsh, and Ronald Leaf. (2012). Comparing the Teaching Interaction Procedure to Social Stories for People With Autism. Ournal of Applied Behavior Analysis 2012, Vol.45, No.2, 2012, 281–298.
Alyne Kassardjian, Justin B. Leaf, Daniel Ravid, Jeremy A. Leaf, Aditt Alcalay, Stephanie Dale, Kathleen Tsuji, Mitchell Taubman, Ronald Leaf, John McEachin, and Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf. (2014). Comparing the Teaching Interaction Procedure to Social Stories: A Replication Study. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2103-0, Vol.44, Issue.9, 2014, 2329–234.
Justin B. Leaf, Wesley H. Dotson, Misty L. Oppeneheim, Jan B. Sheldon, and James A. Sherman. (2009). The effectiveness of a group teaching interaction procedure for teaching social skills to young children with a pervasive developmental disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Vol.4, 2010, 186–198.

Social Skills Research Journal Articles

Justin B. Leaf, Jeremy A. Leaf, Christine Milne, Mitchell Taubman, Misty Oppenheim-Leaf, Norma Torres, Donna Townley-Cochran, Ronald Leaf, John McEachin1, and Paul Yoder. (2016). An Evaluation of a Behaviorally Based Social Skills Group for Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2949-4, 2016, 1–17.
Misty L.Oppenheim-Leaf, JustinB.Leaf, ClaudiaDozier, JanB.Sheldon, and JamesA.Sherman. (2012). Teaching Typically Developing Childrent Opromote Social Play With Their Siblings With Autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6, 2012, 777–791.
Justin B. Leaf, Mitchell Taubman, Stephanie Bloomfield, Letty Palos-Rafuse, Ron Leaf, John McEachin, and Misty L. Oppenheim. (2009). Increasing Social Skills and Pro-social Behavior for Three Children Diagnosed With Autism Through the Use of a Teaching Package. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 3, 2009, 275–289.
Justin B. Leaf, Wesley H. Dotson, Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf, James A. Sherman and Jan B. Sheldon. (2014). A Programmatic Description of a Social Skills Group for Young Children With Autism. A Programmatic Description of a Social Skills Group for Young Children With Autism, Vol 32, Issue 2, DOI: 10.1177/02711214z11405855, 2012.
Justin B. Leaf, Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf, Ronald B. Leaf, Mitchell Taubman, John McEachin, Tracee Parker, Andrea B. Waks, and Toby Mountjoy. (2015). What is the Proof? A Methodological Review of Studies That Have Utilized Social Stories. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015, 50(2), 127–141.
Justin B. Leaf, Alyne Kassardjian, Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf, Joseph H. Cihon, Mitchell Taubman, Ronald Leaf, and John McEachin. (2016). Social Thinking®: Science, Pseudoscience, or Antiscience? Behavior Analysis in Practice, Volume 9, Issue 2, 2016, 152–157.