Cooperant Learning Podcast | Behavioral Research and Adults w I/DD | Nazurah Khokhar & Alison Cox
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🎙 Cooperant Learning Podcast | Ep. 9
🎧 Guests: Dr. Alison Cox & Nazurah Khokhar
📚 Topic: Research Patterns in the Treatment of Adults With Problem Behavior
In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Alison Cox, BCBA-D, and Nazurah Khokhar, BCBA, to discuss their important new paper published in Behavior Modification: "Research Patterns in the Treatment of Adults With Problem Behavior and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Quantitative Systematic Review."
🧠 Topics We Cover: Why adults with IDD might be so underrepresented in behavioral research Research barriers like inconsistent functional analyses, limited maintenance data, and service gaps
👥 About Our Guests:
🔹 Dr. Alison Cox is Associate Professor in the Applied Disability Studies program at Brock University. Her research focuses on behavioral medicine, restraint fading, and treatment of severe behavior in adults with dual diagnoses and acquired brain injury.
🔹 Nazurah Khokhar, MA, BCBA, is a clinician and researcher specializing in behavioral pharmacology, cultural responsiveness, and adult IDD treatment. She currently practices in Sacramento, CA.
📘 Recommended Readings Mentioned in This Episode: Cox, A. D., Leung, J., Anderson, B. M., & Morgan, M. C. (2021).
Examining research patterns in the treatment of adults with problem behavior and intellectual and developmental disabilities: A brief review. Behavioral Development, 26(1), 14.
Dowdy, A., Peltier, C., Tincani, M., Schneider, W. J., Hantula, D. A., & Travers, J. C. (2021). Meta‐analyses and effect sizes in applied behavior analysis: A review and discussion. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(4), 1317-1340.
Thillainathan, T., Linder, B. & Cox, A.D. (2024). Program evaluation of a specialized treatment home for adults with severe challenging behaviour. Behavioral Interventions. 39 (4), https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.2059 Ayvaci, A. S., Cox, A. D., & Dimopoulos, A. (2025). A quantitative systematic literature review of combination punishment literature: Progress over the last decade. Behavior Modification, 49(1), 117-153.
Critchfield, T. S., & Reed, D. D. (2017). The fuzzy concept of applied behavior analysis research. The Behavior Analyst, 40, 123-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-017-0093-x
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