Publications

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Attentional Bias to Food Advertisements

Research suggests that children’s eating habits are also partially influenced by attention to food and beverage advertising. However, the extent to which sensory processing influences children’s attention to food cues remains unknown. We examined the attentional bias patterns to food vs. non-food logos among children 4–12 years with and without increased oral sensory sensitivity.
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child with blond hair squatting on the floor with a cup of cereal and looking at more cereal in a container.

Monitoring of Infant–Toddler Growth and Development

Consistent and frequent monitoring of children's developmental outcomes is rare in infant-toddler programs. Using an implementation science framework, we measured ten programs' use of Infant-Toddler IGDIs for this purpose, and identified barriers and facilitators of progress monitoring.
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Young mother seated on grass playing with her toddler daughter who is standing next to her.

Progress Toward a Multisectoral Community Intervention Approach

Translating research into practice, we developed the Bridging the Word Gap Community Action Planning Guide (BWG-CAPG) using a combined behavior-analytic, community psychology, and public health framework. We also developed a progress-monitoring measure to provide feedback on a community’s actions and progress in implementing their plan.
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Selected Publications

Boyd, B. A., Stahmer, A. C., Odom, S. L., Wallisch, A., & Matheis, M. (2022). It’s time to close the research to practice gap in autism: The need for implementation science.  Autism, 26(3), 569-574.  

Buzhardt, J., Leonard, J., Ai, J., Higgins, S., Greenwood, C., Consolver, K., Walker, D., & Carta, J. (2022). Technology to Facilitate Progress Monitoring of Infant–Toddler Growth and Development: Measuring Implementation in Community-Based Agencies.  Journal of Special Education Technology.  

Greenwood , C. R., Carta, J. J., Irvin, D., & Schnitz, A. G. (2021). Advancing children's learning through innovations in the measurement of literacy engagement.  Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. 

Greenwood, C. R., Carta, J. J., Irvin, D. W., Schnitz, A. G., Jia, F., & Atwater, J. (2019). Filling an information gap in preschool MTSS and RTI decision making.  Exceptional Children, 85(3), 271–290.  

Greenwood, C.R., Carta, J.J., Schnitz, A.G. et al. Progress Toward a Multisectoral Community Intervention Approach to Prevention of the Word Gap.  Behavior and Social Issues 30, 545–565 (2021). 

Greenwood , C. R., Higgins, S., McKenna, M., Buzhardt, J., Walker, D., Ai, J., Irvin, D., & Grasley-Boy, N. (2022). Remote use of Individual Growth and Development Indicators (IGDIs) for infants and toddlers.  Journal of Early Intervention, 44(2), 168-189.  

Kronberg, J., Tierney, E., Wallisch, A., & Little, L. M. (2021). Early intervention service delivery via telehealth during COVID-19: A research-practice partnership.  International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 13(1). 

Wallisch, A., Irvin, D., Kearns, W. D., Luo, Y., Boyd, B., & Rous, B. (2022). Exploring a novel tool to measure wandering behavior in the early childhood classroom.  OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 42(2), 137-145

Wallisch, A., Little, L. M., Bruce, A. S., & Salley, B. (2022). Oral sensory sensitivity influences attentional bias to food logo images in children: A preliminary investigation. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.