Research

Peer Reviewed Publications

Supplementing social skills training with Tootling to simultaneously enhance first-grade students’ performance of two social skills.

Crewdson, M., Richardson, R. D., Fowler, K., Skinner, C. H., Wright, S., & Cihak, D. (2022). Supplementing social skills training with Tootling to simultaneously enhance first-grade students’ performance of two social skills. School Psychology Review. Advanced on-line publication. DOI: 10.1080/2372966X.2022.2043127

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Tootling: A class-wide peer-mediated intervention for decreasing antisocial and disruptive behavior and enhancing prosocial behaviors and academic engagement.

Crewdson, M., Richardson, R. D., Skinner, C. H., Fowler, K., & Wright, S. (2023). Tootling: A class-wide peer-mediated intervention for decreasing antisocial and disruptive behavior and enhancing prosocial behaviors and academic engagement. Teaching Exceptional Children, 55(3), 198-207. https://doi.org/10.1177/00400599221074268

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Enhancing first-grade students’ social skill performance: The interaction of Tootling and activities on social skill engagement.

Crewdson, M., Skinner, C. H., Wilson, C., Fowler, K., Richardson, R. D., & Wilhoit, B. (in press, 5-2023). Enhancing first-grade students’ social skill performance: 

The interaction of Tootling and activities on social skill engagement. Psychology in the Schools.

Activity Structures Moderate Elementary Students’ Performance of Recently Trained Social Skills While Tootling.

Fowler, K., Skinner, C. H., Cole, C., Richardson, R. R., Coleman, M. B., McCurdy, M., & Crewdson, M. (under review) Activity Structures Moderate Elementary Students’ Performance of Recently Trained Social Skills While Tootling. Journal of School Psychology.

Alternating treatments designs: Interpretation challenges and design solutions for validating and comparing interventions.

Skinner, C. H., McClurg, V., Crewdson, M., Coleman, M. B., Bennett, J., Fowler, K., & Killion, J. B. (2022, March). Alternating treatments designs: Interpretation challenges and design solutions for validating and comparing interventions. Psychology in the Schools., 59, 678-697. http://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22638

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Interdependent group-oriented contingencies: randomly selected components to the rescue.

Richardson, R. D., Crewdson, M.A., Skinner, C. H., Wheat, L. S., Martinez, J. A. (2021).

Interdependent group-oriented contingencies: randomly selected components to the rescue. Teaching Exceptional Childrenhttps://doi.org/10.1177/00400599211006129

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Evaluating English learner progress in reading: How much growth can we expect?

Richardson, R.D., Rocconi, L.M., & Crewdson, M.A. (2020). Evaluating English learner progress in reading: How much growth can we expect? School Psychology Review, 49 (4), 480-492. https://doi.org/10.1080/2372966X.2020.1787080

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Using a Tootling intervention to sequentially enhance and maintain at-risk elementary students’ performance of multiple social skills.

Wright, S., Skinner, C. H., Crewdson, M., Moore, T., McCurdy, M., Coleman, M. B., & Rocconi, L. M. (2022, May). Using a Tootling intervention to sequentially enhance and maintain at-risk elementary students’ performance of multiple social skills. School Psychology, 37(3), 248-258. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000499

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Using Tootling to enhance first-grade students’ use of a social skill: Evaluating the Catching Compliments Game.

Wright S, Skinner, C. H., Kirkpatrick, B. A., Daniels, S., Moore, T., & Crewdson, M. (2021). Using Tootling to enhance first-grade students’ use of a social skill: Evaluating the Catching Compliments Game. Education and Treatment of Children.

Paper/Symposiums Presentations

Tootling: Modifications to enhance social skills outcomes and classroom behaviors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Association for School Psychologists.

Crewdson, M., Richardson, R. D. (2021, March-on line part of symposia). Tootling: Modifications to enhance social skills outcomes and classroom behaviors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Association for School Psychologists. Knoxville, TN – moved to on-line.

Combined alternating treatments designs: Using a no-treatment series to address limitations beyond one demonstration of experimental control.

McClurg, V., Skinner, C. H., Crewdson, M., Coleman, M., Bennett, J., & Fowler, K. (2019, Nov). Combined alternating treatments designs: Using a no-treatment series to address limitations beyond one demonstration of experimental control. Paper presented at the Tennessee Applied Behavior Analysis, (TABA) Conference, Nashville, TN.

Assessment and intervention for executive skills problems. Tennessee Association of School Psychologists.

Richardson, R. D., Price, A. Crewdson, M. (2020, Feb). Assessment and intervention for executive skills problems. Tennessee Association of School Psychologists, Eastern Community of Practice.

Interpretation errors and design solutions for validating and comparing interventions using alternating treatments designs.

Skinner, C. H., McClurg, V., Crewdson, M., Coleman, M., Bennett, J., & Fowler, K. (2019, Nov). Interpretation errors and design solutions for validating and comparing interventions using alternating treatments designs. Paper presented at the Tennessee Applied Behavior Analysis, (TABA) Conference, Nashville, TN.

Sequentially adding specific social skills to a Tootling program.

Skinner, C. H., Wright, S., Crewdson, M., & Moore, T. (2019, Nov). Sequentially adding specific social skills to a Tootling program. Paper presented at the Tennessee Applied Behavior Analysis, (TABA) Conference, Nashville, TN.

Using Tootling to sequentially enhance and maintain multiple social skills in natural social environments.

Skinner, C. H., Wright, S., & Crewdson, M. (2020, May-on line part of symposia). Using Tootling to sequentially enhance and maintain multiple social skills in natural social environments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis-International. Washington DC – moved to on-line.

Posters Presentations

Gender and Ability Status Predicting Elementary Students’ Critical Thinking Skills.

Anderson, L., Crewdson, M., Kirkpatrick, B.A., McCallum, R.S., Pannell, M.A., & Franklin, T.

(2019, February). Gender and Ability Status Predicting Elementary Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. Poster Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Audit Instructors’ Attitudes and Perceived Competency Toward College Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Crewdson, M., Burgin, E., & Kotik, J. (2018, October). Audit Instructors’ Attitudes and Perceived Competency Toward College Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Poster Presented at the University of Tennessee Engagement and Outreach Fall Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Audit Instructors’ Attitudes and Perceived Competency Toward College Students with Intellectual Disabilities.

Crewdson, M., Hassett, N., Burgin, E., & Kotik, J. (2018, October). Audit Instructors’ Attitudes and Perceived Competency Toward College Students with Intellectual Disabilities. Poster Presented at the Mid-South Conference for Psychology in the Schools, Huntsville, Alabama.

The effects of diverse names on math work problem accuracy.

Crewdson, M., Killion, B., McClurg, G., & Skinner, C. H. (2019, February). The effects of diverse names on math work problem accuracy. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Atlanta.

Educators Predicting Students’ School-Based Outcomes.

Crewdson, M., Pannell, M.A., Kirkpatrick, B.A., & McCallum, R.S. (2017, October). Educators Predicting Students’ School-Based Outcomes. Poster Presented at the Tennessee Association of School Psychologists Fall Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Screening At-Risk Students Using a Local Norming Technique.

Jacobs, V.M., Crewdson, M., Kirkpatrick, B.A., & McCallum, R.S. (2017, October). Screening At-Risk Students Using a Local Norming Technique. Poster Presented at the Tennessee Association of School Psychologists Fall Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Construction of the Scale of Emotional Functioning for Educators.

Kirkpatrick, B. A., Pannell, M. A., Anderson, L., McCallum, R. S., & Crewdson, M. (2019, February). Construction of the Scale of Emotional Functioning for Educators. Poster Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Enhancing student outcomes through norming student and teacher behaviors.

Richardson, R. & Crewdson, M. (2020). Enhancing student outcomes through norming student and teacher behaviors. National Association of School Psychologists, Baltimore, MD.

 

Setting Realistic Reading Goals: Is Pathways of Progress in DIBELS Next Equally Applicable to English Learners?

White, J., Crewdson, M., & Richardson, R. (2018, October). Setting Realistic Reading Goals: Is Pathways of Progress in DIBELS Next Equally Applicable to English Learners? Poster Presented at the MidSouth Conference for Psychology in the Schools, Huntsville, Alabama.