Publications List

Barron, B. F., Verkuylen, L., Belisle, J., Paliliunas, D., & Dixon, M. R. (2019). Teaching “Then-Later” and “Here-There” Relations to Children with Autism: an Evaluation of Single Reversals and Transformation of Stimulus Function. Behavior Analysis in Practice.

 Belisle, J., Dixon, M. R., & Stanley, C. R. (2018). The Mediating Effects of Derived Relational Responding on the Relationship Between Verbal Operant Development and IQ. Behavior Analysis in Practice.

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Belisle, J., Dixon, M. R., Stanley, C. R., Munoz, B., & Daar, J. H. (2016). Teaching foundational perspective-taking skills to children with autism using the PEAK-T curriculum: Single-reversal “I-You” deictic frames. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

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Belisle, J., Rowsey, K. E., & Dixon, M. R. (2016). The use of in-situ behavioral skills training to improve staff implementation of the PEAK relational training system. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management.

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Belisle, J., Stanley, C. R., & Dixon, M. R. (2017). The relationship between derived mutually entailed relations and the function of challenging behavior in children with autism: Comparing the PEAK-E-PA and the QABF. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science.

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Belisle, J., Stanley, C. R., Alholail, A. M., Galliford, M. E., & Dixon, M. R. (2018). Abstraction of tactile properties by individuals with autism and down syndrome using a picture‐based communication system. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

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Dixon, M. R., Belisle, J., McKeel, A., Whiting, S., Speelman, R. C., Daar, J. H., & Rowsey, K. E. (2017). An internal and critical review of the PEAK Relational Training System for children with autism and related intellectual disabilities: 2014-2017. The Behavior Analyst.

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Dixon, M. R., Belisle, J., Munoz, B.E., Stanley, C.R., & Rowsey, K.E. (2017). Teaching metaphorical extensions of private events to children with emotional disorders using PEAK-direct training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

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Dixon, M. R., Belisle, J., Rowsey, K. E., Speelman, R. C., Stanley, C. R., & Kime, D. (2016). Evaluating emergent naming relations through representational drawing in individuals with developmental disabilities using the PEAK-E curriculum. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice.

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Dixon, M. R., Belisle, J., & Stanley, C. R. (2018). Derived Relational Responding and Intelligence: Assessing the Relationship Between the PEAK-E Pre-assessment and IQ with Individuals with Autism and Related Disabilities. The Psychological Record.

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Dixon, M. R., Belisle, J., Stanley, C. R., Munoz, B. E., & Speelman, R. C. (2017). Derived coordinated symmetrical and transitive gustatory-visual-auditory relations in children with disabilities. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Sciences.

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Dixon., M. R., Belisle, J., Stanley, C., & Rowsey, K. E. (2018). Student outcomes after 1 year of front line staff implementation of the PEAK curriculum. Behavioral Interventions.

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Dixon, M. R., Belisle, J., Stanley, C., Rowsey, K. E., Daar, J. H., & Szekely, S.  (2015).  Toward a behavior analysis of complex language for children with autism: Evaluating the relationship between PEAK and the VB-MAPP.  Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities.

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Dixon, M. R., Belisle, J., Stanley, C. R., Speelman, R. C., Rowsey, K. E., & Daar, J. H. (2016). Establishing derived categorical responding in children with disabilities using the PEAK-E curriculum. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Dixon, M. R., Belisle, J., Stanley, C. S., & Williams, L. A. (2016).  Derived equivalence relations of geometry skills in students with autism: An application of the PEAK-E curriculum. Analysis of Verbal Behavior.

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Dixon, M. R., Belisle, J., Whiting, S. W., Rowsey, K. E. (2014).  Normative sample of the PEAK Relational Training System:  Direct Training Module and subsequent comparisons to individuals with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Dixon, M. R., Blevins, A., Belisle, J., & Bethel, B. (2019). Teaching children with autism extended verbal utterances under audience control in the context of show-and-tell. Behavior Analysis in Practice.

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Dixon, M. R., Peach, J., Daar, J. H., & Penrod, C. (2017). Teaching complex verbal operants to children with autism and establishing generalization using the peak curriculum. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

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Dixon, M. R., McCord, B., & Belisle, J. A demonstration of higher‐order response class development in children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Dixon, M. R., Rowsey, K. E., Gunnarsson, K. F., Belisle, J., Stanley, C. R., & Daar, J. H. (2017). Normative sample of the PEAK Relational Training System: Generalization module with comparison to individuals with autism. Journal of Behavioral Education.

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Dixon, M. R., Speelman R. C., Rowsey, K. E., & Belisle, J. (2016). Derived rule-following and transformation of stimulus functions in a children’s game: An application of PEAK-E with children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Sciences.

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Dixon, M. R., Stanley, C. R., Belisle, J., Galliford, M. E., Alholail, A., & Schmick, A. (2017). Establishing derived relations of basic geography skills. Analysis of Verbal Behavior.

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Dixon, M. R., Stanley, C. S., Belisle, J., & Rowsey, K. E. (2016). The test-retest and inter-rater reliability of the PEAK-direct training assessment for use with individuals with autism and related disabilities. Behavior Analytic Research and Practice.

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Dixon, M. R., Whiting, S. W., Rowsey, K. E., & Belisle, J. (2014).  Assessing the Relationship between Intelligence and the PEAK Relational Training System. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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Dixon, M. R., Wiggins, S., & Belisle, J. (2018). The effectiveness of the peak relational training system and corresponding changes on the VB‐MAPP for young adults with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Dixon, M.R., Paliliunas, D., Barron, B.F. et al (2019). Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation of ABA Content on IQ Gains in Children with Autism. Journal of Behavioral Education.

Dixon, M.R., Belisle, J., Hayes, S.C. et al (2021). Evidence From Children with Autism that Derived Relational Responding is a Generalized Operant. Behav Analysis Practice 14, 295–323 .

Dunkel-Jackson, S., & Dixon, M. R. (2018) Promoting generalized advanced language skills of children in intensive behavioral intervention with Promoting the Emergence of Advanced Knowledge Generalization Module (PEAK–G). Behavior Analysis in Practice.

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Hahs, A. D., & Jarynowski, J. (2019). Targeting Staff Treatment Integrity of the PEAK Relational Training System Using Behavioral Skills Training. Behavior Analysis in Practice.

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Malkin, A., Dixon, M. R., Speelman, R., & Luke, N. (2017). Evaluating the relationships between the PEAK Relational Training System–Direct Training Module, Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills–Revised, and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales–II. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities.

May, B. K., & Flake, L. (2019). PEAK Pre-Assessments: Preliminary Evidence Establishing Internal Consistency and Construct Validity. Behavior Analysis in Practice.

McKeel, A. N., Dixon, M. R., Daar, J. H., Rowsey, K. E., & Szekely, S. (2015). Evaluating the efficacy of the PEAK relational training system using a randomized controlled trial of children with autism. Journal of Behavioral Education.

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McKeel, A., & Matas, J. (2017). Utilizing PEAK Relational Training System to Teach Visual, Gustatory, and Auditory Relations to Adults with Developmental Disabilities. Behavior Analysis in Practice.

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McKeel, A. N., Rowsey, K. E., Belisle, J., Dixon, M. R., & Szekely, S. (2015). Teaching complex verbal operants with the PEAK Relational Training System. Behavior Analysis in Practice.

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McKeel, A., Rowsey, K., Dixon, M. R., & Daar, J. H. (2015). Correlation between PEAK relational training system and one-word picture vocabulary tests. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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Mullen, S., Dixon, M. R., Belisle, J., & Stanley, C. R. (2017). Establishing auditory-tactile-visual equivalence classes in children with autism and developmental delays. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior.

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Rowsey, K. E., Belisle, J., & Dixon, M. R. (2014).  Principal component analysis of the PEAK relational training system. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities.

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Rowsey, K. E., Belisle, J., Stanley, C. R., & Dixon, M. R. (2017). Principal component analysis of the PEAK relational training system Generalization module. Journal of Behavioral Education.

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Schmick, A. M., Stanley, C. R., & Dixon, M. R. (2018). Teaching Children with Autism to Identify Private Events of Others in Context. Behavior Analysis in Practice.

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Stanley, C. R., Belisle, J., & Dixon, M. R. (2018). Equivalence‐based instruction of academic skills: Application to adolescents with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Sutton, A., Pikula, A., Yi, Z. et al. (2021) Evaluating the Convergent Validity of the PEAK Comprehensive Assessment (PCA): Intelligence, Behavior Challenges, and Autism Symptom Severity. Journal of Developmental Physical Disabilities