Dr. Thomas S. Higbee is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Special Education and Rehabilitation at Utah State University where he has worked since 2002. He is also Director of the Autism Support Services: Education, Research, and Training (ASSERT) program, an early intensive behavioral intervention program for children with autism which he founded in 2003. He is a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D) and has published research and given presentations at state and national conferences on topics related to behavioral assessment and intervention strategies for individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities. He is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) and has served on the board of editors of Behavior Analysis in Practice and JABA. Throughout his career, he has worked with children with autism and other developmental disabilities in home-, center-, and school-based programs. Through workshops and consultation, he has trained teachers and related service providers in school districts throughout the western U.S. Before coming to USU, Dr. Higbee served for three years as Senior Clinician at Spectrum Center for Educational and Behavioral Development in Berkeley, CA which is a nonprofit agency that operates non-public schools for students with severe disabilities and behavioral disorders.
Articles
A Review of: Julia Moor - Playing, Laughing, and Learning with Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Practical Resource of Play Ideas for Parents and Carers (Second Edition) (with T. Sellers), Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2010)
Promoting Generalization of Mands for Information Used by Young Children with Autism (with A. M. Betz and J. S. Pollard), Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (2010)
The Effects of Function-Based Fixed-Time Reinforcement on Inappropriate and Appropriate Classroom Behavior of Students with Mild Cognitive Disabilities (with R. D. Waller), Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (2010)
Utilizing a Home-Based Parent Training Approach in the Treatment of Food Selectivity (with A. C. Najdowski, M. D. Wallace, K. Reagon, B. Penrod, and J. Tarbox), Behavioral Interventions (2010)
Parent-Implemented Script Fading to Promote Play-Based Verbal Initiations in Children with Autism (with K. A. Reagon), Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (2009)
Contributions to Books
Teaching Functional Life Skills to Children with Developmental Disabilities: Acquisition, Generalization, and Maintenance (with R. Detrich), Practical Handbook of School Psychology: Effective Practices for the 21st Century (2010)
Reinforcer Identification Strategies and Teaching Learner
Readiness Skills, Derived Relational
Responding: Applications for Learners with Autism and Other Developmental
Disabilities (2009)
Improving Educational Opportunities for Students with
Developmental Disabilities: Advancement through Changes in Special Education Law, Developmental Disabilities: Etiology, Assessment, Intervention, and
Integration (2004)