Simmons College

B.S., Molecular Biology
University of Wisconsin, Madison

M.A., Special Education and Applied Behavior Analysis
The Ohio State University

Ph.D., Special Education and Applied Behavior Analysis
The Ohio State University

Board Certified Behavior Analyst, BCBA

Teaching License
Early Childhood Intervention Specialist (P-3)
Intervention Specialist (K-12) — Moderate/Intensive

SPND 412 — Inclusion, Consultation, and Collaboration for Meaningful Access to the Curriculum

SPND 415 — Applied Research I

SPND 441 — Classroom Management for Learners with Special Needs in Inclusive Classrooms

SPND 442 — Analysis of Behavior: Principles and Classroom Applications

SPND 447 — Assessment and Curriculum Modification Development for Learners with Severe Disabilities

SPND 462 — Evidence-Based Behavior Evaluation in Autism and Developmental Disabilities

BEHV 465b — Skinner's Verbal Behavior

DABA 616 — Behavioral Consultation in Schools

My research focuses on evaluating techniques for teaching students with autism and related disabilities in the areas of communication, social skills, and reducing challenging behavior. In the area of communication, I have studied generative approaches to instruction in which teaching is arranged so that some skills are directly taught and other emerge without direct teaching. With regard to social skills, my research focuses on identifying and manipulating the motivational variables leading to social commenting. I am also evaluating video modeling as a technique for teaching social play skills to children with autism. In challenging behavior, I have examined preventive methods for reducing challenging behavior motivated by escape from task demands. I am also interested in conducting research on the process of consultation in schools to teach in-service teachers effective techniques used to educate children with autism and severe disabilities.

Axe, J. B., & Sainato, D. M. (in press). Matrix training of instruction following of pre-literacy skills with preschoolers with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Lovelace, T. S., Gardner, R., Axe, J. B., & Sainato, D. M. (in press). Early childhood special education: Birth to eight years old. In B. McGraw, P. Peterson, & E. Baker (Eds.), International encyclopedia of education (3rd ed.). Elsevier.

Axe, J. B. (2008). Conditional discrimination in the intraverbal relation: A review and recommendations for future research. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. 24, 159-174.

Sainato, D. M., Jung, S., Salmon, M. D., & Axe, J. B. (2008). Classroom influences on young children's emerging social competence. In W. H. Brown, S. L. Odom, & S. R. McConnell (Eds.), Social competence of young children: Risk, disability, and intervention (pp. 99-116). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Neef, N. A., Cihon, T., Kettering, T., Guld, A., Axe, J., Itoi, M., & DeBar, R. (2007). A comparison of study session formats on attendance and quiz performance in a college course. Journal of Behavioral Education, 16, 235-249.

Axe, J. B. (2007). A review of Child Care and Child Development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. Education and Treatment of Children, 30, 129-136.

Axe, J. B., & Sainato, D. M. (2009, May). Matrix training of instruction following of pre-academic skills with preschoolers with autism. In I. S. Schwartz (Chair), A Focus on Generalization of Skills for Young Children with Autism and Developmental Delays. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Phoenix, AZ.

Sainato, D. M., Jung, S., Axe, J., & Morrison, R. S. (2009, May). Project TASK: A comprehensive intervention model for kindergarten age students with autism spectrum disorders. In M. D. Salmon (Chair), Intervention in the Natural Environment for Children with Developmental Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Phoenix, AZ.

Evans, C. J., & Axe, J. B. (2009, April). "Simon says do that again!": Social skills and generalization training. Workshop presented at the annual conference of the Council for Exceptional Children, Seattle, WA.

Axe, J. B. (2008, May). Improving behavioral consultation with resistance reduction and applied behavior analysis: A review. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.

Axe, J. B. (2008, May). Verbal conditional discriminations in the intraverbal relation: A review and recommendations. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.

Evans, L., Axe, J. B., & Sainato, D. M. (2008, May). Using fluency based "racetracks" to teach picture labeling to preschoolers with special needs. In D. M. Sainato (Chair), Strategies for Increasing Children's Fluency and Engagement: PECS, Playgrounds, Functional Communication Training, and a Racetrack. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.

Parker, E. D., Axe, J. B., DeBar, R. M., Guld, A. E., Kettering, T. K., & Cannella-Malone, H. I. (2008, May). Using the verbal behavior approach to increase the language of children with developmental disabilities. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.

Axe, J. B., Malone, H. I., & Parker, E. D. (2007, May). A comparison of two formats of preparation for interteaching in a college course. In H. I. Malone (Chair), Innovative Teaching Methods in Higher Education. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Diego, CA.

Heron, K., Axe, J., & Sainato, D. M. (2007, May). Effects of repeated readings and untimed practice on the reading fluency of students with autism. In D. M. Sainato (Chair), Strategies for Increasing Reading Fluency, Communication, and Levels of Engagement in Students with Developmental Disabilities. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Diego, CA.

Axe, J. B., Murphy, C., Van Norman, R. K., & Heward, W. L. (2006, May). Antecedent-based interventions to reduce escape-maintained problem behavior and increase academic responding: A comparison of most-to-least prompting and functional communication training. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Atlanta, GA.

Axe, J. B., Cihon, T., DeBar, R., Guld, A., Itoi, M., Kettering, T., & Neef, N. A. (2006, March). The effects of review session format on quiz performance and study group attendance in a college course. In N. A. Neef (Chair), Innovations in College Teaching: What Works? Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan, Ypsilanti, MI.

• Council for Exceptional Children

• Division of Developmental Disabilities

• Division of Early Childhood

• Association for Behavior Analysis International

• Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group

• Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy

• American Psychological Association