Dr. Cammarie Johnson is an applied behavior analyst and educator with more than 30 years of experience supporting individuals with autism and developmental disabilities. She serves as Education Director at the New England Center for Children (NECC), where she oversees instructional quality, program development, and staff training across educational programs.
Dr. Johnson is also Adjunct Faculty at Simmons University and Clinical Adjunct Faculty at Western New England University, teaching graduate courses and supervising emerging behavior analysts. Her research focuses on stimulus control, conditional discrimination, equivalence class formation, and effective instructional design, with publications in leading journals such as the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.
Dr. Johnson has presented widely, chaired numerous symposia, and contributed book chapters on preference assessments and evidence-based instructional methods. She holds a Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst–Doctoral level and a Massachusetts Licensed Applied Behavior Analyst.
Publications
Johnson, C. (2023). Choice and Preference Assessments. In: Matson, J.L. (eds), Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis for Children with Autism. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27587-6_7
Johnson, C., & Graff, R. B. (2023). Stimulus preference assessments. In J. L. Matson (Ed.) Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis: Integrating Research into Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19964-6_21
Looi, I. & Johnson, C. (2022). Examining the effects of behavioral skills training on social praise delivery in Malaysian classrooms. Journal of International Special Needs Education, 25(2), 87-97. https://doi.org/10.9782/JISNE-D-20-00055
Johnson, C., Iversen, I., Kenyon, P, Holth, P., & de Souza, D. (2020). Murray Sidman: A life of giving. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53(3),1290-1298. https://doi.org.wne.idm.oclc.org/10.1002/jaba.718
Castelluccio, N. T., & Johnson, C. (2019). Using stimulus preference assessments to identify preferred break environments. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(3), 772-787. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.567
Johnson, C., Meleshkevich, O., & Dube, W. V. (2014). Merging separately established stimulus classes with outcome-specific reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 101(1), 38–50. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.61
Dickson, C. A., MacDonald, R. P. F., Mansfield, R., Guilhardi, P., Johnson, C., & Ahearn, W. H. (2014). Social validation of the New England Center for Children-Core Skills Assessment. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(1) 65-74.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1852-5.
Steinhilber, J., & Johnson, C. (2007). The effects of brief and extended stimulus availability on preference. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40(4), 767-772. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2007.767-772
Dudley, L. L., Johnson, C., & Barnes, R. S. (2002). Decreasing rumination using a starchy food satiation procedure. Behavioral Interventions, 17(1), 21-29. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.104
Johnson, C., & Sidman, M. (1993). Conditional discrimination and equivalence relations: Control by negative stimuli. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 59(2), 333-347. https://doi-org.wne.idm.oclc.org/10.1901/jeab.1993.59-333