School of Psychology

  1. Background
  2. Publications
  3. Research Grants

Dr Claire McDowell

My research has primarily been in

  • Evidence based education for children at risk of failure in school
  • Precision teaching and generative instruction and its impact skill acquisition and performance;
  • Functional assessment/analysis and remediation of challenging behaviour; Autism;
  • Food selectivity and eating disorders in children.

Professional membership

  • European Association for Behavior Analysis
  • Experimental Analysis of behavior Group
  • Association for Behavior Analysis

Consultation & Working Groups

  • ABA Competencies Project working group
  • UK Association for Behavior Analysis working group

Publications

Number of items: 10.

Patterson, K and McDowell, Claire (2009) Using precision teaching strategies to promote self-management of inner behaviour and measuring the effects on symptoms of depression. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 10 (2). pp. 283-296.

McDowell, Claire, Duffy, K and Kerr, KP (2007) Increasing food acceptance and decreasing challenging behaviour in a four-year-old girl with Autism. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 8 (2). pp. 267-276.

Kerr, KP, Smyth, P and McDowell, Claire (2003) Precision teaching: Designing effective teaching programmes for children with Autism. Early Child Development & Care, 173. pp. 399-410.

McDowell, Claire, Keenan, Mickey, Bones, Robert and McIntyre, C (2002) Teaching component skills to improve golf swing. Journal of Precision Teaching & Celeration, 18 (2). pp. 16-29.

McDowell, Claire and Keenan, Mickey (2002) Comparison of two teaching structures examining the effects of component fluency on the performance of related skills. Journal of Precision Teaching & Celeration, 18 (2). pp. 16-29.

McDowell, Claire, Keenan, Mickey and Kerr, KP (2002) Comparing levels of dysfluency among students with mild learning difficulties and typical students. Journal of Precision Teaching & Celeration, 18 (2). pp. 16-29.

McDowell, Claire and Keenan, Mickey (2001) Developing fluency and endurance in a child diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS, 34 (3). pp. 345-348.

McDowell, Claire and Keenan, Mickey (2001) Cumulative dysfluency: Still evident in our classrooms despite what we know. Journal of Precision Teaching & Celeration, XVII (2). pp. 1-8.

McDowell, Claire, Mulhern, F and Kerr, KP (2000) Applied behaviour analysis: It works, it's positive, now what's the problem?. Early Child Development & Care, 163. pp. 125-131.

McDowell, Claire, Keenan, Mickey, McIntyre, C and Owens, B (1998) Even more challenging reading. Journal of Precision Teaching & Celeration, XV (2). pp. 6-12.

This list was generated on Wed Jun 19 06:07:01 2013 BST.

Research Grants

Current Research Projects

  • Using Mimiosprout, a computerized reading programme to address reading deficits in primary school children
  • Identifying effective components of ABA programmes used in education of children with Autism spectrum Disorder
  • A comparison of methodologies in the measurement of and treatment of self-esteem and body image dissatisfaction