Education:
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Selected Publications:
Neufeld, V., Law, C. K., & Lucyshyn, J. M. (2014). Integrating best practices in positive behaviour support and clinical psychology for a child with autism and anxiety-related problem behaviour: A clinical case study. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 29, 258-276.
Lucyshyn, J.M., Dunlap, G., & Freeman, R. (2014). A historical perspective on the evolution of positive behavior support as a science-based discipline. In F. Brown, J. Anderson, & R. DePry (Eds.), Individual positive behavior supports: A standards-based guide to practices in school and community-based settings. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
McIntosh, K., Lucyshyn, J. M., Strickland-Cohen, M. K., & Horner, R. H. (2014). Building supportive environments. In F. Brown, J. Anderson & R. L. DePry (Eds.), Individual positive behavior supports: A standards-based guide to practices in school and community-based settings. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Cheremshynski, C., Lucyshyn, J. M., & Olson, D. (2013). Implementation of a culturally appropriate positive behavior support plan with a Japanese mother of a child with autism: An experimental and qualitative analysis. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 15, 422-253.
Lucyshyn, J. M., Binnendyk, L., Fossett, B., Cheremshynski, C., Lohrmann, S., Elkinson, L., & Miller, L. (2009). Toward an ecological unit of analysis in behavioral assessment and intervention with families of children with developmental disabilities. In W. Sailor, G. Dunlap, G. Sugai, & R. Horner (Eds.), Handbook of positive behavior support (pp 73-106). New York: Springer.
Binnendyk, L. & Lucyshyn, J. M. (2009). A family-centered positive behavior support approach to the amelioration of food refusal behavior in a child with autism: A case study analysis. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 11, 47-62.
Lucyshyn, J.M., Albin, Richard W., Horner, Robert H., Mann, Jane C., Mann, James A., Wadsworth, Gina (2007) Family Implementation of Positive Behavior Support for a Child With Autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 9, 131-150.
Lucyshyn, J.M., Irvin, Larry K., Blumberg, E. Richard, Laverty, Robelyn, & Horner, Robert H. and Sprague, Jeffrey R. (2004) Validating the Construct of Coercion in Family Routines: Expanding the Unit of Analysis in Behavioral Assessment with Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities. Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 29, 104-121.
Keays, K. S., Harris, S. R., Lucyshyn, J. M., & MacIntyre, D. L. (2008). Effects of Pilates Exercises on shoulder range of motion, pain, mood, and upper extremity function in women living with breast cancer: A pilot study. Physical Therapy, 88, 494-510.
Lucyshyn, J. M., Albin, R. W., Horner, R. H., Mann, J. C., Mann, J. A., & Wadsworth, G. (2007). Family implementation of positive behavior support with a child with autism: A longitudinal, single case experimental and descriptive replication and extension. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 9, 131-150.
Lucyshyn, J. M., Irvin, L. K., Blumberg, E. R., Laverty, R. J., & Horner, R. H. & Sprague, J. R., (2004). Validating the construct of coercion in family routines: Expanding the unit of analysis in behavioral family assessment with families of children with developmental disabilities. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 29, 104-121.
Lucyshyn, J. M., Dunlap, G., & Albin, R. W. (Eds.). (2002). Families and positive behavior support: Addressing problem behavior in family contexts. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Lucyshyn, J. M., Albin, R. W., & Nixon, C. D. (1997). Embedding comprehensive behavioral support in family ecology: An experimental, single-case analysis. Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology, 65, 241-251.
Lucyshyn, J. M., Olson, D., & Horner, R. H. (1995). Building an ecology of support: A case study of one young woman with severe problem behaviors living in the community. Journal of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 20, 16-30.
Lucyshyn, J. M., & Albin, R. W. (1993). Comprehensive support to families of children with disabilities and problem behaviors: Keeping it “friendly.” In G. H. S. Singer & L. E. Powers (Eds.), Families, disability, and empowerment: Active coping skills and strategies for family interventions (pp. 365-407). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Research Projects:
Title: Transforming Parent-Child Interaction in Family Routines
This was a 7-year behavioural family intervention project that was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the U. S. National Institutes of Health (NIH; 2003 to 2009). The purpose of the project was to examine the internal, external, and social validity of an ecological, family-centred positive behaviour support approach with families of children with developmental disabilities and severe problem behaviour.
The specific aims of the study were to:
- (a) empower families to transform problematic parent-child interactions into constructive interactions in the context of valued family routines in the home and community;
- (b) use experimental single case research methods to document a functional relation between implementation of the approach and improvements in child behaviour, parent-child interaction, and routine participation;
- (c) use sequential analysis methods and multivariate group design methods to document the transformation of problematic patterns of interaction into constructive patterns of interaction;
- (d) use multivariate group design methods to evaluate improvement in parenting stress and family quality of life; and
- (e) assess the social validity of the ecological, family-centered PBS approach from the perspective of participating parents.