Recent Publications from the ITLS Lab

We're excited to share three recent publications from members of the ITLS Lab!

Congratulations to Evelin on Her First Publication!

A huge congratulations to Evelin Arredulfo on the publication of her first peer-reviewed article in Behavioral Sciences! Evelin began this project as an undergraduate student in the ITLS Lab, and it has now culminated in a published review article as she continues her academic journey as a master's student. The article reviews strategies and tactics for promoting the generalization and maintenance of prosocial skills, providing a synthesis of the literature and identifying directions for future prosocial skills research. The paper was published as part of the Behavioral Sciences Special Issue, “The Role of Behavior Analysis in Understanding and Promoting Adaptive Social Behavior,” and is open access, making it freely available to researchers, practitioners, and students.

We're incredibly proud of Evelin's accomplishment and excited to celebrate this important milestone.

Read the article:

Arredulfo, E., McKeown, C. A., & Morrison, M. R. (2026). Generalization and maintenance of prosocial skills: A review of strategies and tactics. Behavioral Sciences. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16061013

Collaboration with the Gonzalez Applied Behavior Lab

We're also excited to share a recent collaboration with colleagues from the Gonzalez Applied Behavior Lab at the University of North Texas. This publication examined how to teach a child with Down syndrome to accurately report on past events, contributing to the growing literature on recall and verbal behavior.

Read the article:

Gonzalez, J. S., McKeown, C. A., Ochoa, S., & Vollmer, T. R. (2026). Teaching a child with Down syndrome to report on past events. Tizard Learning Disability Review. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-10-2025-0052

Extending Assessments of Sociability to Clinical Practice

Our recent publication in Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice explores how assessments of sociability can be extended to clinical practice. We hope this publication will encourage continued research on socially meaningful assessment practices while providing clinicians with additional tools to inform their practice.

Read the article:

McKeown, C. A., Gonzalez, J. S., Williams, M. T., & Vollmer, T. R. (2026). Extending assessments of sociability to clinical practice. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000332

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