Rate My Professor Yanerys Leon

Dr. Leon's research specializations include applied behavior analysis with emphases on functional assessment and treatment of problem behavior, skill acquisition, preference and reinforcer assessment, token economies, noncontingent reinforcement, differential reinforcement, staff training, and interventions for autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities. Key publications are Leon, Y., Borrero, J. C., & DeLeon, I. G. (2016). A parametric analysis of delayed primary and conditioned reinforcers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 49, 639-655; Leon, Y., Lazarchick, W. N., Rooker, G. W., & DeLeon, I. G. (2013). Assessment of problem behavior occasioned by disruption of ritualistic toy arrangements in a child with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 46, 1-5; Leon, Y., Kahng, S., Hausman, N. L., & Becraft, J. L. (2010). Further examination of discriminated functional communication. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43, 525-530; and Leon, Y., Wilder, D. A., & Saini, V. (2021). Within- and across-session increases in work requirement do not produce similar response output. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. She received the 2021 APA Division 25 B.F. Skinner Foundation New Applied Researcher Award. Leon serves on the Board of Editors for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, co-directs the Intensive Behavior Intervention Services Clinic, and has chaired symposia at Association for Behavior Analysis International and Florida Association for Behavior Analysis conferences.