Educational History 

 

Certification:  Board Certified Behavior Analyst:  2000

                          Charter Certificant

 

University of Kansas:  1991-1999              

                Major:    Developmental and Child Psychology

                Degree:  Ph.D.

                Advisor:  Donald Baer, Ph.D.

 

Certification:  Early Childhood Special Education:  1994-1996

Advisor:  Barbara Thompson, Ph.D.

(certification expired June 2006)

               

University of Kansas:  1991-1993

                Major:  Human Development

                Degree:  M.A.

                Advisor:  David Born, Ph.D.

 

University of Kansas:  1987-1991

                Major:  Psychology

                Degree:  B.A.

                Advisor:  Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, Ph.D.

 

Johnson County Community College:  1986-1987

                Coursework:  Liberal Arts

 

 

 

 

 

Professional and Academic Experience

 

Behavior Analyst/Consultant                                                                            1995-present

Supervisor:  Private Practice

Responsibilities:   Development and supervision of intensive, behavior analytic interventions for children with autism.  This includes providing training workshops, as well as parent, teacher, and paraeducator training in home and school settings.  Additional responsibilities include designing and maintaining data systems, writing progress reports, IEP meetings, video and phone consultations. 

Practicum Student                                                                                                1996

Lawrence School District

Supervisors:  Lisa Hull, Lois Orth-Lopes, M.A., and Barbara Thompson, Ph.D.

Responsibilities:  Working with children with autism who ranged in age from 4-8 years, as well as typically developing kindergartners.  Behavior analytic techniques were used in direct instruction and various inclusive settings.  There was an emphasis on using a team teaching approach to teach a variety of skills.   

Practicum Student                                                                                                1996

Early Intervention Preschool

Lawrence School District

Supervisors:  Ronda Jenson, M.A. and Barbara Thompson, Ph.D.

Responsibilities:  Member of a teaching team in an early childhood special education classroom.  Teaching children with a variety of special needs during activities such as free play, large group, centers, snack, and recess.

Practicum Student                                                                                                1995

Educare

Supervisors:  Don Bushell, Ph.D., Bo Hinton, M.A., Amy Cox, Jenny Higgins

Responsibilities:  Member of a teaching team in an inclusive, full-day child care center.  Behavior analytic teaching was conducted within tutoring, small group, snack and free play activities.  Data were collected for each child and presented during weekly staff meetings. 

Director of Outreach and Training                                                                    1994-1995

Early Childhood Autism Project

University of Kansas

Supervisors:  Chrys Teller and James A. Sherman, Ph.D.

Responsibilities: Participation in the development of administrative systems, policies, procedures, as well as the implementation of those systems.  Participation in various types of meetings with staff and board members.  Supervision of two teaching teams serving children with autism.  This included working with the families of those children to determine priorities and best strategies for intervention, data collection, evaluation, and training of parents and paraprofessionals.  Additional responsibilities included IEP meetings and other collaboration with staff of the preschools attended by the children.

Practicum Student                                                                                                1995

Nall Hills Elementary

Supervisors:  Alice Nusbaum, M.A., Sue Wenner Lanyon, and Mark Kelly

Responsibilities:  Member of a teaching team in two preschool classrooms for a total of 19 children with special needs:  child- and teacher-directed teaching during activities such as large group, centers, snack, whole language, and specials (e.g. physical education, music).  Additional activities included various meetings:  IEP, transition planning, writing lesson plans, collaboration with the speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, and paraprofessional teacher, district-wide inservices and committee meetings. 

Assistant Executive Director                                                                             1994

Early Childhood Autism Project

University of Kansas

Supervisor:  Shahla Alai-Rosales, M.A.

Responsibilities:  Create systems for data collection, treatment books, teacher training, and program development.  Conduct workshops for senior teachers on data collection systems and supervise the development of data systems for eleven teaching teams.  Organize and participate in treatment team meetings with a professional from outside the organization.  Assist director in performance of staff management and other administrative tasks. Supervision, training, and evaluation of two teaching teams serving children with autism.  Supervise teaching assistant:  development and grading of quizzes, scheduling, development of teaching videos, data collection systems, and various other duties. 

Outreach Consultant                                                                                           1993-1995

Early Childhood Autism Project

University of Kansas

Supervisor:  Shahla Alai-Rosales, M.A.

Responsibilities:  Supervise teachers providing services to children with autism:  teacher training, writing programs, parent consultation and training, IEP meetings, team meetings monitor child progress through direct observation and data collection, and advise as to further development of skills.

Trainee                                                                                                                   1993

Princeton Child Development Institute

Supervisors:  Patricia Krantz, Ph.D. and Lynn McClannahan, Ph.D.

Responsibilities:  Teaching seven preschool children with autism in a day school:  monitor progress through data collection, attend and participate in weekly staff meetings, collaboration with other teaching staff.

Project Coordinator                                                                                             1992-1993

Early Childhood Autism Project

University of Kansas

Supervisors:  Shahla Alai-Rosales, M.A. and James Sherman, Ph.D.

Responsibilities:  Supervision and evaluation of all teaching staff, parent consultation and problem-solving, supervision of treatment development and implementation, agency billing and staff payroll, development of data and organizational systems, participation in weekly team meetings for each child, supervision of weekly senior teaching meeting, scheduling of teachers, advising regarding research projects, public relations, fundraising, aiding parents in finding resources, and various other administrative duties. 

Course Instructor                                                                                                 1992-1994

University of Kansas

Supervisor:  David Born, Ph.D.

Responsibilities:  Taught HDFL 350, “The Behavioral Treatment of Children with Autism” and HDFL 550, “Advanced Practicum in the Behavioral Treatment of Children with Autism” for seven semesters.  Organization and presentation of lectures, development and grading of weekly quizzes, creation and supervision of roleplay opportunities, organization and presentation of in-class child demonstrations, aid students in developing research or literature review projects, training and supervision of hands-on teaching, recruitment of students for class enrollment through lectures and demonstrations in other courses. 

Senior Teacher                                                                                                     1990-1993

Early Childhood Autism Project

University of Kansas

Supervisors:  Svein Eikeseth, M.A., Shahla Alai-Rosales, M.A. and James Sherman, Ph.D.

Responsibilities:  Individual, home-based, behavior analytic instruction for children with autism (3-7 years-old), intense training of beginning practicum students, supervision and training of advanced practicum students, overall evaluation of staff, planning and conducting weekly team meetings for staff and parents, data collection, monthly progress summaries, development of individual treatment plans, parent training and consultation.

Facilitator                                                                                                               1993

Early Childhood Autism Project

Educare Six

University of Kansas

Supervisors:  Shahla Alai-Rosales, M.A. and Michelle Lutman-Rabbideau, M.A.

Responsibilities:  Facilitating the inclusion of a child with autism into a kindergarten for typically developing children through teaching, data collection, and collaboration with other teachers. 

Research Assistant                                                                                             1991-1992

Generalization Characteristics of Self-Instruction by Children

University of Kansas

Supervisors:  Donald Baer, Ph.D. and Jesus Rosales, M.A.

Responsibilities:  Participation in data collection and data analysis of a research project investigating the development and characteristics of self-instruction in preschool-aged children. 

Classroom Consultant                                                                                         1991

Edna A. Hill Child Development Center

University of Kansas

Supervisor:  Kathleen Zanolli, Ph.D.

Responsibilities:  Consultation and collaboration regarding procedures to integrate a child with autism into a preschool.

Intern/Senior Teacher                                                                                         1990

Young Autism Project

University of California-Los Angeles

Supervisors:  O. Ivar Lovaas, Ph.D. and Tristam Smith, Ph.D.

Responsibilities:  Individual, in-home teaching sessions with four children with autism, data collection, planning and conducting a weekly programming meeting with one treatment team, participation in additional programming meetings for other teams, general staff meetings, overseeing daily treatment changes, parent consultation, writing monthly progress reports, formal assessment of children with autism, and a variety of minor administrative tasks.

Practicum Student                                                                                                1990

Early Childhood Autism Project

University of Kansas

Supervisors:  Svein Eikeseth, M.A. and James A. Sherman, Ph.D.

Responsibilities:  Applying behavioral principles in the treatment of a young child with autism, training beginning practicum students, weekly team meetings, participation in program development, attendance in a lecture class pertaining to the behavioral treatment of children with autism. 

Practicum Student                                                                                                1989

Early Childhood Autism Project

University of Kansas

Supervisors:  Svein Eikeseth, M.A. and James A. Sherman, Ph.D.

Responsibilties:  Under close supervision, applying behavioral principles in the treatment of a child with autism, weekly team meetings, assigned readings relating to the behavioral treatment of children with autism.

Publications

Morrison, K. & Rosales-Ruiz, J.  (1997).  “The effect of object preferences on task performance and stereotypy in a child with autism”.  Research in Developmental Disabilities, 18, 127-137.

Grote, I., Rosales, J., Morrison, K., Royer, C., & Baer, D.M.  (1997).  A use of self-instruction to extend the generalization of a self-instructed in-common discrimination.  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 66, 144-162. 

Professional Presentations and Workshops Presented

Morrison, K.  (2006).  “The ABC’s of ABA”. Blue Valley School District.  Leawood,             Kansas.  August 2006.

Morrison, K.  (1999).  “Teaching Children with Autism to Make Eye Contact Following Cues Other than ‘Look at me’”.  Association for Behavior Analysis.  Chicago, Illinois, May 1999.

Morrison, K.  (1998).  “Is Reinforcing Unprompted Attending Preferable to Instructing ‘Look at me’ in Children with Autism?”.  Poster Presentation.  Professional Seminar for the Department of Human Development and Family Life.  Lawrence, Kansas, May 1998.

Alai-Rosales, S., Jerwick, S., & Morrison, K.  (1994).  “Intensive Intervention for Children with Autism”.  Autism Society of Kansas.  Overland Park, Kansas, October 1994. 

Morrison, K. & Rosales, J.  “Does Access to Preferred Objects Increase Stereotypy and Decrease Task Performance?”  Poster Presentation.  Professional Seminar for the  Department of Human Development and Family Life.  Lawrence, Kansas, April 1993. 

Morrison, K. & Rosales, J.  “Does Access to Preferred Objects Increase Stereotypy and Decrease Task Performance?”  Poster Presentation.  Association for Behavior Analysis.  Chicago, Illinois, May 1993.

Alai-Rosales, S. & Morrison, K.  “Early Childhood Autism”.  Douglas County Child Care Association Mini-Conference:  Affirming the Professional.  Lawrence, Kansas, February 1992.

Eikeseth, S., Pasley, J., Morrison, K., Potucek, J.A., Alai-Rosales, S.  “Effects of one-on-one behavioral treatment of young children with autism”.  Poster presentation.  Association for Behavior Analysis.  Atlanta, Georgia, May, 1991.

Lovaas, O.I., Eikeseth, S., Pasley, J., Potucek, J., Morrison, K.  “The Behavioral Treatment of Children with Autism”.  Des Moines, Iowa, October 1990.

Lovaas, O.I., Eikeseth, S., Pasley, J., Potucek, J., & Morrison, K. “The Behavioral Treatment of Children with Autism”.  Overland Park, Kansas, November 1989.

Professional Affiliations

Association for Behavior Analysis

Council for Exceptional Children

Kansas Association for Behavior Analysis

Inservice Training Received

Inservice Training, Assessing early childhood special education classrooms in preparation for accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.  Presented to early childhood special education teachers in the Shawnee Mission School District, March 1995.

Inservice Training, Series of workshops on professionalism, data collection, teaching strategies, and curriculum.  Five-day workshop presented to teachers and staff at the Princeton Child Development Institute, September 1993. 

Workshop, “Autism Workshop”.  Presented to parents and teachers of children with autism by the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the Autism Society of America, April 1993. 

Inservice Training,  “A Review of Basic Teaching Techniques”.  Presented to students and parents involved in the Early Childhood Autism Project.  September 1990 and January 1991. 

Inservice Training, “Training Teachers”.  Presented to students and parents involved in the Early Childhood Autism Project.  September 1990 and January 1991.

Inservice Training, “Senior Therapist Training Workshop”.  Presented to senior therapists involved in the Young Autism Project at the University of California-Los Angeles, June 1990. 

Inservice Training, Received training on administration of standardized tests such as the Bayley, Reynell, Stanford-Binet, Vineland, and Merrill-Palmer.  Presented to clinic supervisors and internship trainees involved in the Young Autism Project at the University of California-Los Angeles, July 1990. 

Research Projects

Morrison, K.  (1999).  “Teaching Children with Autism to Make Eye Contact Following

Cues Other than ‘Look at me’.”  Dissertation Research.

Morrison, K.  (1993).  Does Access to Preferred Objects Increase Stereotypy and

Decrease Task Performance?”  Masters Thesis.

Morrison, K.  (1990).  “The relevance of context and time course on the processing of

ambiguous words”.  Unpublished manuscript.  (Replication of a study supervised by George Kellas, Ph.D.)

Morrison, K.  (1989).  “The effects of teaching a preschool child sign language using

verbal and token reinforcement.”  Unpublished manuscript.  (Replication of a study supervised by Judith LeBlanc, Ph.D.)

Professional Activities

Professional Advisory Board Member, Kansas City Autism Training Center, Prairie Village, Kansas, 2005-present.

Advisory Board Member, Johnson County Autism Society of Kansas, Overland Park, Kansas, 2003- present .

Professional Advisory Board Member,  Kansas Association for Behavior Analysis.  Lawrence, Kansas, 1999-present.

Professional Advisory Board Member, Applied Behavior Analysis:  Early Intervention in Autism.  Department of Behavior Analysis, University of North Texas.  Denton, Texas, 1997-2001.

Representative, Graduate Student Organization.  Department of Human Development and Family Life.  Lawrence, Kansas, 1996-1997.

Organizer, Professional Seminar Presentation.  “Graduate Student Poster Session”.  Department of Human Development and Family Life.  Lawrence, Kansas, 1993.

Board Member, Early Childhood Autism Project.  Lawrence, Kansas, 1992-1993.

Professional Seminar Committee Member, Department of Human Development and Family Life. Lawrence, Kansas, 1992-1993.

Volunteer Worker, Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting.  Kansas City, Missouri, 1989. 

References available upon request.