Faculty Profiles

Dr. Reem Abdulrahman Muharib

Assistant Professor — Curriculum And Instruction

ED 3044

phone: (512) 245-3701

r_m806@txstate.edu

Autism and Developmental Disabilities
Applied Behavior Analysis
Challenging Behavior
Communication Skills
Single-case Reseach Design

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

Muharib, R. A., Dowdy, A., Rajaraman, A., & Jessel, J. (2022). Contingency-based delay to reinforcement following Functional Communication Training for autistic individuals: A multilevel meta-analysis. Autism, 26, 761-781. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211065540
Lang, R., Muharib, R. A., Rispoli, M., & Mclay, L. (2022). Suggestions for training preservice practitioners to appraise research using EBCAI’s research commentaries. Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 16, 39-43. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2022.2069468
Muharib, R., Lang, R., Walker, V., Phinney, A., & Rodriguez, M. (2021). An Evaluation of Reinforcer Magnitude and Echoic Prompts on Vocal Requesting of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 33, 947–961. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-021-09787-9
Alzrayer, N. M., Muharib, R. A., & Wood, C. L. (2020). Effects of a behavior intervention package on augmented and vocal mands by children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-019-09681-5
Muharib, R. A., Correa, V. I., Wood, C. L., & Haughney, K. L. (2019). Effects of functional communication training using GoTalk Now iPad application on challenging behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Special Education Technology., 34, 71–79. https://doi.org/doi:10.1177/0162643418783479

Award / Honor Recipient: Best Poster Award of Research in Behavior Analysis (Professional Level), Annual Conference of NC Association for Behavior Analysis. 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: Graduate Student Research Award: Graduate Research Symposium, UNC Charlotte. 2017
Award / Honor Recipient: Herbert J Prehm Student Presentation Award, the 18th International Conference on Autism, Intellectual Disability & Developmental Disabilities (DADD). 2017
Award / Honor Recipient: Student Research Award: Faculty & Graduate Student Research Symposium of the Department of Middle, Secondary & K-12, UNC Charlotte. 2017

Muharib, Reem Abdulrahman, Pennington, R., Lo, Y., Carpenter, M.. Effects of manipulating the reinforcer value on manding in the presence of competing stimuli., Department of Special Education and Child Development at UNC Charlotte, $500. (Funded: 2018 - 2019). Grant.
Muharib, Reem Abdulrahman. Effects of a multiple schedule of reinforcement following functional communication training on communication responses and problem behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder., Department of Special Education and Child Development at UNC Charlotte, $500. (Funded: 2018 - 2019). Grant.
Muharib, Reem Abdulrahman, Voggt, A. P., Wood, C. L.. Comparative impact of functional communication training and non-contingent reinforcement on problem behavior of a student with autism spectrum disorder., $500. (Funded: 2018 - 2019). Grant.
Muharib, Reem Abdulrahman, Alzrayer, N., Wood, C. L., Voggt, A. P.. The effects of backward chaining on three-step nonvocal manding and vocal manding of children with developmental disabilities., Department of Special Education and Child Development at UNC Charlotte, $500. (Funded: 2018 - 2019). Grant.
Muharib, Reem Abdulrahman, Alzrayer, N., Wood, C. L.. The effects of mand-model approach on augmented mand and natural speech production of children with autism spectrum disorder., Department of Special Education and Child Development at UNC Charlotte, $500. (Funded: 2017 - 2018). Grant.

Reviewer / Referee

Behavior Analysis in Practice

2024-Present

Reviewer / Referee

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

2024-Present

Member

Autism-Specific Support Program

2023-Present

Member

ABA Program Accreditation Committee

2023-Present

Editorial Review Board Member

Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

2023-Present