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101 Reykjavík
Iceland
EDUCATION
2017 Western New England University, Springfield, Feb. 2017, Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis.
Dissertation: An Experimental Analysis on Problem Behavior in Transitions Between Activities.
Advisor: Chata Dickson, PhD, BCBA-D
2010 Northeastern University, Boston, 2010, M.Sc. in Applied Behavior Analysis. Thesis: Descriptive assessment on problem behavior during transitions between activities.
Advisor: William Ahearn, PhD, BCBA-D
2004 The University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, B.A. in Psychology.
Thesis: The psychometric properties for an Icelandic version of the “Strength and
Difficulties Questionnaire”.
Advisors: Jakob Smári, Urður Njarðvík and Páll Magnússon
EMPLOYMENT
2018 - Assistant Professor and Director of MSc in Applied Behavior Analysis
Maternity leave: October 2018 – April 2019
2015 – 2018 Assistant Professor at Reykjavík University, Reykjavík, Iceland
2011 – 2015 Western New England University, BCBA supervision
2007 – 2015 New England Center for Children, Southborough, MA
2005 - 2007 Barnaskoli Hjallastefnunnar, Gardabaer, Iceland
2004 - 2005 Lyngas, Reykjavik, Iceland
CLINICAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2015 - Supervision of BSc and MSc research projects
Consultation for challenging behavior & sleep problems
Grant applications
2013- 2015 Program Specialist, Supervisor: Maureen Kelly, Ph.D. BCBA-D
2011- BCBA Supervision, Certification no: 1-11-9688
2011-2013 Day Coordinator, Supervisor: Kylie Roberts, MS, BCBA.
2009-2011 Level 2 Teacher, Research Role, Supervisor: Amy Atwell, BCBA
2009-2016 Research Lab. Supervisor: Chata Dickson, Ph.D. BCBA-D. Attended
2008-2010 Automatic Reinforcement and Verbal Behavior Lab
Supervisor: William Ahearn, Ph.D. BCBA-D
2007-2009 Level 2 Teacher, Case Manager,
Supervisor: Maeve Donnelly, MS, BCBA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018- Ethics, teacher, fall semester, Reykjavik University
2015 - Applied Behavior Analysis, teacher, spring semester, Reykjavik University
2016 Behavioral Intervention / Atferlisíhlutun, teacher, fall semester Reykjavik University
2016 - Behavior Change Procedures, teacher, spring semester, Reykjavík
University
2015- Concepts and Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis, teacher,fall semester, Reykjavík University
2014 Evidence-Based Behavior Evaluation in Autism and DD
guest lecturer, fall semester, Simmons College
2014 Behavior Change Procedures and System Supports, guest lecturer, spring semester, Endicott College
2013 Applied Behavior Analysis part 2, instructor, winter semester, The New
England Center for Children
2012 Applied Behavior Analysis part 1, instructor, winter semester, The New
England Center for Children
2012 Child Behavior Management, teacher, winter semester,
Western New England University
2011- Calm-P, trainer, The New England Center for Children.
2010 Systematic Inquiry in Applied Research, teacher assistant, winter semester, Northeastern University.
SERVICE
2015 - VCS Coordinator (BACB verified course sequence)
2016 - ACE Coordinator (Approved continuing education)
2016 IceABA Conference scientific committee
2017 - Special Advisor for Arnarskóli
2017 Scientific Committee for the Annual Conference of the Icelandic Psychological Association 2018
2018 IceABA Conference scientific committee
2018- President of ICE-ABA
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Association for Behavior Analysis
Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy
Association of Professional Behavior Analysts
SATIS (ICE-ABA)
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
2011 - Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Certification nr: 1-11-9688.
2011 - Calm Physical Certification
2014 - BCBA Supervision Training Modules
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
2014 Behavioral Interventions, guest reviewer
2014 Norsk Tidsskrift for Atferdsanalyse, guest reviewer
2016 Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, guest reviewer
2017 Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, guest reviewer
2017 Nettla, guest reviewer
2017 Uppeldi og Menntun, guest reviewer
2018 Sálfræðiritið, guest reviewer
2019 Research in Developmental Disabilities, guest reviewer
2020 Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, guest reviewer
SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH PROJECTS
2020 A pilot study on the efficacy of FRIENDS: A social skills treatment program for
children with autism spectrum disorder. Laufey Ásta Guðmundsdóttir, MSc thesis
Clinical Psychology, Reykjavik University
2018 The effects of individualized teaching of school readiness skills to children in preschool with ADHD symptoms. Sonja Lind Ísfeld Víðisdóttir, MSc thesis in Clinical Psychology, Reykjavik University
2018 Development and manifestation of behavior problems and risk behavior among Icelandic youth. Sandra Sif Sæmundsdóttir, MSc thesis in Clinical Psychology, Reykjavik University
2017 Implementing preschool life skills program in a kindergarten classroom in Iceland. Bára Fanney Hálfdanardóttir, MSc thesis in Clinical Psychology, Reykjavik University
2016 Prevalence and intervention for sleep problem in children with intellectual and / or developmental disabilities in Iceland. Hulda Jónsdóttir Tölgyes, MSc thesis in Clinical Psychology, Reykjavik University
Prevalence and intervention for behavior problem in children with intellectual and/ or developmental disorders in Iceland. Þórarinn Freyr Grettisson, MSc thesis in Clinical Psychology, Reykjavik University
Comparison of errorless learning and response cost to simple trial and error learning in automated learning environment. Brynjar Ólafsson, MSc thesis in Computer Science, Reykjavik University
Behavior problems in elementary and preschool: prevalence, attitudes, and resources. Dagný Hermannsdóttir, BSc thesis in Psychology
Using Virtual Reality environment to train discrete trial training skills. Gunnar Ingi Valdimarsson, BS thesis in Psychology, Reykjavik University
2015 Cyberbullying among adolescents: Bullies and victims associated with parental relations, online usage time and gender differences. Nína Björk Gísladóttir, BSc thesis in Psychology, Reykjavik University
Improving waste sorting behavior in a university environment using visual prompts. Óskar Andri Ólafsson, BSc thesis in Psychology, Reykjavik University
GRANTS
2020 The Icelandic Student Innovation fund
Virtual reality as a training tool for special education teachers (Co-PI, 1.398.000 ISK)
The Icelandic Student Innovation fund
Acquired Brain Injury and neurobehavioral treatment (Co-PI, 1.398.000)
The Icelandic Student Innovation fund
Services for individuals with dementia in Iceland (Co-PI, 1.398.000)
2018 Lýðheilsusjóður –Embætti Landlæknis
Workshop for parents of children with disabilities who have sleep problems (PI, 1.000.000 ISK)
2018 The Icelandic Student Innovation fund
Training social skills in virtual reality (CO-PI, 1.398.000 ISK)
2016 The Icelandic Student Innovation fund
Virtual reality as a training tool for special education teachers (Co-PI, 1.398.000 ISK)
2016 The Icelandic Student Innovation fund
Assessment and treatment of sleep problems for children with disabilities (Co-PI, 1.398.000)
PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS
2020 Sveinbjornsdottir, B. (August 2020) Ethical considerations for practitioners: working with non-behavioural professionals. Workshop at the 14th annual conference division of behavior analysis, virtual conference, Galway, Ireland.
2020 Sveinbjornsdottir, B. (August 2020) Problem behavior in transitions between activities: Implications from basic, translational and applied research. Invited speaker at the 14th annual conference division of behavior analysis, virtual conference, Galway, Ireland.
2019 Hálfdanardóttir, B.F., Sveinbjörnsdóttir, B., & Ingvarsson, E.T. (May 2019) Implementing preschool life skills program in a kindergarten classroom in Iceland. Symposium at the Annual Applied Behavior Analysis Convention, Chicago, IL.
2019 Sveinbjörnsdóttir, B., Jóhannsson, S., Ingimarsdóttir, Á.R., & Vilhjálmsson, H.H. (May 2019). Teaching Discrete Trial Training in Virtual Reality. Symposium at the Annual Applied Behavior Analysis Convention, Chicago, IL.
2018 Sveinbjörnsdóttir, B., Jóhannsson, S., Ingimarsdóttir, Á.R., & Vilhjálmsson, H.H. (May 2018). Teaching Discrete Trial Training in Virtual Reality. Poster presented at the Annual Applied Behavior Analysis Convention, San Diego, CA.
2017 Tölgyes, H.J. & Sveinbjörnsdóttir, B. (March 2017). Children with disabilities and sleep problems: Interventions and prevalence. Poster presented at the annual psychology conference in Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2016 Sveinbjornsdottir, B., & Dickson, C.A. (May 2016). Are Stimuli Signaling
(relatively lean) Schedules of Reinforcement Aversive? Implications for
Challenging Behavior in Activity Transitions. Symposium at the Annual Applied
Behavior Analysis Convention, Chicago, IL.
2016 Oddsdóttir, J., Sigurðardóttir, T.Þ., Jóhannesdóttir, K.R., Sveinbjörnsdóttir, B., & Vilhjálmsson, H.H. Sýndarveruleiki – Verkfæri í Þjálfun Starfsmanna á Aðgreindri Kennsluæfingu. Talk at the IceABA conference, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2016 Sveinbjornsdottir, B., & Dickson, C.A. (November 2016). Pausing and Preference in Transitions between relatively Rich and Lean Reinforcement Context. Talk at the IceABA conference, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2014 Sveinbjornsdottir, B., & Dickson, C.A. (May 2015). Pausing and Preference in Transitions between Relatively Rich and Lean Reinforcement Contexts. Symposium at the Annual Applied Behavior Analysis Convention, San Antonio, TX.
2014 Sveinbjornsdottir, B. (October, 2014). Chair. Making the world a little less annoying through antecedent manipulations. Symposium conducted at the Annual Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy, Amherst, MA.
2013 Sveinbjornsdottir, B., Steimer, J.C., Cassanelli, C.J., Kelsey, D.F., & Dickson, C.A.(March, 2013). Specifying the Problem of Activity Transitions in Students with Intellectual Disabilities. Presented at the Association for Professional Behavior Analysts, Las Vegas, NV.
2010 Colon, C., Sveinbjornsdottir, B., Kinshaw, M., Andrejczyk, L., Clark, K.M., & Ahearn, W.H. (May, 2010). A comparison of Effects Related to Motor and Vocal Response Interruption and Redirection. Presented at the Annual Applied Behavior Analysis Convention, San Antonio, TX.
2010 Sveinbjornsdottir, B., Dickson, C. A., Guilhardi, P., Lionello-DeNolf, K. M., Jones, B. M., & Ahearn, W. H. (May, 2010). Descriptive Assessment of Problem Behavior in Transitions Between Activities. Presented at the Annual Applied Behavior Analysis Convention, San Antonio, TX.
2010 Sveinbjornsdottir, B., Dickson, C. A., Guilhardi, P., Lionello-DeNolf, K. M., Jones, B.M., & Ahearn, W. H. (October, 2010). Descriptive Assessment of Problem Behavior in Transitions Between Activities. Presented at the Annual Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy, Amherst, MA.
2009 Sveinbjornsdottir, B., Dickson, C. A., Guilhardi, P., Lionello-DeNolf, K. M., Jones, B.M., & Ahearn, W. H. (October, 2009). Descriptive Assessment of Problem Behavior in Transitions Between Activities. Poster presented at the Annual Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy.
2009 Colon, C., Kinshaw, M., Andrejczyk, L., Clark, K.M., Sveinbjornsdottir, B., & Ahearn, W.H. (October, 2009). A comparison of Effects Related to Motor and Vocal Response Interruption and Redirection. Presented at the Annual Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy, Amherst, MA.
2009 Antmann, H., Ahearn, W., & Sveinbjornsdottir, B. (October, 2009). Delayed Reinforcement in Teaching Discrimination Skills. Presented at the Annual Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy, Amherst, MA
PUBLICATIONS
2019 Sveinbjörnsdóttir, B., Jóhannsson, S.H., Oddsdóttir, J., Sigurðardottir, T.Þ., Valdimarsson, G.I., & Vilhjalmsson, H.H. (2019). Virtual Discrete Trial Training for Teacher Trainees. Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, 1-10.
2016 Oddsdóttir, J., Sigurðardóttir, T., Jóhannsdóttir, K., Sveinbjörnsdóttir, B., & Vilhjálmsson, H. (September 2016). Virtual Training for Discrete Trial Trainers. In the proceeding of the Workshop on Graphical and Robotic Embodied Agents for Therapeutic Systems (GREATS16) at the 16th International
Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, Los Angeles.
2012 Karsten, A. M., Andrade, M., Cividini-Motta, C., Conde, K. A., Donnelly, M. G., McConnell, K.,… Sveinbjornsdottir, B. (2012). Review of the book Behavioral foundations of effective autism treatment. Behavior Analysis in Practice,
5(1), 47-52.
MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW
2020 Vidisdottir, S.L.I., & Sveinbjornsdottir, B. (2020). The effects of individualized teaching of school readiness skills to preschool children with ADHD symptoms. Manuscript in review
2020 Halfdanardottir, B.F., Ingvarsson, E.Þ., & Sveinbjornsdottir, B. (2020). Important skills for elementary school children: Implementing preschool life skills program in Iceland. Manuscript in review
MANUSCRIPT IN PREPARATION
• Descriptive Assessments of Problem Behavior in Transitions
• Pausing and Escape in Transitions between Activities
REFERENCES
Chata Dickson, Ph.D, BCBA-D
Assistant Director of Research, ACE The New England Center for Children, Inc. Phone: (508) 481-1015 ext. 3015
cdickson@necc.org
Bryndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir, Ph.D.
Dean of Department of Psychology
Reykjavik University
bryndis@ru.is
Additional references available upon request
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