Jamie M. Winter, M.A.

University of Washington Autism Center

CHDD

Box 357920

Seattle, Washington 98195

 

E-mail: jmwinter@u.washington.edu

 

 


Education

 

2005

Ph.D. (expected)

Experimental Psychology, concentration in Behavior Analysis

University of California, San Diego

Thesis Advisor: Professor Laura Schreibman

Thesis: Father Involvement in Parent Training Interventions for Children with Autism: Effects of Tailoring Treatment to Meet the Unique Needs of Fathers

 

2002

M.A.

Experimental Psychology, concentration in Behavior Analysis

University of California, San Diego

Thesis Advisor: Professor Laura Schreibman

Masters Thesis: Behavioral Patterns of Mothers and Fathers of Children with Autism

 

1999

B.A.

With Highest Honors

Psychology (Minor: Anthropology)

University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Honors Thesis Advisor: Professor Thomas Whitman

Honors Thesis: The Relation of Infant Motor and Cognitive Functioning: A Dynamic Systems Approach

 

 


Research Experience

 

September 1999 – present

 

Graduate Research Assistant, Professor Laura Schreibman

Autism Research Laboratory, Dept. of Psychology, University of California, San Diego

August 1998 – May 1999

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Professor James J. McKenna

Mother-Infant Behavioral Sleep Laboratory, University of Notre Dame

August 1998 – May 1999

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Professor David A. Smith

Marital Therapy and Research Clinic, University of Notre Dame

August 1997 – May 1999

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Professor Julia M. Braungart-Rieker

Infancy & Early Childhood Laboratory, University of Notre Dame

 

 


Clinical Experience & Professional Training

 

March, 2004

ADI-R Research Training, Instructor: Catherine Lord

April, 2003

ADOS Workshop (2-day), Instructor: Janet Miller

January, 2003

PECS Workshop (2- day), Instructors: Andy Bondy & Lori Frost

1999 – 2004

Clinical Supervisor, Autism Research Laboratory, University of California, San Diego

1999 – 2004

Therapeutic and Educational Consultant, San Diego, CA

1998 (summer)

Autism Classroom Teacher, Krejci Academy, Naperville, IL

1997 – 1999

Autism Discrete Trial Therapist, Cleveland, OH & South Bend, IN

 

Clinical Skills

 

§         ABC Data

§         Functional Analysis of Problem Behaviors

§         Behavior Management

§         Self-Management

§         Pivotal Response Training (PRT)

§         Parent Training

§         Discrete Trial Training (DTT)

§         Sibling Training

§         Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

§         Social Support in Schools

 

 


Research Interests

 

Early behavioral intervention for children with autism: Intensive treatment programs for pre-verbal toddlers with autism.

 

Parent education for parents of children with autism: Designing and implementing parent training programs for families of children with autism, inclusion of siblings/ peers in treatment, individualizing treatments to meet family needs.

 

Fathers of children with autism: Identification of unique needs of fathers and designing of efficacious parent interventions to maximize father participation.

 

Repetitive behaviors in autism: Phenomenology & relationship to other disorders (i.e., obsessive-compulsive disorder), brain-behavior relationships, psychopharmacology, developmental trajectory.

 

 

Publications

 

Schreibman, L., & Winter, J.M.  Behavioral Intervention Therapies(2003, November).  The Exceptional Parent, 33, 64-71.

 

Miller-Loncar, C. L., Winter, J.M., & Whitman, T.L. (2001). Mental retardation. In M. Hersen & V.B. Van Hasselt (Eds.), Advanced abnormal psychology (2nd ed.) (pp. 147-163). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

 

 


Presentations

 

Winter, J.M., & Schreibman, L. (2004, July).  Parent education-based autism interventions: Meeting the needs of fathers.  Poster presentation at the APA Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

 

Winter, J.M., & Schreibman, L. (2004, May).  Efficacy of father-focused parent training for fathers of children with autism.  Slide presentation at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Sacramento, CA.

 

Winter, J.M., & Schreibman, L. (2003, February).  Effective parent training interventions for fathers of children with autism: Development and application.  Slide presentation at the California Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, San Diego, CA.

 

Winter, J.M., & Schreibman, L. (2002, November). An examination of repetitive behaviors in autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder: Brain and behavioral similarities. Poster presentation at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Orlando, FL.

 

Winter, J.M., & Schreibman, L. (2002, May).  Training fathers as therapists: Components of effective parent education interventions for fathers of children with autism.  Slide presentation in Parent Education and Empowerment: Focus on Families of Children with Autism symposium at the Association for Behavior Analysis meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

 

Winter, J.M., & Schreibman, L. (2001, November). Targeting fathers as treatment providers: Designing parent training interventions for fathers of children with autism.  Slide presentation at the 1st Annual International Meeting for Autism Research, San Diego, CA.

 

Schreibman, L., Stahmer, A., McCleery, J.P., Rocha, M., & Winter, J.M. (2001, July). Understanding research: An introduction to psychological science and autism. Slide presentation at the Autism Society of America conference, San Diego, CA.

 

Winter, J.M., & Schreibman, L. (2001, May).  Toward the development of father-focused parent training intervention for children with autism. Poster presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis meeting, New Orleans, LA.

 

 

Teaching Experience

 

Fall 1999 – Spring 2004

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego

 

§         Abnormal Psychology

§         Behavior Modification

§         Developmental Psychology

§         Drugs, Addiction, and Mental Disorders

§         Eating Disorders

§         General Psychology: Biological Foundations

§         Impulse Control Disorders

 

§         Laboratory/Operant Psychology

§         Learning and Motivation

§         Physiological Psychology

§         Principles of Behavior

§         Psychology

§         The Psychology of Human Sexuality

 

Awards and Honors

 

March 2004

International Meeting for Autism Research student travel award, Sacramento.

November 2003

UCSD Departmental Award for dissertation materials.

November 2002

UCSD Departmental Travel Award to Attend International Meeting for Autism Research, Orlando.

June 2002

UCSD Departmental Travel Award to Attend Association for Behavior Analysis Meeting, Toronto.

June 2001

UCSD Departmental Travel Award to Attend Association for Behavior Analysis Meeting, New Orleans.

May 1999

John F. Santos Distinguished Student in Psychology Award, University of Notre Dame

May 1999

May 1999

Elected to Membership in Lambda Alpha, the National Honor Society for Anthropology

Elected to Membership in Phi Beta Kappa Society

May 1998

Elected to Membership in Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology

1995 – 1999

Dean's Honor List, University of Notre Dame

 

Memberships

 

2004 - present

International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) student member

1999 - present

Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA) member

1997 - present

American Psychological Association (APA) member

 

 


University Service

 

Winter, 2001

UCSD Teaching Assistantship Mentor

August 2000 – June 2001

Colloquium Representative, Department of Psychology

University of California, San Diego (peer elected)

 


Last updated  10/12/2004