Faculty Profiles

Katy Elaine Davenport

Professor of Instruction — Curriculum And Instruction

ED 1031

phone: (512) 245-7892

kd22@txstate.edu

Biography and Education

Katy Davenport, M.Ed., BCBA, is the CARES Educational Clinic Director and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). She earned a masters degree in Special Education with an emphasis in autism and early childhood developmental disabilities from the University of Texas at Austin. Katy has 20 years of experience working with children with range of developmental and intellectual disabilities. Specifically, Katy has worked in public schools as a district autism coordinator, as a private in home behavior therapist, and for government service agencies providing early intervention. Katy has done numerous professional development workshops, has designed Individualized Education Programs, written Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans and has conducted social skills groups for children with autism. As the CARES Educational Clinic Director, Katy has consulted with a number of school districts in the area concentrating on autism and challenging behavior.

Teaching Interests

SPED practicum
Challenging Behavior
Communication

Research Interests

Challenging behavior
Play
Communication and language interventions

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

Ledbetter-Cho, K. E., O’Reilly, M., Watkins, L., Lang, R. B., Lim, N., Davenport, K. E., & Murphy, C. B. (2020). The effects of teacher-implemented video-enhanced activity schedules on the mathematical skills and collateral behaviors of students with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04495-3
Ledbetter-Cho, K., Lang, R. B., Lee, A., Murphy, C., Davenport, K., Kirkpatrick, M., … O’Reilly, M. (2021). Teaching children with autism abduction-prevention skills may result in overgeneralization of the target response. Behavior Modification, 45(3), 438–461. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445519865165
Lang, R. B., Muharib, R. A., Davenport, K. E., & Ledbetter-Cho, K. E. (2020). Increasing play and decreasing stereotypy for children with autism on a playground. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-020-00150-1
Ledbetter-Cho, K. E., Lang, R. B., Lee, A. A., Davenport, K. E., Kirkpatrick, M., Schollian, M., … O’Reilly, M. (n.d.). Teaching children with autism abduction-prevention skills may result in overgeneralization of the target response. Behavior Modification. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445519865165
Ledbetter-Cho, K., Lang, R. B., Moore, M., Davenport, K., Murphy, C., Lee, A., & O’Reilly, M. (2017). Effects of video-enhanced activity schedules on academic skills and collateral behaviors in children with autism. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 63(4), 228–237. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2017.1290022

Selected Awards

Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Service, Texas State University. August 1, 2022 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: 4 Acknowledgement Letters from the Graduate Student Recognition of Support Program. January 1, 2012 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Through a Pandemic, Texas State University. 2020 - 2021
Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Teaching, Texas State University. February 1, 2019 - March 1, 2019

Selected Grants

Lang, Russell B (Principal), Davenport, Katy Elaine (Co-Principal). CARES' Applied Behavior Analysis Educator Training Program AGP Category: Board-certified Behavior Analyst Training for Teachers/Paraprofessional, THECB, Institutional (Higher Ed), $286701. (Funded: June 2022). Grant.
Lang, Russell B (Principal), Davenport, Katy Elaine (Co-Principal). Autism Training Targeted to the Personnel of the DFPS Child Protective Services, Texas Health and Human Service Commission (HHSC), State of Texas, $35000. (Funded: August 31, 2021). Grant.
Lang, Russell B, Davenport, Katy Elaine. CARES' Applied Behavior Analysis Educator Training Program. AGP Category: Board-certified Behavior Analyst Training for Teachers/Paraprofessional., Grant Agency: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), Institutional (Higher Ed), $312000. (Funded: July 2022 - September 2024). Grant.
Davenport, Katy Elaine. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, $178537. (Funded: August 2016 - Present). Grant.
Davenport, Katy Elaine. THECB, $105548. (Funded: August 2016 - Present). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Vice President

Texas Association of Behavior Specialists

January 1, 2023-December 31, 2023

Member

Accreditation Committee - Au/ABA Program

January 1, 2023-Present

Member

IPSE Bobcat Rise - Internal Advisory Board

January 1, 2023-Present

Attendee / Participant

Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism Training

January 1, 2023-December 31, 2023

Volunteer