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Dr. Reem Abdulrahman Muharib

  • Associate Professor - Curriculum And Instruction

Research Interests

  • 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, Institutional (Higher Ed), $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., Department of Special Education and Child Development at UNC Charlotte,, $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.
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  • 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
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  • 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: Student Research Award: Faculty & Graduate Student Research Symposium of the Department of Middle, Secondary & K-12, UNC Charlotte. 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Herbert J Prehm Student Presentation Award, the 18th International Conference on Autism, Intellectual Disability & Developmental Disabilities (DADD). 2017
  1. Reviewer / Referee

    Behavior Analysis in Practice

  2. Reviewer / Referee

    Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

  3. Member

    Autism-Specific Support Program

  4. Member

    ABA Program Accreditation Committee

  5. Editorial Review Board Member

    Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  6. Editorial Review Board Member

    Evidence-based Communication Assessment and Intervention

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