Her primary research focus is on the development, implementation and evaluation of effective interventions to increase academic success and decrease disruptive behaviors for students with severe disabilities. More specifically, her research utilizes the concepts and principles of Applied Behavior Analysis and single-subject research methods to investigate efficacious interventions for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has conducted research with children with special needs to determine the most effective and least intrusive methods to decrease disruptive, self-injurious, self-stimulatory, pica, and aggressive behavior. She has conducted research on behavioral assessments of impulsivity in relation to dimensions of reinforcement, temporal discounting, reinforcement schedules, and conditioned and terminal reinforcers with children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).