Emily Jones, PhD
Basic Information
Title: Associate Professor jones
Area: Clinical Psychology, Applied Behavior Analysis, Down syndrome, Autism
PhD: SUNY Stony Brook
Email: emily.jones@qc.cuny.edu
Office: A-334 Science Building
Office Phone: 718-997-3206
Lab: A-334 Science Building
Lab Phone: 718-997-3206
Website: Coming soon …
Biography
Dr. Jones is a Board Certified and NYS Licensed Behavior Analyst. Her clinical and research experiences focus on interventions for children with autism and Down syndrome and supports for families. Dr. Jones is Director of several on-campus clinical programs providing services to the community, student practicum and service-learning opportunities, and research investigating interventions for children and their families. SIBS Club is a program for children with autism and their siblings. Children received individualized interventions and supportive activities to foster positive sibling relationships. Horizons is a program for young children with developmental disabilities and their families. Horizons grew out of recognition of the growing number of families with children with developmental disabilities who face numerous barriers in early intervention.
Research Interests
Dr. Jones’s research and clinical career focuses on developing and examining interventions to address core deficits in young children with developmental disabilities, primarily autism and Down syndrome, and support their families. Her research has been supported by funds from the National Institutes of Health, Professional Staff Congress, Organization for Autism Research, Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation, and Autism Speaks and published in peer reviewed journals such as Autism, Behavior Modification, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Research in Developmental Disabilities, and Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. Recent research focuses on culturally sensitive early intervention practices, tailoring interventions to address the phenotypic needs of young children with Down syndrome, and interventions to support siblings of children with autism. Her research and clinical work with young children with Down syndrome is described in treatment manual, Off to a Good Start: A Behaviorally Based Model for Teaching Children with Down Syndrome.
Selected Publications
[1] Agnew, C. N., Fiani ,T., & Jones, E. A. (2022). What if you can’t ask them? Psychometric properties of a behavioral assessment of sibling relationship quality. Behavior Modification, https://doi.org/10.1177/01454455221130003.
[2] Fiani, T., Izquierdo, S. M., & Jones, E. A. (2021). Effects of Mother’s Imitation on Speech Sounds in Infants with Down Syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities 119(1), 104-119. 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104118
[3] Zucker, A., Chang Y., Maharaj, R., Wang, W., Fiani, T., McHugh, S., Feinup, D. M., & Jones, E. A. (2022). Quality of the sibling relationship when one sibling has autism spectrum disorder: A randomized controlled trial of a sibling support group. Autism, 25(5), 1137-1152. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211042135
[4] Jones, E. A., Fiani, T., Stewart, J., Neil, N., McHugh, S., & Fienup, D. M. (2020). Randomized controlled trial of a sibling support group: Mental health outcomes for siblings of children with autism. Autism. DOI: 10.1177/1362361320908979
[5] Fiani, T., Izquierdo, S. M., & Jones, E. A. (2021). Effects of Mother’s Imitation on Speech Sounds in Infants with Down Syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities 119(1), 104-119. 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104118
[6] Weisberg, H., & Jones, E. A. (2019). Individualizing intervention to teach joint attention, requesting and social referencing to children with autism. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 105-123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-0265-5
[7] Jones, E. A., Fiani, T., Stewart, J., Neil, N., Sheikh, R., & Fienup, D. M. (2019). When one sibling has autism: Adjustment and sibling relationship. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28 (5), 1272-1282. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01374-z
[8] Sheikh, R., Patino, V., Cengher, M., Fiani, T., & Jones, E. A. (2019). Augmenting sibling support with parent-sibling training in families of children with autism: Initial investigation. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 22 (8), 542-552, DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2019.1629662
[9] Kourassanis-Velasquez, J., & Jones, E. A. (2019). Increasing joint attention in children with autism with their peers. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 78-94, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-0228-x
[10] Neil, N., & Jones, E. A. (2019). Effects of intervention intensity on skill acquisition and task persistence in children with Down syndrome. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32, 1163-1175, DOI: 10.1111/jar.12607
[11] Feeley, K. M. C, & Jones, E. A. (2019). Off to a Good Start: A Behaviorally Based Model for Teaching Children with Down Syndrome; Book 2: Programs. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House.
[12] Jones, E. A., & Feeley, K. M. (2019). Off to a Good Start: A Behaviorally Based Model for Teaching Children with Down Syndrome; Book 1: Foundations. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House.