Selected Publications

Novak, G., Pelaez, M. & DeBernardis, G. (2022). Child development: A behavioral systems approach. Sloan
Publications. (647 pages).

Pelaez, M., Novak., DeBernardis, G., & Ardila, J. (in press, Jan 2026). Desarollo del Niño: Una Aproximacion del Analysis Conductual de Sistemas. Editorial Co-Presencias: España (Manuel Porcel, Publisher).

Silvaraman, M., & Pelaez M. (accepted, October, 2025, in press, 2026). Contingency drives children’s vocal behaviors. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Crysdale, C., Pelaez, M., Mastrogiacomo, L., & Harper, J. & Weiss, J. (resubmitted revised on 1/26 & accepted). Contingent vocal imitation increases vocalizations of children with autism spectrum disorder. Behavioral Interventions.

Crysdale, C., Pelaez, M., Harper, J., Neimy, H., Weiss, M.J., Lucas, T. & Peters, A. Evaluating Contingent Vocal Imitation as a Strategy to Teach Mands to Young Children with Autism (submitted, 2025, in revision due 3, 2026). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Pelaez, M., Crysdale, C., & Monlux, K. (in revision). Increasing Joint Attention in Children with Autism Using Social Stimuli as Reinforcers (in revision I/15/26 deadline Feb). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. ADD-D-25-01914R3.

O’Connell-Sussman, E., Keleher, C., Weiss, M. J., Pelaez, M., & Mastrogiacomo, L. (2025). The effects of mothers’ contingent interactions on speech sounds of infants with Down Syndrome. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317107.2025.2589759

Robertson, D. L., Pelaez, M., & Santiago Perez, T. (2025). Metric-centric policy, practice, and faculty equity issues. SAGE open, 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/21582440251384780

Parker, K., Levin, L., J., Field, T., Vivian, J., E. & Pelaez, M. (2025a). The moderating role of resilience on caregiver stress and emotional distress during COVID-19. Journal Of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry, 16 (2), 83–87.