Office Location:
527B Building 528Scholarly Interests
ABA, ADOS-2 training, ASD diagnosis, Autism, Curriculum, Education technology, Learning, Special education, Teacher education, Verbal behavior development
Educational Background
Ph.D. Applied Behavior Analysis. Columbia University. 2011
M.A. Applied Behavior Analysis. Columbia University. 2008
M.A. Sociology. Nanjing University. 2006
B.A. Special Education. East China Normal University. 2003
Selected Publications
Du, L. & Lee, G. (2024). Training Behavior Analysts as Strategic Scientists. Education and Treatment of Children. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43494-024-00124-1
Speckman, J., Du, L., & Sun, Y. (in press). Gather ‘Round and Listen Close: Increasing Responding to Voices in Children with Autism. European Journal of Behavior Analysis. 10.1080/15021149.2024.2348848
Singer-Dudek, L., Du, L., Greer, A., Dakopolos, A., Jahromi, L., Brassard, B., & Greer, R. D. (2023). The verbal behavior development assessment-revised: Convergent and divergent validity in a sample of preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-023-09888-7 Euro
Du, L. (2022). Direct vs. observational learning: A case study of twin boys on improving articulation as a function of auditory matching. Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1037/bdb0000112
Speckman, J., Du, L., & Greer, R. D. (2021). Increasing requests for information by preschoolers with and without language-based disabilities. Education Sciences, 11, 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11030094
Park, H. L., Du, L., & Choi, J. (2020). Education for children with ASD in South Korea: a case study. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 13(4), 838–848. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-020-00453-8
Greer, R. D., Pohl, P., Du, L., & Moschella, J. L. (2020). Identification and establishment of bidirectional verbal operants. In Fryling, M., Rehfeldt, R. A., J. Tarbox, & L. Hayes (Eds.) Applied Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition (pp. 55-71). Context Press.
Pohl, P., Greer, R. D., Du, L., & Moschella, J. L. (2020). Verbal development, behavioral metamorphosis, and the evolution of language. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 43, 215-232. doi: 10.1007/s40614-018-00180-0
Greer, R. D., Speckman, J., Singer-Dudek, J., Weber, J., Cahill, C, Du, L. & Longano, J. (2020). Early Learner Curriculum and Achievement Record (ELCAR): A CABAS® Developmental Inventory (ELCAR). Yonkers, NY: CABAS® and the Fred S. Keller School.
Zhou, Z., Xin, T., & Du, L. (2019). Floating childhoods: Psychological and educational adaptations of migrant children in China. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 7(2), 72–82. doi:10.1080/216833603.2019.1570884
Clark, E., Zhou, Z., & Du, L. (2019). Autism in China: Progress and challenges in addressing the needs of children and families. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 7(2), 135–146. doi:10.1080/216833603.2019.1570885
Huang, W., Dan., L, & Du, L. (Eds.) (2018). Zhili canji ji qira fazhan xing zhangai ertong yuyan yu goutong de pinggu he xunlian [Assessment and intervention of language and communication for children with intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities]. Beijing, China: Beijing Publishing House.
Du, L. & Yu, C. (2017). Xingxing de haizi bu gudan: gei zibizheng ertong fumu de shu [Parent as teachers: A book for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders]. Shanghai, China: East China Normal University Publisher.
Schmelzkopf, J., Greer, R. D., Singer-Dudek, J., & Du, L. (2017). Two social learning conditions to establish social verbal behavior in preschoolers. Behavior Development Bulletin, 22, 44-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bdb0000026
Greer, R. D., Pohl, P., Du, L., & Moschella, J. L. (2017). The separate development of children’s listener and speaker behavior and the intercept as behavioral metamorphosis. Journal of Béhavioral and Brain Science, 7, 674-704. DOI: 10.4236/jbbs.2017.713045
Du, L., Speckman, J., Medina, M., & Cole-Hatchard, M. (2017). The effects of an auditory matching iPad app on three preschoolers’ advanced listener literacy and echoic responses. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 10(2), 118-130. doi:10.1007/s40617-017-0174-z
Du, L., Nuzzolo, R., & Alonso-Álvarez, B. (2016). Potential benefits of video training on fidelity of staff protocol implementation. Behavioral Development Bulletin, 1, 110-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bdb0000019
Du, L., Broto, J. & Greer, R. D. (2015). The effects of establishment of conditioned reinforcement for observing responses for 3D stimuli on generalized visual match-to-sample in children with autism spectrum disorders. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 16, 82-98. DOI:10.1080/15021149.2015.1065655
Greer, R. D., & Du, L. (2015). Identification and establishment of reinforcers that make the development of complex social language possible. International Journal of Behavior Analysis and Autism Disorder, 1(1), 13-34.
Greer, R. D., & Du, L. (2015). Experience and the onset of the capability to learn names incidentally by exclusion. The Psychological Record, 65, 355-373. DOI: 10.1007/s40732-014-0111-2
Du, L., & Greer, R. D. (2014). Validation of adult generalized Imitation topographies and the emergence of generalized imitation in young children with autism as a function of mirror training. The Psychological Record, 64, 161-177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-014-0050-y
Greer, R.D., Pistoljevic, N., Cahill, C, & Du, L. (2011). Conditioning voices as reinforcers for listener responses in preschoolers with Autism. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 27 (1), 103-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393095
Greer, R. D. & Du, L. (2010). Generic instruction versus intensive tact instruction and the emission of spontaneous speech. The Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis, 5(1), 1-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0100261
Teaching
HBSE 4016: Epistemology of Basic and Applied Behavior Analysis |
HBSE 4015: Applied Behavior Analysis (Spring and Fall Semesters) |
HBSE 4048: Working with Families of Children with Autism (summer) |
HBSE 4001: Teaching Students with Disabilities in Regular Classrooms |
HBSE 4006: Working with Families of Children with Special Needs (summer) |