Ania Young
- Clinical Asst. Professor, Teaching & Leadership
Contact Info
- Email: anna.young.1@UND.edu
- Alt Email: aniayoung@gmail.com
- Alt Phone: 804.310.7247
Office Address
Education Building Room 200
231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
Office Hours
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 4pm- 6pm CT
Curriculum Vitae
Biography
Ania Young has been practicing as a behavior analyst for over 23 years and has worked in the field of developmental and intellectual disabilities for over 24 years. She has worked and consulted as a behavior analyst in different states including Massachusetts, Virginia, Colorado, and Montana. She practiced and supervised behavior analytic services in a variety of settings including schools, psychiatric hospitals, and group homes and with variety of populations, including children in foster care and children and adults with mental health diagnoses. Her research interests include social belonging and resiliency of minority college students, organizational behavior management in higher education settings, and design of effective support systems for teachers and families of children with special needs. She lives in Missoula, MT with her three dogs.
SPED 544 Research Methods in Behavior Analysis
SPED 542 Ethical and Professional Conduct for Behavior Analysts
SPED 545 Assessment and Behavior Change Systems
SPED 541 Methods and Applications in Behavior Analysis
SPED 580 Practicum: Special Education
Application of Acceptance and Commitment Training to facilitate socially significant behavior change and organizational behavior management
Applications of Acceptance and Commitment Training to behavior of professionals in higher education and human service agencies
Exploring behavioral methodology to study resiliency and social belonging constructs
Publications
- Young, A. (2021). Application of Psychological Flexibility Model to Address Mental Health in Higher Education. Academia Letters, Article 2126. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL2126.
- Pelfrey, W. P. & Young. A. (2019). Police Crisis Intervention Teams: understanding implementation variations and officer-level impacts. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. doi: 10.1007/s11896-019-9314-4.
Grants
Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis. Public Awareness Grant Recipient. May 2020.
Presentations
Child Conference, Virtual (2022)
- Workshop: “Applied Behavior Analysis; Treatment of Challenging Behavior in Young Children.”
45th Annual Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention, Chicago, Il (2019).
- Poster: Montana Association for Applied Behavior Analysis.
Parents Let’s Unite for Kids Annual Conference, Billings, MT (2019).
- Presentation: “ABA- It’s not just about stickers, clickers, and table work: Helping parents cope with challenges of raising a child with special needs.”
MFPE Educators Conference, Belgrade, MT (2019).
- Presentation: “Implementation fidelity- why behavior management programs are ineffective without it.”
American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES) Conference, Salt Lake City, UT (2018).
- Research Report Presentation: Young, A.M. & Sullivan- Walker, M. “Effects of Instructor Use of Humor in an Online Course on Students’ Motivation to ”
44th Annual Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention, San Diego, CA (2018)
- Panel Discussion Chair: “Effective Supervision: How to Balance Requirements of University Programs, Human Service Agencies, and Third Party ”
43rd Annual Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention, Denver, CO (2017)
- Poster: Craig, K. & Young, A. “Use of signaling procedure to increase participant’s tolerance of delayed
attention from caregiver in the participant’s home environment; A reflection on treatment decisions and barriers to treatment.”
Supervisors’ Workshop, Helena, MT (November, 2017)
- Oral presentation: “Supervision: Effective procedures- What we know and how we bridge the gap between research and ”
Theory and Philosophy Conference, Santa Fe, NM (2012)
- Poster: “Can behavior analysis explain criminal behavior and do principles of behavior analysis align with conservative or liberal approaches to dealing with crime? Popular criminological theories, behavioral theory, and public ”
36th Annual Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention, San Antonio, TX (2010)
- Paper presentation: “Aker’s (1979) Social Learning Theory, radical behaviorism, and the practice of applied behavior analysis as models for explaining criminal behavior”.
36th Annual Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention, San Antonio, TX (2010)
- Symposium Chair: “Teachers as scientist: The effects of designing curricular sequences to address multiple areas of instruction”.
35th Annual Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention, Phoenix, AZ (2009)
- Poster: “Using behavior analysis in public and private schools to increase basic to complex self-management skills”.
34th Annual Association for Behavior Analysis International Convention, Chicago, IL (2008)
- Symposium: “Fire in a hole! Effective assessment and behavior intervention planning”.
Doctor of Philosophy- Public Policy and Administration
Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- Public Policy and Administration with concentration in Criminal Justice
- Dissertation Title: “Variations in Specialized Policing Response Models as a Function of Community Characteristics- A Survey of Crisis Intervention Team Coordinators” http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4012 Chair: William Pelfrey, Jr.
Master of Science - Applied Behavior Analysis
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Thesis Title: “Interspersing Easy and Difficult Math Problems to Improve Math Accuracy - Application of Herrnstein’s Matching Law” Chair: Dr. William Ahearn
Bachelor of Science- Psychology
Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL