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Dr Karola Dillenburger - Books & Peer-reviewed articles

Books 
  • McDaniel, B. & Dillenburger, K (in preparation) Prevention of neglect: Childcare-skills-training. (working title). Russell House.
  • Keenan, M., Henderson, M., Kerr, K.P., & Dillenburger, K. (Eds.) (2005). Applied behaviour analysis and autism: Building a future together. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. (ISBN: 9781843103103)
  • Keenan, M., Kerr, K.J., & Dillenburger, K. (Eds.) (2000). Parents’ Education as Autism Therapists. Applied behaviour analysis in context. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. (ISBN-1-85302-778-2) - Translation into Japanese (2005) JIHEISYO-JI NO OYA WO RYOIKUSYA NI SURU KYOIKU OUYOUKOUDOUBUNSEKIGAKU NIYORU EIKOKU NO JISSEN TO SEIKA (edited by N. Shimizu, Toyo University, Tokyo, S. Isawa, A. Kamei, K. Nishinaga, & N. Yamagashi. Publisher: Nihei-sha Co, Ltd, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-0023 JAPAN. ISBN: 4-86108-027-4 C3037 Translation into Hindi (underway, 2009)
  • Dillenburger, K., O'Reilly, Mark & Keenan,M. (Eds.) (1997). Advances in Behaviour Analysis. Dublin: University College Dublin Press. (ISBN-1-900621-08-8)
  • O'Hagan, K. & Dillenburger, K. (1995). The abuse of women within childcare work. Buckingham: Open University Press. (ISBN-0-335-19260-2)
  • Dillenburger, K. (1992). Violent bereavement: Widows in Northern Ireland.   Avebury.  Ashgate Publishing Company. (ISBN-1-85628-300-3)

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

  • Dillenburger, K. (2011). The Emperor’s new clothes: Eclecticism in autism treatment. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2010.12.008
  • Keenan, M. & Dillenburger, K., (2011). If all you have is a hammer …RCTs and hegemony in science. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5, 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2010.02.003 
  • Dillenburger, K., Keenan, M., Doherty, A., Byrne, J., & Gallagher, S. (2011). ABA-based programmes for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Parental and professional experiences at school and at home. Child and Family Behavior Therapy.
  • Keenan, M. Dillenburger, K., Moderato, P., & Röttgers, H-R. (2010) Science for sale in a free market economy: But at what price? ABA and the treatment of autism in Europe. Behavior and Social Issues.
  • Roll-Petterrson, L. , Ala‘i-Rosales, S., Keenan, M., & Dillenburger, K. (2010). Teaching and learning technologies in Higher Education: Applied behaviour analysis and autism. European Journal of Behaviour Analysis.
  • Dillenburger, K. & McKerr, L. (2010). “How long are we able to go on?” Issues faced by ageing family caregivers of adults with disabilities. British Journal of Learning Disabilities doi:10.1111/j.1468-3156.2010.00613.x
  • Dillenburger, K., Keenan, M., Doherty, A., Byrne, J., & Gallagher, S. (2010). Living with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Parental and professional views. British Journal of Special Education. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2010.00455.x
  • Keenan, M., Dillenburger, K., Doherty, A., Byrne, J., & Gallagher, S. (2010). Experiences of parents during diagnosis and forward planning for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2010.00555.x
  • McKee, B. & Dillenburger, K. (2010). Child abuse and neglect: Training needs of student teachers. International Journal of Educational Research. doi:10.1016/j.ijer.2010.03.002
  • Keenan, M. & Dillenburger, K., (2010). If all you have is a hammer …RCTs and hegemony in science. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2010.02.003 
  • Dillenburger, K., & McKerr, L. (2009). Unpaid older carers: the backbone of community care. What community care? Generations Review Newsletter, 19. Retrieved from the Web 30/09/09 http://www.britishgerontology.org/09newsletter3/research4.asp
  • Dillenburger, K., & McKerr, L. (2009). “40 years is an awful long time”. Parents caring for adult sons and daughters with disabilities. Behavior and Social Issues, 18.
  • Munteanu, C. & Dillenburger, K. (2009). Family functioning during the diagnosis process in families with children on the autism spectrum, Systemic Therapy, 3, 39-55. Translated into Romanian: Functionarea familei de-a lungul procesului de diagnostic în familiie cu copii din spectrul autist. Terapia Sistemica, 3, 153-169.
  • Dillenburger, K. & Keenan, M. (2009). None of the As in ABA stands for autism: Dispelling the myths. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability. 34, 193-195. 
  • Dillenburger, K., Fargas, M. & Akhonzada, R. (2008). Long-term effects of political violence: Personal accounts across a 20-year period. Qualitative Health Research, 18, 1312-1322.
  • Dillenburger, K., Fargas, M. & Akhonzada, R. (2008). Coping with post-ceasefire violence. The Journal of Behavior Analysis of Offender and Victim - Treatment and Prevention (JBA-OVTP), 1, 98-114.
  • Dillenburger, K., (2008) Behavior analytic perspective on victimology. The Journal of Behavior Analysis of Offender and Victim - Treatment and Prevention (JBA-OVTP),1, 5-19. Invited paper.
  • Dillenburger, K., Akhonzada, R., & Fargas, M. (2007). Community services for people affected by violence. An exploration and categorization. Journal of Social Work, 8, 7-27. 
  • Dillenburger, K., (2007) Behavior analytic perspective on victimology. International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, 3, 433-448.
  • Dillenburger, K., Fargas, M. & Akhonzada, R. (2007). Evidence-based practice. An exploration of the effectiveness of voluntary sector services for victims of community violence. (Invited paper) British Journal of Social Work. Advance Access published online on August 9, 2007 Invited paper.
  • Dillenburger, K., Fargas, M. & Akhonzada, R. (2007). Psychological impact of long-term political violence. An exploration of community service users. Traumatology. 13, 15-25
  • McDaniel, B. & Dillenburger, K. (2007) Can childhood neglect be assessed and prevented through parenting skills training? Child Abuse Review, 16, 120-129.
  • Dillenburger, K (2006). Habit reversal training as a treatment for refractory OCD. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 7, 67-76.
  • Duffy, K., Keenan, M., & Dillenburger, K. (2006). Diagnosing child sex abuse: A research challenge. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2, 150-173.  
  • Dillenburger, K., Fargas, M., Akhonzada, R., & Kelly, G. P. (2006) Traumatic bereavement and coping: Implications for a contextual approach. Probing the Boundaries. Innovative dialogue. Retrieved from the Web 06/06/2006. http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/mso/dd/dd4/s9.html
  • Dillenburger, K., Akhonzada, R., & Fargas, M. (2006). Post-trauma: Is evidence based practice a fantasy? International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, 2, 95-107. Translated into German by Christoph Bördlein (2006). Evidenzbasierte Behandlung der Posttraumatischen Belastungsreaktion: Dünne Forschungslage, Der Skeptiker, 2, 67-68.
  • Dillenburger, K., Fargas, M. & Akhonzada, R. (2005).  Victims or survivors? Debate about victimhood in Northern Ireland. International Journal of Humanities, 3, 222-231.
  • Dillenburger, K & Keenan, M (2005) Bereavement: A D.I.S.C. analysis. Behavior and Social Issues, 14, 92-112.
  • Dillenburger, K. (2004). Causes and alleviation of occupational stress in social work. Multi-disciplinary Journal of Child Care in Practice, 10.3, 213-224.
  • Brown, E.A. & Dillenburger, K. (2004) An evaluation of the effectiveness of intervention in families with children with behavioural problems within the context of a Sure Start Programme. Multi-disciplinary Journal of Child Care in Practice, 10, 63-77. 
  • Dillenburger, K., Keenan, M., Gallagher, S., & McElhinney, M. (2004) Applied Behaviour Analysis for children with autism: Parental programme evaluation. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 29, 113–124.
  • Dillenburger, K. & Keenan, M. (2003). Using hypnosis to facilitate direct observation of multiple tics and self-monitoring in a typically developing teenager, Behavior Therapy, 34, 117-125.
  • Dillenburger, K., Keenan, M., Gallagher, S., & McElhinney, M. (2002) Autism: Intervention and parental empowerment. Multi-disciplinary Journal of Child Care in Practice, 8, 216-219.
  • Dillenburger, K. (2002). Research into Practice: Autism treatment and parental empowerment. Community Care, 18th April.
  • Dillenburger, K. & Keenan, M. (2001). Islands of pain in a sea of change: Behaviour analysis and bereavement, European Journal of Behaviour Analysis, 2, 187-207. (reply to peer commentaries).
  • Dillenburger, K. & Keenan, M. (1994/2001). Bereavement: A behavioural process. European Journal of Behaviour Analysis, 2, 129-138. First published in Irish Journal of Psychology, 15, 524-539. Reprinted with peer commentaries.
  • Dillenburger, K. (2001). How can we help children deal with sudden and violent death. Living and Learning. Cambridge Centre for Behavioural Studies, 1 (2), 1-7. Retrieved from the Web 04/03/2001 http://www.behavior.org. Translation into Spanish by Luis Valero (2004) Como podemos ayudar a los ninos a tartar con la muerte subita y violenta? Grupo Contextos, Retrieved from the Web 06/29 2004 - http://www.conducta.org/
  • Keenan, M. & Dillenburger, K. (2000). Images of behavior analysis: The shaping game and the behavioral stream. Behavior and Social Issues, 10, 19-38. Retrieved from http://www.behavior.org
  • Keenan, M., McGlinchey, A., Fairhurst, C., & Dillenburger, K. (2000). Accuracy of disclosure and contextual control in child abuse: Developing procedures within the stimulus equivalence paradigm. Behavior and Social Issues, 10, 1-17. Retrieved from the Web 10/12/2000 http://www.behavior.org 
  • O’Reilly, D., & Dillenburger, K. (2000). The development of a high-intensity parent training programme for the treatment of moderate/severe child conduct problems. Research on Social Work Practice, 10, 760-786.
  • McGlinchey, A., Keenan, M., & Dillenburger, K. (2000). Outline for the development of a screening procedure for children who have been sexually abused. Research on Social Work Practice, 10, 722-747.
  • Keenan, M., Moore, J. L., & Dillenburger, K. (2000). The good behaviour game. Multi-disciplinary Journal, Child Care in Practice, 6, 27-38.
  • Dillenburger, K., Godina, L. & Burton M. (1997). Behavioural Social Work training: A pilot study. Research on Social Work Practice. 1. 70-78.
  • Iwaniec, D., McAuley, R. & Dillenburger, K. (1996). Multi-disciplinary Diploma in applied social learning theory in child care. Multi-disciplinary Journal, Child Care in Practice, 1, 30-37.
  • Dillenburger, K. & Keenan, M. (1996). Obstetric hypnosis: An experience. Contemporary Hypnosis, 3, 202-204.
  • Dillenburger, K. (1996). Helping children in care deal with trauma. Multi-disciplinary Journal, Child Care in Practice,, 4, 40-45.
  • Dillenburger, K. & Keenan, M. (1995). Dealing with child problem behaviours effectively. Multi-disciplinary Journal, Child Care in Practice,. 1, 33-38.
  • Dillenburger, K. & Keenan, M. (1994b). Bereavement: A behavioural process.  Irish Journal of Psychology, 15, 524-539.
  • Dillenburger, K. & Keenan, M. (1994a). The psychology of smacking children: The dangers of misguided and outdated applications of psychological principles. The Irish Psychologist, 20, 56-58.
  • Dillenburger, K. & Keenan, M. (1993). Mummy don't leave me: The management of brief separation.  Practice. British Association of Social Workers, 1, 66-69.
  • Dillenburger, K.(1993). Communicating with children: The use of art in social work. Practice. British Association of Social Workers, 2, 177-183.
  • Dillenburger, K. (1992). The prevention of family break-up following the loss of a child.  Context Magazine.  British Association of Family Therapy, 11, 35.
  • Dillenburger, K. (1977). Ziele und Methoden pädagogischer Arbeit auf betreuten Spielplätzen. (Pedagogical aims and objectives of professionally supervised playgrounds) Theorie und Praxis der Sozialpädagogik, 5, 279-297.
  • McKee, B.E. & Dillenburger, K. (2012). Effectiveness of child protection training for pre-service early childhood educators', International Journal of Educational Resarch.
  • Dillenburger, K. (2012) Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence-based interventions. National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) Review (June) Dillenburger, K. (2012). Why re-invent the wheel? A behavior analyst’s reflections on pedagogy for inclusion. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 37, 169-180.
  • Dillenburger, K., Keenan, M., Doherty, A., Byrne, J., & Gallagher, S. (2012). ABA-based programmes for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Parental and professional experiences at school and at home. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 34, 1–19.


 

Under review

  • Abbott, L. & Dillenburger, K. (under review) Behavioural gerontology: Teaching Internet skills to an 82-year old woman. Computers & Education,
  • Geoghegan, L. & Dillenburger, K. (under review). Language teaching across community boundaries in Northern Ireland: A within-subject study. Journal of Celtic Language Learning