Diana Parry Cruwys head shot

Associate Professor

Department Applied Behavior Analysis

Mailing Address

Regis College

235 Wellesley Street
Weston, MA 02493

About

Dr. Diana Parry-Cruwys, PhD, BCBA-D®, LABA, has over 15 years of experience working with children with autism and related disabilities. She worked and trained at the New England Center for Children. She is currently an associate professor in the Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis program at Regis College and the fieldwork coordinator. She is a co-director of the Regis Autism Center. Her research interests include early intensive behavioral intervention, joint attention, and inclusive practices. She has presented research at numerous national conferences and has been published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavioral Interventions, Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, Behavior Analysis in Practice, The Journal of Behavioral Education, The Journal of Early Intervention, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, and Research in Developmental Disabilities. She is on the editorial board of Behavioral Interventions and the Berkshire Association of Behavior Analysis and Therapy (BABAT) events committee.

Courses typically taught at Regis:

  • ABA 604, Treatment Evaluation
  • ABA 608, Behavior Intervention
  • ABA 521, Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • ABA 672 - 675, Fieldwork series
  • ABA 678-682, Thesis series

Education

Doctorate in behavior analysis, Western New England University.

Master’s in applied behavior analysis from Northeastern University

Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology, Furman University

Parry-Cruwys, D. E., Guinness, K. E., Laurore, J., Coote, G. B., and MacDonald, J. M. (in press). The impact of behavior therapist training on responding to joint attention in autistic children. Journal of Early Intervention.

Parry-Cruwys, D. E., MacDonald, J. M., Slaton, J. D., Karsina, A., and MacManus, C. (2024). Strategies for 1 incorporating compassionate care in a behavior analysis graduate program. Behavior Analysis in Practice, online first publication.

Parry-Cruwys, D., MacDonald, J., Parry-Cruwys, R., and Cicoria, M. (2023). Nontraditional options for dissemination. In A. Griffith and T. Re (Eds.), Disseminating Behavioral Research. Springer. Guinness, K. E., Parry-Cruwys, D., Atkinson, R. S., and MacDonald, J. M. (2023). An online sequential training package to teach APA citation formatting: Within and across participant analyses. Behavioral Interventions. Online first publication.

Davis, M., Slaton, J., MacDonald, J., and Parry-Cruwys, D. (2023). Comparing simultaneous and sequential food presentation to increase consumption of novel target foods. Behavior Analysis in Practice.

Guinness, K. E., Atkinson, R. S., Parry-Cruwys, D., and MacDonald, J. M. (2023). Effects of feedback timing on accuracy of functional analysis implementation. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management. Online first publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2023.2168327

Atkinson, R., Parry-Cruwys, D., and MacDonald, J. (2022). Teaching graduate students to enter fieldwork data using asynchronous online instruction. Behavior Analysis in Practice. Online first publication.

Parry-Cruwys, D. E., Guinness, K. E., Atkinson, R. S., Domozick, K., Escobar, A., and MacDonald, J. M. (2022). Using behavioral instruction to teach APA citation formatting. Behavioral Interventions. Online first publication.

Fredericks, B. M., Sng, S. S. Y., Parry-Cruwys, D. E., and MacDonald, R. P. F. (2022). Teaching joint attention using social reinforcers: Assessing generalization and maintenance of effects using multiple exemplar training. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Atkinson, R., Simonds, K., Parry-Cruwys, D., Wilson, J., and MacDonald, J. (2022). An evaluation of environmental arrangement on recycling and contamination rate on a college campus. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice.

Rose, J. C. C., MacManus, C., MacDonald, J., and Parry-Cruwys, D. (2022). Mitigating racial inequity by addressing racism in the criminal justice system: A behavior analytic approach. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15, 635-641.

Dufek, S., MacDonald, R.F., Parry-Cruwys, D., and Peterson, P. (2021). Behavioral treatment for autism. In E. Hollander, D. Fein, R. Hagerman (Eds.), Autism Spectrum Disorders-DSM-5, 2nd edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Parry-Cruwys, D., Atkinson, R., and MacDonald, J. (2021). Teaching graduate students to identify and adhere to practicum requirements. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15, 433-442.

Berube, T., MacDonald, J., and Parry-Cruwys, D. (2021). Teaching abduction prevention skills to children using a one-on-one training setting. Behavioral Interventions, 36, 550-560.

Rudy Zaltzman, T., Parry-Cruwys, D., MacDonald, J., and Sweeney-Kerwin, E. (2021). An examination of observational learning using Skinner’s taxonomy of verbal behavior. Behavioral Interventions, 37, 153-169.

Parry-Cruwys, D., and MacDonald, J. (2021). Using gamification to promote accurate data entry of practicum experience hours in graduate students. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 14, 1-10.