Rehabilitation Institute

Specializations: Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Analysis and Transitions from School to Adult life.

Dr. Davis is Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program in Rehabilitation Services. She received her Ph.D. in Special Education from Southern Illinois University in 1989. Prior to that she was Chief Rehabilitation Counselor at the Evaluation and Developmental Center at SIUC. Additionally, Dr. Davis was the Project Director of a federally funded grant to prepare master's level students in special education and rehabilitation to work with students with disabilities who are exiting from high school. Her primary research interests are in developmental disabilities, preference assessments, assistive technology, and staff training and management. Dr. Davis supervises Behavior Analysis and Therapy graduate students enrolled in practicum, thesis, and/or internships at facilities serving persons with mental retardation and/or traumatic brain injury.

Books and Chapters

Davis, P.K., & Faw, G. (2002). Residential preferences in person-centered planning. In S. Holburn & P.M. Vietze (Eds.), Person-centered planning: Applications of research to practice (pp. 203-221). Baltimore: Brooks.

Davis, P.K., (2002). supported living. In K. Storey, P. Bates, & D. Hunter (Eds.), The road ahead: Transition to adult life for persons with disabilities (pp.173-188). St. Augustine, FL: Training Resources Network.

Cuvo, A. J., Davis, P. K. (2000) Behavior Acquisition by persons with developmental disabilities. In j. Austin & J.E. Carr (Eds.) Handbook of applied behavior analysis. (pp. 39-60). Reno, NV: Context Press.

Journal Articles--Published or In Press

Davis P. K., Young, A., Cherry, H., Dahman, D., & Regfeldt, R.A., (2004). Increasing happiness of individuals with profound multiple disabilities: Replication and Extension. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37, 531-534.

Rehfeldt, R.A., Dahman, D., Young, A., Cherry, H., & Davis, P. (2003). Teaching a simple meal preparation skill to adults with moderate and severe mental retardation using video modeling. Behavior Intervention, 18 109-218.

Guercio, J., Davis, P., Faw, G.,McMoroow, M., Ori, L., berkowitz, B. , & Nigra, M. (2002). Increasing functional rehabilitation in acquired brain injury treatment: effective applications of behavioral principals,. Brain Injury, 16, 849-860.

Faw, G. D; Davis, P. K; & Peck, C. (1996). Increasing self-determination: Teaching people with mental retardation to evaluate residential options Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 29, 1996, 173-188.

Davis, P. K; & Chittum, R. (1994). A group-oriented contingency to increase leisure activities of adults with traumatic brain injury. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27, 553-554.