Jerry Rea

 

 

Dr. Jerry A. Rea

Ph.D., Human Development and Family Life
University of Kansas

Assistant Research Professor

University of Kansas
Life Span Institute at Parsons
2601 Gabriel Parsons, KS 67357
(620) 421-6550 Ext. 1720
jazr@pshtc.ks.gov

Areas of Interest

Assessment treatment of deviant sexual behavior in persons with developmental disabilities

Development of person centered service

Funded Project

Southeast Kansas Pilot Project to Replicate the Oregon Model of
Intervention with Antisocial Youth Families

Representative Publications and Presentations

Rea, J. A., Dixon, M., Neville, R., Butler, K., Williams, D., Saunders, K., & Spradlin, J. (1999, May). A generalization analysis of covert sensitization procedures to the natural environment through the use of a portable plethysmograph. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.

Rea, J. A., DeBriere, T., Butler, K., & Saunders, K. (1998). An analysis of four sex offenders' sexual arousal in the natural environment through the use of a portable plethysmograph. Sexual Abuse, 10, 239-255.

Day, R. M., Rea, J. A., Zwahl, M., & Johnson, W. L. (1991). Treatment of aggression among persons experiencing severely handicapping conditions. In R. A. Gable (Ed.), Advances in mental retardation and developmental disabilities (pp pp. 93-120). London: Jessica Kingsley.

Day, R. M., Rea, J. A., Schussler, N. G., Larsen, S. A., & Johnson, W. L. (1988). A functionally based approach to the treatment of self-injurious behavior. Behavior Modification, 12, 565-589.

Johnson, W. L., & Rea, J. A. (1986). Self-injurious behavior treatment and research: A historical perspective. In K. D. Gadow (Ed.), Advances in learning and behavioral disabilities (pp pp. 1-23). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Recent Awards and Service

Award Winning Student Paper, Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior
Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavior Analysis

U.S. Patent: Apparatus and method for detecting and monitoring the sexual arousal of a patient
(Serial No. 08/736,264) by T. DeBriere & J. A. Rea, 1998


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