Student - College of Education

Patricio Erhard is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), PhD candidate, and assistant instructor in the autism and developmental disabilities program at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to UT Austin, Patricio attended the autism/ABA program at Texas State University where he earned his Master's in Education. His current research interests include multiple exemplar training, instructive feedback, dual language development, verbal behavior, social skills training, and equivalence-based instruction. In previous semesters, Patricio has taught SED 378T - Trastorno del Espectro Autista, a Spanish course about autism.

His current research interests include:

1) Examining the effects of instructive feedback and multiple-exemplar training on the emergence of dual languages;
2) Using equivalence-based instruction to teach complex social cues through video modeling and behavioral skills training;
3) Reviewing the literature to evaluate the effect presession manipulations can have on the emergence or reduction of behaviors;
4) Researching the various ways multiple-exemplar training can be used to teach social skills.

Erhard, P. & Falcomata, T.S.. (9999). Generalization. Applied Behavior Analysis: A Comprehensive Handbook. New York: Springer.

Erhard, P., Falcomata, T.S., Oshinski, M. & Sekula, A. (2022). The effects of multiple-exemplar training on the generalization of social skills with adolescents and young adults with autism: A systematic review. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-022-00328-4.

Nesselrode, R., Falcomata, T.S., Hills, L. & Erhard, P. (2022). Functional analyses in public school settings: A systematic review of the literature. Behavior Analysis in Practice. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00679-8.

Erhard, P., Wong, T., Barnett, M., Falcomata, T.S. & Lang, R. (2022). Self-management skills and ABA. Handbook on Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders. New York: Springer. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88538-0_41.

Hills, L.E., Falcomata, T.S., Nesselrode, R. & Erhard, P. (2022). Assessment and treatment of problem behavior with multiple functions for individuals with disabilities: A systematic review of the literature and discussion. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 99(99), 99–99. doi:10.1037/bar0000259.

Oshinski, M., Falcomata, T.S. & Erhard, P. (2022). Interventions to teach intimate care skills to individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities: A systematic synthesis of the literature. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 99(99), 99–99.

Erhard, P., Falcomata, T.S. & Harmon, T. (2021). Behavioral skills training. Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (2ed.). New York: Springer. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8.

Erhard, P., Lang, R. & Rispoli, M. (2021). Disguised mands. Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (2ed.). New York: Springer. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102318-1.

Erhard, P., El Fattal, R. & Van Etten, N. (2021). Multiple Exemplar Training. Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (2ed.). New York: Springer. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_102319.

Lang, R., Harmon, T., Phinney, A., Ledbetter-Cho, K., Lubarsky, A., Erhard, P., Strong, K., Detar, W. & Rispoli, M. (2020). Assessment of pica in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Handbook of Dual Disorders Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment in Persons with Intellectual Disability. New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-46835-4_26.

Lang, R., Davis, T., Ledbetter-Cho, K., McLay, L., Erhard, P. & Wicker, M. (2019). Psychological and educational approaches to the treatment of aggression and tantrums in people with intellectual disability. Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities: Integrating Theory, Research and Practice. New York: Springer.

Lang, R., Erhard, P., Harmon, T., Ledbetter-Cho, K. & Lee, A. (2018). Functional communication training plus extinction is effective in reducing problem behavior maintained by environmental rearrangement. Evidence-based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 12(3), 91–94. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2018.1504422.

Stimulus equivalence and equivalence-based instruction, Guest Lecture in Advanced Concepts in ABA, (2022)

Trastorno del Espectro Autista (TEA), Guest Lecture in Diferencias Individuales, Austin (2022)

Generalization and maintenance, Guest Lecture in Practicum in Special Education: Severe/Multiple Disabilities, Austin (2021)

Self-management, Guest Lecture in Advanced Concepts in ABA, Austin (2021)

Teaching children with autism the names of items in English and Spanish using instructive feedback and multiple exemplar training., Autism Conference at University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (2020)

Teaching children with autism the names of items in English and Spanish using instructive feedback and multiple exemplar training, Texas Association for Behavior Specialists, Round Rock, Texas (2020)

Teaching children with autism to respond to disguised mands and body language cues., Texas Association for Behavior Specialists, Round Rock (2019)

Teaching children with autism to respond to disguised mands and body language cues, Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL (2019)