Staff Members

Dr. Eric M. Messick

Research Interests:

Experimental interests include behavioural economics, behavioural models of choice, the inferior-good effect, and the quantitative analysis of behaviour, amonst other things.

Applied interests include multisystemic therapy, conduct disorer, autism, challenging behaviour, reading and writing, precision teaching, fluency, direct instruction, dog training, and other areas of applied behaviour analysis.

Selected Publications:

Messick, E. M. & Clark, M. (2005). Impairments, disability, and autism: Making sense of it all, behaviourally. In Keenan, Henderson, Kerr, & Dillenburger (Eds.). Applied behaviour analysis and autism: Building a future together. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Messick, E. M. & Wise, S. (2005). Lessons learned from starting a community-based ABA programme for kids with ASDs. In Keenan, Henderson, Kerr, & Dillenburger (Eds.). Applied behaviour analysis and autism: Building a future together. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Messick, E. M. (2002). Studying, researching, and applying behavior analysis in New Zealand. The Behavior Analyst Today, 3(1), 24-29.

Research Publications:

You may like to view publications from 1997 onwards for Dr. Eric M. Messick

General Interests:

My other role is team leader of the Intensive Clinical Service at Youth Horizons. We work with families who are struggling with severe behaviour problems. Our service-delivery model is multisystemic therapy.

I like men's lacrosse, snowboarding, kayaking and other outdoor stuff. I'm restoring my gully with native bush and trying to fix my house too.

Expertise:

Severe challenging behaviour, autism, conduct disorder, multisystemic therapy, behavioural consultation, behavioural economics, experimental analysis of behaviour, applied behaviour analysis.