Laura
Kruse
Laura Kruse
- Campus Online
- DepartmentApplied Behavior Analysis
- InstitutionThe Chicago School
- Office Phone: 312-467-2554
Biography
Dr. Kruse received her BA in Behavioral Biology from The Johns Hopkins University, her Masters of Education from The University of Texas at Austin, an MBA from Capella University and her Ph.D. from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Since receiving her BCBA in 2006, Dr. Kruse has worked in school districts, in-home therapy, and clinic therapy. She owned of a multidisciplinary pediatric therapy clinic in Austin TX and still consult in private practice and in the school systems. Dr. Kruse's research interests are varied including improving teaching efficiencies (e.g. derived relational responding), OBM, delay discounting, parent training, the intersection of behavior analysis and neuroscience, ACT, and novel applications of behavior analysis. She has presented at a number of conferences including ABAI and APBA.
Education History
Degree Institution Year B.A. Behavioral Biology The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 2005 M.Ed. Special Education The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 2006 Ph.D. Applied Behavior Analysis The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, remote 2019 MBA Capella University, remote 2021 Professional Memberships
Role Organization ABAI Associate Member Licenses
LBA, Texas Publications
Chapter Caldwell, T.; Kruse, L.A. (2023). Equivalence Based Instruction. In Quigley, J., Cassano, M.J., Ackerlaund Brandt, J.A. (Ed.) Incorporating Applied Behavior Analysis into the General Education ClassroomCambridge, MA: Springer.
Kruse, L.A. (2023). Early Start Denver Model. In Quigley, J., Cassano, M.J., Ackerlaund Brandt, J.A. (Ed.) Incorporating Applied Behavior Analysis into the General Education ClassroomCambridge, MA: Springer.
Journal Farley, B. E., Griffith, A., Mahoney, A., Zhang, D., & Kruse, L. (2022). Brief report: Identifying concerns of military caregivers with children diagnosed with ASD following a military directed relocation.. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, ,1-7.
Other Kruse, L.A. (May ). Expansion of Instructive Feedback: Tacting the S- During Error Correction. .