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Hixson, Michael

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Biography

Michael Hixson received his Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis and Specialist degree in School Psychology fr​om Western Michigan University in 1999. He has worked as a school psychologist for Ionia Public Schools and Kalamazoo Public Schools. He has been at Central Michigan University since 2001. In addition to undergraduate teaching, he teaches and supervises school psychology graduate students, and he directs the Learning Acceleration Clinic through the Psychological Training and Consultation Center.

More about Michael Hixson

Rigney, A. M.,  Drevon, D. D., &  Hixson, M. D. (2024).  Gaining headspace: A classroom-based mindfulness intervention to promote attention for primary students. Psychology in the Schools, 61,  4449–4464. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23285

Croley, K. E., Drevon, D. D., Decker, D. M., Hixson, M. D., & Radley, K. C. (2023). The effect of the fidget cube on classroom behavior among students with perceived attention difficulties. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16(2), 547-557. 

Taipalus, A. C., Hixson, M. D., Decker, D. M., & Fredrick, S. (2021). The effects of an online DBR training module on rater accuracy. School Psychology, 36(4), 224.

Rames‐LaPointe, J., & Hixson, M. D. (2021). On‐Task in a Box as a classwide intervention: Effects on on‐task behavior and academic productivity. Psychology in the Schools, 58(8), 1655-1668. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22532

Klaus, S., Hixson, M. D., Drevon, D. D., & Nutkins, C. (2019). A comparison of prompting methods for teaching sight words. Behavioral Interventions, 34, 352-362. doi:10.1002/bin.1667

Rigney, A. M., Hixson, M. D., & Drevon, D. D. (Accepted). Headsprout: A systematic review of the evidence. Journal of Behavioral Education.

Drevon, D. D. & Hixson, M. D. (2019). Reductive interventions. In K. C. Radley & E. H. Dart (Eds.), Handbook of behavioral interventions in schools: Multi-tiered systems of supports.(pp. xxx-xxx). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.

Drevon, D. D., Hixson, M. D., Wyse, R. D., & Rigney, A. M. (2018). A meta-analytic investigation of the evidence for check-in check-out. Psychology in the Schools. Advance online publication. doi:10.1002/pits.22195

Taipalus, A. C., Hixson, M. D., Kanouse, S. K., Wyse, R. D., & Fursa, S. (2017). Effects of therapy balls on children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Behavioral Interventions, 32, 418-426.

Bruni, T. P., & Hixson, M. D. (2017). Beyond sight words: Reading programs for people with intellectual disabilities. Behavioral Development Bulletin, 22, 249-257.

Bruni, T. P., Drevon, D., Hixson, M. D., Wyse, R. (2017). The Effect of Functional Behavioral Assessment on School Based Interventions: A Meta-Analysis of Single-Case Research. Psychology in the Schools, 54, 351-369.

My primary research has been in the areas of curriculum-based measurement and academic interventions. I am interested in the study of learning and behavior problems from a behavior analytic perspective. A particular area of interest is in how previous learning affects later learning.