Shannon
Ormandy
Shannon Ormandy
- Campus: Chicago, IL
- Department: Applied Behavior Analysis
- Institution: The Chicago School
- Address: 325 N Wells Street Chicago, IL 60654
- Office Phone: 312-329-6650
Biography
As long as I can remember I have always wanted to know 'why' people and animals act the way they do. It is not surprising that I would turn to the field of behavior analysis to answer these never ending questions. My journey to become a behavior analyst began when I earned my BA in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 2002 and began working for a nonprofit organization supporting children diagnosed with a developmental disability. During seven amazing years supporting families and children I continued to ask 'why'. Frequently unsatisfied with the answers and wanting to make more of an impact, I returned to school and earned my MS in Applied Behavior Analysis from The Chicago School in 2011. I continued at The Chicago School and earned my PhD in Applied Behavior Analysis in 2018.
After graduating from TCS, I am thrilled to continue on as faculty and support future generations of students answer 'why 'questions of their own. Some of these question areas have included; teaching techniques for students and staff, conditioned motivating operations, punishment, conditioned reinforcement, and respondent behavior.
Education History
Degree Institution Year B.A., Psychology Univiersity of Cincinnati , Cincinnati, OH 2002 M.A., Applied Behavior Analysis The Chicago School of Professional Psychology , Chicago, IL 2011 Ph.D., Applied Behavior Analysis The Chicago School of Professional Psychology , Chicago, IL 2018 Presentations
Title Location Date Valesey, M., Mimbela, S., & Ormandy, S. (2025, April). A novel approach to building assent-based repertoires: The Madagascar hissing cockroach [Poster presentation]. 2025 Illinois Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, Glen Ellyn, IL. Glen Ellyn, IL 2025 Sakulkoo, S., Ormandy, S., & Lionello-DeNolf, K. (2024, October). Two theories of punishment [Poster presentation]. Theory & Philosophy Conference, Chicago, IL. Chicago, IL 2024 Valesey, M. K. (Chair). (2023, May 27). Wait, You Work With Bugs, Dogs, Rats, and Zoo Animals? Tell Me More… [Panel presentation]. In G. Gaviria, K. Kalafut, S. Ormandy, & M. Lewon (Panelists), The Chicago School, Symposium presented at the 50th Annual Convention of Applied Behavior Analysis Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Philidelphia, PA 2024 Ormandy, S. [chair]. (2023, May 25). One Stop Lab Shop: Institutional Labs on a Budget. [Symposium]. 50th Annual Convention of Applied Behavior Analysis Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Philidelphia, PA 2024 Sakulkoo, S., Ormandy, S., & Lionello-DeNolf, K. (2023, May). Experimental analysis of stimulus control by punishment. Poster presented at the 49th Annual Convention of Applied Behavior Analysis Conference, Denver, CO. Denver, CO 2023 Valesey, M., & Ormandy, S. (2022, December 9). Welcome to the Respondent and Operant Animal Research (R.O.A.R) Lab [Keynote presentation]. Keynote Presentation for The Chicago School of Professional Psychology's Applied Behavior Analysis Chicago, IL 2022 Discussant for the symposium titled Why Are We Not Acting to Save The World? Contextual Behavior Science Applied to Mainstream Cultural Problems presented at the 47th annual Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference Online 2021 Chan, S., & Ormandy, S. (2020, May). Teaching early piano skills to children with autism with equivalence-based instruction [Paper presentation]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference 2020 Washington, DC, Online 2020 Kuczek, M., Ormandy, S., & Dettmering, J. (2019, March). The effects of presession pairing on escape-maintained behaviors and academic responding for children with autism: an extension. Poster presented at the Illinois Association for Applied Behavior Analysis Conference Springfield, IL 2019 Beyond Screws and Screwdrivers: The Conditioned Motivating Operation and You. In D. Walker (Chair), Enhancing Appleid Practice with Basic Concepts, Contextualism, and Rejection of Blind Rule Following. Symposium presentation at the Association for Behavior Anlaysis International Conference San Diego, CA 2018 Mittelman, C., Ormandy, S., & Eshleman, J. (2018, May). A Celeration Analysis of BACB Certification. Poster presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference San Diego, CA 2018 A Functional Analysis of Hoarding? In D. Walker (Chair), Conceptual Analysis of Behavior: Response Strength, Function, and the Construct of Mental Illness. Symposium presentation at the Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference Minneapolis, MN 2013 Licenses
Board Certified Behavior Analyst: certification number 1-12-10233 , Chicago Publications
Journal Togade, D., Ormandy, S., & Stockwell, F. (2012). Fluency: Skill acquisition of common Tagalog words and symbols. Journal of Precision Teaching and Celeration, 28 , 17-19.
Chan, S. C., Ormandy, S., Stockwell, A., & Rehfeldt, R. A. (2022). The Application of Relational Frame Theory to Teaching Early Piano Skills to Children on the Autism Spectrum. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, , https://doi.org/10.1007/s40616-022-00175-8.
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