Bio Caitlin Kirkwood

Caitlin Kirkwood, PhD, LPA, BCBA-D

Director, Pediatric Feeding Disorder Program

Organization Ethics Coordinator

Dr. Kirkwood is a licensed psychological associate and board certified behavior analyst at the doctoral level. She earned a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of North Carolina Wilmington under the supervision of Dr. Melanie Bachmeyer-Lee. She earned a doctoral degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of Nebraska. mentored by Dr. Cathleen Piazza. During her doctoral training, she worked in the intensive day treatment and outpatient programs of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute and University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Intestinal Rehabilitation Program. She completed a predoctoral internship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health. She has conducted research on the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders and caregiver training. Dr. Kirkwood has authored publications in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and book chapters, and training manuals in the specialized area of pediatric feeding disorders. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Select Publications

Bachmeyer-Lee, M. H., Kirkwood, C. A., Sheehan, C. M., Auten, E. M., Platt, D. F. (2024). Behavioral Assessment and Treatment of Feeding Problems in Autistic Children. In J. Matson (Ed.), Handbook of Applied Behavioral Analysis for Children with Autism: Clinical Guide to Assessment and Treatment.

Bachmeyer-Lee, M. H., Kirkwood, C. A., & Sheehan, C. M. (2023). Treating Mealtime Difficulties in Children. In J. Matson (Ed.), Applied behavior analysis: A comprehensive handbook.

Haney, S. D., Ibañez, V. F., Kirkwood, C. A., & Piazza, C. C. (2023). An evaluation of negative reinforcement to increase self-feeding and self-drinking for children with feeding disorders. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 56(4), 757-776.

Kirkwood, C. A., Piazza, C. C., & Peterson, K. M. (2021). A comparison of function- and nonfunction-based extinction for inappropriate mealtime behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54, 928-945.

Kirkwood, C. A., Bachmeyer, M. H., Sheehan, C. M., Mauzy IV, C. R., & Gibson, A. L. (2020). Further examination of the treatment of multiply controlled inappropriate mealtime behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Ibañez, V. F., Kirkwood, C. A., Zeleny, J. R., Peterson, K. M., & Piazza, C. C. (2020). A pilot study on increasing intake and sucking for infants receiving supplemental feedings. Behavioral Development Bulletin, 25, 88-97.

Bachmeyer-Lee, M. H., Kirkwood, C. A., Sheehan, C. M., Gibson, A. L., Shuler, N. J., & Keane, J. A. (2020). Utilizing in-vivo feedback for caregiver training of pediatric feeding protocols. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53, 1622-1637.

Zeleny, J. R., Piazza, C. C., Volkert, V. M., Ibañez, V. F., Crowley, J. G., & Kirkwood, C. A. (2019). Food preferences before and during intervention for a pediatric feeding disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53, 875-888.

Bachmeyer, M. H., Kirkwood, C. A., Criscito, A. B., Mauzy IV, C. R., & Berth, D. P. (2019). A comparison of methods of a functional analysis of inappropriate mealtime behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 603-621.

Berth, D. P., Bachmeyer, M. H., Kirkwood, C. A., Mauzy IV, C. R., Retzlaff, B. J., & Gibson, A. L. (2019). Noncontingent and differential reinforcement in the treatment of pediatric feeding problems. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 622-641.