Bio Melanie Bachmeyer

Melanie Bachmeyer-Lee, PhD, LP, BCBA-D

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Bachmeyer-Lee is a licensed psychologist and board certified behavior analyst at the doctoral level. She earned a Master's degree in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Applied Behavior Analysis from Georgia State University and a doctoral degree in School Psychology from the University of Iowa. She completed a predoctoral internship in the pediatric feeding disorders and behavioral pediatrics clinics at the University of Iowa Children's Hospital and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She was faculty in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington for 9 years. Her research has been published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Behavioral Interventions, and Clinical Pediatrics. Dr. Bachmeyer-Lee is a past president of the North Carolina Association for Behavior Analysis and recipient of the Fred Keller Excellence in Behavior Analysis Award from the North Carolina Association for 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.

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.

Kirkwood, C. A., Bachmeyer-Lee, M. H., Sheehan, C. M., Mauzy, C. R., & Gibson, L. A. (2020). Further examination of the treatment of multiply controlled inappropriate mealtime behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Online Early View doi.org/10.1002/jaba.738

Bachmeyer, M. H., Kirkwood, C. A., Criscito, A. B., Mauzy, 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. doi: 10.1002/jaba.556

Berth, D. P., Bachmeyer, M. H., Kirkwood, C. A., Mauzy, C. R., & Gibson, A. L. (2019). Further examination of the role of positive reinforcement in the treatment of pediatric feeding problems. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 622 - 641. doi: 10.1002/jaba.562.

Bachmeyer, M. H., Gulotta, C. S., & Piazza, C. C. (2013). Liquid to baby food fading in the treatment of food refusal. Behavioral Interventions, 28, 281 – 298.

Addison, L. R., Piazza, C. C., Patel, M. R., Bachmeyer, M. H., Rivas, K. M., Milnes, S. M., & Oddo, J. (2012). A comparison of sensory integrative and behavioral therapies as treatment for pediatric feeding disorders. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 45, 455 - 471.

Seyfer, D. L., Wacker, D., McConkey, S., Cooper-Brown, L., Bachmeyer, M. H., & VanDyke, D. C. (2011). Changes in the diagnosis, referral patterns, and medication usage in children with behavior problems. Clinical Pediatrics, 50, 44 - 49.

Rivas, K., Piazza, C. C., Patel, M. R., & Bachmeyer, M. H. (2010). An examination of stimulus fading and escape extinction in the treatment of food refusal. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43, 673 - 683.

Bachmeyer, M. H. (2009). Treatment of selective and inadequate food intake in children: A review and practical guide. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 2, 43 – 50.

Bachmeyer, M. H., Piazza, C. C., Reed, G. K., Fredrick, L. D., Bethke, S. D, Murphy, K., & Kadey, H. J. (2009). Functional analysis and treatment of multiply controlled inappropriate mealtime behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, 641 – 658.

Patel, M. R., Reed, G. K., Piazza, C. C., Mueller, M. M., Bachmeyer, M. H., & Layer, S. A. (2007). Use of a high-probability instructional sequence to increase compliance of feeding demands in the absence of escape extinction. Behavioral Interventions.

Patel, M. R., Reed, G. K., Piazza, C. C., Bachmeyer, M. H., Layer, S., & Pabico, R. (2006). An evaluation of a high-probability instructional sequence to increase acceptance of food and decrease inappropriate behavior in children with pediatric feeding disorders, Research in Developmental Disabilities, 27, 430 - 442.

Reed, G. K., Piazza, C. C., Patel, M. R., Layer, S. A., Bachmeyer, M. H., Bethke, S. D., Gutshall, K. A. (2004). On the relative contribution of noncontingent reinforcement and escape extinction in the treatment of food refusal. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37, 27-42.