About Prof. Maurice Feldman

Prof. Maurice Feldman is a Professor in the Dept. of Applied Disability Studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. He is an Adjunct Professor at Qingdao University, China. He is a registered psychologist in Ontario and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (Doctoral).

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Prof. Maurice Feldman

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His research and clinical expertise cover the lifespan and includes foci on autism, developmental disabilities, early detection and intervention, child welfare, parenting, and human rights. He has over 120 peer-review publications and 300 invited addresses, workshops, and conference presentations. The evidence-based Step-by-Step Parenting Program for parents with learning difficulties he and his associates developed is emulated world-wide.

He has received numerous awards including, Brock University Distinguished Researcher and the Brock University Chancellor’s Chair of Research Excellence He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Investigator Award. He was the first recipient of the Ontario Association for Developmental Disabilities and received the Ontario Association on Behaviour Analysis Research Award.

He received the Hull-Roeher Award of Merit, which is the highest honour bestowed by the Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities for outstanding contributions in education, humanitarianism, research, and service in developmental disabilities. In the United States, he received the United States National Distinguished Disability Researcher Award and the Association for Successful Parenting Award for Research Excellence.

He was a special advisor to the United States President’s Committee on Intellectual Disabilities. He serves as a consultant to several government departments and service agencies for many years. His work has been covered in the Canadian and U.S. media.

Feldman, M. A., Towns, F., Betel, J., Case, L., Rincover, A., & Rubino, C. A. (1986). Parent Education Project II. Increasing stimulating interactions of developmentally handicapped mothers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 19(1), 23-37.

Feldman, M. A., Case, L., Rincover, A., Towns, F., & Betel, J. (1989). Parent Education Project III: Increasing affection and responsivity in developmentally handicapped mothers: Component analysis, generalization, and effects on child language. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 22, 211-222.

Feldman, M. A., Case, L., Garrick, M., MacIntyre‐Grande, W., Carnwell, J., & Sparks, B. (1992). Teaching child-care skills to parents with developmental disabilities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25, 205-215.

Feldman, M. A., Case, L., & Sparks, B. (1992). Effectiveness of a child-care training program for parents at-risk for child neglect. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 24, 14-28.

Feldman, M. A., Sparks, B., & Case, L. (1993). Effectiveness of home-based early intervention on the language development of children of mothers with mental retardation. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 14(5), 387-408.

Feldman, M.A. (1993). Parent education program for parents with mental handicaps: Clarification of effects. (Letter). Mental Handicap Research, 6, 275-277.

Feldman, M.A. (1994). Parenting education for parents with intellectual disabilities: A review of outcome studies. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 15, 299-332.

Feldman, M. A., & Case, L. (1997). The effectiveness of audiovisual self-instructional materials in teaching child-care skills to parents with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Behavioral Education, 7(2), 235-257.

Feldman, M. A., Garrick, M., & Case, L. (1997). The effects of parent training on weight gain of nonorganic-failure-to-thrive children of parents with intellectual disabilities. Journal on Developmental Disabilities, 5, 47-61.

Feldman, M. A., & Case, L. (1999). Teaching child-care and safety skills to parents with intellectual disabilities through self-learning. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 24(1), 27-44.

Feldman, M. A., Ducharme, J. M., & Case, L. (1999). Using self-instructional pictorial manuals to teach child-care skills to mothers with intellectual disabilities. Behavior Modification, 23(3), 480-497.

Feldman, M. A. (1998). Preventing child neglect: Child-care training for parents with intellectual disabilities. Infants & Young Children, 11, 1-11.

Feldman, M.A. (2004). Self-directed learning of child-care skills by parents with intellectual disabilities. Infants & Young Children, 17, 17-31.

McDaniel, B., & Dillenburger, K. (2007). Can childhood neglect be assessed and prevented through childcare skills training? Child Abuse Review, 16, 120–129.

Tahir, M., Sword, C. & Feldman, M. (2015). Evaluation of a game-based parent education intervention to increase positive parent-child interactions in parents with learning difficulties. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 15(3-4),187-200. DOI:10.1037/bar0000022

Aunos, M. & Feldman, M.A. (in press). Parenting by persons with intellectual disabilities. R. Condillac, I. Brown & M. Percy (Eds), Developmental disabilities in Ontario. Fourth Edition. OADD

Aunos, M., Laliberte, T., Lightfoot, T., Callow, E., & Feldman, M.A. (2017). Parenting by people with intellectual disability. In M. L. Wehmeyer, I. Brown, M. Percy, K. Shogren & A. Fung (Eds.) A comprehensive guide to intellectual and developmental disabilities.2nd Ed. Pp. 609-630. Paul H. Brookes

Feldman, M.A., & Tahir, M. (2016). Skills training for parents with intellectual disabilities. In N. Singh (Ed.), Handbook of evidence-based practices for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Pp. 613-631. Springer.

Feldman, M., Cruz, V., Hay, J., McConnell, D., & Tardif-Williams, C. (2012). A right to parent: Supports for parents with intellectual disabilities and their children. In D. Griffiths, F. Owen, & S. Watson (eds.), Human rights agenda: An action plan to advance the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities. Pp. 129-138. NADD Press.

Aunos, M. & Feldman, M. (2011). Parenting by persons with intellectual disabilities. I. Brown & M. Percy (Eds), Developmental Disabilities in Ontario. Third Edition. Pp. 909-923. OADD.

Feldman, M. (2010). Parenting education programs. In G. Llewellyn, R.Traustadóttir, D. McConnell, & H. Björg Sigurjónsdóttir (Eds.), Parents with intellectual disabilities: Past, present and futures. (pp. 121-136). Wiley-Blackwell.

Richards, D., Miodrag, N., Watson, S.L., Feldman, M.A., Aunos, M., & Griffiths, D. (2009). Sexuality and human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities. In F. Owen & D. Griffiths (Eds.), Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities, pp. 184-218. Jessica Kingsley.

Aunos, M. & Feldman, M. (2008). There’s no place like home: The child’s right to family. In T. O’Neill and D. Zinga (Eds), Children’s rights: Multidisciplinary approaches to participation and protection. Pp. 137-162. University of Toronto Press.

Aunos, M. & Feldman, M. (2007). Parenting by persons with an intellectual disability. I. Brown & M. Percy (Eds), A Comprehensive Guide to Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. pp. 593-603. Paul H. Brookes.

Aunos, M. & Feldman, M. (2007). Assessing parenting capacity in parents with intellectual disabilities. C. Chamberland, S. Léveillé, & N. Trocmé (Eds.). Des enfants à protéger, des adultes à aider : deux univers à rapprocher. pp. 223-240. Presses de l’université du Québec.

Feldman, M.A., Sparks, B., & Case, L. (2004). Effectiveness of home-based early intervention on the language development of children of parents with mental retardation (reprint). In M.A. Feldman (Ed.), Early intervention: The essential readings pp. 134-150. Blackwell.

Feldman, M.A., & Walton-Allen, N. (2002). Effects of maternal mental retardation and poverty on intellectual, academic, and behavioral status of school-age children. Reprinted in J. Blacher & B. Baker, (Eds). The best of AAMR: Families and mental retardation: A collection of notable AAMR journal articles across the 20th century (pp. 235-246). American Association on Mental Retardation.

Feldman, M.A. (2002). Children of parents with intellectual disabilities. In R. McMahon & R. Peters (Eds.). The effects of parental dysfunction on children, pp. 205–223. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Feldman, M.A. (2002). Parents with intellectual disabilities and their children: Impediments and supports. In D. Griffiths & P. Federoff (Eds.) Ethical dilemmas: Sexuality and developmental disability. pp. 255-292. NADD Press.

Feldman, M.A. (1998). Parents with intellectual disabilities: Implications and interventions. In J. Lutzker (Ed.). Child abuse: A handbook of theory, research, and treatment. (pp. 401-419). Plenum.

Feldman, M.A. (1997). The effectiveness of early intervention for children of parents with mental retardation. In M.J. Guralnick, (Ed.). The effectiveness of early intervention: Directions for second generation research. (pp. 171-191). Paul H. Brookes.

Feldman, M.A. (1996). Courses for parents with intellectual disabilities and their children. In Danish Ministry of Social Affairs and European Commission (Eds.). Parenting with Intellectual Disabilities (pp. 107-121). European Commission.

Feldman, M.A. and the Surrey Place Parent Enhancement Program (2020). Step-by-step child-care: A manual for parents and child-care providers (2nd Edition). Author.

Feldman, M. A., & Aunos, M. (2010). Comprehensive competence-based parenting capacity assessment for parents with learning difficulties. NADD Press.

Feldman, M.A. (2004). The Family Game: Enhancing parent-child cooperation and rapport to parents with learning problems. 2nd Edition. Author.

Feldman, M. A., & Case, L. (1993). Step-by-step child-care: A pictorial manual for parents, child-care workers, and babysitters. Authors.