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SungWoo Kahng is a casemanager on the Neurobehavioral Unit and the Director of Training for the Department of Behavioral Psychology. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Kahng graduated in 1990 from Kalamazoo College with a B.A. in Psychology. He continued his education in psychology at the University of Florida where he received a M.S. in 1996 and a Ph.D. in 1999. Dr. Kahng joined the staff of the Neurobehavioral Unit at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1999. He is currently on the Board of Editors of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Dr. Kahng is the recipient of the 2003 B.F. Skinner New Researcher Award given by Division 25 of the American Psychological Association. He is the project director for the Department of Behavioral Psychology’s HRSA Graduate Psychology Education Program Grant. He has also served as a program reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). He is a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis, the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis, Division 25 of the American Psychological Association, and the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
Research Summary:
Dr. Kahng has conducted research on the assessment and treatment of severe problem behaviors (e.g., self-injurious behavior, aggression, and property destruction) exhibited by individuals with developmental disabilities. Much of his research has focused on functional behavioral assessment technology, which is used to identify the determinants of problem behaviors. This includes evaluation of functional behavioral assessment procedures (e.g., scatter plot and brief functional analysis) as well as the refinement of such procedures.
Dr. Kahng has also conducted research on behavioral interventions for severe problem behavior. His research has focused on the acquisition of functional communication skills to decrease problem behaviors as well as the alteration of motivational variables for problem behaviors. His other research interests include pediatric feeding disorders, computerized systems of data collection, and the prevention and early intervention of self-injurious behavior.
Recent Publications/Presentations:
Kahng, S., Boscoe, J. H., & Byrne, S. (2003). The Use of an Escape Contingency and a Token Economy to Increase Food Acceptance. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 349-354.
Kahng, S., Iwata, B. A., & Lewin, A. (2002). The impact of functional assessment on the treatment of self-injurious behavior. In S. Schroeder, M. L. Oster-Granite, & T. Thompson (Eds.), Self-injurious behavior: Gene-brain-behavior relationships (pp. 119 - 131). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Kahng, S., Iwata, B. A., & Lewin, A. B. (2002). Behavioral Treatment of Self-Injury, 1964 to 2000. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 107, 212 - 221.
Kahng, S., Tarbox, J., & Wilke, A. E. (2001). Use of a multicomponent treatment for food refusal. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 93 - 96.
Kahng, S., Abt, K. A., & Schonbachler, H. E. (2001). Assessment and Treatment of Low-Rate, High Intensity Problem Behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 225 - 228.
Kahng, S., Abt, K. A., & Wilder, D. A. (2001). Treatment of collateral self-injury correlated with mechanical restraints. Behavioral Interventions, 16, 105 - 110. |
