CAITLYN MAJEIKA

Born and raised in New England, CAITLYN MAJEIKA spent 3 years as a Special Education Resource Teacher in Rhode Island. During her time there, Caitlyn worked with students across a wide range of disabilities in grades two through six. In this role, she provided her students with direct behavior support and access to the Common Core curriculum in the general education classroom in addition to providing individualized academic interventions in a resource setting. In this role, Caitlyn also served as a Catalyst Teacher on her district’s Digital Literacy Committee. Through this opportunity, she worked with other teachers to plan curricula embedded with instruction in digital literacy skills. Caitlyn also coached her middle school’s Unified Basketball team, which provided students with disabilities the opportunity to play intermural sports alongside their typical peers.

Caitlyn holds both a Bachelor’s in Elementary/Special Education and a Master’s of Education in Special Education from Vanderbilt University. She is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Upon graduation, Caitlyn is currently a doctoral student at Vanderbilt University, pursuing her passion for research and teacher preparation. Her research interests center around increasing teacher use of data-based decision-making to adapt and intensify behavioral interventions. More specifically, she is interested in utilizing student characteristics (e.g., function of behavior) to more efficiently and effectively inform the selection and/or adaptation of Tier 2 behavioral interventions.

Selected Publications:
Gilmour, A., Majeika, C. E., Sheaffer, A., & Wehby, J. H. (accepted for publication). Teacher evaluation and student behavior: Are evaluation rubrics designed to support teacher development in classroom management? Submitted to Teacher Education and Special Education.

Kunemund, R., Majeika, C., Mellado De La Cruz, V., & Wilkinson, S. (2017). Practice Guide: Check-In Check-Out for Students with or At-Risk for Emotional or Behavioral Disabilities. Washington, DC: US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.

Majeika, C. E., Walder, J. P., Hubbard, J. P., Steeb, K. M., Ferris, G. J., Oakes, W. P., & Lane, K. L. (2011). Improving on-task behavior using a functional assessment-based intervention in an inclusive high school setting. Beyond Behavior, 20, 55-66.

Selected Presentations:
Majeika, C.E., Van Camp, A.M., Wehby, J.H., Commisso, C., Gaier, K., & Kern, L. (2018, March). Enhancing Tier 2 Behavioral Interventions with an Adaptive Intervention Framework. Presented at the annual International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, San Diego, CA.

Wilkinson, S., Majeika, C.E., Kumm, S., & Sterrett, B. (2018, March). Intensifying Behavioral Interventions Through a Data-Based Decision-Making Process. Presented at the annual International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, San Diego, CA.

Chauvin, C. B., & Majeika, C. E., LeJeune, L.N., Wilkinson, S., & Zimmerman, K. N., (2018, February). Teach Like Skinner Is Watching: Embedding Operant Learning Strategies within Explicit Reading and Writing Instruction. Presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Symposium for Leadership in Behavior Disorders, Kansas City, KS.

Van Camp, A. M., Majeika, C. E., Chauvin, C.B. Wehby, J.H., Commisso, C., Gaier, K., & Kern, L. (2018, February). When Standard Protocols Don’t Work: Adapting Check-In/Check-Out to Meet Individual Student Needs. Presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Symposium for Leadership in Behavior Disorders, Kansas City, KS.

Zimmerman, K. N., Chauvin, C. B., & Majeika, C. E. (2018, February). Adapting Classroom-Based Antecedent Interventions for Diverse Students. Presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Symposium for Leadership in Behavior Disorders, Kansas City, KS.

Majeika, C.E., Van Camp, A.M., Sheaffer, A. W., & Wehby, J.H., Commisso, C., Gaier, K., & Kern, L. (2017, October). The Current Landscape of Tier 2 Behavior Interventions: Evaluating the Use of Data and Clinical Judgement to Make Decisions. Presented at the annual conference on Advancing School Mental Health, Washington, DC.

Commisso, C. E., Gaier, K. L, Kern, L., Majeika, C. E., Van Camp, A. M., Wehby, J. H. (2017, October). A Review of Check-in/Check-out (CICO): Components, Evaluated Adaptations, and Implications for Use with Students. Presented at the annual conference on Advancing School Mental Health, Washington, D.C.

Majeika, C.E., Van Camp, A.M., Wehby, J.H., Commisso, C., Gaier, K., & Kern, L. (2017, October). Adapting Tier II Behavior Interventions. In B.P. Lloyd (Chair) Adapting and Intensifying Behavioral Supports Along a Tier II—Tier III Continuum. Symposium presented at the annual conference of the Tennessee Association of Behavior Analysts, Nashville, TN.