Professional Summary: Dr. Emma Auten is the Director of the Intensive Feeding Program within the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Intensive Program at Children’s Specialized Hospital and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Auten specializes in the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders and oversees all day treatment and outpatient services in the intensive feeding program. Before that, Dr. Auten received her doctoral degree in Psychology with a concentration of Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Dr. Auten has routinely served as a guest reviewer in behavior analytic journals and has authored publications in numerous peer-reviewed journals and book chapters on assessing and treating feeding difficulties.
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, 2023
M.A., University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 2022
B.A., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2017
Courses Taught
Graduate:
- Pediatric Feeding Disorders
- Advanced Topics in Applied Behavior Analysis: Teaching Children with Autism and Related Disorders
Undergraduate:
- Developmental Psychology: Lifespan and Human Development
Research Interests
- Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders
- Generalization and Treatment Durability
- Caregiver treatment adherence and choice for treatments
Publications
Auten, E.M., & Peterson, K.M. (in press). From Purees to Portion-Based Meals: Building Complex Feeding Repertoires. Toward Durability and Generalization in the Treatment of Autism.
Auten, E.M., Peterson, K.M., & Crowley-Zalaket, J. (in press). Promoting Long-Term Behavior Change for Children with Autism and Feeding Difficulties. Behavioral Treatments for Individuals with Autism: Promoting Longevity and Durability.
Peterson, K.M., Auten, E., & Aley, M. (in press). Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Challenges.
Auten, E.M., Irwin Helvey, C., & Van Camp, C.M. (2025). Further translational evaluations of efficacy and preference for isolated and synthesized contingency procedures. Behavioral Interventions, 40(1), e2076. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.2076
Auten, E. M., Van Camp, C., & Ferguson, A. B. (2024). A review of the concurrent‐chains arrangement to assess intervention choice: 2018–2023. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 57(2), 319-330. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.1059
Irwin Helvey, C., Van Camp, C. M., Mueller, C. E., & Auten, E. M. (2023). Evaluating preference for functional and nonfunctional stimuli in the treatment of destructive behavior. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16(3), 867-872. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-023-00773-5
Bachmeyer-Lee, M. H., Kirkwood, C. A., Sheehan, C. M., Auten, E. M., & Platt, D. F. (2023). Behavioral Assessment and Treatment of Feeding Problems in Autistic Children. In Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis for Children with Autism: Clinical Guide to Assessment and Treatment (pp. 369-389). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27587-6_19