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Thomas E. Ochocki, Ph.D.

   2702 3rd Ave SE  

   Aberdeen, SD 57401                                                         

   605-290-1136 (cell)                                                            

I.  PERSONAL INFORMATION

       I was born on July 14, 1943. I am married and my wife's name is Sherry. 

            My most recent employment was as a Behavior Analyst with the Columbus Organization working Kentucky. My duties included evaluating clients, developing behavior interventions and teach classes to assist staff to provide services for clients. 

             I served in U.S. Army from September 1961 through August 1964.  I have served as an officer in the Minnesota Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve from March 1975 to November 1997.  I served in various positions, including Clinical Psychologist, Medical Company Commander, Research Psychologist, and Command & General Staff College Instructor. My final assignment prior to retirement as a Lieutenant Colonial was as Director of Medical Courses in North and South Dakota for 5043rd US Army Reserve Forces School.

 II. Academic History

     My Master's Thesis was concerned with the Effects of Verbal Reinforcers on Children's Discrimination Learning.  My Doctoral Dissertation was on the Effect of Reinforcement Contingency Discriminability on Reinforced and Generalized Imitation in Children.  My thesis advisor and dissertation director was Dr. Frank D. Miller.

III. Positions Held

 1. Teaching Assistant, University of South Dakota Psychology Department, Vermillion, SD (Spring 1971  - Fall 1971)

 2. Psychologists, Behavior Modification Program, Redfield State Hospital and School, Redfield, SD  (Summer 1972)

 3.  Grader, State-wide Education Service, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD (Fall 1972- Summer 1973)

4.  Research Consultant, Development Disabilities Center, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD  (December 1972 - August 1973)

5.  Instructor, Department of Psychology, Towson State College, Baltimore, MD (February 1974 - June 1974)

6.  Consultant, Children's Aid Society of Maryland, Inc., Baltimore, MD  (February 1974 - June 1974)

7.  Chief Psychologist, Faribault State Hospital, Faribault, MN. (August 1974 - July 1978)

8.  Clinical Psychologist, Faribault Psychological Services, Faribault, MN (September 1976 - December 1982)

9. Staff Psychologist, South Dakota Developmental Center, Redfield, SD (December 1982 - June 1999)

10. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion (1986 - 1993)

8.     Training Coordinator, HSA/ATCO, Watertown, S.D., (February 2000 – September 2001)

9.      Adjunct Instructor in Psychology, Mount Marty College- Watertown Campus, Watertown, SD (July 2000 – June 2001)

10.   Behavior Analyst, Columbus Organization for Communities at Oakwood, Somerset, KY (September 2001 - September 2002)

11.   Chief Behavior Analyst, Columbus Organization for Communities at Oakwood, Somerset, KY (September 2002 – March 2005)

12.   Behavior Analyst, Columbus Organization for Central State ICF/MR/DD, Louisville, KY (April 2005 – Jun 2007)

13.   Adjunct Faculty, Presentation College (Fall 2008 – June 2009)

14.   Assistant Professor, Presentation College (Fall 2009 – Present)

IV. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 1. Psychology 128 Laboratory in Child Development - Motivation and Emotion, University of South Dakota    (Spring 1973)

2.  Psychology 70.111.08 Behavioral Statistics, Towson State College (MD) (Spring 1974)

    3.  Theories of Psychotherapy, Mankato (MN) State University & Staff Development Faribault State Hospital (Winter 1977)     

4. Human Sexuality, Team Taught, Mankato (MN) State University & Staff Development Faribault State Hospital (1975- 1978)

5.  Assertiveness for Handicapped Adults, Owatonna Public School Adult Education Program, Owatonna, MN  (1980 -1981)

 6.  Psychological Evaluation, Psychology Department, University of South Dakota at Redfield State Hospital (Spring 1985)

7. Command and General Staff College, US Army Reserve   (December 1986 - September 1993)

 8.    Psycho-diagnostic Testing, State-Wide Education & Department of Psychology, University of South Dakota (Spring 1990)

9.  Principles of Behavior Modification, Mount Marty College – Watertown (SD) Campus (Spring 2001)

10. General Psychology, Presentation College (Fall 2008, Summer 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010)

11. Psychology Life Span Development, Presentation College (Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Summer 2010)

12. Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Presentation College (Spring 2009)

 13. Variable Topics in Psychology –Children with Exceptionalities, Presentation College (Spring 2009)

 14.  The Young Child, Presentation College (Fall 2009)

 15. Psychology of Aging, Presentation College (Spring 2010)

 16. Individuals with Exceptionalities (SPED), Presentation College (Spring 2010)

 17. Theories of Personality, Presentation College (Spring 2010) 

18. Tests and Measurement, Presentation College (Fall 2010)

 19. Abnormal Psychology (Spring 2010)

 20. Psychopharmacology (Fall 2011) 

 V.  AWARDS AND HONORS

 A. NIMH Trainee in Psychology, University of South Dakota (1970-1973)

 B.  Rosemary F. Dydwad International Award Recipient, National Association for Retarded Citizens (February 1973)

 C.  Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (September 1973 - August 1974)

 D.  Colloquium Speaker, Exceptional Child Center, Utah State University (July 1974)

E.  Chairman, Research Committee, Faribault State Hospital (1974 - 1978)

 F.  Panel Speaker, Behavior Modification & the Mentally Retarded, Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency, Portland, (May 1975)

G.  Consultant, UCLA Neuropsychiatry Research Group, Pacific State Hospital (May 1978 - May 1980)

  VI. COMMUNITY SERVICE

 A.  Advisor, Clay-Union (SD) Youth ARC (1972-1973)

 B.  Behavior Modification Consultant, Pierre, SD Public Schools (February 1973)

 C.  Lay Advocate for the Developmentally Disabled, Rice County, MN ARC (1974 -         1978)

D.  Member, Human Sexuality Team, Faribault State Hospital  (December 1974 -            May 1977)

E.  Vice-President, Rice County, MN ARC (1975 - 1977)

 F.  Co-Chairman, AAMD Task Force on Construction and Use of Data Banks  (1975-19770

 G.  Member, AAMD Task Force on Services Nomenclature (1979)

 H.  Chairman, Invited Program Review Committee, Homeward Bound, Inc., Minneapolis, MN. (1977)

 I.  Chairman, Individualized Database Users Advisory Council, UCLA (1978 - 1979)

 J.  Vice-Chairman, Region X, Minnesota ARC (1977 - 1978)

  K.  Member, Rice County (MN) Family Violence Committee (1980   - 1982)

 L.  Lecturer, I CAN COPE Cancer patient workshops, Spink County, SD (1981 - 1985)

 M.  Chairman, Spink County, SD Child Protection Team (1985 - 1986)

 N.  Computer Database Manager, Redfield State Hospital & School  (1985 - 1989)

 O.  Treasurer, SD Foster Parents Association (1986 - 1990)

P.  Consultant, Computerized Data System, Spink County (SD) Highway Department (July 1988)

 Q.  Developed Individual Support Planning System utilized at SDDC (July 1998)

 R.  Developed policies of SDDC Chemical Health Services (obtained Chemical Dependency Accreditation, May 1999)

  VII. PAPERS, PUBLICATIONS, AND PRESENTATIONS

 Ochocki, T. E. The Effects  of VRCs and verbal reinforcement on children's discrimination learning, Unpublished Masters Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1971

  Cool, S. M., Miller, F. D., & Ochocki, T. E.  Discrimination  learning as a result of verbal punishment: Effect of delay  of punishment, task difficulty, and age.  Unpublished Manuscript., 1972

 Miller, F. D., Moffat, G. H., Cotter, P. D., & Ochocki, T. E.  Verbal reinforcement combinations, task complexity,  age, and sex in children's discrimination learning.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1973, 37, 532 - 534.

            Ochocki, T. E.  The effects of contingency discriminability on generalized imitation.  Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of South Dakota, 1973.  

 Cotter, P. D., Miller, F. D., Ochocki, T. E., & Moffat, G. H.  Discrimination learning in children as a function  of delay of reinforcement combinations and age.   Unpublished Manuscript. 1973

 Ochocki, T. E. Behavior modification in the normalization  process.  Report to the International Affairs Committee of the National Association for Retarded Citizens, 1973.

 Drash, P. W., Ochocki, T. E., & DiRegalo, G.  Rapid  acquisition of speech in the nonverbal, moderately  retarded preschool child: A behavioral approach.       Unpublished manuscript. 1974

 Ochocki, T. E., Cotter, P. D., & Miller, F. D.  Verbal  reinforcement combinations, task complexity, and  overtraining in discrimination reversal learning in children. Journal of General Psychology, 1974, 90,  213-219.

 Miller, F. D., Cotter, P. D., Ochocki, T. E., & Meyer, P. A.  Discrimination learning in children.  Journal of General Psychology, 1975, 126, 83 - 88.

 Ochocki, T. E., Daniels, S., Hanzel, T. E., & Bettin, B.  An operant conditioning approach to speech and language  acquisition.  Symposium presented to the Minnesota  Association on Mental Deficiency, Mankato, MN., 1975.

   Ochocki, T. E. & Huber, J.  The role of computer technology in program evaluation.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of Region VIII, American Association on Mental Deficiency, Sioux Falls, SD. 1975.

 Donahue, D. R. & Ochocki, T. E.  Treatment of life  threatening pica behavior: Report of varying effectiveness  of different treatment approaches.  Presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Mental   Deficiency, Minneapolis, MN. 1984.

 Ochocki, T. E.  A pot pouri of behavioral treatments. Presented to the Region VIII Meeting, American Association on Mental Deficiency, Omaha, NE. 1984.

 Ochocki, T. E.  A behavioral method of determining the  minimum effective level of psychotropic medication.   Presented at the Annual Meeting, South Dakota Association for Retarded Citizens, Aberdeen, SD. 1984

 Sprenger, F. A. & Ochocki, T. E.  Training and program  methods with aged mentally retarded individuals.   Presented at the Annual Meeting of the AARM Region VIII, 1985.  

 Ochocki, T. E. & Brevik, A. K.  Minimizing neuroleptic  medication usage.  Presented at the annual "Sharing Our Best" Conference, Beatrice, NE. 1986.

 Brevik, A. K. & Ochocki, T. E.  Newer chemical interventions  in the treatment of severe behavior problems in the mentally retarded.  Presented at the annual "Sharing Our Best" Conference. Beatrice, NE. 1986.

 Ochocki, T. E.  Aging and the developmentally disabled.   Paper presented to the annual meeting of the SD Gerontology Association for Training and Education. Sioux Falls, SD. 1987.

 Ochocki, T. E. Discipline and the abused foster child.    Paper presented to the Regional Training Meeting, SD Foster Parent Association. Sioux Falls, 1987.

 Sprenger, F. A. & Ochocki, T. E. Active treatment and the aged developmentally disabled.  Paper presented at the Region VIII, American Association on Mental Retardation Annual Conference.  Des Moines, IA.  Oct., 1988.

 Ochocki, T. E. & Sprenger, F. A.  Dealing with problem  residents.  Paper presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the South Dakota Health Care Association.     Aberdeen, SD. September, 1989

Ochocki, T. E. & Munce L. A.  Use of BuSpar in the treatment of geriatric mentally retarded individuals. Unpublished Manuscript, 1992

 Ochocki, T. E.  Treatment of rumination disorder. Paper presented to the Annual Group Homes Conference, Pierre, SD. May 1993

 Ochocki, T. E. Correlates of problem behavior.  Paper presented at the Second Annual Alternative Programming Conference, Redfield, S.D. August 1993

 Williams, T. L. & Ochocki, T. E. Ecological analysis. Paper presented at Regional AAMR meeting, Sioux Falls, S.D. October 1993

 Ochocki, T. E. Psychological problems in the mentally retarded.  Paper presented to the South Dakota Association of Service Providers, Pierre, S.D. May 1995

 Ochocki, T. E. & Avery, L.  Data management in residential facilities.  Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Alternative Programming Conference, Redfield, S.D. August 1995

Williams, T. L. & Ochocki, T. E. Benevolence in training: Non-intrusive behavioral approaches.  Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Alternative Programming Conference, Redfield, S.D. August 1996

Ochocki, T.E. Diagnosis, training and treatment of individuals with autism. Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Alternative Programming Conference, Redfield, S.D. August 1997

 Ochocki, T.E. Autism spectrum disorder and Asperger’s syndrome. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Alternative Programming Conference, Redfield, S.D. September 1998

 Ochocki, T. E.  Autism: Diagnosis and treatment. Training Seminary presented Aberdeen Training Center, Aberdeen, S.D. November 1998

 Micheletti, D., Thomas, S. & Ochocki, T.E., Data-based risk management. Interactive Poster Presentation, AAMR 127^th Annual Meeting, Chicago. May 2003

Ochocki, T. E. & Cronin, J. Methods and effects of reduction of restraint in serving developmentally disabled individuals. Teleconference presented to the Community Service Providers Group, Somerset, KY. June 2003

  VIII. References:

References Available on Request