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Dr. Leilani
Feliciano came to UCCS in 2007 from the University of
California, San Francisco, where she completed a two-year
NIMH sponsored post-doctoral fellowship. This research
fellowship focused on developing partnerships with
community agencies and research with underserved
populations. Dr. Feliciano earned her Ph.D. in Clinical
Psychology from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo,
MI in 2005. She obtained her M.A. in Clinical Psychology
with an emphasis in behavioral medicine in 2000 from the
University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. Prior to her
graduate training, she completed her B.A. in Psychology
from the University of Southern California. Dr. Feliciano
teaches undergraduate courses in abnormal psychology
(senior seminar) and graduate courses in the psychology of
aging II and the clinical skills laboratory.
Dr. Feliciano's primary research interest is in studying
and applying behavioral interventions for clinical problems
and mental disorders in older adults. Specific areas of
interest include late-life depression, anxiety, and
behavioral problems associated with dementia. Dr. Feliciano
has many years of experience working as a behavior
specialist working with older adults with dementia,
developmental disabilities, and adults with severe mental
illness designing behavior modification programs, training
staff, implementing interventions, and outcome
evaluation.
Her program of research has two goals: 1) behavioral
management of problem behaviors in adults with cognitive
impairments or other mental disorders and their caregivers
and 2) behavioral medicine interventions for the prevention
and management of medical problems and/or their symptoms.
Dr. Feliciano's current projects include the assessment and
management of dehydration in older adults, disseminating
strategies for managing depression and problem behaviors
associated with dementia to caregivers in assisted living
facilities, examining the utility of different screening
measures for cognitive impairment in elders.
Research areas: Mental health and aging; Behavioral
Gerontology, behavioral interventions, dementia caregivers,
behavioral medicine
Representative publications:
LeBlanc, L. A., Raetz, P., & Feliciano, L. (in press).
Behavioral Gerontology. In W. W. Fisher, C. C.
Piazza,
and H. Roane (Eds), Handbook of Applied Behavior
Analysis. Guilford Press.
Are?n, P. A., & Feliciano, L. (in press).
Cognitive-behavioral therapy in older adults. In M. A.
Whisman (ed.) Cognitive therapy for complex and
comorbid depression: Assessment and treatment. New
York, NY: Guilford Publishers.
Lianov, L., Feliciano, L., & Mohr, D. C. (in press).
Modified group cognitive behavioral therapy for depression
for the elderly. Manuscript accepted for publication.
Feliciano, L., & Are?n, P. A. (2007). Mood
disorders: Depressive disorders. In M. Hersen, S.M. Turner,
& D. C. Beidel (Eds.) Adult psychopathology and
diagnosis (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
Sons, Inc.
Ayalon, L., Feliciano, L., & Are?n, P. A.
(2006). Aging changes that affect communication.
Gerontological nursing: Competencies for care.
Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Ayalon, L., Gum, A., Feliciano, L., & Are?n, P.
A. (2006). The effectiveness of nonpharmacological
interventions for the management of neuropsychiatric
symptoms in patients with dementia: A systematic review.
Archives of Internal Medicine, 166,
2182-2188.
LeBlanc, L. A., Cherup, S. M., Feliciano, L., &
Sidener, T. M. (2006). An evaluation of the utility of
choice assessments in increasing activity engagement and
positive affect in elders with dementia. American
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 21
(5), 318-325.
Feliciano, L., Vore, J., LeBlanc, L. A., & Baker, J. C.
(2004). Decreasing entry into a restricted area using a
cloth barrier. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
37 (1), 107-110.
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