Inside Behavior Analysis
Volume 3 | 2011 | Number 2 | Online ISSN: 2151-4704
Standard Celeration Society
By Kerri Milyko
This year has been full of change and excitement for the Standard Celeration Society (SCS). In May 2010, members elected their new Executive Council: Owen White (president), Kerri Milyko (vice-president), Bill Helsel (past president), Timothy Yeager (secretary), and Chuck Merbitz (treasurer). The SCS also appointed Doug Kostewicz as the new editor of the Journal of Precision Teaching and Celeration. Therefore, the SCS would like to extend gratitude to the past Executive Council: Bill Helsel (president), Kelly Ferris (vice-president), Michael Fabrizio (past president), Regina Claypool-Frey (secretary), Chuck Merbitz (treasurer), and Rick Kubina (editor). A slight shifting in the new council occurred in the spring of 2011: Owen White resigned as president. Therefore, Kerri Milyko transitioned into the presidency and the SCS opened elections for a new vice-president. To those who served on the council, even if just for a brief moment, your service to the SCS in promoting excellence through standard charting is priceless and will always be remembered.
The SCS held its annual International Precision Teaching Conference (IPTC) in Seattle, WA in November 2010, hosted by Morningside Academy and the Organization for Research and Learning. The Ogden Lindsley Lifetime Achievement Award was extended to two brilliant researchers: Ian Spence and Steve Graf. These men have dedicated their lives to expanding the use of the standard celeration chart (SCC) through research, technology, and education. To continue and expand their work, the keynotes and invited speakers relit a passion for research that will hopefully translate into publications. This surge of enthusiasm and commitment resulted in a successful and monumental conference.
Harnessing the energy to promote the SCC and precision teaching, the Executive Council is excited about its upcoming events. The society has a new, updated logo; to accompany the logo, a new, updated website will be launched in summer 2011. Furthermore, various committees are forming that encourage participation from all types of members, from well-seasoned charters to those new on the block. The collective goal of these committees is to show others how frequency and celeration charted in a standard fashion is not only relevant, but is essential to robust behavior change. In addition to being the eclectic group that "hearts" a busy blue chart and sings songs about such affection, its members are researchers, teachers, parents, academics, business owners, and students who change lives in a significant way. This change is due to our use of the most sensitive behavior analytical tool: the SCC.
Our main event of 2011 is IPTC in Reno, NV. This conference will continue the newly identified SCS theme of dissemination. With keynote speakers Tony Biglan and Steve Hayes and invited speakers Michael Fabrizio, Carl Binder, and Doug Greer, an energetic, challenging, and insightful conversation is bound to last the entire weekend. This memorable weekend will be December 8–10. Please visit www.celeration.org for more details about the conference or about the SCS as a whole.