Newsletter
Volume 29 | 2006 | Number 2
Norwegian ABA
By Jon Arne Farsethås
The Norwegian ABA was founded in 1973, according to its bylaws, to “contribute to the development and dissemination of the scientific analysis of behavior.†The organization was from its very start, as it still is, predominantly application-oriented in its scope, though experimental and conceptual issues are traditionally broadly covered at the annual convention. The convention is a five-day event usually held the first week of May and is attended by 500-600 participants. Norwegian ABA publishes a quarterly membership journal (in Norwegian), and is also the publisher of the international European Journal of Behavior Analysis. Last year we made several moves to formally upgrade the membership journal to the status of a regular national scientific journal and changed its name to Norsk Tidsskrift for Atferdsanalyse (Norwegian Journal of Behavior Analysis).
Norwegian ABA is an open organization and does not require special professional qualifications for membership, nor are there any privileges or special status attached to any kind of professional or educational status. The organization is run by a board of eight who are elected at the annual general assembly. All members are equally eligible to serve on the board. Membership includes subscriptions to Norwegian Journal of Behavior Analysis and European Journal of Behavior Analysis and convention participation at reduced rates.
Membership has gone down over the last few years. We have worked hard to reverse this development, which we are happy to announce seems to have been achieved. The number of paying members for this year is already well over one hundred more than the number last year.
The annual convention was held May 3-7 and had more than 650 registered participants.