Newsletter
Volume 29 | 2006 | Number 2
Venezuelan ABA
By Dr. Guillermo Yaber
The mission of the Venezuelan Association for behavior analysis (AVACO) is to promote the study and application of the principles of behavior to human beings and other organisms in Venezuela. It includes conceptual, experimental, and applied behavior analysis, and also includes service delivery. AVACO serves students, professionals, and the general public interested in behavior analysis. AVACO offers continuing education and is currently planning to certify individuals and develop an accreditation system for behavior analysis teaching programs. AVACO publishes a bi-monthly bulletin that includes information regarding courses, seminars, and diverse materials for education, research, and service delivery in behavior analysis. We currently have 70 members, most of whom are undergraduate psychology students from three different Venezuelan universities.
Every year, AVACO offers workshops in topics related with behavior analysis. In May 2005, AVACO delivered a performance management workshop. On May 11, 2006 we held a workshop about behavior analysis of cultural practices during an annual meeting of psychologists at Andrés Bello Catholic University. AVACO´s office is located at the experimental psychology lab of the Andrés Bello Catholic University in Caracas, Venezuela.