Newsletter

Volume 30 | 2007 | Number 1

B. F. Skinner Lecture Series

New to the ABA convention this year is the B. F. Skinner Lecture Series, which features distinguished speakers from fields other than behavior analysis. Presenters in this series were selected and invited by area coordinators.

Autism

Joint Attention and Symbolic Play: Active Ingredients of Effective Early Behavioral Intensive Intervention

Dr. Connie Kasari (University of California, Los Angeles)

Sunday, May 27; 9:00 a.m.

Clinical; Family; Behavioral Medicine

Couple Therapy: The Most Important Change May Be Acceptance

Dr. Andrew Christensen (University of California, Los Angeles)

Sunday, May 27; 10:00 a.m.

Developmental Disabilities

The Brain behind Behavior: Etiologies of Social Dysfunction in Autism

Dr. Karen Pierce (University of California, San Diego)

Saturday, May 26; 1:30 p.m.

Human Development; Gerontology

Tutorial: Parallels in Processes of Avian and Human Vocal Learning

Dr. Michael H. Goldstein (Cornell University)

Sunday, May 27; 10:00 a.m.

Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Reinforcement Contingencies and the Stimulus Control of Behavior: From Food to Drug Self-Administration as Reinforcers

Dr. Stanley J. Weiss (American University)

Tuesday, May 29; 10:00 a.m.

Education

Meta-Analysis of Single Subject Research

Dr. William R. Shadish (University of California, Merced)

Sunday, May 27; 1:30 p.m.

Other

Tutorial: Domestication of the Silver Fox and its Research Findings

Dr. Anna Kukekova (Baker Institute/College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University) and Dr. Lyudmila N. Trut (Institute of Cytology and Genetics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia)

Sunday, May 27; 11:00 a.m.

Behavior Analysis Goes to the Zoo

Amy Sutherland (Journalist)

Monday, May 28; 9:00 a.m.

Verbal Behavior

The Developmental-Systems Perspective on the Analysis of Behavior

Dr. David Moore (Pitzer College and Claremont Graduate University)

Tuesday, May 29; 9:00 a.m.