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
Dr. Connie Kasari
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
Dr. Andrew Christensen
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
Dr. Karen Pierce
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
Dr. Michael Goldstein
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
Dr. Stanley Weiss
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
Dr. William Shadish
Meta-Analysis of Single Subject Research
Dr. William R. Shadish (University of California, Merced)
Sunday, May 27; 1:30 p.m.
Other
Dr. Anna Kukekova
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.
Dr. Lyudmila Trut
Amy Sutherland
Behavior Analysis Goes to the Zoo
Amy Sutherland (Journalist)
Monday, May 28; 9:00 a.m.
Verbal Behavior
Dr. David Moore
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.