Opening Remarks & Introductions
William Heward, Ed.D., BCBA, The Ohio State University
Dr. William Heward has had an international impact on improving the education
and treatment of people with disabilities by influencing the ways many teachers
provide education to those children. He has accomplished this not only through
his writing but also his university teaching and advising, consulting to
schools and other educational programs, his extensive research programs
in the field and numerous presentations at professional meetings for researchers
and practitioners. Dr. Heward is perhaps best known for his publication
(with Dr. John O. Cooper and Professor Timothy E. Heron) of the extremely
widely-read Applied Behavior Analysis, an introduction to behavior analysis.
Dr. Heward has written five other books, including Exceptional Children:
An Introduction to Special Education, in its eighth edition and translated
into multiple foreign languages. In addition, Dr. Heward has published more
than 100 journal articles and book chapters, and has served on the editorial
boards of The Behavior Analyst, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Teacher
Education and Special Education, Education and Treatment of Children, and
Behavior Modification. In addition, Dr. Heward's peers recognized him for
his contributions to education by awarding him the 2006 American Psychological
Association's Division 25 Fred S. Keller Behavioral Education Award.