Developmental Behavior Analysis
Contact Info
- Martha Pelaez
- Miami, FL
- Phone: (305) 348-2090
- Fax: (305) 541-1431
- Gary Novak
- Modesto, CA
- Phone: (209) 667-3096
- Fax: (209) 664-7067
- SIG News (September 2009)
Mission/Objectives
The mission of the Behavior Development Bulletin is to provide behavior analysts with peer reviewed scientific information of interest to the behavior community, including research in cognitive development, child emotional development, developmental theory and socialization. Since its inception, the BDB journal has published articles of an inter - and multidisciplinary nature including areas of socio-biology and behavioral methodology. The BDB journal is especially relevant to behavior analysts who study the developmental processes responsible for behavior changes and their progressive organization. The BDB journal hopes to provide answers by looking at the biological and environmental factors that affect behavioral development, while maintaining primarily interest in the role of environmental contingencies in behavior change.
Description of Membership
We have been working on increasing our membership. Currenlty, we have about 30 senior founding members.
Annual or Recurring Events
Our SIG dinner at ABA convention usually on Saturdays is well attended by many students and faculty.
Newsletters/Publications
Behavior Development Bulletin
Specifically of Interest to Behavior Analysts
More generally, the SIG examines also how different theoretical positions, within and without behavior analysis, approach identical questions. The historical bases of behaviorism, and of behavior analysis as a scientific or applied field, may be examined also.