Newsletter
Volume 31 | 2008 | Number 1
Convention Highlights: Business Meetings
Locations of business meetings are listed in the program book and on the Web under the names of the Chairs.
ABA Spain Meeting
Chair: Javier Virués-Ortega (Instituto de Salud Carlos III & Universidad de Granada)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.
ABAI Student Committee Business Meeting
Chair: Corina Jimenez-Gomez (Utah State University)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
Applied Animal Behavior Special Interest Group
Chair: Jennifer L. Sobie (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
Autism SIG
Chair: Mary Jane Weiss (Rutgers University)
Saturday, May 24; 7:30 p.m.
Behavior Analysis in Practice
Chair: Dorothea C. Lerman (University of Houston-Clear Lake)
Saturday, May 24; 7:30 p.m.
Behavior Analyst Certification Board: International Certification Development
Chair: Gerald L. Shook (Behavior Analyst Certification Board)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
Behavior Analyst Certification Board: Introduction & Application
Chair: Christine L. Ratcliff (BACB)
Tuesday, May 27; 8:00 a.m.
Behavior Analyst Certification Board: Status and New Developments
Chair: Gerald L. Shook (Behavior Analyst Certification Board)
Sunday, May 25; 7:00 p.m.
Behavior Analyst Certification Board: University Contact Faculty Meeting
Chair: Gerald L. Shook (Behavior Analyst Certification Board)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.
Behavior Analyst Online SIG
Chair: Michael Weinberg (Professional Education Resources and Conference Services)
Sunday May 25; 7:00 p.m.
Behavioral Gerontology SIG
Chair: Paige Raetz (Western Michigan University)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
Behavioral Medicine SIG
Chair: Craig Alenn Thomas (Mississippi Behavior Clinic)
Saturday, May 24; 7:30 p.m.
Behaviorists for Social Responsibility SIG
Chair: Richard F. Rakos (Cleveland State University)
Saturday, May 24; 7:30 p.m.
Behaviorists Interested in Gambling SIG
Chair: Jeffrey N. Weatherly (University of North Dakota)
Sunday, May 25; 7:00 p.m.
Chicago Association for Behavior Analysis
Chair: Charles Merbitz (Chicago School of Professional Psychology)
Tuesday, May 27; 8:00 a.m.
Clinical Behavior Analysis SIG
Chair: Thomas J. Waltz (University of Nevada, Reno)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
Crime, Delinquence, and Forensic Behavior Analysis
Chair: Joseph D. Cautilli (Children Crisis Treatment Center/St. Joseph’s University)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
DEV SIG: Human Development Business Meeting
Chair: Martha Pelaez (Florida International University)
Saturday, May 24; 7:30 p.m.
Dissemination of Behavior Analysis SIG
Chair: Josh Pritchard (University of Nevada, Reno)
Sunday, May 25; 7:00 p.m.
Editorial Board Meeting: Behavior and Social Issues
Chair: Mark A. Mattaini (Jane Addams College of Social Work-UIC)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
Education and Treatment of Children: Editorial Board Meeting
Chair: Dan Hursh (West Virginia University)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.
Evidence-Based Practices SIG Business Meeting
Chair: Teri Lewis-Palmer
Tuesday, May 27; 8:00 a.m.
Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior SIG
Chair: Eric A. Jacobs (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale)
Saturday, May 24; 7:30 p.m.
FABA Task Force for the Dissemination of Empirically Supported Treatment and Evidence Based Practice
Chair: Erin Petscher (University of Florida, Behavior Analysis Services Program)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.
Health, Sport and Fitness SIG Meeting
Chair: Michael A. Kirkpatrick (Wheeling Jesuit University)
Tuesday, May 27; 8:00 a.m.
Interbehaviorists in ABAI (SIG)
Chair: Yukiko Washio (University of Nevada, Reno)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Board Meeting
Chair: Tiffany Kodak (Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior: Meeting for Authors, Prospective Authors, Readers, and Board Members
Chair: James E. Mazur (Southern Connecticut State University)
Saturday, May 24; 7:30 p.m.
Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis Business Meeting
Chair: Adam Derenne (University of North Dakota)
Sunday, May 25; 7:00 p.m.
Mississippi ABA
Chair: Craig A. Thomas (NBTS, LLC.)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.
Missouri Association for Behavior Analysis
Chair: Jenny Frisbee (Special School District)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.
NeuroSIG: Neuroscience Special Interest Group
Chair: Simon Dymond (Swansea University)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
Nevada Association for Behavior Analysis
Chair: Ramona Houmanfar (University of Nevada, Reno)
Tuesday, May 27; 8:00 a.m.
New York State Association for Behavior Analysis
Chair: Helen Bloomer (H Bloomer Consulting)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 pm
Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) Network SIG Business Meeting
Chair: Angela R. Lebbon (Western Michigan University)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.
Parents and Professionals Sharing the Convention Experience
Chair: Jack Scott (Florida Atlantic University)
Sunday, May 25; 7:00 p.m.
Parent Professional Partnership SIG
Chair: David A. Celiberti (Private Practice)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
Positive Behavior Support SIG
Chair: Robert F. Putnam (The May Institute, Inc.)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
Professional Issues in Behavior Analysis
Chair: Joseph D. Cautilli (Children Crisis Treatment Center/St. Joseph’s University)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.
Rehabilitation & Independent Living SIG
Chair: Michael P. Mozzoni Ph.D./BCBA (Learning Services Corporation)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.
Sex Therapy and Educational Programming SIG (STEPSIG)
Chair: Bobby Newman (Room to Grow)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
SIG Español
Chair: Mapy Chavez-Brown (Wagner College)
Saturday, May 24; 7:30 p.m.
Speech Pathology SIG (SPABA)
Chair: Barbara E. Esch (ESCH Behavior Consultants, Inc.)
Sunday, May 25; 8:00 a.m.
Standard Celeration Society SIG Business Meeting
Chair: Michael Fabrizio (Fabrizio/Moors Consulting)
Saturday, May 24; 7:30 p.m.
Teaching Behavior Analysis SIG
Chair: Patrick S. Williams (University of Houston-Downtown)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.
Technology SIG
Chair: Christina Whalen (University of Florida, Behavior Analysis Services Program)
Sunday, May 25; 7:00 p.m.
Verbal Behavior SIG
Chair: William F. Potter (California State University, Stanislaus)
Sunday, May 25; 7:00 p.m.
WisABA-Wisconsin Association for Behavior Analysis
Chair: Roger F. Bass (Carthage College)
Monday, May 26; 7:30 p.m.