Newsletter
Volume 32 | 2009 | Number 1
Invited Events and Tutorials
Autism
Mark Sundberg
Why Children With Autism Often Fail to Acquire a Functional Intraverbal Repertoire
Dr. Mark Sundberg (Sundberg and Associates)
Monday, May 25; 3:30 p.m.
Bridget Taylor
“Do This,” But Don’t Do That: Moving Beyond Imitation to Observational Learning With Children With Autism
Dr. Bridget Taylor (Alpine Learning Group)
Sunday, May 24; 2:30 p.m.
Behavioral Pharmacology
Raymond Pitts
Behavioral Mechanisms of Drug Action: What Are They and How Do We Identify Them?
Dr. Raymond Pitts (University of North Carolina Wilmington)
Saturday, May 23; 1:00 p.m.
Thomas H. Kelly
Biobehaviorally-Based Drug Abuse Prevention
Dr. Thomas H. Kelly (University of Kentucky)
Sunday, May 24; 10:00 a.m.
Clinical; Family; Behavioral Medicine
Kelly Wilson
Mindfulness for Two: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approach to Mindfulness in Psychotherapy
Dr. Kelly Wilson (University of Mississippi)
Monday, May 25; 11:00 a.m.
Community Interventions: Social and Ethical Issues
E. Scott Geller
The Courage to Actively Care for People and Their Environment: How Behavior Analysis Can Do More to Save the World
Dr. E. Scott Geller (Virginia Tech)
Sunday, May 24; 2:00 p.m.
Richard Rakos
Belief in Agency: Is it “Human Nature?”
Dr. Richard Rakos (Cleveland State University)
Tuesday, May 26; 9:00 a.m.
Developmental Disabilities
W. Larry Williams
The Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities (ABLA): Thirty Years in the Development of a Clinical and Research Tool
Dr. W. Larry Williams (University of Nevada,Reno)
Saturday, May 23; 3:00 p.m.
Iser DeLeon
Is Giving Stuff Away Such a Good Idea? Translational Explorations on Some Effects of NCR
Dr. Iser Guillermo DeLeon (Kennedy Krieger Institute)
Tuesday, May 26; 10:00 a.m.
Catherine Piazza
JABA and the Impact Factor
Dr. Catherine Piazza (Munroe-Meyer Institute)
Sunday, May 24; 9:00 a.m.
Human Development; Gerontology
Ruth Anne Rehfeldt
On the Relation Between Stimulus Equivalence, the Naming Hypothesis, and Relational Frame Theory in the Analysis of Verbal behavior and Cognition
Dr. Ruth Anne Rehfeldt (Southern Illinois University)
Monday, May 25; 2:30 p.m.
Paul Andronis
The Bigger Picture from Infancy to Evolution: Genes, Development, and Behavior Analysis
Saturday, May 23; 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Paul Andronis (Northern Michigan University)
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Celia Moore
Dr. Celia Moore (University of Massachusetts Boston)
David Moore
Dr. David Moore (Pitzer College and Claremont Graduate University)
Susan Schneider
Dr. Susan Schneider (Florida International University)
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
T.V. Joe Layng
Mainstream Behavior Analysis: Do We Need to Go Back to Meet the Future in the 21st Century?
Dr. T.V. Joe Layng (Headsprout)
Sunday, May 24; 10:00 a.m.
Education
Richard West
Five Things That Guarantee School Success and May Even Close the Achievement Gap for Disadvantaged Learners
Dr. Richard West (Utah State University)
Saturday, May 23; 2:00 p.m.
Organizational Behavior Management
Karolyn Smalley
A Systemic Change in a Health Care Organization
Dr. Karolyn Smalley (The Performance Puzzle)
Monday, May 25; 1:00 p.m.
John Austin
OBM Research and OBM Practice: Shall Ever the Two Meet Again?
Dr. John Austin (Western Michigan University)
Monday, May 25; 3:30 p.m.
Judy Johnson
Culture Change that Delivered a 2:1 Return on Investment
Dr. Judy Johnson (CLG)
Saturday, May 23; 1:00 p.m.
Other
Kimberly Nix Berens
Bringing Behavior Analysis into the Mainstream through the Private Sector
Dr. Kimberly Nix Berens (Center for Advanced Learning, Inc.)
Sunday, May 24; 11:00 a.m.
Charles T. Merbitz
Mainstream Behavior Analysis: Eight Decades of Applications and Growing
Dr. Charles T. Merbitz (Chicago School of Professional Psychology)
Sunday, May 24; 9:00 a.m.
Mark Alavosius
Responding to Global Warming... or Not: The Green Behavior Deficit
Chair: Anthony Biglan (Oregon Research Institute)
Sunday, May 24; 2:30 p.m.
Dr. Mark Alavosius (University of Nevada, Reno)
Anthony Biglan
Dr. Anthony Biglan (Oregon Research Institute)
Richard Rakos
Dr. Richard Rakos (Cleveland State University)
Robin Rumph
Dr. Robin Rumph (Stephen F. Austin University)
Teaching Behavior Analysis
Henry Emurian
Programmed Instruction and Interteaching Applications to Information Technology Education
Dr. Henry Emurian (University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus)
Monday, May 25; 9:00 a.m.
Matthew Hancock
Building Community Support to Increase the Use of Applied Behavior Analysis in Urban Public Schools
Dr. Matthew Hancock (Center for Polytechnical Education)
Tuesday, May 26; 11:00 a.m.
Theoretical, Philosophical and Conceptual Issues
Michael Davison
The Quantitative Analysis of Behavior
Dr. Michael Davison (University of Auckland)
Monday, May 25; 10:00 a.m
Steven Hayes
Values, Verbal Relations, and Compassion: Facing Global Challenges Using Modern Behavioral Principles
Dr. Steven Hayes (University of Nevada, Reno),
Tuesday, May 25; 9:00 a.m
Verbal Behavior
James Carr
Current Evidence and Methodological Recommendations
Dr. James Carr (Auburn University)
Saturday, May 23; 2:00 p.m.
Willaim M. Baum
Behavior Analysis of Rule-Governed Behavior: Contrasting Views
Tuesday, May 26; 10:00 a.m.
Dr. Willaim M. Baum (University of California, Davis)
Hank Schlinger
Dr. Hank Schlinger (California State University, Los Angeles)
Carmen Luciano
Dr. Carmen Luciano (University Almería, Spain)
SQAB
Willaim M. Baum
Dynamics of Choice
Dr. Willaim M. Baum (University of California, Davis)
Saturday, May 23; 3:00 p.m.
Joel Myerson
Cognitive Aging: A Behavior Theoretic Approach
Dr. Joel Myerson (Washington University)
Saturday, May 23; 4:00 p.m.
Steven Stout
Cue Competition in Pavlovian Conditioning
Dr. Steven Stout (Jacksonville State University)
Saturday, May 23; 2:00 p.m.
Timothy A. Shahan
Conditioned Reinforcement
Timothy A. Shahan (Utah State University)
Saturday, May 23; 1:00 p.m.