International Dissemination of Behavior Analysis Awardee
2000: Dr. Liliana Mayo
Dr. Liliana Mayo spent the last 20 years applying techniques of behavior analysis in the development of functional programs to educate people with different abilities (handicaps), especially those with the severest limitations. She is founder and director of CASP (Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú), which serves over 300 people with special abilities and their families, and educates over 1,000 parents and professionals annually throughout Peru and Latin America. Dr. Mayo received her BA and psychology license from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú, the oldest university in the Americas, in 1976. She received her MA in 1986 and her PhD in 1996 from the Department of Human Development, University of Kansas. Her dissertation involved effects of teaching families functional/natural parenting procedures with 8-year follow-up data. She was the president of the Applied Behavior Analysis Association of Peru from 1975-1983 and the chair of the ABA International Committee from 1994 to 1997. She has been invited to present her work in many countries in Europe, the Americas, and Japan. She is a professor at four leading universities of Lima, Peru and a courtesy professor at the University of Kansas. Among her numerous awards are the Peruvian Professional Excellence Award, Rotary International Paul Harris Award, Cuban Medal of Honor, Regional Alcatel Award for Technical Innovation (long distance education program), and the Peruvian College of Psychology award for educational contributions, In the year 2000 she will receive the Queen Sofia of Spain award for her national and international contributions through the application and teaching of the CASP program in Peru and the world.
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