Opening Remarks & Introductions
William Heward, Ed.D.,
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.