Opening Remarks and 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.