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| International Symposium - Illustrations of Recent Research from New Zealand's BACB-Approved ABA Training Programmes |
| Monday, August 13, 2007 |
| 10:30 AM–11:50 AM |
| L2 Room 6 |
| Area: TBA; Domain: Applied Behavior Analysis |
| Chair: Oliver C. Mudford (University of Auckland) |
| CE Instructor: Oliver C. Mudford, Ph.D. |
| Abstract: There are two BACB-approved postgraduate training courses in New Zealand, at the University of Auckland and the University of Waikato. The symposium will show the types of research projects that our students conduct at different points in their courses. Academic faculty, current and former students of our programmes will present brief reports of research undertaken in recent years. |
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| Recent Research in Behaviour Analysis at the University of Waikato. |
| JAMES MCEWAN (University of Waikato), Therese Mary Foster (University of Waikato) |
| Abstract: This paper will present an overview of recent applied and human experimental research in Behaviour Analysis at the University of Waikato. Data will be presented from a range of projects including; precision teaching and fluency of roller skating, the retention of maths facts practiced with either paced- or timed- practices, precision teaching of reading letters with children with ADHD, teaching analogue functional analysis skills to teachers, and the use of functional analysis to devise interventions for children with ADHD in the normal classroom. Some of the issues raised in attempting to undertake applied research as thesis projects to train students in research will be discussed. |
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| ABA Students' Research in Auckland: 1. Adolescents and Adults. |
| OLIVER C. MUDFORD (University of Auckland) |
| Abstract: Illustrations from the range of research projects conducted by postgraduate students of Applied Behaviour Analysis at the University of Auckland will be presented. In this, the first of three presentations from the UoA ABA programme, work conducted with adolescents and adults in community and residential settings will be presented. |
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| ABA Students' Research in Auckland: 2. Children. |
| ANGELA M. ARNOLD SARITEPE (University of Auckland) |
| Abstract: A variety of research projects conducted by postgraduate students of Applied Behaviour Analysis at the University of Auckland will be presented. In this, the second of three presentations from the UoA ABA programme, projects conducted with children with developmental disorders and intellectual disabilities will be described. |
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| ABA Students' Research in Auckland: 3. Educational Applications. |
| DENNIS ROSE (University of Auckland) |
| Abstract: Research projects conducted by postgraduate students of Applied Behaviour Analysis at the University of Auckland will be presented. In this, the third of three presentations from the UoA ABA programme, research conducted in educational settings will be shown. |
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