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| 2004 Tutorial: Teaching Child Development in a Non-Behavioral World |
| Monday, May 31, 2004 |
| 9:00 AM–9:50 AM |
| Grand Ballroom |
| Area: TBA; Domain: Applied Research |
| None CE Offered. CE Instructor: Michael R. Johnston, Ed.D. |
| Chair: Michael R. Johnston (University of Nevada, Reno) |
| Presenting Authors: : GARY D. NOVAK (California State University, Stanislaus), Martha Pelaez (Florida International University) |
| Abstract: The teaching of behavior analysis in developmental psychology is critical because it is a core discipline in the preparation of teachers, psychologists, social workers, journalists, and other professionals, as well as a major influence on parents. Unfortunately, very few behavior analysts are themselves prepared to teach this important topic. This problem has been compounded by the scarcity of available materials from a behavior-analytic perspective. The result is that much of what is taught about development is, at best non-behavioral, and at worse, anti-behavioral. The authors will present a model of teaching child development based on Behavioral Systems Theory. They will provide examples of materials available, and methods that have been used successfully for over 40 years of combined experience teaching behaviorally-based classes in development and learning. |
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| GARY D. NOVAK (California State University, Stanislaus), Martha Pelaez (Florida International University) |
 Gary D. Novak received his PhD in Developmental Psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he TA’d his first PSI course, a behaviorally-based developmental psychology course taught by Grover Whitehurst. He has spent the past 30 years as a Professor of Psychology and Child Development at California State University, Stanislaus where he helped found the Behavior Analysis and Child Development programs. Some of his activities at Stanislaus included directing the Child Development Center, starting the special education programs, serving as the University’s first assessment coordinator, being selected Outstanding Professor, and serving two terms as Department Chair. He is the author of Developmental Psychology: Dynamical Systems and Behavior Analysis (Context Press, 1996) and, with Martha Pelaez, Child and Adolescent Development (Sage, 2004). |
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