The Expo at the
Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Convention is where university and college programs, and ABA International Special Interest Groups and Chapters gather to give convention attendees an opportunity get better acquainted with their programs and activities through face-to-face meeting in a collegial atmosphere.
# 113 ABAI Expo
Saturday, 5/29/2010 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Exhibit Hall A (CC)
41. Masters Programme in Applied Behaviour Analysis at the University of Wales, Bangor
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Link to the programme]
J. CARL HUGHES (Bangor University), Sandy Toogood (Wales Centre for Behaviour Analysis, University of Wales), Marguerite L. Hoerger (University of Wales Bangor), Richard P. Hastings (University of Wales Bangor), Stephen Noone (University of Wales Bangor), Corinna F. Grindle (University of Wales)
Abstract: In 2003 we developed the first Masters course in Applied Behaviour Analysis in Europe. The course is designed and taught by Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) and has been approved by the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB) as providing content eligibility for students to sit the full BCBA exam (3rd Task List). In line with the British University system, the course is offered at three levels: Post-graduate Certificate, Post-graduate Diploma, and Masters. In the design and running of the course we have attempted to use behavioural principles in the instructional materials, learning environments, and in the assessment of students learning. We utilise computer based instructional packages, direct instruction, and, Precision Teaching approaches, such as SAFMEDS and Standard Celeration Charting. The course can be taken in one year or on a part-time basis (either two or three years in duration). Each year we enroll approximately 30 students from a wide range of backgrounds: early autism intervention projects, challenging behaviour units, social services, special education, and new graduates. Our main aim is to make a significant contribution to training competent behaviour analysts in Europe.
46. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology: Chicago Campus
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Link to the program]
CHARLES T. MERBITZ (Chicago School of Professional Psychology)
Abstract: The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is a not-for-profit graduate school with its original campus located in Chicago's beautiful downtown and a new campus in Los Angeles.
The Department of Applied Behavior Analysis (Chicago) currently enrolls 100 students in our two-year full time Masters in Clinical Psychology with a Specialization in ABA, and 24 students in our inaugural ABA PsyD class. Our aim is to produce graduates with outstanding ABA and clinical skills. The MA and PsyD. have
BACB approved course sequences, so that graduates are eligible for the
BCBA Exam and credential. Supervised field placements in local and out-of-town settings are available. We use behavioral approaches to education, such as the
"Keller Plan" aka the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), and
Precision Teaching. This year we are particularly pleased to report on our expansion to Chicago public schools. Our Chicago faculty members John Eshleman, Ed.D., BCBA; Scott Herbst, Ph.D; Tracy Kettering, Ph.D., BCBA; Susan Malmquist Ph.D., BCBA; Denise Ross, Ph.D.; Diana Walker, Ph.D., BCBA; and the Department Chair, Charles Merbitz, Ph.D., BCBA-D, welcome you to ABAI and invite your questions. We are also very pleased to offer courses and/or supervision by other talented behavior analysts, and academic work at our other campus in Los Angeles (Rachel Findel-Pyles, Ph.D., BCBA, Chair, with Eric Carlson, PhD, and David Pyles, PhD, BCBA.). Further information is available at
www.thechicagoschool.edu.
Saturday, 5/29/2010 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Exhibit Hall A (CC)
111. The Standard Celeration Society
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Link]
Kelly J. Ferris (Organization for Research and Learning), WILLIAM J. HELSEL (AGILE@PLEA), Regina G. Claypool-Frey (California Association for Behavior Analysis), Charles T. Merbitz (Chicago School of Professional Psychology), Michael Fabrizio (FEAT of Washington), Richard M. Kubina Jr. (Penn State University)
Abstract: Since 1990 the
Standard Celeration Society (SCS) has comprised a collegial organization for all persons who use
Standard Celeration Charts to monitor and change human behavior frequencies. The society’s heritage lies greatly in Precision Teaching and its founder Ogden R. Lindsley,
who in 1972 (p. 9) named Precision Teaching because "what was really new in our procedure was precision, we decided to use that as an adjective in front of whatever it was one was doing: hence in our case, "precision teaching."
Lindsley (1971) [Note: this is an enormous 27Mb+ file] hoped that the standard recording and charting system would be used throughout the behavioral fields as Precision School Psychology, Precision Social Work (
Green & Morrow, 1972), Precision Speech Therapy (
Johnson, 1972), and so on. Dr. Lindsley’s greatest contribution as written in tribute by T. V. Joe Layng was his showing “that bringing frequency to the people revealed not only his heart, but the heart that resides in the science of human behavior as well.” The Society encourages the development and growth of a science of human behavior and learning, and promotes using the Standard Celeration Chart to further that objective. Ultimately, we have a society to create a more loving, less fearful world.
[For full description with citation, please see
this page at the Standard Celeration Society. ]
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
SHOUT-OUT for Precision Teaching in Europe
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