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Invited Speakers |
This year's CalABA conference will feature a number of invited addresses and workshops by renowned speakers. From all over the U.S. we will be welcoming A. Charles Catania (address, workshop), Philip Chase, Peter Gerhardt (address, workshop), Richard Graff, Gregory Hanley, William Jenson, Timothy Ludwig, Christopher Newland, Matthew Normand, David Palmer, Gerald Shook, and Timothy Slocum.
A. Charles Catania, PhD. Dr. Catania began his career in psychology in Fall 1954 upon enrolling in Fred Keller’s introductory course at Columbia. His experiences while a student included summer employment at Harlem Hospital. In those times, civil rights marches became current news and discriminatory practices with regard not only to race but also to gender, ethnic origins and other dimensions were widespread in many societal institutions, including educational ones. At Columbia, Catania also took a seminar on verbal behavior jointly taught by Keller, Schoenfeld and Hefferline. He learned more about verbal behavior and about discrimination in a technical sense as he continued his education at Harvard and in his later research and teaching. Recently he has become concerned with how words such as discrimination affect students with varied backgrounds who take courses in psychology and encounter it there for the first time in its technical sense. This topic therefore brings together two of his long-term interests, i.e., the basic contingencies underlying stimulus control and the analysis of verbal behavior. Meet Dr. Catania at his book signing on Friday!
Philip N. Chase, PhD. Dr. Chase is a Professor of Psychology in the Behavior Analysis Program at West Virginia University. He specializes in studying environmental variables that influence novel behavior. This interest has led to two lines of research: understanding basic processes affecting verbal behavior and applying these basic processes to the design of teaching procedures that facilitate problem solving. Dr. Chase has published over eighty articles, chapters, and books. He has served on the editorial boards of many behavioral journals, including editing The Behavior Analyst from 1999-2001. He has worked for the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies in a number of capacities and is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors. He also has reviewed grants for four national agencies and is currently a Content Expert for ERIC, the search engine for the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Chase also has been active in international efforts in behavior analysis. He completed a Fulbright Research Scholarship at the University of Palermo, Sicily, helped organize four scientific conferences, and recently served as a visiting scholar at both Reykjavik University in Iceland and IULM University in Milan, Italy. Dr. Chase has consulted with a range of public and private sector organizations. Recent projects include evaluating an Internet-based introductory reading curriculum, Headsprout.com, evaluating an Internet-based middle school math curriculum, iLearn.com, and collaborating with the Department of Mathematics at WVU on curricula for teaching quantitative skills. Dr. Chase holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Peter F. Gerhardt, EdD. Dr. Gerhardt is President of the Organization for Autism Research, a nonprofit organization, the mission of which is to fund applied research and disseminate the relevant findings in support of learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families. Dr. Gerhardt has over 25 years experience utilizing the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis in support of adolescents and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders in educational, employment, and community based settings. He is the author or co-author of articles and book chapters on the needs of adults with autism spectrum disorder, the school-to-work-transition process, assessment of social competence, and analysis and intervention of problematic behavior. He has presented nationally and internationally on these topics. Dr. Gerhardt received his doctorate from the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education. Dr. Gerhardt was recently awarded the John W. Jacobson Award for Significant Contributions to Effective Behavior Intervention by New York State ABA. Dr. Gerhardt has been an active member of Maryland ABA since relocating to Maryland (from New Jersey) 6 years ago and he is currently the President-Elect. Previously, he had served on the Board of Directors on New York State ABA and was a founding director of Connecticut ABA.
Richard B. Graff, MS, BCBA. Richard Graff joined The New England Center for Children in August 1986, and currently serves as a Program Director. He also teaches in Northeastern University’s Master’s program in Applied Behavior Analysis, serves as a clinical consultant to the Rhode Island Department of Human Services, and is on the Board of Directors of the Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy. Rick’s research interests include preference and reinforcement, choice, functional assessment and treatment of challenging behavior, and skill acquisition in learners with severe disabilities. Rick currently serves on the Editorial Boards of The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Behavioral Interventions, and his work has been published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavioral Interventions, Behavior Modification, and Research in Developmental Disabilities.
Gregory P. Hanley, PhD, BCBA. Dr. Hanley has over 17 years experience applying the principles of learning to improve socially important behaviors of children and adults with and without disabilities. He earned his B.A. from the University of Rochester and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Florida (with Brian Iwata). Dr. Hanley was tenured as an Associate Professor at the University of Kansas where he conducted research in disability and early childhood education. Dr. Hanley is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology and the Behavior Analysis Doctoral Program Director at Western New England College. Dr. Hanley has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals in such areas as the assessment and treatment of problem behavior, preference assessment, teaching tactics for young children, and evidence-based values. His most recent efforts are dedicated towards developing class-wide systems for preventing the development of problem behavior by young children. Dr. Hanley is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, a Senior Associate Editor for Behavior Analysis in Practice, and a past Associate Editor of The Behavior Analyst. He was the 2006 recipient of the B.F. Skinner New Researcher Award by Division 25 (Behavior Analysis) of the American Psychological Association and was more recently appointed a Fellow of the Association.
Timothy D. Ludwig, PhD. Tim Ludwig earned his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech researching the benefits of employee-driven behavior based safety programs under E. Scott Geller. Dr. Ludwig is a full professor at Appalachian State University where he was named a University Deans’ Distinguished Graduate Faculty for his contributions to the nationally recognized Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Human Resources Management Masters program. Tim's teaching has been recognized with the North Carolina University Board of Governors’ Excellence in Teaching award and he has been inducted into Appalachian State University's Academy of Outstanding Teachers. Dr. Ludwig is currently serving as the President of the Organizational Behavior Management Network and is an associate editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management. He is the author of dozens of scholarly articles that empirically document the successes of methods to improve safety and quality in industry through behavior-based management. His book Intervening to Improve the Safety of Occupational Driving reviews 10 years of behavior-based safety in the product delivery industry. His upcoming book, Best-in-Class Safety benchmarks how companies with the best safety records succeed. Dr. Ludwig serves on the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies’ Behavioral Safety Accreditation Board that reviews best-in-industry safety practices and offers independent, objective feedback on safety programs. Within his consulting practice, Tim has promoted safety programs at TRW Automotive, Eastman Chemicals, Domino’s Pizza, Carolina Medical Center, and Nucor Steel.
Christopher Newland, PhD. Dr. Newland received a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Auburn University in 1972. After discovering that engineering was not for him, he enrolled in the graduate program in Experimental Psychology at Georgia Tech where he took a double minor in Neurobiology and Mathematics. In 1982, he began a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Rochester in Environmental Health Sciences. Dr. Newland has been at Auburn since 1988. He is interested in ways in which experimental psychology, and especially the experimental analysis of behavior, can contribute to an understanding of drugs, toxic substances, and nutrients that influence neural development and that act on behavior. He currently has funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to examine the behavioral consequences of methylmercury, omega 3 fatty acids, and selenium in the diet during early development and during aging.
Matthew P. Normand, PhD, BCBA. Dr. Normand is an assistant professor in the Applied Behavior Analysis program at the University of the Pacific. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Western New England College, his M.A. in Behavior Analysis from Western Michigan University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Psychology from the Florida State University. Dr. Normand's primary interests, broadly defined, are the application of basic behavioral principles to problems of social significance (including obesity, autism, and other community health issues), verbal behavior, and the philosophy of science. He is on the editorial board of The Analysis of Verbal Behavior and the Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Interventions, and has served as a guest reviewer for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, and Research on Social Work Practice.
David C. Palmer, PhD. With bachelor’s degrees in geology and English, Dave Palmer was devoting his post-graduate years to avoiding the draft when he chanced to pick up a copy of Walden Two from a friend’s bookshelf. He read the rest of the Skinner canon and spent the next decade trying to start an experimental community and preaching radical behaviorism to anyone who would listen. Eventually he entered graduate school under the guidance of John Donahoe. He was happy in grad school and would be there still if the University of Massachusetts had not threatened to change the locks. He has spent the last 18 years as the token behaviorist at Smith College. During that time he co-authored, with Donahoe, Learning and Complex Behavior. He continues to puzzle over the interpretation of memory, problem-solving, and, particularly, verbal behavior. He still thinks Skinner was right about nearly everything. Meet Dr. Palmer at his book signing on Friday!
Gerald L. (Jerry) Shook, PhD, BCBA. Dr. Shook is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc. and principal of Shook & Associates, a behavioral consulting firm, in Tallahassee, Florida. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Western Michigan University and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with over 35 years experience in behavior analysis. Dr. Shook has taken an active role in developing certification in several states, as well as nationally, and has published extensively in the area of certification and Behavior Analysis as a profession. He was Senior Behavior Analyst at Florida's Department of Children and Families where he developed and directed the statewide behavioral services system and Florida Behavior Analyst Certification Program. He has conducted statewide distance education university graduate course sequences in behavior analysis in a number of states. He consults nationally on behavior analysis, developmental disabilities, and development of statewide behavioral service and training systems. He held faculty appointments at the State University of New York College at Buffalo and Georgetown University; and adjunct appointments at Auburn, Oklahoma State, and Florida State Universities. He currently holds adjunct appointments in the College of Education and Graduate College at Penn State. Dr. Shook was on the Board of Directors of the Association for Science in Autism Treatment, Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis. He was elected at-large member of the Executive Council of the Association for Behavior Analysis, where he also was Coordinator of the Legislative and Public Affairs Committee and the Affiliated Chapters Board. He served on the Executive Committee and was President of the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis. He has been on the Editorial Board of The Behavior Analyst and the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management. Dr. Shook is a Trustee of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, and, in 2005, was a member of the initial group of 17 to be elected Fellows of the Association for Behavior Analysis. He received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Psychology Department at Western Michigan University in 2006. He received the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis' Award for Outstanding Service, the California Association for Behavior Analysis' Award for Outstanding Contributor to Behavior Analysis, and The Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis' Outreach Award and Award for Public Service in Behavior Analysis. He has given over 200 invited addresses and presentations, and has published numerous book chapters and journal articles.
Timothy A. Slocum, PhD. Dr. Slocum has been involved in applied behavior analysis in education since 1982. He has been a special education teacher, instructional designer, researcher, and teacher trainer. He received his Ph.D. in special education from the University of Washington in 1992. Since that time, he has been on faculty in the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation at Utah State University. He was the founding co-editor of the Journal of Direct Instruction and has co-authored a textbook on Direct Instruction. He is currently President of the Board of Directors of the Association of Direct Instruction, and is active in developing a consortium to support high quality research on Direct Instruction. His research interests include Direct Instruction, reading, vocabulary, and fluency. In addition, Dr. Slocum has been involved in developing and validating an alternate assessment for children with significant cognitive disabilities. He is interested in evidence based practices (EBP) in education, especially in addressing the challenges of developing valid methods to identify such practices.
A. Charles Catania, PhD. Dr. Catania Catania is Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He began his career in behavior analysis in Fall 1954, when he enrolled in Fred Keller’s course in introductory psychology, which included a weekly rat laboratory. He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard, where he also conducted postdoctoral work in Skinner’s pigeon laboratory. He has examined the behavior engendered and maintained by a variety of reinforcement schedules, with an abiding interest in relating schedule performances to fundamental behavioral processes such as the delay-of-reinforcement gradient. His recent service as Director of an Applied Behavior Analysis MA track at UMBC has allowed him to explore relations between basic behavioral processes and applied areas of our field. He has served as Editor of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and is currently Associate Editor for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior for the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences, which in 2005 published a treatment of the extension of basic behavioral principles to attention deficit, hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Meet Dr. Catania at his book signing on Friday!
Peter F. Gerhardt, EdD. Dr. Gerhardt is President of the Organization for Autism Research, a nonprofit organization, the mission of which is to fund applied research and disseminate the relevant findings in support of learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families. Dr. Gerhardt has over 25 years experience utilizing the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis in support of adolescents and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders in educational, employment, and community based settings. He is the author or co-author of articles and book chapters on the needs of adults with autism spectrum disorder, the school-to-work-transition process, assessment of social competence, and analysis and intervention of problematic behavior. He has presented nationally and internationally on these topics. Dr. Gerhardt received his doctorate from the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education. Dr. Gerhardt was recently awarded the John W. Jacobson Award for Significant Contributions to Effective Behavior Intervention by New York State ABA. Dr. Gerhardt has been an active member of Maryland ABA since relocating to Maryland (from New Jersey) 6 years ago and he is currently the President-Elect. Previously, he had served on the Board of Directors on New York State ABA and was a founding director of Connecticut ABA.
William R. Jenson, PhD. Dr. Jenson graduated from Utah State University in 1976 with a degree in Applied Behavior Analysis/School Psychology. He completed a clinical internship at Las Vegas Mental Health Center and later directed their Adolescent Residential Center. He then assumed the directorship of the Children's Behavior Therapy Unit (CBTU) for Salt Lake Mental Health. This center is a day hospital and school for autistic and behaviorally disordered students. After directing CBTU for eight years, Dr. Jenson joined the School Psychology Program in Educational Psychology Department at the University of Utah. Dr. Jenson is currently a Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and was Department Chair for 10 years. His research interests include autism, externalizing behavior disorders, the management of noncompliance and aggression, practical classroom behavior management, educational technology, behavioral assessment, academic interventions, and parent training. Dr. Jenson has published numerous research papers and books including:
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