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32nd Annual Convention; Atlanta, GA; 2006

Program by Special Events: Tuesday, May 30, 2006


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Special Event #413
CE Offered: BACB
2006 ABA Tutorial: Teaching Safety Skills to Children
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
9:00 AM–9:50 AM
Centennial Ballroom II
Area: DDA
Chair: Kent Johnson (Morningside Academy)
CE Instructor: Raymond G. Miltenberger, Ph.D.
 

2006 ABA Tutorial: Teaching Safety Skills to Children

Abstract:

This tutorial will begin by describing safety threats to children involving low incidence but highly dangerous situations that can result in injury or death (e.g., abduction attempts, home fires, finding a loaded gun). Two approaches to preventing injuries to children will be presented; changing adult behavior to remove the safety threat and teaching safety skills to children. The tutorial will describe and illustrate the essential components of behavioral skills training (BST) procedures for teaching safety skills to children. Recent research evaluating BST procedures for teaching safety skills will be reviewed with an emphasis on teaching children skills to prevent firearm injury. Various issues will be addressed including a) the distinction between skills deficits and performance deficits, b) strategies for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of BST, c) strategies for promoting generalization, d) and strategies for promoting wide scale adoption of effective training procedures.

 
RAYMOND G. MILTENBERGER (North Dakota State University)
 
Dr. Raymond Miltenberger received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Western Michigan University in 1985 and is a Professor of Psychology at North Dakota State University. His current research interests are in self protection skills, including teaching safety skills to children to prevent gun play and teaching sexual abuse and abduction prevention skills, the analysis and treatment of habit disorders, and in functional assessment, treatment, and training approaches with individuals with developmental disabilities. Dr. Miltenberger has authored 125 research articles, 25 chapters, and is the author of Behavior Modification: Principles and Procedures, which is in its Third Edition and has recently been translated into Japanese. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Chamber of Commerce NDSU Distinguished Professor Award and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Western Michigan University. Dr. Miltenberger currently serves on the Professional Advisory Board for the May Institute, is Vice-President of the North Dakota State Board of Psychologist Examiners, is an Associate Editor of Education and Treatment of Children, and serves on the editorial boards of three additional journals.
 
 
 
Special Event #439
CE Offered: BACB
International Paper - 2006 ABA Tutorial: Relational Frame Theory
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Centennial Ballroom I
Area: TPC
Chair: Marianne L. Jackson (University of Nevada, Reno)
CE Instructor: Dermot Barnes-Holmes, Ph.D.
 

International Paper - 2006 ABA Tutorial: Relational Frame Theory

Abstract:

Relational Frame Theory (RFT) is a modern behavior-analytic approach to the study of human language and cognition. The tutorial will focus on the main concepts of RFT and how they are currently being used to develop conceptual and empirical analyses of areas such as symbolic meaning, analogical reasoning, rule-governance, and implicit attitudes. The first part of the tutorial will involve defining and explaining the core concepts of RFT, focusing in particular on the operant nature of the theory. The second part of the tutorial will explore recent examples of basic research in RFT, and how the results emerging from this research may be seen as challenging some established views within behavior analysis. The third and final part will consider possible lines of future research in RFT.

 
DERMOT BARNES-HOLMES (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
 
Dr. Dermot Barnes-Holmes is foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He studied under Professor Julian Leslie and Dr. Michael Keenan at the University of Ulster before taking up a teaching position at University College, Cork, where he stayed for 10 years before accepting his current post. Dr. Barnes-Holmes has published over 180 scientific articles, book chapters, and books, and he was recently ranked as the most prolific author in the world in the Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior during the period 1980 to 1999 (Dymond, 2002). He has served on, or is currently serving on, the editorial boards of the following journals: Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin; Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis; The Behavior Analyst; The European Journal of Behavior Analysis; The European Journal of Psychology; The International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy (Associate Editor); and The Psychological Record. Dr. Barnes-Holmes has graduated 19 doctoral students and in the past four years has been involved in attracting over 250,000 dollars in competitive funding for basic research in Relational Frame Theory. He sat on the Health Research Board (a Ministerial appointment) during 2002-2005 and was elected to the Council of the Psychological Society of Ireland for 2004-2007.
 
 
 
Special Event #462
CE Offered: BACB
2006 ABA Tutorial: Professional Development Series: Introduction to Stimulus Relations
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Centennial Ballroom I
Area: EAB
Chair: Christy A. Alligood (West Virginia University)
CE Instructor: Murray Sidman, Ph.D.
 

2006 ABA Tutorial: Professional Development Series: Introduction to Stimulus Relations

Abstract:

An introductory tutorial on equivalence relations and behavior. Procedural fundamentals and background.

 
MURRAY SIDMAN (N/a)
 
Dr. Murray Sidman started at Columbia University in 1940. After World War II military service, he returned to complete his AB, and went on to a Ph.D in 1952. His principal advisors, Fred S. Keller and W. N. Schoenfeld, had strong assists from Ralph Hefferline.
 
 
 
Special Event #463
CE Offered: BACB
2006 ABA Tutorial: The Six Boxes Model: Performance Management in a Plain English Context
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
11:00 AM–11:50 AM
Centennial Ballroom III
Area: OBM
Chair: Timothy D. Ludwig (Appalachian State University)
CE Instructor: Carl V. Binder, Ph.D.
 

2006 ABA Tutorial: The Six Boxes Model: Performance Management in a Plain English Context

Abstract:

The Six Boxes Model is a plain English derivative of Thomas F. Gilberts Behavior Engineering Model (BEM). Easier to comprehend and communicate to clients than the BEM, this framework provides a container for all the factors that influence behavior in a work environment. It also serves executives, managers, and performance improvement professionals as a simple but powerful tool for improving many management and performance development functions, including: organizational alignment, needs analysis, performance design, training support, implementation planning for new systems/programs/strategies, management development, and individual or group performance problem-solving. This tutorial introduces the model and provides an overview of each of its cells and the interdependencies among them with the plain English vocabulary that one might use with our non-technical clients and colleagues. The presentation will outline some key applications for this model and point to bodies of research and application from both behavioral and non-behavioral sources that can be encompassed and better understood in the context of The Six Boxes. Finally, the session will touch on our more recent applications of the model as a tool for enabling performance thinking across functions and levels in organizations to facilitate organizational agility and management effectiveness.

 
CARL V. BINDER (Binder Riha Associates)
 
Dr. Carl Binder began his career as a graduate student with B.F. Skinner at Harvard, subsequently serving as Associate Director at B.H. Barrett’s Behavior Prosthesis Laboratory from 1973 to 1982. He has spent over 25 years helping to train teachers in educational agencies and accelerate performance in sales, marketing, customer service, and operations at Global 2000 and public sector organizations. Founder of three consulting firms, he is currently Senior Partner at Binder Riha Associates in Santa Rosa, CA. He has developed and commercialized the FluencyBuildingTM learning and coaching methodology, the Product Knowledge ArchitectureTM for sales and marketing effectiveness, and Six Boxes™ Performance Management. A widely published author in performance management, sales and marketing effectiveness, instructional design, educational policy, performance measurement, and related fields, he has won awards from the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) and from Division 25 of the American Psychological Association for his pragmatic, research-based contributions. Download many of his publications at http://www.binder-riha.com/publications.htm and find out more about The Six Boxes model at http://www.SixBoxes.com
 
 
 
Special Event #467
International Paper - 2006 ABA Tutorial: Making the World A Better PlaceContext by Context and Frame by Frame
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
12:00 PM–12:50 PM
Centennial Ballroom I
Area: CSE
Chair: Maria R. Ruiz (Rollins College)
 
International Paper - 2006 ABA Tutorial: Making the World A Better Place…Context by Context and Frame by Frame
Abstract: Relational Frame Theory is a modern functional-analytic theory of human language, cognition and complex behavior more generally. The theory has generated an impressive body of research within the behavioral field over the past decade and has considerably advanced the behavioral analysis of a range of clinical and social issues that previously received only sparse attention from behavior analysts. In this tutorial, an outline of Relational Frame Theory and the contextualistic world view within which it has evolved will be provided for the novice researcher in a series of interactive exercises. The application of Relational Frame Theory to understanding a range of social issues, including human sexual behavior and prejudice will then be outlined. Finally, derived relations interventions for social problems suggested by current research will be considered.
 
BRYAN T. ROCHE (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
 
Dr. Bryan Roche completed his doctorate in 1995, and went on to teach at the University of Bath, England and University College Cork, Ireland, before taking up his current position at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Dr. Roche has been an active researcher in the field of Relational Frame Theory, having published over 60 research papers and delivering over 100 public presentations on the topic. He is the co-author of Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human Language and Cognition with Steven C. Hayes and Dermot Barnes-Holmes and has contributed to several other books outlining the application of RFT to the analysis of a wide variety of clinical and social issues, in particular human sexuality and attitude formation, change and assessment. Dr. Roche is a regular reviewer for behavior analytic journals and sits on the editorial board of the European Journal of Behavior Analysis. He is currently investigating the application of Relational Frame models of a wide range of behaviors and assessment tools in a series of nationally and internationally funded research projects
 
 

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