Presenter:Dr. Foxx on Severe and Challenging Behavior- Long Island venue

[Guest guest]

March 30th 2006

Presenter:Dr. Foxx

Title: Severe and Challenging Behavior: Successful Proactive

Strategies, Methods, and Skills Building Approaches

Location:Plainview Marriott Residence Inn 9 Gerhard Road, Plainview

NY

Time:9-4

Cost:Members 175.00 / Non Members 200.00 / 225.00 Late-Walk in (After

March 16 2007)

Ceu's: Applicable for BCBA's & BCaBA's

Description:This course will focus on the design, implementation, and

evaluation of effective educational and treatment strategies, methods

and skills building strategies. Particular emphasis will be given to

individuals with behavioral excesses and difficult to manage

behaviors. A number of peer-reviewed scientific articles will be

discussed. Some of the specific areas covered include, conditions

that produce aggression and self-injury, types of aggression and self-

injury, the relationship between aggression and self-injury and

noncompliance, and ethical and legal treatment issues. Strategies for

producing generalization and maintenance will be highlighted.

Learner Objectives:

1. How to analyze and Design Educational and Treatment Environments

2. Techniques and strategies for reducing challenging behavior

3. Why programs fail

4. Characteristics of " Good teachers/therapists

5. How to make people and programs successful

6. Where to begin educational/treatment efforts

7. The hypothesis-driven treatment model

8. How to ensure the Maintenance and Generalization of Skills and

Interventions

About the Presenter: Dr. Foxx is a Professor of Psychology at Penn

State burg. He is a Clinical Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at

the College of Medicine of the Pennsylvania State University. Dr.

Foxx has written seven books and five have been translated into other

languages. He has co-edited two books Making a Difference: Behavioral

Intervention for Autism and Controversial Therapies for Developmental

Disabilities. He has written over 130 scientific publications, has

made 13 training films, and has given over 1500 talks on the use of

behavioral principles to treat individuals with autism, mental

retardation, mental illness, emotional disturbances, and typical

development. Dr. Foxx is an internationally recognized expert in

treating behavioral problems. He has lectured in 17 foreign countries

and 47 states throughout the United States. He is the editor-in-chief

of the journal, Behavioral Interventions and is on the editorial

board of seven scientific journals. Dr. Foxx is a Fellow in five

divisions of the American Psychological Association, the American

Psychological Society, The Association for Behavior Analysis-

International and the American Association on Mental Retardation. He

was the President of the Society for the Advancement of Behavior

Analysis; the Association for Behavior Analysis; and the Division of

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities of the American

Psychological Association. In 1998 he received a Lifetime Achievement

Award from the New York State Association for Behavior Analysis and

was made an honorary member of the Norwegian Association for Behavior

Analysis. In 2001, he received an award from the New York State

Association for Behavior Analysis for significant contributions to

behavior analysis. In 2003 he received the Society for the

Advancement of Behavior Analysis Award for Effective Presentation of

Behavior Analysis in the Mass Media. He helped found the Pennsylvania

Association for Behavior Analysis, was its first President and serves

as its executive director. He also was president of the Pennsylvania

chapter of the American Association on Mental Retardation. He has

served as an expert witness in a number of court cases involving

individuals with autism and developmental disabilities, including

Youngberg vs. Romeo which was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. He is

a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. One of

his books has sold over two million copies and has been translated

into seven languages and one of his training films, " Harry " (the

treatment of a self-abusive man), has won numerous cinematic awards.

Dr. Foxx is current interests include developing: 1) an index for

determining the severity of individual cases; 2) an index for

determining the severity of individuals treated in professional and

scientific journals; and 3) effective, comprehensive treatment

programs for individuals displaying severe forms of behavior such as

aggression and self-injury. He consults on programs and serves as an

expert witness for agencies, and families throughout the world

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