Tex ABA conference in Dallas

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http://www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/conference.html

Regional Conference on Behavior Analysis March 7-8, 2008 Sponsored by the Texas

Association for Behavior Analysis At Sheraton Dallas North (formerly Wyndham

Dallas North by the Galleria)

Friday, March 7, 2008 8:00 - 9:00 am - Check-in and on-site registration

9:00 - 4:30 pm: (lunch provided for workshops)

Workshop 1: Priest, 6-hr BACB and attendance certificates available " Zoos,

Behavior Analysis, and the Business of Behavior "

Workshop 2: Dr. Gerhardt, 6-hr BACB and attendance certificates available

" Applied Behavior Analysis and Effective Intervention for Older Learners with

ASD: Transitioning to Competent Adulthood "

Basic and Applied Research Track: Attendance certificates available

(requires preregistration payment; lunch on your own)

9:00 - 9:50 - Dr. Petursdottir: " On the Functional Independence and

Interdependence of Verbal Operants "

10:00 - 10:50 - Dr. Greg Madden: " Impulsivity, substance-abuse, and pathological

gambling: What rats and pigeons might tell us about human addictive disorders. "

11:00 - 11:50 - Dr. Greg : " Foundations and Implications of Cerebellar

Dysfunction in Autism "

12:00 - 1:30 pm - LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:30 - 2:20 - Dr. Gatch: " Stimulus control of polydrug abuse: Why would

anyone take alcohol with stimulants? "

2:30 - 3:20 - Dr. Ninness & Dr. Robin Rumph: " A web-based approach to

complex stimulus and mathematical relations "

Other Pre-Conference Activities:

3:30 - 3:50 - TxABA Basic Research SIG Meeting

4:30 - 5:30 pm - TxABA Autism Special Interest Group Meeting

5:00 - 7:00 pm - Poster Session & Social

8:00pm - 12:00 am - 2nd Annual TxABApalooza

Saturday, March 8, 2008 8:30 - 8:50 am: Presidential Address by Dr. Manish

Vaidya, President of TxABA 9:00 - 3:30 pm: (12 - 1:30pm lunch on your own)

General Conference Track, Saturday March 3: (1 BCBA CE available for each

presentation)

9:00 - 9:50 - Dr. Louis Burgio: " Resources for Enhancing Caregiver Health

(REACH): Teaching Dementia Caregivers to Manage the Stress and Burden of Family

Caregiving "

10:00 - 10:50 - Dr. Tim Hackenberg: " Comparative Behavior Analysis: Progress and

Pitfalls in Cross-Species Analysis of Behavior "

11:00 - 11:50 - Dr. Sigrid Glenn & e Ortu: " Taking the Metacontingency

Concept to the Laboratory "

12:00 - 1:30 - LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:30 - 2:20 - Dr. Roll: " Contingency Management in the Treatment of

Methamphetamine Addiction "

2:30 - 3:20 - Dr. Dorothea Lerman: " Collecting Descriptive Analysis Data on

Problem Behavior in Classroom Settings: A Comparison of Narrative and Structured

A-B-C Recording Formats "

NOTE: We highly encourage pre-registration. However, if you plan to register on

Friday, please plan to arrive early (8 am). Pre-Registration for Friday: Jan. 12

to Feb. 15, 2007. $85 (students $35) for 6-hr workshops, $35 for Basic/Applied

Research track. Only Attendance CEUs are available for the Basic/Applied

Research track. Group discount: Organizations and Agencies sending groups of 10

or more workshop attendees will receive a discount of $10/person by

pre-registering. Not available for student registrations, and not available

after pre-registration deadline of Feb. 15. To receive this discount, each

attendee should fill out this online registration form and then the organization

contact person should send a list of the names of the 10 or more group members,

a long with payment check or purchase order voucher, to Txaba address. On-site

registration for Friday: $125 (students $50 -- ONLY if workshop seating is not

filled during advance registration.) No credit cards accepted for onsite

registration.

Registration for Saturday: Workshop registration, as well as membership renewal,

INCLUDES the Saturday conference. If you do not attend a workshop and do not pay

for a membership, the cost for Saturday attendance will be $10. No credit cards

accepted for onsite registration.

Applied Conference Track, Saturday March 3: (1 BCBA CE available for each

presentation)

9:00 - 10:55 - Mac: " Assessment and Treatment of Joint Attention

in Young Children with Autism "

11:10 - 12:00 - Domonique Randall: " All Dressed Up and Some Place To Go:

Teaching Self-help Skills to Persons with Autism "

1:30 - 2:20 - Kelli Wood and Jessi Harkins: " Using ABA procedures in Public

School Classrooms for Students with Autism: What's All this I Hear About Data? "

2:35 - 3:25 - Dr. Gerhardt: " Applied Behavior Analysis and Family Friendly

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