Matt Normand, a professor at the University of the Pacific who maintains a site he calls “The Skinner Box,” publishes a series of podcasts about behavior analysis. The second of these, released 5 August 2008, is a discussion of functional behavioral analysis (FBA). Much of the content features a conversation with Brian Iwata about his experiences in early work on FBA as well as other matters (e.g., comparison of FBA and simpler descriptive analyses). The latest episode of “Current Directions in Behavioral Science” is available at Mr. Normand’s Web site. It’s worth a listen.
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The Tennessee Association for Behavior Analysis has scheduled it fall conference for Nashville (TN, US) at the Opryland Resort 7-9 November 2008.
Please take a moment to check your schedule and pencil in the annual TABA conference for November 7th-9th, 2008. We’re excited to announce that the Opryland Resort will be our conference site again this year.
Conference room rates at the Opryland Resort are $160.00 per night plus $15.00 resort fees. Parking is $16.00 per day or $24.00 for Valet parking. Please use our group code X-TABA8 when reserving your room.
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Brian Iwata, Ph.D., will conduct a series of two-day workshops around the US this fall. Mr. Iwata, who is professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Florida, is one of the pre-eminent authorities on assessment and treatment of severe behavior problems such as self-injury. The workshops are entitled “Functional Analysis & Treatment of Severe Behavior Disorders: Methods for Clinicians and Educators.”
- 23-24 October 2008 in Louisville (KY, US);
- 13-14 November 2008 in Richmond (VA, US);
- 15-16 December 2008 in Austin (TX, US)
- 17-18 December 2008 in Orlando (FL, US)
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Sphere: Related ContentAs a result of prowling around the Internet for a while, I’ve been assembling resources about applications of behavioral principles to problems relevant to the content of this blog. Of course, one of the foremost areas of application is improving the lives of individuals with autism. Indeed, applied behavior analysis (ABA) is sometimes misunderstood as a synonym for the discrete trial training procedures associated most closely with the work Ivar Lovaas and his colleagues. Although they shouldn’t be considered synonymous, there is a great deal of communality.
But, that’s a topic for another post. This post is just an opportunity to list a few of the blogs that one can follow and learn about the application of behavior analysis to autism.
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In “Calm Down or Else,” (15 July 2008) Benedict Carey reports about a possible increase in the use of restraints, seclusion, and other physically coercive methods to manage disruptive behavior.
For more than a decade, parents of children with developmental and psychiatric problems have pushed to gain more access to mainstream schools and classrooms for their sons and daughters. One unfortunate result, some experts say, is schools’ increasing use of precisely the sort of practices families hoped to avoid by steering clear of institutionalized settings: takedowns, isolation rooms, restraining chairs with straps, and worse.
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Over on Another Brick in the Wall, Donna posted an entry about the term “classroom control.” It got me thinking about the concepts of control, management, and teaching. Here’s her lead
Teachers use the term “classroom control” for classroom management techniques. I have also used those terms. Lately I have been thinking about how much control makes sense and if the goal is to keep children simply controlled or to change their behavior in a more lasting way. Change is a process that takes place inside the child before you see it in the behavior.
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