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Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan
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2010
BAAM Convention
February 25-26, 2010
Student Center
Eastern Michigan University
Call for Papers/Proposal Submission
BAAM
2010 Convention Program
(Tentative)
2010 BAAM Keynote Speaker
Jon
S. Bailey
Florida State University
Jon
S. Bailey is Professor of Psychology and Director of Undergraduate
Training at Florida State University and Director, Applied Behavior
Analysis Masters Program at the Panama
City Campus. He is Executive Director, Florida Association for Behavior
Analysis (FABA). He was instrumental
in the development of behavior analysis certification.
In addition
to his many
articles and chapters,
Jon Bailey is co-author of two of the best
new books for behavior analysis practitioners.
BAAM Movies: ABA in Natural Settings
Now available for viewing on mobile web browsers including iPhone and iPod Touch!
We need to remind those outside our field that ABA is far more than a teacher sitting knee-to-knee with a student endlessly repeating discrete trials.
(Vincent Strully, Director of the New England Center for Children, SABA Award Acceptance Speech, May 2005.)
Take a look at BAAM's new video series, "Applied Behavior Analysis in Natural Settings." This series of 32 video vignettes shows how ABA is applied in natural settings to promote more effective teaching and generalization of skills.
Designed primarily for parents and new professionals, each video includes a brief descriptive introduction and a detailed explanation of the important elements of each teaching interaction. BAAM has also provided an overview of ABA and glossary of basic behavioral terms to help those new to ABA appreciate the technical details of the presentations. A technical assistance page will guide those few who might not already have a compatible web-browser*. Although these videos are not designed to teach therapeutic techniques, they will provide an appreciation for the range of settings and circumstances in which high-quality ABA teaching can and should occur.
*All videos require a Quicktime compatible viewer or web browser.
All videos and related material are for personal use only. The videos and related materials may not be downloaded, re posted, distributed, collected, or used for any commercial purpose without the expressed written permission of BAAM.
BAAM News Alerts
Doing ABA is far less costly than not doing ABA.
The threatened closure of the Panama City campus of Florida State University has been put off for three years, pending enrollment increases and other actions. The Panama City campus is home to the highly respected program in Applied Behavior Analysis at Florida State University, which will continue to provide high-quality behavioral training during the reprieve. Jon Bailey, Co-Director of the Florida State ABA Master's Program, sends BAAM his thanks for its efforts to publicize the closure and attract signatures to the petition to save the campus:
Thanks...so much for your support of our Masters in ABA Program at our Panama City Campus. With your help we were successful and saving the program. The Provost was impressed that so many people from around the country rallied to lobby for keeping our program. We have a 3-yr reprieve (actually it's the campus, not our ABA program) with an explicit requirement that the administration increase, actually double, the student enrollment. If the campus survives then we will too.
Thanks Again for highlighting our program.
Jon
Now it is time to help the Panama City Campus meet its enrollment goals by recommending it to prospective students, including prospective behavior analysts, and continue to emphasize to lawmakers that cutting higher education is false economy that buys short-term gains at the cost of eliminating of one of the highest returning financial investments a state can make.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Must Pay for Applied Behavior Analysis Autism Treatment In Class-Action Case
(From PR Newswire: June 19, 2009) "Under the terms of the settlement reached...June 17, 2009, Blue Cross has agreed to reimburse all families who paid for behavioral therapy for their children after May 1, 2003, and who were covered under a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan insurance policy.""Under the settlement, Blue Cross will pay for behavioral therapy rendered to over 100 children in the last six years.""...the settlement includes even families who never submitted a claim to Blue Cross, but who obtained this care for their children and were covered by a Blue Cross policy."
Blue Cross Blue Shield to give limited coverage for applied behavior analysis for autism in Michigan
Blue Cross Blue Shield announced limited coverage of ABA treatment for autism for children between 2 and 5 years of age. Up to 60 treatment sessions will be covered per child beginning July 1, 2009. Other details are not available pending regulatory approval. (BAAM Behavior News)
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