Behavior Analysis Association
of Michigan Conference Agenda
Ypsilanti Radisson and Conference Center
9-9:30 a.m.
Corporate Education Center Lobby
Registration (Open all day)
Workshop 1
Thursday 9:30 a.m. Ð 12:30
p.m. continues 1:30 p.m. Ð 4:30 p.m.
Teaching Language to Autistic and Developmentally
Disabled Individuals Mark L. Sundberg (Behavior Analysts,
Inc., Danville, CA)
In this workshop participants will learn how to use the
basic concepts from SkinnerÕs analysis of verbal behavior (i.e., mands, tacts,
and intraverbals) to assess and provide language skills training for autistic
and developmentally disabled individuals.
In addition, participants will learn how to establish a language-based
environment which can be implemented across both home and school settings. A major emphasis will be placed on
identifying methods to enhance and utilize motivational variables (establishing
operations) to teach language in both structured teaching sessions and in on-going
activities including playtime.
Methods of data collection and tracking will also be presented, along
with techniques for coordinating the ongoing decision making necessary for
effective language intervention.
Issues such as facilitated communication, sign language, symbol boards,
and disruptive behavior will also be discussed. This workshop would be appropriate for behavior analysts,
students, teachers of autistic children and classroom instruction aids, as well
as parents and in-home workers.
Cost:
$60 per person
Workshop 2
Thursday 9:30 a.m. Ð 12:30 p.m.
Maximum Performance Management I
J. Silva Goncalves (Maximum
Performance Management, Inc, Ridgewood Psychology Center, and State of Michigan
Corrections)
Learn and enjoy 19 MPM
exercises for reengineering individual and group performance. Master the three elements for success
from the classroom to the corporate executive suite. Participants will acquire skills to mentor, motivate self,
and others. Additionally, learn to
control ambulatory delirium, the cause for conflict and unhappiness. The MPM curriculum culminates in a
Success Day to promote positive organizational cultures.
Cost: $35 per person (includes a free copy of
the MPM workbook.)
Workshop 3 Thursday 9:30 a.m. Ð 12:30 p.m.
Behavioral Management of Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) through the Lifespan Dan Nolan
In
this workshop participants will learn the primary principles that guide
behavioral interventions with ADHD.
They will also learn specific ways to develop and implement techniques
that address problems characteristically experienced by individuals with ADHD
at different stages of development (childhood through adulthood). Strategies will focus on dealing with
such concerns as classroom and home behavior, cooperation, academic
productivity and accuracy, organization, attention, self-control and
socialization. Problem solving
techniques will also be discussed.
Specific case examples will be presented.
Cost: $35 per person
Workshop 4
Thursday 1:30 p.m. Ð 4:30 p.m.
Maximum Performance Management II J. Silva Goncalves(Maximum
Performance Management, Inc, Ridgewood Psychology Center, and State of Michigan
Corrections)
Become an MPM trainer in
your own county or state. Trainers
and managers will learn to conduct individual and group sessions in business,
educational and clinical settings.
The author will explain how to network and promote yourself, the
rationale for the 19 exercises, and the basics for developing your own fill or
part-time business. This program
will add to your income and satisfaction.
Cost: $30 per person
(includes a free copy of the MPM workbook; $60 total if enrolling in both MPM I
and MPM II)
Workshop 5
Thursday 1:30 p.m. Ð 4:30 p.m.
Promoting the Generalization of Behavior
Change: Making your Instruction
Stick Kim
Killu and Stacey Martz (Ohio State University)
Making programming and
instruction relevant for learners necessarily involves ensuring that they
maintain the skills that they are taught, and that they exhibit learned skills
in relevant life settings.
Strategies to promote the generalization and maintenance of trained
skills are the focus of this workshop.
Participants will learn the importance of programming for generalization
that can make their instruction and behavior change programs relevant for
learners. The workshop will
outline a number of generalization strategies that participants can incorporate
into their training and teaching.
Workshop activities will emphasize the application of such strategies to
participantsÕ everyday instructional situations.
Cost: $35 per person
8-9 a.m.
Corporate Education Center Lobby
Registration
9-10:30 a.m. Keynote Address Auditorium II
Facilitated Communication: What are the Issues and What are the
Alternatives? Mark
L. Sundberg (Behavior Analysts, Inc., Danville, CA)
10:45 a.m. Ð 12:00 noon Room A
Roundtable Discussion Mark L. Sundberg (Behavior Analysts,
Inc., Danville, CA)
10:45 a.m. Ð 12:00 noon Room B
Use of Antecedent Motivating Operations in
Combination with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Long-Term Bulimia
Nervosa. Michele L. Rosa & Galen Alessi (Western
Michigan University)
10:45 a.m. Ð 12:00 noon Room C
Armed for Life: Preliminary Evaluation of a Token Economy for Elementary
Classrooms. Sharon Bradley-Johnson, Carl Merle
Johnson, Michael Urlaub, Char Kovall, Rena Sorenson, Dave Gough, & Chris
Yule (Central Michigan University)
10:45 a.m. Ð 12:00 noon Room D
ÒDuty to Warn: What Every Clinician Should Know.Ó C.C. Tiffany (Wayne Center)
12:00 noon Ð 1:15 p.m.
1:30 p.m. Ð 2:45 p.m. Room A
An Analysis of the Modifiability of the Breakfast
Cereal Preferences of Young Children at Risk of Poor Nutrition. Grainne A. Matthews (Western Michigan University)
Organizational Uncertainty and Students with
Challenging Behaviors. Robert A. Pena (University of
Michigan-Dearborn)
Guided Notes and Achievement on Learning Disabled
Students: Three Single-Subject
Replications. Belinda Davis Lazarus (University of
Michigan-Dearborn)
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Room B
Issues of Compliance and Collateral Concerns in
Behavior Therapy. Russell Reeves (Special Tree
Rehabilitation and Cruz Clinic)
1:30 p.m. Ð 2:45 p.m. Room C
How to Stop Using Labor Budgets as After-the-Fact
Reports and Begin Using Them as Proactive Management Tools. Dora Lezovich (Meijer, Inc.)
Making a Difference in Retail with Systems Analysis. Maria E. Malott (Malott & Associates)
Turning Data into Information. Brad Frieswyk (Western Michigan University)
Improving Department Performance in Large Stores. Pam Vunovich
(Western Michigan University)
Improving Profits Through Employee Incentives. Michael Sharkey & Carl Johnson (Central Michigan
University)
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Room D
Plus-Notes:
A Staff Training and Documentation System for Shaping Behavior Through
Natural Consequences. Vaughn Guild (Western Michigan
University)
3:00 p,m. Ð 4:15 p.m Room A
How to Teach Behavior Analysis. Richard W. Malott & Pamela Vunovich (Western Michigan
University)
3:00 p,m. Ð 4:15 p.m Room B
Memory Training with the Demented Elderly. Mary F. Spence (Walter Reuther Psychiatric Hospital) Debbie Kennard (Eastern
Michigan University), & Gina E. Truesdell (Eastern Michigan University)
Alternatives to Institutionalization for Elderly
Persons with Chronic Mental Illness Bonnie Hess
(Geriatric Specialist Lenawee CMH)
3:00 p,m. Ð 4:15 p.m Room C
Applied Animal Behavior: Case Reports for Clinical Practice Jim
Lessenberry (Animal Behavior
Institute)
3:00 p,m. Ð 4:15 p.m Room D
Controversial Therapy for Difficult to Manage
Persons. Peter Holmes (Eastern Michigan University), Pat
Meinhold (Western Michigan University), Susan Phelan (Parent-Advocate), Denise
MacKinnon (Parent-Advocate), Norma Van Duser (Parent-Advocate)
4:15 p.m. Ð 6:00 p.m.