Behavior
Analysis Association of Michigan Conference Schedule
Thursday
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Friday | Posters
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Thursday
February 24, 2005
8:00-9:00
a.m. Reception Area (2nd Floor)
Registration (Open all day)
Note: Continental breakfast will be available in the Ballroom
during registration. Free for convention registrants.
Keynote
Address
"Words
and Other Behavior"
A. Charles Catania
(University
of Maryland, Baltimore County)
9:00-10:00
a.m. Ballroom
Breakout
Sessions
10:00-11:20
a.m. Room 1
Research on Skinner's Analysis of Verbal Behavior
Chair: John W. Esch (Esch Behavior Consultants, Inc.)
- The
Empirical Applications of Skinner's Analysis of Verbal Behavior
with Humans Rachael
A. Sautter (Western Michigan University) and Linda A. LeBlanc
(Western Michigan University)
- Evaluating
Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing and Direct Reinforcement in the Establishment
of an Echoic Repertoire of Children Diagnosed with Autism Barbra E. Esch
(Western Michigan University), Jack Michael (Western Michigan
University) and James E. Carr (Western Michigan University)
- The
Role of Verbal Behavior in Stimulus Categorization by Preschool
Children Anna
Ingeborg Petursdottir (Western Michigan University), Caio F.
Miguel (New England Center for Children), James E. Carr (Western
Michigan University) and Jack Michael (Western Michigan University)
11:30-11:50
a.m. Room 1
Theories of Language: Chomsky versus Skinner--Two Poles of
the Same Continuum.
Lazslo Erdoti (Eastern Michigan University)
10:00-11:20
a.m. Room 2
Symposium: Implementing Empirically Supported Treatments
with Novel Populations: Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
Chair: Scott Gaynor (Western Michigan University)
Primary and Secondary Control Enhancement Training For Children
- Displaying
Depressive Symptoms Dikla
Eckshtain (Western Michigan University) and Scott Gaynor (Western
Michigan University)
- Values-Based
Behavioral Activation for Adolescents with Depressive Symptoms Amanda Harris
(Western Michigan University) and Scott Gaynor (Western Michigan
University
- Fluency
vs. Thought Record Training with College Students Reporting Low
Self-Esteem
Jean Clore (Western Michigan University) and Scott Gaynor (Western
Michigan University)
- Acceptance
and Commitment Therapy for Academically Struggling College Students
Dawn
Dore (Western Michigan University), R. Wayne Fuqua (Western Michigan
University), Amy Naugle (Western Michigan University) and Scott
Gaynor (Western Michigan University)
10:00-10:50
a.m. Room 3
Unobtrusive Behavioral Observations of Job Performance in a Manufacturing
Company: Union and Nonunion Comparisons
Monica Filipkowski and Carl Merle Johnson (Central Michigan
University)
10:00-10:50
a.m. Room 4
School-Based Strategies for Increasing Peer Interaction
of Young Children with Developmental Disabilities
Joel Hundert (Behavior Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
11:00-11:50
a.m. Room 3
Educating Youth in Foster Care With Behavior Disabilities:
Is Systematic Collaboration a Reality?
John M. Palladino (Eastern Michigan University)
and Jean Haar (Minnesota State University at Mankato)
11:00-11:50
a.m. Room 4
Awareness of Autism School Services in South Eastern
Michigan
Heather M. Anson, Joseph K. Golson, and James T. Todd (Eastern
Michigan University)
11:30-11:50
a.m. Room 2
The Conjunction Fallacy: A Behavioral Conceptualization
and Demonstration Experiment
Scott Gaynor (Western Michigan University), Yukiko Washio
(University of Nevado, Reno) and Frederick Anderson (Western
Michigan University)
12:00-1:30
p.m. Lunch (On your own)
1:30-1:50
p.m. Room 1
Are Women, People of Color, Asians, and Southern Europeans Inherently
Inferior to the Rest of Us
Richard Malott (Western Michigan University)
1:30-4:30
p.m. Room 2 (Full
Description)
Workshop:
Dosed versus Prolonged Exposure in the Treatment of Fears, Phobias
& Traumatic Stress
C.Richard
Spates Ph.D (Western Michigan University)
1:30-4:20
p.m. Room 3 (Full
Description)
Workshop: Supervisory Techniques in Home-Based Early
Intensive Behavioral Intervention Services
Joel Hundert & Nicole Walton-Allen (Behaviour Institute.
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
1:30-2:50
p.m. Room 4
Symposium: Basic and Applied Behavioral Research
Relevant to Developmental Disabilities
Chair: Amanda M. Firth (Western Michigan University)
- Teaching
Family Members to Use Behavioral Skills Training to Teach a Child
with Asperger's Disorder Kelise
K. Stewart (Western Michigan University), James E. Carr (Western
Michigan University, and Linda A. LeBlanc (Western Michigan University)
- Using
Free Operant Preference Assessments to Select Toys for Free Play
Between Children with Autism and Their Siblings Rachael A. Sautter
(Western Michigan University), Linda A. LeBlanc (Western Michigan
University) and Jill N. Gillett (Western Michigan University)
- Development
of an Analogue of a Response-Class Hierarchy Anna I. Petursdottir
(Western Michigan University), Daniel B. Shabani (Western Michigan
University) and James E. Carr (Western Michigan University)
2:00-2:20
p.m. Room 1
The Behavior Analysis Training System: An Organically Evolving,
Supportive, Interactive Learning Environment
Richard Malott (Western Michigan University), Koji Takeshima
(Western Michigan University), Holly Harrison (Western Michigan
University), Emily Helt (Western Michigan University), Nicholas
Weatherly (Western Michigan University), Alison Betz (Western
Michigan University) and Christen Rae (Western Michigan University)
2:30-3:20
p.m. Room 1
Conversation Hour
A. C. Catania (University of Maryland-Baltimore County)
& Friends
3:30-4:20
p.m. Room 4
Understanding the Psychopathology of Chronic Adult Depression:
Causes and Treatment
Susan L. Decker (Sagewood Center, Brighton, Michigan)
3:30-4:20
p.m. Room 1
Fundamentalism and Progressivism in Cognitive Psychology:
The Decline of the Old-Tyme Mental Majority
Dennis J. Delprato (Eastern Michigan University)
Friday
February 25, 2005
8:00-9:00
a.m. Reception Area (2nd Floor)
Registration (Open all day)
Note: Continental breakfast will be available in the Ballroom
during registration. Free for convention registrants.
Special
Guest Presentation
The
Behavior Analyst Certification Board: Current Status and Future
Directions
Gerald Shook
(Behavior
Analysis Certification Board)
9:00-9:50
a.m. Ballroom
Breakout
Sessions
10:00-10:50
a.m. Room 1
Roundtable: Furthering the Recognition of BACB Certifications
in Michigan
Gerald Shook (Behavior Analysis Certification Board)
10:00-10:20
a.m. (Canceled)
Does Anticipation of Academic Failure Lead to Risky Behavior?
Claire
L. Lonergan (Eastern Michigan University) and Ellen Koch (Eastern
Michigan University)
10:00-10:50
a.m. Room 3
Effective Practices in Behavior Intervention Plan
Development and Implementation
Kim Killu (University of Michigan-Dearborn)
10:00-10:50
a.m. Room 4
The Use of Positive Behavioral Supports to Reduce
Severe Problem Behavior of Adults With Developmental Disabilities
in Comunity Group Homes.
Nicole Walton-Allen (Behavior Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
10:30-11:50
p.m. Room 2
Foundations of Integrated Care on a College Campus:
Preliminary Findings
Chair: Mary Willis (Eastern Michigan University)
Discussant: Flora Hoodin (Eastern Michigan University)
- Integrated
Care: Applicable to the College Setting? Kevin Alschuler (Eastern
Michigan University), Flora Hoodin (Eastern Michigan University),
Teresa Lynch (Eastern Michigan University) and Elizabeth Kuhl
(Eastern Michigan University)
- Healthy
College Students' Ethnicity and Gender: Effects on Assessment
and Interpretation of Measures of Psychological Distress and
Pain Catastrophizing
Elizabeth S. Kuhl (Eastern Michigan University), Flora Hoodin
(Eastern Michigan University), Teresa Lynch (Eastern Michigan
University) and Michael Samuel (Eastern Michigan University)
- The
Relationship Between Medical Utilization and Psychological Distress
in a College Population
Teresa Lynch (Eastern Michigan University), Flora Hoodin (Eastern
Michigan University) and Elizabeth S. Kuhl (Eastern Michigan
University)
11:00-11:50
a.m. Room 1
Introduction to BACB Certification and Application for BACB Examination
Gerald Shook (Behavior Analysis Certification Board)
11:00-11:50
a.m. Room 4
Behavioral Interviewing
Richaurd R. Camp (Eastern Michigan University)
11:30-11:50
a.m. Room 3
Everything You Know About OBM Is Wrong--Part III
Jason Otto (Western Michigan University) and Richard
W. Malott (Western Michigan University)
12:00-1:30
p.m. Lunch (On your own: Truesdell-Todd/Kennedy
Workshop starts at 1:00 p.m.)
1:00-4:00
p.m Room 3 (Full Description)
Workshop: Overcoming Issues Related to Eating
Gina E. Truesdell-Todd. M.S. & Krista M. Kennedy, M.S.
(Behavioral Building Blocks, P.C)
1:30-2:20
p.m. Room 1
Skinner's Molecular Interpretations of Behavior
Jack Michael (Western Michigan University)
1:30-2:50
p.m. Room 4
Panel Discussion: Beyond College: Some Things You Need to Know
About Working in the Mental Health Field
Discussant: Stephen Sundby (Fort Wayne State Developmental Center)
Participants: James N. Peters (Fort Wayne State Developmental
Center), Eric J. Chubb (Fort Wayne State Developmental Center)
and Benjamin M. Washburn (Fort Wayne State Developmental Center)
2:30-3:20
p.m. Room 1
When did Skinner Become a Radical Behaviorist?
Jay Moore (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
2:30-3:50
p.m. Room 2
Practicum and Job Fair
3:00-3:50
p.m. Room 4
How to Get Into Graduate School
Ellen Koch (Eastern Michigan University)
4:00-6:00
p.m. Ballroom
Poster Session
(Appetizers will be available during the poster session.)
Posters
Ballroom
4:00-6:00 p.m.
(Refreshments available)
- Advanced
Autism Practicum Brittany
Sheets (Western Michigan University), Casey Ludwick (Western
Michigan University) and Richard W. Malott (Western Michigan
University)
- BACC:
Behavioral Academic and Career Counseling; a Supplemental Advisory
System that aids Undergraduates in Preparing for Future Academic
and Career Goals Erin
Andres (Western Michigan University), Alison Betz (Western Michigan
University), Katie Larkin (Western Michigan University), Morgan
Aue (Western Michigan University) and Richard W. Malott (Western
Michigan University)
- Behavior
Change Plans for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
Karen
Carney (Eastern Michigan University)
- The
Behavioral Research Supervisory System: Helping Graduate and
Undergraduate Students Prevent Procrastination Jennifer Skundrich
(Western Michigan University), Christen Rae (Western Michigan
University), Anastasia Osredkar (Western Michigan University),
Anthony Bentley (Western Michigan University), James Squires
(Western Michigan University) and Richard W. Malott (Western
Michigan University)
- The
Behavioral Research Supervisory System: Preventing Procrastination
in Undergraduate and Graduate Psychology Students Anastasia Osredkar
(Western Michigan University), Jennifer Skundrich (Western Michigan
University), Christen Rae (Western Michigan University) and Richard
W. Malott (Western Michigan University)
- The
Behavioral Research Supervisory System: Promoting Task Completion
and Avoiding Procrastination in Graduate and Undergraduate Students
James
Squires (Western Michigan University), Christen Rae (Western
Michigan University), Jennifer Skundrich (Western Michigan University)
and Richard W. Malott (Western Michigan University)
- Bridge
Research in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis:
Publication Trends and Contributions Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir
(Western Michigan University) and Geoffrey DeBery (Western Michigan
University)
- Computer-Based
Programmed Instruction Conny
Raaymakers (Western Michigan University), Morgan Reynolds (Western
Michigan University) and Greg Partlo (Western Michigan University)
- Decreasing
the Rates of Dually Adjudicated Youth in Foster Care: Assessing
the Effects of a Multimodal Behavioral In-Home Prevention Program
Jennifer
L. L'Heureux (University of Kansas) (Canceled)
- Does
Anticipation of Academic Failure Lead to Risky Behavior? Claire L. Lonergan
(Eastern Michigan University) and Ellen Koch (Eastern Michigan
University) (New)
- The
Effects of Reinforcement Magnitude on Schedule Induced Polydipsia
in Single Pellet Delivery Trials Joseph
K. Golson (Eastern Michigan University) and James T. Todd (Eastern
Michigan University)
- Errorless
Compliance Training: Assessing Generalization During Rebecca K. Arvans
(Western Michigan University) and Scott T. Gaynor (Western Michigan
University)
- Female
Public Hand Washing as a Function of Observer Obtrusiveness and
Sign Prompts Michelle
Stenske (Central Michigan University) and Carl Johnson (Central
Michigan University)
- Gender
Differences in Seatbelt/Cell Phone Usage While Driving Rachel Tolonen
(Central Michigan University), Erin Scramlin (Central Michigan
University), Chris Lenhardt (Central Michigan University) and
Dana Trudeau (Central Michigan University)
- From
Here to There: The Complex Transitional Needs of High School
Graduates with Emotional-Behavioral Impairments John Palladino
(Eastern Michigan University)
- Helping
Students Study for the GRE and Apply to Graduate School Jodylee Miller
(Western Michigan University), Cortney Osborn (Western Michigan
University), Nicole Metzke (Western Michigan University) and
Richard W. Malott (Western Michigan University)
- An
Integrative Approach to Smoking Cessation James Anderson (Western
Michigan University) and Scott Gaynor (Western Michigan University)
- Promoting
Independence in School Settings for Children with Autism Using
Tactile Prompting Heather
M. Anson (Eastern Michigan University) and James T. Todd (Eastern
Michigan University)
- Providing
Positive Behavioral Support to Minority Parents who have Children
with Disabilities and Problem Behaviors. Sungho Park (University
of Michigan-Flint)
- Psychology
396, Advanced Principles of Behavior Analysis, Super A Allyson Heck
(Western Michigan University) Emily Helt (Western Michigan University),
Amanda Norton (Western Michigan University), Lori Schroedter
(Western Michigan University) and Richard W. Malott (Western
Michigan University) (Title Change)
- Rats
Drink More Alcohol When They Have to Work for Food Drew Fox (Central
Michigan University) and Mark Reilly (Central Michigan University)
- Ready,
Set, Go?: Are School Social Worker Graduates Addressing the Emotional-Behavioral
Needs of Youth? Mark
Giesler (University of Nebraska) and John Palladino (Eastern
Michigan University)
- Reducing
Physical Management and Exclusionary Time-Out Room Usage in Residential
Treatment David
E. Turner (The Manor) and Michael G. Walraven (Jackson Community
College (Western Michigan University)
- The
Role of "Safety Behaviors" in the Treatment of Anxiety
Disorders Nishani
Samaraweera (Western Michigan University), Alyssa Kalata (Western
Michigan University), Richard Seim (Western Michigan University),
Diana Schellenberg (Western Michigan University) and C. Richard
Spates (Western Michigan University)
- Teaching
Undergraduate Students the Two-Factor Theory of Avoidance Jamie Flynn (Western
Michigan University), Kathryn Waugh (Western Michigan University),
Nic Weatherly (Western Michigan University) and Richard W. Malott
(Western Michigan University)
- Use
of Odor as a Conditioned Stimulus for Schedule Induced Polydipsia
in Rats Heather
M. Anson (Eastern Michigan University) and James T. Todd (Eastern
Michigan University)
- Utilizing
a Competency Validation System to Enhance the Performance of
Practicum Students towards Temporary Limited Licensure to Practice
Psychology
Jessica Norris (Western Michigan University), Alyssa Warshay
(Western Michigan University), David Eisenhart (Western Michigan
University), Megan Coatley (Western Michigan University) and
James Kaye (Western Michigan University)
- Welcome
Wagon: Easing the Transition form Undergraduate to Graduate School
Millicent
Bandeff(Western Michigan University), Blake Grider (Western Michigan
University) and Richard W. Malott (Western Michigan University)
- Welcome
Wagon: The Revision of an Informational Document to Ease the
Transition into Graduate School Blake
Grider (Western Michigan University), Millicent Bandeff (Western
Michigan University) and Richard W. Malott (Western Michigan
University)
- When
Educator Biases Impeded Youth Behavior: The Arrival of Sudanese
Refugees in the American Heartland John Palladino (Eastern
Michigan University)
Workshop
Descriptions
Thursday
1:30-4:30 p.m. Room 2
Dosed versus Prolonged Exposure in the Treatment of Fears, Phobias
& Traumatic Stress
C.Richard
Spates Ph.D (Western Michigan University)
This workshop
will review selected evidence based practices in the treatment
of fear, phobias, and traumatic stress disorders. In the process
data will be offered which suggest dosed exposure is superior
to prolonged exposure along several dimensions in the treatment
of fear and traumatic stress reactions. Recent literature also
suggests there are major problems with the use of prolonged exposure
in clinical practice. This research will also be reviewed. Dosed
exposure occurs when the client confronts the feared situation
or memory of a trauma in brief intervals followed immediately
by a brief interval free of such recall or confrontation. Prolonged
exposure occurs when the feared situation or recall of the trauma
situation is confronted continuously without an interval free
of confrontation. Both prolonged exposure and dosed exposure
have shown efficacy as treatments for anxiety disorders. Treatments
based on both approaches are listed as "empirically supported"
by the APA Task Force on the Identification and Dissemination
of Efficacious Treatments. Recent empirical evidence suggests
that dosed exposure is significantly more efficient in producing
outcomes comparable to prolonged exposure, and there is greater
uniformity of positive outcomes across dependent measures. This
workshop highlights the conceptual foundation for these differential
observations, while drawing on data from clinical and basic research.
It will be recommended that greater research attention be devoted
to comparative efficacy and randomized clinical trials of these
two procedures in the treatment of fear and traumatic stress.
The outcome should be helpful to behavior therapists who wish
to apply a demonstrably effective intervention without some of
the drawbacks of prolonged exposure. This workshop is suitable
for practitioners who work with traumatized individuals or persons
with social or specific phobias. It is also suitable for professionals
who are interested in recent conceptualizations of exposure therapies
for anxiety disorders.
Cost: $50 per person
Thursday
1:30-4:20 p.m. Room 3
Supervisory Techniques in Home-Based Early Intensive
Behavioral Intervention Services
Joel Hundert & Nicole Walton-Allen (Behaviour Institute.
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
Although
there are numerous sources of information describing how to design
and implement early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI),
there is little literature suggesting how to supervise front-line
staff who implement EIBI programs. Supervision of EIBI delivered
in children's homes is particularly challenging because of the
added difficulties of controlling the environment, accessing
children's performance data and giving corrective feedback to
staff. The purpose of this workshop is to provide participants
with techniques for supervising staff in home-based EIBI. Supervisors
of home-based EIBI are not only responsible for ensuring the
quality of staff performance, but also the appropriateness of
the selection of instructional targets, arrangement of instructional
sequences and the design of instructional programs.. Topics covered
will include: a) how to detect child performance problems; b)
how to monitor staff performance; c) how to provide corrective
staff feedback; d) how to select instructional targets for children;
and, e) how to arrange instructional sequences. Videotape models,
exercises, handouts will be used to present the topics that will
be covered.
Learning
Objectives:
- The participants
will be able to use child performance data to detect when instructional
programs are not working
- The participants
will be able to convert trial by trial child performance data
into a provided data summary sheet designed to assist in detection
of programming problem
- The participants
will be able to identify strengths and weaknesses in videotapes
of staff program implementation using a provided rating scale
- The participants
will be able to list the skills involved in providing corrective
feedback to therapists
- The participants
will be able to identify sources of information involved in selecting
instructional targets and apply that information to the selection
of instructional target for case examples
- The participants
will be able arrange instructional sequences and identify what
is missing from presented instructional sequences
Activities
of Participants: Concepts and strategies of the supervision of
home-based early intensive behavior intervention (EIBI) will
presented using didactic instruction. Participants will apply
the skills covered to exercises based on videotapes and case
study information. Supervisory skills will be modeled using videotape.
Handouts will be provided on the content of the presentation.
Target Audience: Individuals involved in staff supervision of
EIBI for children with autism and/or other developmental disabilities.
The content would be particularly applicable to those supervising
home-based EIBI. It is assumed that the participants have a good
foundation in EIBI.
Cost $50 per person.
Friday
1:00-3:50 p.m. Room 3
Overcoming issues related to eating: Help for Parents
or Professionals Working with Individuals with Developmental
Disabilities or Behavior Problems
Gina E. Truesdell-Todd. M.S. & Krista M. Kennedy, M.S.
(Behavioral Building Blocks, P.C.)
Attendees
will be introduced to variety of procedures that can be used
to effectively shape desired eating behavior. Attendees will
also learn how environmental conditions affect eating behavior
and be provided examples of how environmental changes can be
made. Further workshop topics include teaching independent eating
skills, staying seated during meals, table manners, and other
basic mealtime behaviors.
Cost: $30 per person
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