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The Executive Board of the North Carolina Association for Behavior Analysis is pleased to announce the 20th Annual Conference to be held at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, Wednesday, February 18th through Friday, February 20th, 2009. The conference will be a celebration of the 20th Anniversary of NCABA. Special events in honor of the occasion will be held in addition to the presentations by a wonderful group of speakers.
Speakers from within North Carolina and across the country will present methods and data pertaining to applied and basic problems that are currently being addressed within the field of behavior analysis and in related fields such as developmental disabilities, autism, education, and animal training. We are especially fortunate to have among our speakers Dr. Judy Favell, who has strong roots within the behavior analytic community in NC, as well as others who are also pre-eminent in the field of behavior analysis: Drs. Murray Sidman and Bill Heward. The exceptional list of out-of-state presenters also includes Dr. Andy Bondy from Pyramid Educational Consultants, and Dr. Dennis Russo from May Institute. We are also very fortunate to have a number of extremely talented behavior analysis applied professionals, researchers, and students who have agreed to be presenters at the conference including Jeannie Golden, Dennis Reid, Maureen Schepis, Anne Hoffman, Ya-yu Lo, Pam Mims, Martin Ivancic, and Julie Grimes.
Partial listing of invited speakers and their affiliations: · Andy Bondy, Ph.D., President and Co-founder of Pyramid Educational Consultants, Inc. · Judy Favell, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Advoserv, President of the Board of Directors of the Behavior Analysis Certification Board · Julie Grimes, Ph.D., Davidson County Community College and Behavioral Consultant to the NC ZOO, Asheboro, NC · Jeannie Golden, Ph.D., BCBA, past president of NCABA, East Carolina University · Bill Heward, Ed.D., BCBA, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, and co-author of Applied Behavior Analysis · Anne Hoffman, M.Ed., Pyramid Educational Consultant · Ya-yu Lo, Ed.D., president-elect of NCABA, UNC Charlotte · Pam Mims, MS, past NCABA student representative, UNC Charlotte · Dennis Reid, Ph.D., BCBA, Carolina Behavior Analysis & Support Center, Morganton, NC; · Dennis Russo, Ph.D., ABPP, ABBP, Chief Clinical Officer, May Institute · Maureen Schepis, Ph.D., BCBA, past president of NCABA, Morganton, NC · Murray Sidman, Ph.D., pre-eminent researcher and author in the field of behavior analysis;
In special recognition of the NCABA 20th Anniversary, we are issuing a special invitation to past presidents to attend the conference so that they can be recognized for their role in moving NCABA forward and to participate in a Presidents Panel to review and discuss the history and future of the organization.
Past presidents of NCABA: Carolyn Green, Jim Phillips, Vickie Canipe, Rod Realon, Jim Bodfish, Greg Olley, Tom Thompson, Martin Ivancic, Fred Spooner, Jeanne Golden, Duke Schell, Anne La Force, Bill Helsel, Ed Konarski, Frank Wells, Maureen Schepis, Jamie Clary
pre- and/or post- conference workshops will be offered by Andy Bondy, Bill Heward, and Julie Grimes. More will be announced soon. A Silent Auction will once again be held to raise funds to offset conference expenses and to support student participation. A Vendor/Poster Session with cash awards for best posters in the student and professional categories and a Social with refreshments, music, and dancing will round out the conference events.
BCBA credits will be available for approved conference and workshop sessions and an application will be made to provide NCPA credits for Psychologists for each of the workshops. A general certificate of credit will be provided to all attendees. Please mark your calendar for this upcoming event.
Additional information will be available at www.nc-aba.com and in the newsletter sent to all members as the details for the conference are finalized.
Come TO THE ncaba conference at the BEACH, celebrate NCABA’S 20th Anniversary, and "catch someone being good"!
~Ruth Hurst - President |
