Colloquium

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An interactive multi-media behavioral activation program

 Dr. Amy Naugle and Dr. Richard Spates
Department of Psychology
Western Michigan University

4:00 PM Friday, April 18, 2008
1710 Wood Hall

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 Long-term cognitive effects of cerebral malaria in Ugandan children

 Dr. Michael Boivin, Ph.D., MPH
Michigan State University

 4:00 PM Friday, March, 21, 2008
1710 Wood Hall

Michael J. Boivin, Ph.D., MPH, is Associate Professor in the Neurology and in the Psychiatry Departments at Michigan State University and based in the International Neurologic and Psychiatric Epidemiology Program (INPEP). He is also an Adjunct Research Investigator in the Neuropsychology Section at the University of Michigan. He has a Ph.D. from Western Michigan University in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and an MPH from the University of Michigan in Public Health Policy and Administration. He served as a Fulbright senior research scholar to DR Congo (1990-91) and Uganda (2003-04), and recently completed a three-year term as a Fulbright senior scholar peer reviewer for the Regional Africa Research Program and lecture/research awards to East Africa.  Presently his focus has been on health factors influencing the neuropsychological development of children in Africa, especially severe malaria and HIV.  Dr. Boivin is also PI on a three-year Templeton Foundation funded study on quality-of-life, neuropsychological, and immunological factors affected by Breast Cancer Treatment. This study is based at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing.

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Training and Research with Older Individuals at the Alliance Senior Day Program

Dr. Linda LeBlanc
Associate Professor
Director of Clinical Training
Department of Psychology
Western Michigan University

3:30 PM Friday, February 15, 2008
1710 Wood Hall

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Behavioral Ecology and Response Generalization: Creating Beneficial Side Effects within Safety Interventions

Dr. Tim Ludwig
Appalachian State University
4:00 PM Friday, November 30, 2007

A graduate of Virginia Tech, Dr. Ludwig is a Professor of Psychology at Appalachian State University where he has won a number of University and State level awards for his teaching and his leadership of their nationally recognized IO Psychology and Human Resources Management Masters Program.  

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Integrating positive behavior and literacy supports
at the schoolwide level- a state initiative

Steve Goodman and Margie McGlinchey

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Behavior-Based Safety:  Multiple Replications and Long Term Success

Dr. Terry McSween

3:00 PM Friday, October 19, 2007 1718 Wood Hall

 Dr. Terry McSween (Ph.D., 1980, Applied Behavior Analysis) is founder and CEO of Quality Safety Edge, a company that specializes in the application of behavioral technology to promote employee safety and improve teamwork for an extensive list of national corporations.  He is also the founder and manager of Behavioral Safety Now, a major international conference on behavioral safety and  performance management.  He has published a number of articles on behavioral safety as well as a highly regarded book, The value-based safety process:  Improving your safety culture with a behavioral approach.   His work has been recognized with awards from the American Society of Safety Engineers and the Organizational Behavior Management Network.

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Private Events in a Natural Science

Dr. David Palmer
Smith College
4:00 PM Friday, May 11, 2007 1710 Wood Hall

David Palmer has undergraduate degrees in English and Geology. A fan of Henry David Thoreau's Walden, he borrowed copy of Skinner's Walden II and became enamored with the conceptual, philosophical and scientific aspects of Skinner's radical behaviorism. After experimenting with a Walden II style community, he entered graduate school at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he studied with Beth Sulzer-Azaroff and John Donahoe. With Donahoe, Palmer coauthored Learning and Complex Behavior, which applies the science of behavior and the physiology of learning to the explanation of complex behavioral issues. He is nationally recognized for his scholarship on conceptual issues involving complex human behavior including verbal behavior and covert behavior.

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The Professional Credential in Behavior Analysis: Status, Impact, and Future

Dr. Jerry Shook
Founder and Executive Director, Behavior Analyst Certification Board
and Recipient of the 2006 Outstanding Psychology Alumnus Award  

4:00 Friday, April 20, 2007 1710 Wood Hall

Dr. Jerry Shook received his Ph.D. degree in Behavior Analysis from WMU’s Department of Psychology in 1981. In 1998, Dr. Shook founded the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB), a non-profit corporation whose mission is to develop, promote and implement an international certification program for behavior analyst practitioners.  Since, 2000, the BACB has established training guidelines and administered professional competency exams, a process that has resulted in the credentialing of over 4000 behavior analysis practitioners in 9 countries.  The BACB has also reviewed and approved academic training curricula for behavior analysis practitioners in over 75 universities.  His work has greatly enhanced the quality of training and the professional stature of behavior analysis practitioners. His contributions to the discipline have also been recognized by the receipt of a Professional Service Award from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis and by his election as a Fellow of the Association for Behavior Analysis.

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Three Rs for Psychology in the Schools: Reading, Resting, & Getting it Right

Mike Hixson, Carl Merle Johnson & Sharon Bradley-Johnson
Department of Psychology Central Michigan University

4:00 PM Friday, March 16, 2007 1718 Wood Hall

Also: Meeting for graduate and undergraduate students who might be interested in attending CMU and being involved in the author's grant funded project: March 16, 2-3PM, 2734 Wood Hall

The three segments of this colloquium will demonstrate how helpful data can be in improving services for children. The first R will address the importance of stimulus control in planning instruction in the area of reading. The second R will cover childhood sleep disorders and the importance of sleep for children and adolescents. The Getting it Right section will address children with low-incidence disabilities. An example will be presented showing how data debunked a long-standing myth regarding blind babies. Also, a data-based model will be presented for more accurate diagnosis of autism.

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4th Annual Behavior Analysis Research Conference
10:00-4:00 2304 Sangren Hall
February 23, 2007

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Achieving Excellence in
K-6 Elementary Education:  A Data-Driven Program 

Howard Farris, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Western Michigan University
 4:00 PM Friday, January 19, 2007
1718 Wood Hall

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Ritualistic Behavior in Children with Autism
Linda A. LeBlanc, Ph.D.
Friday December 2, 2005
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
1710 Wood

The Role of Behavior Analysis in the Development of Effective, Scaleable, Instructional Technology
Greg Stikeleather
Friday, October 21, 2005
3 p.m. 1728 Wood Hall

Psychology Faculty Colloquium
Friday September 2, 2005
4:00-5:30 p.m. 1718 Wood Hall
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2nd Annual
Behavior Analysis Program Research Conference

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Theory, Technology & Behavior: Lessons from the Lab & the Field

Donald Hantula, Ph.D.
Friday, March 18
3:30 - 5:00 PM, Wood Hall 1710

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Modern Training Techniques as a Critical Tool in Zoo and Aquarium Animal Care

Ken Ramirez
Director of Animal Training at Shedd Aquarium
Colloquium
Friday, March 18
2:00 p.m.
1710 Wood Hall

Roundtable discussion with students
11:30 – 1:00
3715 Wood Hall

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Delay and choice: The use of system delays to produce behavior change

Ronald Van Houten, Ph.D.
Friday, March 11
3:00 – 4:00 PM, Wood Hall 1710

Ron Van Houten is a Professor of Psychology at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. A nationally recognized expert in behavior based safety; Dr. Van Houten has published numerous articles in leading behavior analysis, safety and transportation journals. He has received over two million dollars in grants to support his research on traffic and pedestrian safety. He is interviewing for a faculty position in the Behavior Analysis program of the Psychology Department.

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A Behavior Analyst’s Reaction to the 9/11 Commission Report

 Mark Alavosius, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Western Michigan University
 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 
2708 Wood Hall