CPS Faculty, Staff & Doctoral Students Present During the Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International

NSU had a significant presence during the 39^th annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI). Eight NSU doctoral students in the Ph.D., and Psy.D., programs at the Center for Psychological Studies (CPS) attended the convention.  Five of the group gave a total of eight oral presentations or poster presentations.

These five students received financial support from CPS to attend the convention.  In addition, four staff members and trainees from Mailman Segal Center for Human Development (MSC) attended or were co-authors of these papers.  All attendees were also invited to attend the annual banquet for the Society of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior where leaders of the field convene socially to honor exceptional contributions to the field over the past year. The annual convention and professional/scientific association is the foremost gathering of basic and applied researchers in behavior analysis.

Presentations and conference activities of CPS/MSC faculty, staff and students include:

Symposium Presentations

Borgen, J., Lit, K., Sheehan, T. M., Benson, J., Cavanaugh, B., Cruz, Y., O’Brien, H., Trauschke, S., & Mace, F.C. (2013). Measuring Strength of the Instruction-Compliance Contingency to Determine Instruction Type to Deliver. Paper presented in symposium format at 39^th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International convention, Minneapolis, MN.

Pritchard, D., Graham, N., Penney, H., & Mace, F. C. (2013) Managing Sexually Harmful Behavior in a Residential Special School. Paper presented in symposium format at 39^th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International convention, Minneapolis, MN.

Trauschke, S., Borgen, J., Sheehan, T. M., Lit, K., Benson, J., O’Brien, H., Cruz, Y. & Mace, F. C. (2012). Evaluation of a Novel Procedure to Increase Compliance in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Paper presented in symposium format at the annual meeting of the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis convention, Jacksonville, FL.

Shamlian, K., Fisher, W.W., Querim, A. (2013). Evaluation of Multiple Schedules with Naturally Occurring and Contrived Discriminative Stimuli Following Functional Communication Training. Symposium to be presented at the meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Minneapolis, MN.

Invited Symposium Discussant

Mace, F. C. (2013). Frontiers of Translational Behavioral Science. Invited discussant at the 39^th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International convention, Minneapolis, MN.

Mace, F. C. (2013). Translational Studies to Evaluate the Effects of Reinforcement Manipulations on Behavioral Persistence. Invited discussant at the 39^th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International convention, Minneapolis, MN.

Mace, F. C. (2013). Translating Basic Research in Behavioral Momentum Theory. Invited discussant at the 39^th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International convention, Minneapolis, MN.

Poster Presentations

Benson, J., Borgen, J., Cavanaugh, B., Lit, K., Trauschke, S., Shamlian, K., Sheehan, T. M., & Mace, F. C. (2013). Cumulative Record Versus Latency to First Occurrence to Analyze a Response Class Hierarchy. Poster presented at 39^th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International convention, Minneapolis, MN.

Borgen, J., Cavanaugh, B., Lit, K., Trauschke, S., Benson, J., Shamlian, K., Sheehan, T. M., & Mace, F. C. (2013). Response Class Hierarchy Analyses Performed on Twenty Clients in an Outpatient Setting. Poster presented at 39^th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International convention, Minneapolis, MN.

Cavanaugh, B., Lit, K., Shamlian, K., Trauschke, S., Benson, J., Borgen, J., Sheehan, T. M., Mace, F. C. Strength of the S-R Contingency Predicts the Probability of Compliance to Low-P instructions. Poster presented at 39^th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International convention, Minneapolis, MN.

Lit, K., Benson, J., Borgen, J., Cavanaugh, B., Shamlian, K., Sheehan, T. M., Trauschke, S., & Mace, F. C. (2013). Linking Reinforcer Magnitude to Response Rate Improves Academic Performance for Children With Autism. Poster presented at 39^th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International convention, Minneapolis, MN.

Trauschke, S., Benson, J., Borgen, J., Cavanaugh, B., Lit, K., Shamlian, K., Sheehan, T. M., & Mace, F. C. (2013) Effects of a Reflexive Conditioned Motivating Operation on Evocation of SIB, Aggression, and Disruptive Vocalizations. Poster presented at 39^th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International convention, Minneapolis, MN.

Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior—Annual Board of Directors Meeting

Mace, F.C.

(Key:Underlined names—MSC staff/post-doctoral fellows; Bolded names—CPS faculty all other names are students)

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