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The Pennsylvania Association for Behavior Analysis would like to

welcome and introduce you to the newly elected members of the

PennABA Executive Council.


President, Keith E. Williams, Ph.D., BCBA-D.  Keith Williams is the Director of the

Feeding  Program at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center and an Associate Professor

of Pediatrics at the Penn State College of Medicine.  Keith has worked at the Feeding

Program since its inception in 1997. The Feeding Program has treated children from 21

states and 5 countries outside the U.S.  Keith conducts workshops and trainings on the

behavioral treatment of  childhood feeding problems both  nationally and 

internationally. He has 30 publications related to feeding problems and child nutrition

including the   recent book co-authored with Richard Foxx, Treating eating problems of

children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities.


Secretary, Lacey Bailey, M.A. Lacey Bailey completed her undergraduate degree in

Psychology at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania and is a recent graduate of the

Applied Behavior Analysis Master’s program at Penn State Harrisburg.  She completed all

three of her internship practicum experiences  under the close supervision of Dr. Richard

M. Foxx and colleagues.  Lacey has been working in the human services field utilizing

behavior analysis for over 5 years.  She served as the secretary for Psi Chi, the National

Honor Society of Psychology in 2008 and has been a member since 2006.  This year will

be the second year she has helped plan and organize the annual PennABA  conference

and her third PennABA conference since relocating to Central Pennsylvania.  She has

attended the National ABA conference the past two years, and this year in Phoenix, she

will be displaying her second poster in addition to giving a presentation with Dr. Foxx and

colleagues.  Currently, she works as a private behavior consultant in Central Pennsylvania,

primarily treating children and dolescents with severe problem behavior.


Member at Large, Kelly Kates McElrath, Ph.D., BCBA. Kelly Kates McElrath earned a

Ph.D. in   Educational Psychology with area specialization in Special Education from

Temple University.  She has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst since 2000.  Kelly

currently works as an applied behavior analyst for the Bucks County Schools Intermediate

Unit #22 serving classroom teachers and public school students diagnosed with autism

spectrum disorders.  Additionally, she is an adjunct instructor in the College of Education

at Holy Family University and in the College of Education (CITE) at Temple       University.

Kelly’s experiences have included assessment and treatment of challenging behavior on

an in-patient and out-patient basis, as well as school and home-based educational /

language programming for students with autism and developmental disabilities.  Her

research interests include incorporating the functional assessment process into school

settings and evaluating the outcome of educational programs for children with autism.


Member at Large, Kathryn Peterson, M.A. Kate Peterson is a recent graduate of the

Applied      Behavior Analysis Masters program at Penn State Harrisburg.  She received

her Bachelor of Science  degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in Exercise

Kinesiology. Kate has been heavily involved in the applied behavior analysis field for the

past 4 years.  During her graduate studies, she was a  member of the National Honor

Society in Psychology, Psi Chi.  Since 2008, Kate worked as an Editorial Assistant for

Behavioral Interventions, an internationally known, peer-reviewed journal.  She has also

worked as a graduate teaching assistant at the Pennsylvania State University, teaching

several graduate Applied Behavior Analysis classes.  Kate has been a volunteer for

PennABA for the past two years,    assisting with the planning and organization of the

annual conference.  She has attended two National ABA conferences and will be

presenting with several colleagues and Dr. Foxx at this upcoming conference in May.

Kate currently works as a private behavior consultant, treating severe problem behavior

for Dr. Richard Foxx, Ph.D., BCBA.


Student Representative, Lisa Stewart, B.S. Lisa earned her Bachelor’s of Science

degree in Psychology from the Fairmont State   University in 2006. She has been a

member of Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, since 2003. Lisa is

currently enrolled at the Pennsylvania State University’s Applied Behavior Analysis

graduate program in Harrisburg, PA, working towards her Master’s degree. For the past

two years, she has worked as therapeutic staff support. Her interests include  working

with high risk and severe behavior  adolescents and students with autism.





Sincere Thanks to Outgoing PennABA Executive Council

Members & Volunteers


PennABA would also like to thank Bill Helsel, Ed.D., BCBA, who served as PennABA

President for the past three years. Dr. Helsel worked tirelessly to ensure the success

of the annual PennABA conferences. He, along with former PennABA Secretary, Jonathan

Ivy, developed the templates and tools that are still being used today in order to plan,

organize and implement of our annual conferences. Former Secretary, Jonathan Ivy and

Member at Large, James Meindl are currently pursuing Ph.D.’s at the Ohio State

University, Special Education and Behavior Analysis Program. We wish them continued

success in all their future endeavors. We would also like to thank former volunteers,

Claire Ivy and Rosie Meindl. It is with the effort of these volunteers, Bill Helsel, Jonathan

Ivy, Claire Ivy, James Meindl and Rosie Meindl that PennABA is the success that it is

today and we are fortunate for them having been here.



 

 


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