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William Ahearn, Ph.D., BCBA of Research at the Professor in the Masters in Applied Behavior Analysis (MABA) Program at
Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy (BABAT). Bill received his doctorate in experimental psychology at subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Ahearn then served as Program Manager for the Inpatient Pediatric Feeding Program at the Children’s Seashore House in Philadelphia before moving to the New England Center for Children in 1996. Bill has written book chapters on providing services to children with ASDs and has published studies that have appeared in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Behavior Modification, Animal Learning and Behavior, The Lancet, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, The Behavior Analyst Behavior Analysis: In Practice, and Behavioral Interventions. Dr. Ahearn currently serves on the Board of Editors for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Behavioral Interventions and provides service to the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and the Association for Behavior Analysis.
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Saul Axelrod, Ph.D., BCBA
doctorate from Florida State University and was postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Kansas. His major interests include applying behavior analysis principles to the problems of managing classrooms, increasing the academic development of children of poverty, decreasing the self-injurious and aggressive behavior of people with severe handicaps, and disseminating effective educational technologies for children with autism. Dr. Axelrod has served on the boards of editor of several journals, including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Journal of Behavioral Education, Child and Family Behavior Therapy, and Behavior Modification. He is author of numerous journal articles. He is an author or editor of Behavior Modification for the Classroom Teacher, Behavior Analysis and Treatment, How to Use Group Contingencies, and How to Improve Classroom Behavior Series. He is cofounder of the Delaware Valley Association for Behavior Analysis. In 2006, Dr. Axelrod was the first recipient of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board’s Michael Hemingway Award for Distinguished Service to Behavior Analysis. In 2007, he was elected Fellow of the Association for Behavior Analysis.
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Richard M. Foxx, Ph.D., BCBA Dr. Foxx is a Professor of Psychology at Penn State Harrisburg. He is a Clinical Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the College of Medicine of the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Foxx has written eight books and five have been translated into other languages. He has co-edited two books Making a Difference: Behavioral Intervention for Autism and Controversial Therapies for Developmental Disabilities. His latest book is Interventions for treating the eating problems of children with autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities. He has written over 130 scientific publications, has made 13 training films, and has given over 1700 talks on the use of behavioral principles to treat individuals with autism, mental retardation, mental illness, emotional disturbances, and typical development. Dr. Foxx is an internationally recognized expert in treating behavioral problems. He has lectured in 17 foreign countries and 47 states throughout the United States. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal, Behavioral Interventions and is on the editorial board of seven scientific journals. Dr. Foxx is a Fellow in five divisions of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, The Association for Behavior Analysis- International and the American Association on Mental Retardation. He was the President of the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis; the Association for Behavior Analysis; and the Division of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities of the American Psychological Association. In 1998 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Association for Behavior Analysis and was made an honorary member of the Norwegian Association for Behavior Analysis. In 2001, he received an award from the New York State Association for Behavior Analysis for significant contributions to behavior analysis. In 2003 he received the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis Award for Effective Presentation of Behavior Analysis in the Mass Media. In 2007 he received the inaugural John Jacobson award from Division 33 of the American Psychological Association. He helped found the Pennsylvania Association for Behavior Analysis, was its first President and serves as its executive director. He also was president of the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Association on Mental Retardation. He has served as an expert witness in a number of court cases involving individuals with autism and developmental disabilities, including Youngberg vs. Romeo which was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a licensed psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. One of his books has sold over two million copies and has been translated into seven languages and one of his training films, “Harry” (the treatment of a self-abusive man), has won numerous cinematic awards. |
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Kimberly Schreck, Ph.D., BCBA
Coordinator of the Applied Behavior Analysis Masters Program at Penn State Harrisburg. She is a licensed psychologist and a board certified behavior analyst. Her research and clinical expertise include autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, early intervention, feeding problems, children’s behavior problems, and childhood sleep disorders. She has published over 20 articles, reviews, and portions of books on these subjects.
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Tristram Smith, Ph.D.
of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). He serves as the research director for the Multisite Young Autism Project, which is a federally-funded study on early, intensive behavioral intervention based on the UCLA/Lovaas model for children with autism. He is also an investigator in a study in the Center for Studies To Advance Autism Research and Treatment at the
studies on treatment outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
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Mary Jane Weiss, Ph.D., BCBA University in 1990. She became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst in 2000. She is an Associate Research Professor at Director of Research and Training at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center at defining best practice various instructional methodologies within
members’ expertise and adaptation. She has written numerous articles and four books on autism, Practical solutions for educating young children with high functioning autism and Asperger’s Syndrome (2008), Right from the start: Behavioral Intervention for young children with autism (co-authored with Sandra Harris, 2nd edition 2007), Reaching out, joining in: Teaching social skills to young children with autism (co-authored with Sandra Harris, 2001), and Sibling stories: Reflections on life with a brother or sister on the autism spectrum (co-authored with Lynne Stern Feiges, 2004). She is also a regular presenter at regional, national, and international conferences on topics relevant to Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavior Analysis.
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