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TxABA News letter

Texas Association for Behavior Analysis

As a regional chapter of the Association for Behavior Analysis

International, TxABA is the professional association for behavior

analysts in Texas. Its mission is to advance the science and application

of behavior analysis to improve the world we live in.

Houston 2005

* TxABA 2005 Conference March 4-5 at Sofitel Houston Hotel

425 North Sam Houston Pkwy. East (on the North side of Houston), Houston

TX 77060. Tel (+1)281/445-9000 Fax (+1)281/445-9826 E-mail

h0543@...

Conference room rate: $80.00 a night + $4.80 state tax+$8.80 city tax =

$93.60 a night. Reserve rooms by Feb. 17. Click here for more hotel

information. <http://www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/Hotel.htm>

* 2005 Conference and Workshop registration will be available Jan.

12, 2005 on the TxABA web site, along with membership application and

renewal for 2005.

* 2004 TxABA membership

<http://www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/txabaMemberForm.htm> application and

renewal available now as mail-in; will be available online by Nov. 15.

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Conference Preview

TxABA offers two concurrent, one-day workshops on applying behavior

principles and techniques to improve human behavior. The following day

is a dual-track conference in the morning (General track and Autism

track) and a single-track conference in the afternoon with presentations

on diverse topics.

Workshops - Friday, March 4, 2005 (9:00-4:30, lunch included)

Check-in and on-site registration 7:30 a.m.

6-hr Attendance certificates available for documenting CE.

Workshop 1: Promoting

<http://www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/abstract-Gerenser.htm> Speech and

Language in Children with Autism: Integrating ABA and Speech-Language

Pathology, Joanne Gerenser, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Executive Director - Eden

II Programs in New York

Workshop 2: Current Applications in Applied Behavior Analysis, Dr. Ray

Miltenberger

Poster Session & Social is Friday March 4 from 5 to 7 p.m.

General Conference Track - Saturday, March 5, 2005 ( 9:00-3:30)

Dr. Jeff Sasso

Dr. Dorothea C. Lerman

Dr. Gerald Shook

Dr. Ray Miltenberger

Presenter to be announced

Autism Conference Track - Saturday, March 5, 2005 ( 9:00-11:00 a.m.)

Dr. Joanne Gerenser: Echolalia and

<http://www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/abstract_sat_autism_1.htm> Verbal

Stereotypy: Strategies for Assessment and Intervention

Additional details will be filled in as they become available. TxABA

appreciates the efforts of the

2005 Conference Program committee: Deb Grossett, Christie Enzinna, and

Dominique Randall.

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Editor's Note

This is the first TxABA Newsletter in 2 years! It's taken that long for

this secty/treas. to begin to fill Cloyd Hyten's shoes! However, we've

added a few new wrinkles, such as online registration and payments

during that time. Now it's time to gather and distribute information

about TxABA and Behavior Analysis. Your contributions are needed! Send

us news, names and email addresses for people and organizations, and

help spread the word about our Conference and Workshops. We hope to

publish a Newsletter quarterly. Please send your contributions to

txaba@...

-- Burkett, secty/treas.

TxABA Membership

For 2004, TxABA has 45 Voting members (Full, Supporting, or Sustaining),

60 Affliliate members, and 52 Student members, for a total of 157

members. Workshop attendance was 206, of which 144 were preregistered.

(Compared with 325 in 2002 and 312 in 2003.) Voting membership is down a

bit this year: Look over the membership

<http://www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/2004MemberList.htm> list and help us

identify past-members who may have forgotten to renew their membership.

Should we have a membership directory similar to ABA's? Will someone

volunteer to be Membership Chair and help us promote TxABA membership?

TxABA Election: Call for Nominations

On November 15th the TxABA secretary/treasurer will mail to all full,

voting members a call for nominations for 2005 President and one Council

Member. The President will serve a two-year term and the Council Member

will serve a three-year term. From these nominations, the

secretary/treasurer will compile a list of the names of voting members

who have received the highest number of nominations for each office. The

President will ask those nominees if they are willing to stand for

election, and will proceed through the list in the order of vote count

until at least two candidates for each office have been obtained. On

Feb. 1, the Secretary-Treasurer will email a ballot to all voting

members whose membership dues are paid. Click here for more details on

<http://www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/Nominations.htm> duties of Officers and

Election procedures.

Easy Ways to Support TxABA:

* Make a sustaining or supporting member contribution.

* Book early and stay at the conference hotel.

* Register early for Conference and Workshop (available Jan 12 on

TxABA web site).

* Buy an <http://www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/Advertiser.htm> ad for

the conference program or become a conference exhibitor.

* Promote your behavior analysis SIG or university program with a

TxABA Expo <http://www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/ExpoExhibit.htm> Exhibit.

* Refer to (lsmiller@...) anyone who might be

interested in buying an ad or being an exhibitor.

* Support our exhibitors: We will have books for sale; Discovery

toys will sell items - if you need to buy Christmas gifts for children

this is a great opportunity to shop early and purchase a quality gift.

-- , President

Note from Publicity Chair

A major part of TxABA's mission is to " disseminate knowledge from the

science of behavior analysis to the public. " To better meet that goal,

we are seeking your help in increasing membership and improving

attendance at the 2005 convention. Please submit the names, titles, and

email addresses of 5 or more individuals or organizations that might

benefit from learning more about behavior analysis and its applications

(such as special education departments, teachers, speech pathologists,

parent support groups) to txaba@...

-- Beth Lessenberry Husband, Publicity Chair

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TxABA ByLaws revised:

In a ballot distributed by email and regular mail in early October,

TxABA voting members approved the ByLaws revisions by a strong majority.

The ByLaws <http://www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/Bylaws.htm> are posted on the

TxABA web site.

Autism SIG Activities

Northern Chapter (Dallas/Ft.Worth area): Members of the Autism SIG are

presenting information on Behavior Analysis and Schools for the local

FEAT-NT annual conference on November 12-13. The SIG's bi-monthly

informational research meetings will resume at the beginning of the

year, following the holidays. For more, see Autism SIG web site.

<http://www.vzavenue.net/~xevadx/Index.htm>

-- , Autism SIG Co-Chair

Southern Chapter (Houston area): Public Presentations on the first

Wednesday of even numbered months will continue including December,

February, and April. Professional Research Discussions on the first

Wednesday of odd numbered months will continue, including January and

May but skipping March because of the TxABA conference. The Saturday

ABC's and 1,2,3's series of workshops for the 2005 schedule.

-- Christie Enzinna, Autism SIG Co-Chair

TxABA Poster Session & Social

Showcase your basic or applied research in a poster Friday March 4 from

5 to 7 pm. Bring posters pre-mounted and ready for display on an easel;

limit size to about 3'x3' to fit. Posters should be similar to ABA

posters in content and format (ABA style). Submit poster title, authors,

affiliations, and abstract to txaba@... by Feb. 1 to be listed in

TxABA Conference Program.

Student News

As recommended by student members, we are adding highlights to the TxABA

conference this year:

*A student poster competition held at the poster session on Friday

night. We are honored to have Dr. Ninness, Dr. Robin Rumph, and

mystery person to judge the event. The winner of both the Applied and

Basic Research categories will receive a prize befitting a Texas

student!

*A student social hour Thursday night to give student members from all

areas of Texas a chance to meet, chat, nibble, and have a few cheap

drinks. We hope to see a big crowd!

It's not too late to enhance the TxABA experience for students. Email

suggestions and comments to your student rep, Baynham:

@...

ABA News

Attend 2005 ABA Conference in Chicago, May 27-31, and ABA's 3rd

International Conference in Beijing, China, November 25-27. See details

on ABA web site. <http://www.abainternational.org>

Welcome ABA Members New to Texas

TxABA would like to showcase any ABA member who has recently relocated

to Texas. Send us the name, affiliation and any other information

highlighting the person who has moved to Texas.

TxABA Officers

President: (2003)

Past President: Robin Rumph (2002)

TxABA Council:

Jeff Enzinna (2003)

Ninness (2003)

(2004)

Secretary-Treasurer: Burkett (2003)

Autism SIG Co-Chairs: Christie Enzinna,

TxABA acknowledges the extra contributions of the Supporting ($25) and

Sustaining ($50) members in 2004 by listing them here:

Sustaining: Betty Armstrong, Gordon Bourland, Janet Ellis, Ed Hutchison,

Kopp, Kirk Lockwood, Terry McSween, , ,

Judith Stowe, H. Beth Von Seggern

Supporting: Burkett, Sigrid Glenn, Cloyd Hyten, Karp,

Landers, a Motiejunas, Neal Perlman, Jesus les-Ruiz,

Robin Rumph, Gail Wayman

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TxABA headquarters: Dept of Behavior Analysis, University of North

Texas. (940) 369-7996 www.unt.edu/behv/txaba

<http://www.unt.edu/behv/txaba/index.htm>

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