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Behavior Analysis Society of Illinois

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BASIL Announces....

Keynote Speaker: Green, PhD, BCBA April 6, 7 & 8, 2006 Holiday Inn

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Naperville, Illinois

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Title: Science and Practice in Autism Treatment

Green received a PhD in Psychology (Analysis of

Behavior) from Utah State University in 1986

following undergraduate and master?s degree studies

at Michigan State University. She has been a faculty

member in Behavior Analysis and Therapy at

Southern Illinois University; Director of Research at

the New England Center for Children in

Southborough, Massachusetts; Associate Scientist

at the E.K. Shriver Center for Mental Retardation in

Waltham, Massachusetts; and Research Associate

Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of

Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Green is currently

in private practice in San Diego as a consultant and

is on the faculty at San Diego State University and

the University of North Texas. She has authored

numerous publications on the treatment of individuals

with developmental disabilities and brain injuries, as

well as the experimental analysis of behavior.

Dr. Green co-edited the books Behavioral

Intervention for Young Children with Autism

and

Making a Difference: Behavioral Intervention

for

Autism. She serves or has served on the

editorial

boards of several professional journals in

developmental disabilities and behavior analysis. Dr.

Green also serves on the Board of Trustees and the

Autism Advisory Group of the Cambridge Center for

Behavioral Studies, the Board of Directors of the

Behavior Analyst Certification Board, and the

advisory boards of several autism programs and

organizations. She is a Board Certified Behavior

Analyst, former president of the Association for

Behavior Analysis, current president of the California

Association for Behavior Analysis, and a Fellow of the

American Psychological Association and the Council

for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health. Psychology

Today named her ?Mental Health Professional of the

Year? in 2000. In 2005 she received an honorary

Doctor of Science degree from Queen?s University in

Belfast, Northern Ireland. Dr. Green lectures and

consults widely on autism and related disorders,

behavioral research, and effective interventions for

people with disabilities.

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Coming soon...

Additional information on the 18th Annual Conference

About BASIL...

BASIL is a nonprofit organization dedicated to

promoting behavior analysis and to the humane and

ethical application of behavioral technology.

BASIL members are involved in research and

application of behavior analysis in education,

developmental disabilities, rehabilitation,

psychopharmacology, parent training, functional

assessment of behavior, and standards of practice.

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Behavior Analysis Society of Illinois

Selma ez, M.S.Ed., BCBA

President

Behavior Analysis Society of Illinois

Janice Pellecchia, M.A., BCBA

Program Coordinator

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