MABA 2008 will be held October 3-4 at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois.
Rooms need to be booked by September 23,2008. The convention rate is $95 plus tax per night.(specify Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis for the conference rate)
Please see links below.
Hotel Information & Directions
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/cmiub?rpb=hotel&crUrl=/h/d/hi/1/en/hotelsearchresults
Online Reservations:
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/advancedsearch?hotelCode=cmiub
MABA 2007 was held October 5-6, 2007 at the Country Inn and Suites-Milwaukee West.
Thanks to all who attended and participated!
2007 MABA Program
Friday
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-8:45 Opening Welcome: Ruth Anne Rehfeldt, Southern Illinois University, and President of MABA
Early Morning Session
8:45-9:30 Talk 1: Jay Moore, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:
Choice and Reinforcer
Delay
9:30-10:15 Talk 2: Tal Yarkoni, Washington University: What Can Functional Neuroimaging Tell Us About Decision Making?
10:15-10:30 Break
Late Morning Session
10:30-11:15 Talk 3: Doug Woods, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Bringing Behavior Analysis to Neurologists & Psychiatrists: Basic and Applied Work on Tourette Syndrome
11:15-12:00 Talk 4: David Wacker, University of Iowa: Long-Term Maintenance of Functional Communication Training
12:00-1:30 Lunch Break
Early Afternoon Session
1:30-2:15 Talk 5: Linda LeBlanc, Western Michigan University: Advanced Language of Young Children: The Role of Intraverbals and Problem-Solving
2:15-3:00 Talk 6: David Jewett, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: Effects of drugs, neuropeptides, and foods on the discriminative stimulus effects associated with acute food restriction.
3:00-3:15 Break
Late Afternoon Session
3:15-4:00 Talk 7: Valeri A. Farmer-Dougan, Illinois State University: Individual Differences in Reward Sensitivity during Paired and Group Foraging: Does Competitiveness Predict Sensitivity to Reward?
4:00-4:45 Talk 8: Leonard Green, Washington University: Choice, Impulsivity, and Self Control.
End of Day
5:00- Poster session, Business meeting
Saturday
8:00-8:30 Registration
Morning Session
8:30-9:15 Talk 9: John C. Borrero, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Assessment of Stimulus Value in Applied Contexts
9:15-10:00 Talk 10: Henry Roane, University of Nebraska: Assessment and Treatment of Idiosyncratic Response Relations in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
10:00-10:45 Talk 11: Jennifer McComas, University of Minnesota: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Generalized Effects of Brief Experimental Analyses of Academic Performance
10:45-11:00 Break
Midday Session
11:00-11:45 Talk 12: (Student Award Winner – To Be Announced): (Title to Be Announced)
11:45-12:30 Talk 13: Ruth Anne Rehfeldt, Southern Illinois University: Assessing Relational Learning Deficits in Perspective-Taking in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders
12:30-12:45 Closing Remarks: Jim Carr, Western Michigan University, and Incoming President of MABA
12:45- Lunch (provided by MABA and served on-site)