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!

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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)

 

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