Behavior Analysis Faculty and Students Attend MABA

On October 19-21, 2006, Dan Holt, Kevin Klatt, and 17 undergraduate students from the behavioral emphasis attended the Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis convention in Carbondale, Illinois. Regina Carroll, Sara Weinkauf, Kelli Capocasa, Nick Vanselow, Jennifer Bechtold, and Kevin Klatt presented a poster titled “Using stimulus-stimulus pairing and direct reinforcement to teach vocal-verbal behavior to young children with autism.” In addition, Nicholas Vanselow, Jennifer Bechtold, Claire Anderson, Corey Stocco, and Kevin Klatt presented a poster titled “Using the constant prompt delay procedure to teach an interverbal skill to young children with autism.”

Kevin Klatt presented an invited talk titled “Comparing prompting procedures for teaching new skills to children with autism.”

Dan Holt was named program chair for the 2007 convention.