A Brief History of NCABA 1989-2014 The First 25 Years Selected NCABA Memories Including Excerpts from ABAI Newsletter 2003 On the History of NCABA (Cue

A Brief History of NCABA1989-2014

The First 25 Years

Selected NCABA Memories Including Excerpts from ABAI Newsletter 2003

On the History of NCABA(Cue the harp music)

Duke Schell

NCABA 1988: In the beginning…

NCABA FoundersRod RealonVicki Canipe Carolyn Green Jim PhillipsModeled after FABA, co-founded in 1980 by Jon Bailey. Two funny notes about our name—NCABA. Northern California ABA chapter was upset when we appeared at ABA having the same name. When we initially tried to get “NCABA.org” as a web domain name, we were quite surprised to find that it was already taken by the “Nation’s Capitol Area Bowling Association”!

The Growth of Affiliated Chapters

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

NCABA 1988

FABA 1980

ABA 1974

The Shaping of NCABA

Roots of NCABA at WCC were planted by Jim and Judy Favell, first-generation graduates of the behavior analysis program at the University of Kansas, who moved to WCC in 1970. Behavior analysis at WCC flourished when the Favells recruited Denny Reid in 1982.

Denny then developed a longstanding research program with several collaborators including Carolyn Green, Marsha Parsons, and Maureen Schepis, which continues to the present day.

A State of Behavior Analysis Excellence

Several exceptional behavior analysts were already in NC, including Fred Keller, Sam Odom & Greg Olley at UNC-Chapel Hill, John Staddon at Duke University, Rosemery Nelson, Arnold Rincover & Steven Hayes at UNC-Greensboro, Jeannie Golden at ECU, Carol Pilgrim at UNC-Wilmington, Fred Spooner & Peter Lamal at UNC-Charlotte, and Steve Schroeder & Andy Wheeler at the Murdoch Center.

NCABA…”A Matter of Consequences”

NCABA set the occasion for the annual conference to occur to share the data and reinforcers. Through these conferences NCABA reached out beyond the original core of behavior analysts working in public residential IDD facilities to different people and areas of practice such as autism, regular education students, parents, animal training, and human operant work.

NCABA…”A Matter of Consequences”

NCABA developed awards recognizing outstanding behavior analytic work. Fred Keller was the first recipient of the NCABA award that bears his name at the inaugural conference in 1990.

Brian Iwata was instrumental in the development of the Outstanding Poster Award in 1993 by giving NCABA an initial endowment for monetary prizes.

In 1994 NCABA began to present the Technical Utilization Award for the outstanding practice of behavior analysis by a person in a para-professional position who had not been in graduate-level training in the field.

Passing the Behavior Analysis Torch

NCABA showcases a student symposium at the annual conference and directly encourages student participation in the poster session.

NCABA recognizes an outstanding student with an award and monetary prize and includes a Student Representative elected yearly by the student membership of NCABA to the Board.

Jeannie Golden, NCABA President 1996-1997Martin Ivancic, NCABA President 1994-1995 Carol Pilgrim, ABAI President 2001-2002

Extra Goodies

In 1998 NCABA received a “North Carolina Proclamation on Behavior

Analysis” by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. that recognized “the importance of behavior

analysis in improving the lives of the citizens of North Carolina.”

A second “North Carolina Proclamation on Behavior Analysis” was declared by Governor Michael F. Easley in 2001.

To the Edge…The NCABA 2001 Conference Budget

2001 NCABA

Best Case

So-So Worst Case

Projections 75 people

50 people

25 people

Income $9875 $6750 $3875Expense $5321 $5321 $5321Profit/(Loss)

$4554 $1429 ($1446)To the best of my recollection, we did “So-So” and

lived to fight another day, or in this case, have another annual conference!

First NCABA Conference, Charlotte, March 1-3, 1990

Ed Konarski with Fred Keller

Fred Keller’s “Acceptance

Speech”for the first

Excellence in Behavior Analysis award, renamed in his honor in 1995.

I wish we had a video.

Opening Keynote Address Hewitt B. Clark, PhD, Past President

Florida Association for Behavior Analysis“Applied Behavior Analysis: Fun, Function &

Future”

First Annual Excellence in BehaviorAnalysis Award presented to Dr. Fred Keller


First NCABA Conference, Charlotte, March 1-3, 1990 Rusty Clark circa 1990

Rusty Clark circa 2008 at Judy Favell’s Birthday Party at ABA-Chicago




Note the first “certificate”misspelling the name of our organization…

No wonder our experi-mental colleagues get miffed!

NCABA 2003 Game Changing Event in NCABA History

Erica H. Wise, Ph.D.Department of Psychology

UNC-CH

Ethical and Legal Issues in the Practice of Psychology:The New Ethics Code

The Rise of Continuing Education Requirements for NC Psychologists and

Certified Behavior Analysts

NCABA provides both certified Behavior Analyst and NC Psychologist continuing education credits. During the 2013 annual conference 84 certified behavior analysts from six states earned 1031 continuing education credits and 75 NC psychologists earned 225 continuing education credits in workshops.

The Rise of Continuing Education Requirements for NC Psychologists and

Certified Behavior Analysts

The 2013 annual conference had over 200 participants with 170 people attending our five pre- and post-conference workshops. The conference attendees included 152 members, 8 paraprofessionals and 71 students.

NC Certified Behavior Analysts by Year

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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Years

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ber

Number Cumulative

Jeannie GoldenShawn Cone

1st Psy CE

1st BACB CEABA & AutismServices

North Carolina ABAI Fellows

Rick L. Shull, Emeritus Professor of Psychology University of North Carolina at Greensboro

PhD Arizona State University 1969 “Fort Skinner in the Desert”

Editor, JEAB 1995-1999, on Board 18 years

Editorial Board, JABA and TBA

Fellow of Divisions 3 & 25 of APA and APS


Carol Pilgrim, Professor of Psychology University of North Carolina at Wilmington

ABAI President / SEABA President /Division 25 APA President

Editor of TBA and Associate Editor of JEAB

NCABA Fred Keller Excellence in Behavior Analysis Award

Co-Developer of the UNCW Masters Program inPsychology & Behavior Analysis

Almost an NCABA President ;-)


Rod

Marsha

Carolyn

Ron

AleckJim

CarolDuke

NCABA Board February, 1999

Rebecca


Judy Favell, CEO, AdvoServ

First Research Scientist employed by a state developmental center (along with Jim Favell)

Former Director of PsychologyWestern Carolina Center


Mentored many NCABA members including Nine former NCABA Presidents


Duke & Judy“Cut the Rug”Circa 1979

North Carolina ABAI FellowsDenny Reid, Director Carolina Behavior Analysis & Support Center

Co-Developer of the Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum (AAIDD)

Former Director of PsychologyWestern Carolina Center


Most Frequent Invited Speaker in NCABA History (1990-2014)


1992 San Francisco ABA

Denny

Bill Marsha Duke

Martin

ABAI Fellows That Have Presented at NCABA Conferences

Jon S. Bailey, Ph.D., Behavior Management Consultants, Inc.; Florida State University

Charles Catania, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Wayne W. Fisher, Ph.D., University of Nebraska and the Munroe-Meyer Institute

Richard M. Foxx, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

E. Scott Geller, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Gina Green, Ph.D., Utah State University

William L. Heward, Ed.D., Ohio State University

Philip N. Hineline, Ph.D., Temple University

Brian A. Iwata, Ph.D., University of Florida

F. Charles (Bud) Mace, Ph.D., University of Southern Maine

Raymond G. Miltenberger, Ph.D., University of South Florida

Cathleen C. Piazza, Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Dennis C. Russo, Ph.D., May Institute

Gerald L. Shook, Ph.D. (1948-2011), Behavior Analyst Certification Board

Murray Sidman, Ph.D.

Beth Sulzer-Azaroff, Ph.D., Browns Group of Naples

Travis Thompson, Ph.D., School of Medicine, University of Minnesota

Timothy R. Vollmer, Ph.D., BCBA, University of Florida

ABAI Fellows That Have Presented at NCABA Conferences

Dr. Murray Sidman Keynote AddressFebruary, 2009, 20th Annual NCABA Conference

“I find this one especially refreshing because there is something here that I have never seen at any other one. There is a kind of personal warmth, mutual affection, quite lovely that’s here, that I have not seen at any other conference”.

Murray RitaNatalia

Rossana

NCABA History Tid BitsWhere did the “Do Things” Award

Come From?

NCABA History Tid Bits

Mary Riordan, you and I would frequently talk about marketing behavioral sayings, and one of them was "Do Things." I remembera sheet with several ideas on it. "Do Things" was the most generic one I thought might sell. I recall that I bought the shirt for myself for my birthday (November 1st), and at that time it was a big expense. I believe it was done at the K-Mart on Duval St in Tallahassee. I am sure it was a Friday, and that is a Dunk's beer and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

The idea was that the only way to contact reinforcement is to behave. The idea in the picture was to present a bunch of things at one time-- including the words on the shirt. I can't remember any of the other ideas. Later, I thought Behavior Counts (from FABA) was one of the best ideas, but this was the only prototype we made from those marketing talks.

Recollections from Martin Ivancic at FSU in early 1980s

NCABA History Tid Bits

Martin Ivancic and Duke Schell around 1980Grad school at FSU with Jon Bailey

On the Front Page of the ABAI Website

MEMBER NEWSNorth Carolina Association for Behavior

AnalysisThe Executive Council of the North Carolina

Association for Behavior Analysis is very pleased to announce that the 25th Annual Conference is

to be held in Winston-Salem at the Twin City Quarter, Wednesday, February 19th through

Friday, February 21st, 2014. Help NCABA celebrate 25 years

http://www.nc-aba.com/index_files/Conference.htm

ABAI Recognition

SR+

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