8th CONFERENCEOF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION
FOR BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS
ENNA, SICILY14-17 SEPTEMBER, 2016
KORE UNIVERSITY
PROGRAM OF EVENTS
WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF
THE CITY OF ENNA
ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR
OUR GRACIOUS HOST
KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA
8th BIANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIOUR ANALYSISENNA, SICILY, SEPTEMBER 14-17, 2016
Wednesday September 14Kore University Campus
15:00-18:00 Hall in front on the auditoriumRegistration
Rooms A-E17:00-18:00: Reunions
18:00-19:00 Auditorium / TerraceOpening Ceremony
Giovambattista Presti / Paolo ModeratoUniversity of Kore Board
EABA President Zuilma Gabríela SigurðardóttirB.F. Skinner Foundation Student Research Award ceremony
19:00 onwards Welcome Reception: Show and Get-together
Piazza Armerina, nearby Enna
Thursday September 15 / MorningKore University Campus
Room A Room B Room C Room D09:00-10:20 Event1
SYMPOSIUM: Cultural and language considerations
in treatment of individuals with autismChair: D. Daniel Gould
Event 2SYMPOSIUM:
Behavior analysis as an emerging profession
Chair: Neil Martin
Event 3SYMPOSIUM:
Understanding and using implicit tests in behavior-analytic research
Chair: Bryan Roche
Event 4Discrimination learning
Chair: Per Holth
How can we improve numerical discrimination? Effects of exposure and
perceptual training
Quantity discrimination in the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
Reliability of giant rats detecting tuberculosis
10:30-11:50 Event 5Behavioral intervention in autism
Chair: Smita Aswathi
Application of remedial strategies to increase skill acquisition for children
with autism
An evaluation of a modified version of the handwriting without tears
curriculum with a child with autism and mild Intellectual disability: A case study
Conditioned reinforcement for social interactions for children with autism
Exploratory investigation of baseline skill stability: Evaluating the sufficiency
of moderately competent skills at baseline for maintenance and
generalization
Event 6SYMPOSIUM:
Translational research in the treatment of childhood behavior
disordersChair: Nicole DeRosa
Event 7SYMPOSIUM:
Stimulus equivalence: Some historical issues and recent findings
Chair: Erik Arntzen
Event 8Electronic technology in applied
behavior analysisChair: Lise Roll-Pettersson
Real-time health behavior intervention using telemetry
Using a health application on android operating smartphones for the
monitoring and modification of eating behavior
Using video-modeling to teach cooperative play skills to a child with
autism
Using eye tracking technology to teach children with ASD to look at social
stimuli
12:00-13:00 Auditorium: Event 9Chair: Karola Dillenburger
Keynote Address: Angelika AndersonTechnology-assisted interventions to teach work skills to adults with autism spectrum disorders
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
Thursday September 15 / Afternoon & EveningKore University Campus
Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E14:00-14:40 Event 10
Treatment efficacy in applied behavior analysis
Chair: Angelika Anderson
Effectiveness and efficiency of CABAS®-based early
intervention programs in Italy…
Efficacy of an early intervention program using a multi
component model
Event 12SYMPOSIUM:
Applied behavior analysis in school: A multicomponent
model to promote inclusive education
Chair: Francesca Pergolizzi
Event 13SYMPOSIUM:
Can the Implicit Relational Assessment ProcedureIRAP tell something to researchers and
clinicians?Chair: Annalisa Oppo
Event 14SYMPOSIUM:
Applied behavior analysis in the 21st century:
The role of technology and lifelong learning
Chair: Sean O’Neill
Event 15Theoretical analyses
Chair: Martti T. Tuomisto
B. F. Skinner’s legacy: 25 years on
Some fundamental assumptions of relational frame theory
Learning about the future
15:00-15:20 Event 11Withdrawn
Event 16Roots and leaves: Le radici e
germogli dell’analisi del comportamento in Italiae nel
mondoDiscussant: Phil Chase
15:30-16:50 Event 17SYMPOSIUM:
Ontogenic sources of social/verbal development:
The latest chapterChair: R. Douglas Greer
Event 18Applications of behavioral
principlesChair: Karola Dillenburger
The analysis of EDUS guides for developmental assessment and
curricula…
Preference assessment in adults with intellectual disabilities
Altering the value of a consequence
Functional analysis and intervention through physical
activity
Event 19SYMPOSIUM:
Conscious behavior: Behavioral and complementary accounts
Chair: Julian Leslie
Event 20Assessment of problematic
behaviorChair: Zuilma Gabriela
Sigurðardóttir
Assessment of data quality from telehealth observations….
Development of a classroom assessment system for non-
academic behaviors
The utility of psychometric tests in the prediction of fear and
avoidance behavior.
The potential of the decimal system of behavior…
Event 21Contingencies of reinforcement
Chair: Iver Iversen
A closer look at the three-term contingency: Where does the
reinforcer belong?
Individual valence decay rates across fixed intervals
Resurgence as allocation of non-symmetrical and extended
temporal responses
Similar, but different: Preference pulses after
responses and reinforcers
17:00-18:00 Auditorium: Event 22Chair: Robert Mellon
Keynote Address: Ricardo Pellón How reinforcement theory can inform us about problematic behavioral excess
18:30-21:00 (Buses to) Enna Old TownVisit to the castle / reception courtesy of the City of Enna, Maurizio Dipietro, Honorable Mayor
Friday September 16 / MorningKore University Campus
Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E09:00-10:20 Event 23
Functional communication and object use
Chair: Mette Have SörensenFunctional communication using tablets with speech
generating device …
Reducing problem behavior and Increasing functional
communication using …
Using multiple schedules to establish functional
communication
The effects of structured activity conditioning to increase appropriate object use …
Event 24SYMPOSIUM:
Relational Frame Theory: Application in educational
settingsChair: Annalisa Oppo
Event 25SYMPOSIUM:
Some recent research within equivalence class formation
Chair: Erik Arntzen
Event 26SYMPOSIUM:
Behavioral applications of telehealth consultationChair: Jennifer McComas
Event 27SYMPOSIUM:
Analisi Comportamentale Applicata a scuola: un modello integrato per promuovere una
educazione inclusivaChair: Francesca Pergolizzi
10:30-11:50 Event 28Generating verbal behavior
Chair: Rebecca SharpInducing vocalization in non-
vocal children with autism
Naming skills established through multiple exemplar instruction in children with
autism
Inducing generalized imitation and echoic responses using a
mirror training …
Using shaping to facilitate the emission of mands by a student with developmental disabilities
Event 29SYMPOSIUM:
The implementation of protocols for language
developmentChair: Fabiola Casarini
Event 30Behavior analysis in effective
teachingChair: Francesco Sulla
Natural rates of teachers’ approval and disapproval in primary school classrooms
An examination of the effects of a short course aimed at
enabling teachers…
Refining competency-based supervision in behavior analysis
Eclecticism in focus: The importance of educational
theory in understanding the evidence to practice divide…
Event 31Organizational behavior
management (OBM)Chair: Christoph BördleinEffects of class-wide self-
monitoring on on-taskbehaviors of preschoolers with
developmental disabilities
Children safety in shopping carts
Can eating fruit and veg each day chase junk food away?
Changes in nutritional composition of children’s meals after the Food Dudes program
Event 32SYMPOSIUM:
Una spinta gentile verso comportamenti prosociali: architettura delle scelte e
NudgingChair: Giovambattista Presti
12:00-13:00 Auditorium: Event 33Chair: Torunn Lian
Keynote Address: Alan Poling Extending the scope of applied behavior analysis: APOPO as a case study
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
Friday September 16 / Afternoon & EveningKore University Campus
14:00-15:00 Auditorium: Event 34Chair: Erik Arntzen
Keynote Address: Lanny Fields How meaningful stimuli enhance equivalence class formation
Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E15:10-16:30 Event 35
Developing behavior-analytic intervention programs
Chair: Wayne Fuqua
Pivotal Response Treatment®: Training staff to promote
initiations in children with ASD…
Challenges in developing community-based ABA
programmes for children with autism and competency based
training for staff…
Behavioral economics: Serving the underserved in the French
countryside…
Event 36Applying behavior analysis in
primary educationChair: Børge Strømgren
Efficacy of self-evaluation and token economy interventions for
elementary school students…
Implementation of technology-based self-management to
improve on-task behavior in primary school students
Building solidarity and inclusion in the classroom: The good
inclusion game (GIG)
Increasing basic math’s fluency skills in a peer led environment
Event 37SYMPOSIUM:
Assessing and training derived relational responding in young
childrenChair: Teresa Mulhern
Event 38SYMPOSIUM:
Advances in relational responding (RR) research in
humansChair: Micah Amd
Event 39Operant variability
Chair: Ricardo Pellón
Is variability an operant dimension of behavior?
Within session stimulus control of variability in operant behavior
in rats
Variability and resistance to change
16:40-18:00 Event 40Parent-mediated interventions
Chair: Heidi Skorge OlaffUsing parent mediated
intervention to treat autism symptoms in infants
Training parents in Saudi Arabia to implement discrete-trial
teaching…
An examination of the efficacy of parent-implemented bedtime
fading and positive routines…
Pediatric feeding disorders: Function-based treatment and
physical guidance, demand level, and reinforcer potency…
Event 41Applying behavior analysis in
higher educationChair: Phil Chase
Choice, response effort, performance: An analysis of
students’ preferences for seminar formats…
The use of flashcards to reduce the barrier of technical jargon
Teaching an online functional behavior assessment practice:
The WHAAM educational model
Event 42Stimulus equivalence
Chair: Lanny Fields
Associative versus propositional learning and stimulus
equivalence
Negative racial biases reduction and maintenance through the establishment of equivalent
stimulus classes
On the stability of transitivity relations: Effects of subsequent punishment and adventitious
negative reinforcement
Event 43SYMPOSIUM:
Bridging the gap between different levels of selection:
Nature, behavior and culture at work in complex systemChair: Ingunn Sandaker
Event 44Ethical practice of behavior
analysis across culturesChair: M. Jackson Marr
Conceptualization of EIBI implementation across cultures
Behavior analysis in practice: balancing rights and restrictive
practice
Ethics: Gotta love it!
18:00-19:30 2nd Floor corridor Event 45: POSTER SESSION19:45 on… Gala Dinner, Bus leaves from Kore University
Saturday September 17Kore University Campus
Room A Room B Room C Room D Room E09:00-10:20 Event 46
SYMPOSIUM:Deriving lessons: Relational
responding in typically developing children and
children with autismChair: Richard May
Event 47SYMPOSIUM:
Using behavioral technologies to teach behavior analysis
Chair: Traci Cihon
Event 48Diverse issues in behavior
analysisChair: Christoffer Eilifsen
Explaining the persistence of corruption in the Ghanaian
police service…
Epigenetic mechanisms and the effect of post-natal maternal
care…
Never-before-seen footage from the B. F. Skinner collection…
Validation of the Fitbit Zip as a measure of pre-schoolers’ step
count
Event 49SYMPOSIUM:
Dalla teoria alla pratica: interventi contestualistici per
l'età adultaChair: Roberto Cavagnola
Event 50Conceptual Issues
Chair: Martti T. Tuomisto
Neuroscience and behavior analysis – the use of biological
variables in behavioral phenomena
Verbify
A proposition of empirical approach of privacy in verbal
behavior
Limits of multiple exemplar training
10:30-11:30 Auditorium: Event 51Chair: Martti T. Tuomisto
Keynote Address: Wayne FuquaImproving the effectiveness and accountability of ABA service delivery through evidence-based practice strategies
11:40-13:00 Event 52Development of complex
repertoires in children with autism
Chair: Stephen GallagherEffects of a modified speaker
immersion protocol on the production of verbal operants
Training children with autism in patterns of derived same and
different relations
Teaching empathy skills to children with autism
Event 53Behavior analysis in
neurotypical and special educationChair: TBA
The implementation of SWPBS –Tier 3 in a special education
school in the United Kingdom: A pilot study
Headsprout reading comprehension in a special
school setting
Event 54SYMPOSIUM:
Strengthening Mental Abilities with Relational Training
(SMART): A novel means to increase intellectual
functioning in typically developing and ageing
populationsChair: Bryan Roche
Event 55PANEL DISCUSSION
Il Sistema Sanitario Nazionale e gli interventi sull’autismo
basati sulle evidenze: analisi e obiettivi
Discussants: Paolo Moderato, Giovambattista Presti, Serafino
Corti. Antonella Costantino, Francesco Di Salle
Event 56Experimental analysis in non-
human subjectsChair: Ricardo Pellón
Does an inhibitory stimulus function as a punishing cons.?
Contextual surrogacy of eating behavior in pigeons
Sex differences in the acquisition and temporal organization of running…
13:10-14:10 Auditorium: Event 57Chair: Robert Mellon
Presidential Address: Zuilma Gabríela Sigurðardóttir Behavior Analysis in Europe: Where are we and where do we need to go?
14:10 END OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM14:30-17:00 EABA – General Meeting, Auditorium, all EABA members encouraged to attend
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Thursday September 15
09:00 – 10:20
#1 SYMPOSIUM: Cultural and language considerations in treatment of individuals with autismRoom AChair: D. Daniel Gould
Identification of culture-specific foundational skills: Priorities of Arab-Muslim mothers of children with AutismPamela Olsen, D. Daniel Gould, Tasneem Aburouza, Chata Dickson
Using video modelling to teach culture-specific dressing skillsLinda Bailey, Pamela Olsen, Kasia Kopacz, Daniel Sheridan
Bilingual intervention using ABA methods in the United Arab Emirates: Preliminary findingsSaleh Shaalan, Kerry Egan, Daniel Gould
Assessing Emirati parent support for vocational educationMike Ballard, Nouf Al Daheri, Pamela Olsen
#2 SYMPOSIUM: Behaviour analysis as an emerging professionRoom BChair: Neil Martin
The importance of credentialing for the emerging profession of behavior analysis in EuropeNeil Martin
Facilitators and barriers for the certification of behaviour analyst: A few International examplesJavier Virues-Ortega, Katrina Phillips
Growing behaviour analysis: A global perspectiveAngelika Anderson
#3 SYMPOSIUM: Understanding and using implicit tests in behavior-analytic researchRoom CChair: Bryan Roche
What is the functional relationship between implicit test effect sizes and the strength of the verbal relations they are said to measure?Jamie Cummins, Bryan Roche, Aoife Cartwright
Using the function acquisition speed test (FAST) methodology for assessing verbal stimulus relations in social researchAoife Cartwright, Bryan Roche
The effect of social exclusion on implicit self-esteem responding as measured using the IRAP in individuals with sub-clinical paranoiaCorinna Stewart, Fionnuala Rogers, Monika Pilch, Ian Stewart, Yvonne Barnes-Holmes, Stefan Westermann
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Thursday September 15
The effect of a perspective taking intervention on ABA tutors’ implicit and explicit attitudes towards clients with ASDDiana Ferroni Bast, Ian Stewart
#4 PAPER SESSION: Discrimination learningRoom DChair: Per Holth
How can we improve numerical discrimination? Effects of exposure and perceptual trainingEugé nia Fernandes, Camila Domeniconi
Quantity discrimination in the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)Camila Domeniconi, Eugé nia Fernandes, Cassiano G. Santis, Isabela Zaine
Response rate and conditional probability of reinforcement in discriminative learning of compound stimuliMiriam Garcia-Mijares, Francisco Andeson Gonçalves Carneiro
Reliability of giant rats detecting tuberculosisHaylee Ellis, Al Poling, Tim Edwards, Christiaan Mulder
10:30 – 11:50#5 PAPER SESSION: Behavioural intervention in autismRoom AChair: SmitaAswathi
Application of remedial strategies to increase skill acquisition for children with autismKasia Kopacz
An evaluation of a modified version of the Handwriting without Tears curriculum with a child with autism and mild Intellectual disability: A case studyRina Cianfaglione, Corinna Grindle, Liz Corbel
Conditioned reinforcement for social interactions for children with autismNicole Luke
Exploratory investigation of baseline skill stability: Evaluating the sufficiency of moderately competent skills at baseline for maintenance and generalizationDouglas Lee, Bix Sie Lee, Hui Min Lim
#6 SYMPOSIUM: Translational research in the treatment of childhood behavior disordersRoom BChair: Nicole DeRosa
Applications of behavioral economics to the treatment of destructive behaviorNicole DeRosa, Henry Roane
Using behavioral momentum theory to behaviorally inoculate children with severe behavior disorders against relapse following treatment with functional communication trainingWayne Fisher
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Thursday September 15
Basing assessment and treatment of problem behavior on behavior momentum theory: Analysesof behavioral persistence and resurgenceDavid Wacker, Kelly Schieltz
A comparison of the sequential oral sensory approach to an applied behavior-analytic approach in the treatment of food selectivity in children with autism spectrum disordersCathleen Piazza, Kathryn Peterson
#7 SYMPOSIUM: Stimulus equivalence: Some historical Issues and recent findingsRoom CChair: Erik Anrtzen
A historical overview of Sidman equivalenceErik Arntzen, Per S. Sæ therbakken
Paired-associate learning and stimulus equivalenceChristoffer Eilifsen, Erik Arntzen
Conditional discrimination and derived responding; Extended testing and reaction time analysisTorunn Lian, Erik Arntzen
Effect of pre-training with rapid responding on formation of equivalence classesErik Arntzen, Kim Liland
#8 PAPER SESSION: Electronic technology in applied behaviour analysisRoom DChair: Lise Roll-Pettersson
Real-time health behavior intervention using telemetryMarie Boman-Davis
Using a health application on android operating smartphones for the monitoring and modification of eating behaviorEvi Neofotistou, Aikaterini Milioni, Kostas Nakos, Maria Manolaki
Using video modelling to teach cooperative play skills to a child with autismMaithri Sivaraman
Using eye tracking technology to teach children with ASD to look at social stimuliStephen Gallagher, Aideen McParland, Mickey Keenan
12:00 – 13:00
#9 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Angelika AndersonAuditoriumChair: Karola Dilenburger
Technology-assisted interventions to teach work skills to adults with ASD
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Thursday September 15
14:00 – 15:20
#10 PAPER SESSION: Treatment efficacy in applied behaviour analysisRoom AChair: Angelika Anderson
Effectiveness and efficiency of CABAS®-based early Intervention programs in Italy: Criterion and norm-referenced dataFabiola Casarini, Elisa Galanti, Adele Carpitelli
Efficacy of an early intervention program using a multi component modelNipa Bhuptani, Rekha Warrier, Jody Hunsberger
#11 SYMPOSIUM: Withdrawn
#12 SYMPOSIUM: Applied behavior analysis in school: A multicomponent model to promote inclusive educationRoom BChair: Francesca Pergolizzi
An inclusive model for autism: Applied behavior analysis in schoolsMelissa Scagnelli, Cristina Copelli, Chiara Ferrari, Elisa De Bartolo, Francesca Pergolizzi, Paolo Moderato
Ready for school: Efficacy of an ABA program for a 5-years old autistic childValentina Cazzoli, Arianna Ristallo, Melissa Scagnelli, Cristina Copelli, Francesca Pergolizzi, Paolo Moderato
I’m starting school! Learning to deal with unexpected events and transitionsArianna Ristallo, Maria Chiara Campo, Melissa Scagnelli, Cristina Copelli, Francesca Pergolizzi, Paolo Moderato
Flessibil...mente: a pilot study to promote psychological flexibility at schoolMelina Di Blasi, Francesca Mongelli, Francesca Pergolizzi, Giovambattista Presti
#13 SYMPOSIUM: Can the International Relational Assessment Procedure tell something to researchers and clinicians?Room CChair: Annalisa Oppo
Implicit and explicit facial expressions recognition by grading facial expressions stimuliAnnalisa Oppo, Squatrito Valeria, Enrica Basile, Giovambattista Presti
Implicit and explicit relational responding of creative thinking & self-compassionAndrea Compiani, Annalisa Oppo, Paolo Moderato
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Thursday September 15
ACT, CBT therapists and controls: Self compassion, implicit and explicit response to failure and successFrancesco Dell'Orco, Davide Carnevali, Annalisa Oppo, Giovambattista Presti
#14 SYMPOSIUM: ABA in the 21st Century: The role of technology and lifelong learningRoom DChair: Sean O’Neill
ABA and Assistive Technology: Developing integrated evidence based practiceKen Kerr, Phil Smyth
Assistive Technology: Understanding the needs and experiences of persons with autism spectrum disorder/intellectual disabilitySean O'Neill, Sinead Smyth, Alan Smeaton, Noel O'Connor
Equivalence-based instruction in the mainstream classroom: Group respondingRonda Barron, Siné ad Smyth, Julian Leslie
#15 PAPER SESSION: Theoretical analysesRoom E (14:00-15:00)Chair: Martti T. Tuomisto
B. F. Skinner’s legacy: 25 years onJulian C. Leslie
Some fundamental assumptions of Relational Frame TheoryMicah Amd
Learning about the futureSarah Cowie, Michael Davison, Douglas Elliffe
#16 PAPER SESSION: Roots and leaves: Le radici e germogli dell’analisi del comportamento in Italia e nel mondoRoots and leaves of behavior analysis in Italy and worldwideRoom E (15:00-15:20)Giovambattista PrestiDiscussant: Phil Chase
15:30 – 16:50
#17 SYMPOSIUM: Ontogenic sources of social/verbal development: The latest chapterRoom AChair: R. Douglas Greer
Behavioral development cusp studies from our laboratoryJennifer Longano
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Thursday September 15
Observational stimulus control of social learningJessica Singer-Dudek
A science of learned social reinforcementR. Douglas Greer
#18 PAPER SESSION: Applications of behavioural principlesRoom BChair: Karola Dillenburger
The analysis of EDUS guides for developmental assessment and curricula for children ages 0-3 and 3-6Stanislava Majusevic, Nirvana Pistoljevic
Preference assessment in adults with intellectual disabilities: A visual matrix for procedure selectionRoberto Cavagnola, Giovanni Miselli, Francesco Fioriti, Mauro Leoni, Giuseppe Chiodelli, Laura Galli, Michela Uberti, Giovanni Michelini, Serafino Corti
Altering the value of a consequence: Value interview for persons with intellectual disabilitiesGiovanni Miselli, Roberto Cavagnola, Francesco Fioriti, Mauro Leoni, Giuseppe Chiodelli, Laura Galli, Michela Uberti, Giovanni Michelini, Serafino Corti
Functional analysis and intervention through physical activity - procedures and implementationEitan Eldar
#19 SYMPOSIUM: Conscious behavior: Behavioral and complementary accountsRoom CChair: Julian Leslie
List, list, O, list! The escape from ideological behaviorismM. Jackson Marr
A behavior analytic approach to selfIan Stewart
Consciousness without representation: Behavior analysis and other approachesJulian C. Leslie
#20 PAPER SESSION: Assessment of problematic behaviorRoom DChair: Zuilma Gabriela Sigurðardóttir
Assessment of data quality from telehealth observations using calibration and IOAKatrina Phillips
Development of a classroom assessment system for non-academic behaviorsLaurilyn Jones, Francis Mechner
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Thursday September 15
The utility of psychometric tests in the prediction of fear and avoidance behaviourSean Boyle, Bryan Roche, Ross Brannigan, Ailaigh Jones, Daire Kinsella, Simon Dymond
The potential of the decimal system of behaviour and life problems in behaviouralnutritionMartti T. Tuomisto
#21 PAPER SESSION: Contingencies of reinforcementRoom EChair: IverIversen
A closer look at the three-term contingency: Where does the reinforcer belong?Iver Iversen
Individual valence decay rates across fixed intervalsMicah Amd
Resurgence as allocation of non-symmetrical and extended temporal responsesPedro H. Carvalho, Lorismario E. Simonassi, João L. Bernardy, Márcio Q. Barreto, Thaíssa N. R. Pontes, Bruna N. Rosa, Yara L. de Paulo, Ítalo R. de Freitas Mendes, Isabela M. Siqueira, Bruno M. Pontes
Similar, but different: Preference pulses after responses and reinforcersStephanie Gomes-Ng, Sarah Cowie, Douglas Elliffe
17:00 –18:00#22 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Ricardo PellonAuditorium Chair: Robert Mellon
How a reinforcement theory can inform about problematic behavioural excess
18:30 – 21:00Enna castle visit / reception courtesy of the City of Enna, Maurizio Dipietro, Honorable Mayor
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Friday September 16
09:00 – 10:20
#23 PAPER SESSION: Functional communication and object useRoom AChair: Mette Have Sörensen
Functional communication using tablets with speech generating device for adolescent with autism: strengths and limitationsLorenzo Todone
Reducing problem behavior and increasing functional communication using “synthesized” assessment and treatmentBethany Raffanello, D. Daniel Gould, Pamela Olsen, Elizabeth Hudson, Christine Pellerin
Using multiple schedules to establish functional communicationGemma Sweetman
The effects of structured activity conditioning to increase appropriate object use and decrease stereotypyAngela Vinci, Mara Filippo, Claudia Ammendola, Ione Aguglia
#24 SYMPOSIUM: Relational Frame Theory: Application in educational settingsRoom BChair: Annalisa Oppo
Relational Frame Theory: Model and applicationsGiovambattista Presti
Promote textual behavior with understanding in preschool neurotypical childrenMelissa Scagnelli, Davide Carnevali, Giovambattista Presti, Paolo Moderato
Learning to read: RFT proceduresClaudio Premarini, Giovambattista Presti
RFT procedures for dyslexic childrenMargherita Gurrieri, Giovambattista Presti, Davide Carnevali, Melissa Scagnelli
#25 SYMPOSIUM: Some recent research within equivalence class formationRoom CChair: Erik Arntzen
Tracking eye movement behavior across conditional discrimination proceduresSteffen Hansen, Erik Arntzen
Equivalence class formation as a function of stimulus sets with abstract and pictorial stimuliJustice Mensah, Erik Arntzen
The effects of limited hold on choice responses in matching-to-sample tasksFelix Høgnason, Erik Arntzen
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Friday September 16
Different matching-to-sample procedures and formation of stimulus equivalence in elderly peopleAnette Brogård Antonsen, Erik Arntzen
#26 SYMPOSIUM: Behavioral applications of telehealth consultationRoom DChair: Jennifer McComas
A randomized clinical trial of functional communication trainingDavid Wacker
Telehealth as a mechanism for coaching parent implemented communication intervention for children with severe developmental disabilitiesJennifer McComas, Jessica Simacek, Adele Dimain
Results of two randomized clinical trials of web-based programs for training ABA technicians and parents to implement early intensive behavior interventionWayne W. Fisher, Kevin C. Luczynski, Mychal A. Machado, Aaron D. Lesser, Stephanie A. Hood, Andrew P. Blowers, Meagan D. Pisman, Megan E. Vosters
#27 SYMPOSIUM: Analisi comportamentale applicata a scuola: Un modello integrato per promuovere una educazione inclusiveApplied behavior analysis at school: A multicomponent model to promote inclusion in educationRoom EChair: Francesca Pergolizzi
Un modello inclusivo per l’autismo: Analisi comportamentale applicata a scuolaAn inclusive model for autism: Applied behavior analysis at schoolMelissa Scagnelli, Cristina Copelli, Chiara Ferrari, Elisa De Bartolo, Francesca Pergolizzi, Paolo Moderato
Pronti per andare a scuola: L’efficacia di un intervento ABA nel promuovere l’inclusioneReady for school: Efficacy of an ABA program in promoting inclusive educationArianna Ristallo, Chiara Campo, Melissa Scagnelli, Cristina Copelli, Francesca Pergolizzi, Paolo Moderato
Flexibil…mente: uno studio pilota per promuovere la flessibilità psicologica a scuolaFlexibil…mente (Flexible-mind): A pilot-study to promote psychological flexibility at schoolFrancesca Pergolizzi, Giovambattista Presti, Melina Di Blasi, Francesca Mongelli
La Matrice ACT: Uno strumento basato sull'analisi del comportamento per gli interventi di staff training nel contesto della disabilità intellettivaThe ACT Matrix: A clinical behavior analytic tool to train staff working with intellectual disability in observing relevant personal contingenciesFrancesco Dell’Orco, Anna Bianca Prevedini, Paolo Moderato
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Friday September 16
10:30 – 11:50
#28 PAPER SESSION: Generating verbal behaviourRoom AChair: Rebecca Sharp
Inducing vocalization in non-vocal children with autismSmita Awasthi, Sridhar Aravamudhan, Karola Dillenburger
Naming skills established through multiple exemplar instruction in children with autismHeidi Skorge Olaff, Per Holth
Inducing generalized imitation and echoic responses using a mirror training in pre-school students with autismElisa Galanti, Chiara Diaferia, Federica Maresci, Alessandro Frolli
Using shaping to facilitate the emission of mands by a student with developmental disabilitiesVanessa Artoni, Eleonora Villani, Elisa Galanti, Antonino Ganci
#29 SYMPOSIUM: The implementation of protocols for language development - A verbal behavior approachRoom BChair: Fabiola Casarini
Inducing listener developmental cusps and capabilities
Katherine Baker
Inducing speaker developmental cusps and capabilities
Dr. Joanne Hill Powell
Verbal behavior analysis: The impact of bringing a progressive approach to the science of verbal behavior to Italy
Fabiola Casarini
#30 PAPER SESSION: Behaviour analysis in effective teachingRoom CChair: Fransesco Sulla
Natural rates of teachers’ approval and disapproval in primary school classrooms: Comparison between Italy and UKFrancesco Sulla, Dolores Rollo, Eusebia Armenia, Brian Apte
An examination of the effects of a short course aimed at enabling teachers in an Italian primary school to alter the verbal feedback given to their pupilsFrancesco Sulla, Dolores Rollo
Refining competency-based supervision in behavior analysis: Practical challenges and solutionsJamie Hughes-Lika, Gwen Dwiggins
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Friday September 16
Eclecticism in focus: The importance of educational theory in understanding the evidence-to-practice divide in developing and implementing eclectic programmes of intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorderJennifer McMahon
#31 PAPER SESSION: Organizational Behavior ManagementRoom DChair: Christoph Bördlein
Effects of class-wide self-monitoring on on-task behaviors of preschoolers with developmental disabilitiesMine Sönmez Kartal, Şerife Yücesoy Özkan
Children safety in shopping cartsÁrniÞór Eiríksson, Zuilma Gabriela Sigurðardóttir
Can eating fruit and veg each day chase junk food away? Changes in nutritional composition of children’s meals after the Food Dudes programmeMariel Marcano-Olivier, Mihela Erjavec, Pauline Horne, Simon Viktor, Ruth Pearson-Blunt, Jake Sallaway-Costello
#32 SYMPOSIUM: Una spinta gentile verso comportamenti prosociali: architettura delle scelte e NudgingRoom EChair: Giovambattista Presti
Promuovere la cooperazione all’interno di ambienti organizzativi: Dal laboratorio all’impresaNudging cooperation in organizational environments: From lab to businessMarco Tagliabue, Ingunn Sandaker
Digital detox: Risultati preliminari di un intervento di nudging per la riduzione dell’utilizzo dei dispositivi digitali in contesti socialiDigital detox: Preliminary findings of a nudging intervention to reduce the use of digital devices in social contextsMarianna Vaccaro, Magdalena Edyta Lopes, Massimo Cesareo, Paolina Stoyanova. Mariateresa Volpe, Francesco Pozzi, Paolo Moderato
Nudging e sostenibilità: Ridurre lo spreco alimentare all’interno dei ristoranti utilizzando l’opzione di defaultNo waste by default: Nudging to prevent food waste in restaurants.Massimo Cesareo, Magdalena Edyta Lopes, Marianna Vaccaro, Andrea Compiani, Francesco Pozzi, Paolo Moderato
Applicazioni del nudging per favorire l’aderenza al percorso terapeutico post-residenziale da parte di pazienti obesiNudging the obese patient: A framework of applications to support adherence to post-residential treatmentAndrea Compiani, Massimo Cesareo, Magdalena Edyta Lopes, Francesco Pozzi, Paolo Moderato
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Friday September 16
12:00 –13:00#33 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Alan PolingAuditoriumChair: Torunn Lian
Extending the scope of applied behavior analysis: APOPO as a case study
14:00 –15:00#34 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Lanny FieldsAuditoriumChair: Erik Arntzen
How meaningful stimuli enhance equivalence class formation
15:10 –16:30#35 PAPER SESSION: Developing behavior-analytic intervention programsRoom AChair: Wayne Fuqua
Pivotal Response Treatment®: Training staff to promote initiations in children with ASD in an inpatient treatment facilityRianne Verschuur, Bibi Huskens
Challenges in developing community-based ABA programmes for children with autism and competency based training for staff in countries with little experience with ABA servicesSharina Yunus, Hizawardy H A Halim, Hui Min Lim
Behavioral economics: Serving the underserved in the French countryside, tethering pivotal skills to effective training and outcomesDiane Fraser
#36 PAPER SESSION: Applying behavior analysis in primary educationRoom BChair: Børge Strømgren
Efficacy of self-evaluation and token economy interventions for elementary school students with emotional-behavioral disordersShiri Ayvazo, Avner Fraidlin, Ronit Kankazil
Implementation of technology-based self-management to improve on-task behaviour in primary school students: Self-management assistive technology (SMAT) – A pilot studyMargherita Busacca, Angelika Anderson, Dennis Moore
Building solidarity and inclusion in the classroom: The Good Inclusion Game (GIG)Caleb Coyle, Karola Dillenburger
Increasing basic maths fluency skills in a peer led environmentStacey Hunter, J. Carl Hughes
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Friday September 16
#37 SYMPOSIUM: Assessing and training derived relational responding in young childrenRoom CChair: Teresa MulhernDiscussant: Giovambattista Presti
Investigating containment and hierarchical relational responding in young childrenTeresa Mulhern, Ian Stewart
Teaching class inclusion to typically developing children and individuals with autismTeresa Mulhern, Siri Ming, Laura Moran, Ian Stewart
Training children with autism in patterns of derived same and different relationsSiri Ming, Ian Stewart
#38 SYMPOSIUM: Advances in Relational Responding (RR) research in humansRoom DChair: Micah Amd
Transformation of functions in accordance with part-whole hierarchical relationsIan Stewart, Brian Slattery, Michael Chambers, Simon Dymond
An empirical demonstration of arbitrarily applicable spatial relational respondingRichard J. May, Ian Stewart, Luisa Baez, Gary Freegard, Simon Dymond
Investigating complex behavior in humans: Relating relational networks via multiple stimulus relationsShane McLoughlin, Ian Stewart
An alternative account of context generalizationMicah Amd, Bryan Roche
#39 PAPER SESSION: Operant variabilityRoom EChair: Ricardo Pellón
Is variability an operant dimension of behavior?Andrew Kieta, Jesú s Rosales-Ruiz
Within-session stimulus control of variability in operant behavior in ratsMonica Vandbakk, IverIversen
Variability and resistance to changeReut Peleg, Per Holth, Neil Martin
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Friday September 16
16:40 –18:00#40 PAPER SESSION: Parent mediated InterventionsRoom AChair: Heidi Skorge Olaff
Using parent-mediated intervention to treat autism symptoms in infantsAmy Tanner, Katerina Dounavi
Training parents in Saudi Arabia to implement discrete-trial teaching with their children with autism spectrum disorderAhmad Eid.An examination of the efficacy of parent-implemented bedtime fading and positive routines on sleep onset latency, total sleep duration and night awakenings for children with autistic spectrum disorderEmma Delemere, Katerina Dounavi
Pediatric feeding disorders: Function-based treatment and physical guidance, demand level, and reinforcer potency in the context of choice in an intensive, home-based treatment programTessa Taylor
#41 PAPER SESSION: Applying behavior analysis in higher educationRoom BChair: Phil Chase
Choice, response effort, performance: An analysis of students’ preferences for seminar formats using concurrent chains procedure and format effectivenessJessica Coimbra, Rebecca Sharp
The use of flashcards to reduce the barrier of technical jargonStacey Hunter, J. Carl Hughes, Michael Beverley, John Parkinson.Teaching an online functionalbBehaviourassessment practice: The WHAAM educational modelGiuseppe Chiazzese, Gianluca Merlo, Antonella Chifari, Paola Denaro, Luciano Seta
#42 PAPER SESSION: Stimulus EquivalenceRoom CChair: Lanny Fields
Associative versus propositional learning and stimulus equivalenceDavid W. Dickins
Negative racial biases reduction and maintenance through the establishment of equivalent stimulus classesTáhcita Mizael, João de Almeida, Julio de Rose
On the stability of transitivity relations: Effects of subsequent punishment and adventitious negative reinforcementParaskevi Danae Katsougri, Robert Mellon
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Friday September 16
#43 SYMPOSIUM: Bridging the gap between different levels of selection: Nature, behavior and culture at work in complex systemsRoom DChair: Ingunn Sandaker
Behavior analysis applied to cultural changes: achievements and challengesKalliu Couto
Establishing metacontingencies in game theory: Conceptual and empirical implicationsMarco Tagliabue
A system perspective on exploration and exploitation in complex adaptive processFabio Bento
#44 PAPER SESSION: Ethical practice of behavior analysis across culturesRoom CChair: Jack Marr
Conceptualization of early intensive behavioral intervention implementation across culturesLise Roll-Pettersson
Behaviour analysis in practice: Balancing rights and restrictive practicePhil Smith, Ken Kerr
Ethics: Gotta love it!Rita Honan, Pamela Christofori
18:00 –19:30#45 POSTER SESSION2nd Floor, corridor
1. Interpreter stress: An acceptance and commitment training for interpreting studentsFrancesco Dell'Orco
2. Come together! An exploratory analysis of the complexity of categorizationGiovambattista Presti, Melissa Scagnelli, Margherita Gurrieri, Claudio Premarini, Catia Rigoletto, Melissa Zecchini, Gloria Mantovani, Giulia Stagni, Paolo Moderato, Massimo Molteni
3. Which comes first? Emergence of temporal frame responding in an autistic kidGiovambattista Presti, Davide Carnevali, Arianna Ristallo, Paolo Moderato
4. False memories via stimulus equivalence paradigm: Comparing the effect of meaningful stimuliNatalia Maria Aggio, Julio de Rose
5. The role of conditional negative reinforcing stimuli in self-control phenomenaEfstratios Tsoukaris, Drosoula-Anna Zourbanos, Kyriaki Kagioulis, Robert Mellon
6. Probability discounting of reward in a game situation: Do risk takers always take a risk?Toshihiko Yoshino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Graham Davey
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Friday September 16
7. A search for symmetry and transitivity of conditional relations in a border collieCamila Domeniconi, Luiza Langsdorff
8. Studies on different aspects of complex stimulus controlGuro Dunvoll, Justice Mensah, Anette Brogård Antonsen, Erik Arntzen
9. The effect of pre-experimental relations on establishing of equivalence classesJoão de Almeida.
10. State-dependent learning under morphine effects using a within-subjects design.Miriam Garcia-Mijares, Francisco Andeson Gonçalves Carneiro, William Eduardo, Patarroyo Serna
11. Teaching and assessment of gaze following for children with autismCarolina Silveira, João de Almeida, Camila Domeniconi
12. Multiple contextual control on the transformation of emotional functions among stimuli related by comparisonJoão de Almeida, Jú lio de Rose
13. Evaluation of two different types of fading procedures for training conditional discriminations to preschool childrenLidia Postalli, Mayara Ferreira, Felipe de Rose, Hindira Kawasaki, Deisy de Souza, William McIlvane
14. A citation analysis and APA Handbook of Behavior Analysis and the APA Educational Psychology HandbookChristoffer Eilifsen
15. Extinction and non-contingent reinforcement in the treatment of problem behaviors in a child with autism spectrum disorderMichael Nicolosi
16. Reducing rapid eating with DRL-IRT using connected fork in a child with autismGwenaëlle Demarigny
17. King of Solutions – Systematic teaching of problem-solving skills for students with autism spectrum disordersAlit Brill, Shiri Ayvazo
18. Comparison of training components for teaching Saudi Arabian parents to conduct discrete-trial teaching with their children with autismSultana Asfahani
19. Self-management interventions on individuals with autism spectrum disorders: A meta-analysis of single-subject researchYadan Liu, Angelika Anderson, Dennis Moore
20. Reduction of motor stereotypy through physical activityCherice Cardwell, Aurore Carlier
21. Reading comprehension with common naming trainingSjur Granmo, Jon Arne Løkke, Lars Rune Halvorsen, Espen Bredholt, Marius Fredriksen
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Friday September 16
22. Use Relational Frame Theory to increase cognitive skills in children with disabilities: Data from new protocolsJosé Maria Sireci, Giovambattista Presti
23. Food selectivity in a child with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability in fibromatosisClaudio Premarini, Silvia Riboldi, Gaia Bianchi, Giovambattista Presti
24. Verbal behavior and training mands to develop verbal communication in children with autismAngela Vinci, Rossella Scala, Mara Filippo, Luigina Talarico, Elisa Verduci, Ione Aguglia
25. Comparison of training components for teaching Saudi Arabian parents to conduct discrete-trial teaching with their children with autismSultana Asfahani
26. Self-management interventions on individuals with autism spectrum disorders: Ameta-analysis of single-subject researchYadan Liu, Angelika Anderson, Dennis Moore
27. Lag schedules of reinforcement in theconditioning of new motivating activitiesCherice Cardwell, Charlotte Cozette, Sonia Hamiane
28. Estimates of food consumption in a school cafeteria setting: a validation study of the use of digital photographyMariel Marcano-Olivier, Mihela Erjavec, Pauline Horne, Simon Viktor
29. Mathematics in early childhood: Copy, Cover and Compare and the direct instruction FlashcardsJose Navarro, M Jose Navarro-Cecilia, Candida Delgado, Estivaliz Aragon
30. Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure attitudes and alcoholRuth Callaghan, Veronica Cullinan, Carol Murphy
31. Naturalistic vs. essentialistic interpretational repertoires in relation to “psychopathology”Efthimia Orkopoulou, Julia Demou, Robert Mellon
32. Peer-Mediated Interventions: Efficacy, feasibility, and correspondence with preference for peer attentionTara Fahmie, Ciobha McKeown
33. Supporting the development of generalized imitation skills through the protocol "Mirror": Experience with a single caseAnna Fondacaro, Vanessa Artoni
34. The effect of intensive tact instruction on emission on pure tacts and mands in three students with developmental delaysAdele Carpitelli, Valentina Petrini, Vanessa Artoni
35. Empirical relationship between a history of social punishment and problematic internet useElena Marinopoulou, Robert Mellon
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Friday September 16
36. Shaping running cadence through acoustic feedbackGiorgio Innocenti, Marco Mammucari
37. Analog functional analysis of noncompliance during transitions in a special education school: Professional and ethical considerationsAvner Fraidlin, Shiri Ayvazo, Ronit Kankazil, Dana Harlap
38. The Food Dudes Dining Experience: Transforming food environments in primary schools and increasing school meal quality and uptakeMihela Erjavec, Pauline Horne, Simon Viktor
39. Attention, hyperactivity, fear and anxiety in preschool children in relation to parental use of aversive controlEirini Petropoulou, Khatuna Kurdovanidze, Robert Mellon
40. A preference-based mand intervention in a discrete trial training (DTT)Jon Arne Løkke, Sjur Granmo, Lars Rune Halvorsen, Anders Dechsling, Sindre Kvebæ k, Bjørn Erik Navestad
41. Efficiency of preference assessments for individuals with profound developmental disabilitiesElvin Alvarez
42. Non-contingent attention (NCA) in reducing alarm ringing in a person with dementiaSjur Granmo, Jon Arne Løkke, Linn Roer Begdouri, Mai Linda Andresen
43. Implementation of behavioral therapy for children to increase solids and liquids acceptance: A systematic review of empirical researchKatarzyna Babik
44. Burnout among ABA professionalsKaterina Dounavi, Camille Plantiveau
45. Using sheltered dogs for teaching Behavior Analysis to undergraduate studentsMiriam Garcia-Miijares, Nicole Meyi Shimabukuro, Bruna de Freitas Sym, Gerson Yukio Tomanari
21:30 –23:30
GALA DINNER
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Saturday September 17
09:00 –10:20#46 SYMPOSIUM: Deriving lessons: Relational responding in typically developing children and children with autismRoom AChair: Richard May
Equivalence in the classroom: Investigating the effects of a choral responding intervention on emergent second language skills in childrenJoanna Chick, Samantha Manuel, Rachel Jones, Richard May
Assessing and training non-arbitrary same and difference relations in young children using the relational evaluation procedure (REP)Jennifer Hayes, Orla Corbett, Ian Stewart, John McElwee
A pilot study examining the generalization of emotional functions across deictic relations with typically developing children, using novel app technologyAnita Munnelly, Louise McHugh.Teaching second language vocabulary to children using a stimulus equivalence paradigmPaula Mourelle-Calvo, Clodagh Murray.
#47 SYMPOSIUM: Using behavioral technologies to teach behavior analysisRoom BChair: Traci Cihon
The teaching sciences lab at UNTTraci Cihon, Darren Bandy, Erica Foss, Andrew Kieta
Deciding what works and what doesn’t workAndrew Kieta, Darren Bandy, Erica Foss, Rachel Metras
The comparative effects of cumulative and unitary SAFMEDS terms in an introductory undergraduate behavior analysis courseOwen Adams, Traci Cihon
#48 PAPER SESSION: Diverse issues in behavior analysisRoom CChair: Christoffer Eilifsen
Explaining the persistence of corruption in the Ghanaian police service from a behavior analytic perspectiveTete Kobla Agbota
Epigenetic mechanisms and the effects of post-natal maternal care in the development of the offspring’s stress vulnerabilityGrazielle Noro, Márcia Cristina Caserta Gon
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Saturday September 17
Never-before-seen footage from the B.F. Skinner Collection at the Harvard Film ArchiveTed Kennedy
#49 SYMPOSIUM: Dalla teoria alla pratica: interventi contestualistici per l'età adultaFrom theory to practice: contestualistic intervention in adulthoodRoom DChair: Roberto Cavagnola
La valutazione delle abilità di base dell’apprendimento in persone con disabilità intellettiva e autismo: applicazioni dell'ABLA.Assessment of basic learning skills in people with intellectual disabilities and autism: application of the ABLAGuarino Ramona, Cavagnola Roberto, Miselli Giovanni, Francesco Fioriti, Mauro Leoni, Giuseppe Chiodelli, Laura Galli, Michela Uberti, Giovanni Michelini, Serafino Corti
L'assessment delle preferenze e dei Valori negli adulti con Disturbi del NeurosviluppoPreference and Value assessment in adults with Neurodevelopmental DisordersMiselli Giovanni, Silvia Berna, Cavagnola Roberto, Francesco Fioriti, Mauro Leoni, Giuseppe Chiodelli, Laura Galli, Michela Uberti, Giovanni Michelini, Serafino Corti'Orientarsi nelle funzioni del grave disturbo del comportamentoExamining the functions of severe problem behaviorsAnna Percudani, Mauro Leoni, Cavagnola Roberto, Miselli Giovanni, Francesco Fioriti, Giuseppe Chiodelli, Laura Galli, Michela Uberti, Giovanni Michelini, Serafino Corti
Il picacismoParorexiaCavagnola Roberto, Miselli Giovanni, Francesco Fioriti, Mauro Leoni, Giuseppe Chiodelli, Laura Galli, Michela Uberti, Giovanni Michelini, Serafino Corti
#50 PAPER SESSION: Conceptual issuesRoom EChair: Martti T. Tuomisto
Neuroscience and behavior analysis – The use of biological variables behavioral phenomenaGrazielle Noro, Márcia Cristina Caserta Gon
VerbifyRasmi Krippendorf.A proposition of empirical approach of privacy in verbal behaviorJoão Lucas Bernardy, Lorismario E. Simonassi, Paula Sousa, Yara L. de Paulo, Wivinny Lima, Isabela Siqueira, Isabella Pires, Pedro H. Carvalho, Sofia Ferreira, Rafaela Guedes, Rafaela Guedes
Limits to multiple exemplar trainingPer Holth
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Saturday September 17
10:30 –11:30#51 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Wayne FuquaAuditoriumChair: Martti T. Tuomisto
Improving the effectiveness and accountability of ABA service delivery through evidence-based practice strategies
11:40 – 13:00#52 PAPER SESSION: Development of complex repertoires in children with autismRoom AChair: Stephen Gallagher
Effects of a modified speaker immersion protocol on the production of verbal operantsEldin Dzanko, Nirvana Pistoljevic
Training children with autism in patterns of derived same and different relationsIan Stewart, Siri Ming
Teaching empathy skills to children with autismMaithri Sivaraman
#53 PAPER SESSION: Behavior analysis in neurotypical and special educationRoom BChair: TBA
The implementation of schoolwide positive behaviour support – Tier 3 in a special education school in the United Kingdom: A pilot studyAndreas Paris, Corinna Grindle, Gemma Nicholls
Headsprout Reading Comprehension in a special school settingRina Cianfaglione, Corinna Grindle
#54 SYMPOSIUM: Strengthening mental abilities with relational training (SMART): A novel means to increase intellectual functioning in typically developing and ageing populationsRoom CChair: Bryan Roche
Examining the effects of extended relational skills training on the intelligence quotients of 15-17-year old childrenBryan Roche, Sarah Cassidy, Dylan Colbert, Ian Tyndall
Using SMART training to enhance intellectual ability in 10-12-year old children: A randomized controlled trial using a cross-over designDylan Colbert, Bryan Roche, Sarah Cassidy
Assessing the efficacy of fluency training in relating relations for increasing performance on testsof analogical responding and general cognitive abilityShane McLoughlin, Ian Tyndall, Antonina Pereira
EABA Enna • Conference Program • September 14-17 2016Saturday September 17
Preliminary investigation of the effects of relational training intervention on cognition in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease treated with a chlorinesterase inhibitor therapyG. Presti, S. Torregrossa, D. Migliore, E. Cumbo, B. Roche
#55 PANEL DISCUSSION: Il Sistema Sanitario Nazionale e gli interventi sull’autismo basati sulle evidenze: Analisi e obiettiviEvidence based intervention for autism and the National Health System: Where do we stand and go?Room DDiscussants: Paolo Moderato, Giovambattista Presti, Serafino Corti. Antonella Costantino, Francesco Di Salle
#56 PAPER SESSION: Experimental analysis in non-human subjectsRoom EChair: Ricardo Pellón
Does an inhibitory stimulus function as a punishing consequence?Vikki Bland, Sarah Cowie, Douglas Elliffe, Christopher Podlesnik
Contextual surrogacy ofeating behaviour in pigeons: Establishing a methodology for conditioning motivation with progressive stimuliEric Gorenflo
Sex differences in the acquisition and temporal organization of running in an activity-based anorexia procedure in ratsGabriela E López-Tolsa, Pedro Vidal, Esmeralda Fuentes, Patricia Rick, Valeria Gutié rrez, Ricardo Pellón
13:10 –14:10#57 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Zuilma Gabríela SigurðardóttirAuditoriumChair: Robert Mellon
Behavior analysis in Europe: Where are we and where do we need to go?
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