Presented by: Bridget Taylor, Ph.D.
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012
Time: 9:00am - 10:15am
Session: Keynote #1
Learning Objectives:
- Become aware of applied behavior analysis and autism treatment
- To provide a wide array of applications and procedures to enhance complex skills of individuals with autism.
- To assess the progressive arc of autism treatment.
- Identify the enduring fundamentals of applied behavior analysis
Outline of Presentation:
Twenty-six years ago, Ivar Lovaas published his landmark study documenting the benefits of early intensive behavioral intervention for autism. Together with a number of other seminal works, Lovaas’ publication brought about a paradigm shift in the delivery of autism services, and impacted outcomes for an inestimable number of children affected by autism. As is inevitable, the field of applied behavior analysis and autism treatment has evolved in the years since, producing a wide array of applications and procedures to enhance increasingly complex skills of individuals with autism. At core, however, the fundamental principles of behavior analysis endure. This presentation will assess the progressive arc of autism treatment, with an eye toward anticipating how the enduring fundamentals of applied behavior analysis provide not only a connection to an esteemed history, but a path forward into a promising future.