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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


#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


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


#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


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


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


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


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


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


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?

14:10SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM ENDS

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