APA Division
25 Program Summary Sheet
Paper Session: Bringing Developmental Disabilities Into the
Laboratory—Bridging Research and Application
8/07 Thursday: 2:00 –
3:50 PM - Metro Toronto Convention Centre Meeting Room 103B
Chair: Chris Newland
Merle Paule: Interspecies Behavioral Comparisons Using Identical Tasks: Rats, Monkeys, and Kids
Dean C. Williams: Translational Research in the Human Operant Lab
Williams J. McIlvane: Modeling Intellectual Disability in Rodents and Primates: Toward Material Equivalence
Chris Newland: Mercurial Advisories: Conflicting Evidence About Contaminants, Nutrients, and Life Span Development
Executive Committee Meeting
8/07 Thursday: 4:00 – 5:50 PM - Crowne
Plaza Toronto Centre Hotel, High Park Room
Award Ceremony: Don Hake, Applied Research,
Basic Research, and Behavioral Education Awards
8/08 Friday: 8:00 – 9:50 AM - Metro Toronto Convention
Centre Meeting Room 205C
Brian Iwata: In Defense of the 15-Minute Session
Joseph V. Brady: Behavioral Research and the Gifts of a Fortuitous Environment
William J. McIlvane: Translational Behavior Analysis: From Laboratory Science to Intervention
Linda Hayes: Edge of Chaos
Award Ceremony: B. F. Skinner New
Researcher and Dissertation Awards
8/08 Friday 2:00 – 2:50 PM - Metro Toronto
Convention Centre Meeting Room 711
SungWoo Kahng: Treatment Challenges in Severe Behavior Disorders: Prevention and Early Intervention
Jason Landon: Choice Behavior: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Reinforcers
Invited Address
8/08 Friday 3:00 – 3:50 PM - Metro Toronto
Convention Centre Meeting Room 711
Mike Stoutimore: Florida Child Welfare Behavior Analysis Services Program
Co-Author: Teresa Rodgers
Presidential Address
8/08 Friday 4:00 – 4:50 PM - Metro Toronto
Convention Centre Meeting Room 203A
Chair: William J. McIlvane
Carol Pilgrim: Science and Human Behavior 2003: New Challenges, New Opportunities
Business Meeting
8/08 Friday 5:00 – 5:50 PM - Metro Toronto
Convention Centre Meeting Room 202B
Paper Sessions: New Developments in Behavioral Systems of
College Instruction
8/09 Saturday 9:00 – 10:50 AM - Metro Toronto Convention Centre Meeting Room 202B
Chair: Kathryn J. Saunders
Henry H. Emurian: Rule-Based Learning in a Programmed Instruction Tutor for Java
Philip N. Hineline: User-Friendly Behaviorally Informed Techniques for College Courses
M. Jackson Marr: Overcoming Static: Design of an Instructional System to Teach Engineering Physics
Invited Address
8/10 Sunday 9:00 – 9:50 AM - Metro Toronto
Convention Centre Meeting Room 802A
Chair: Carol Pilgrim
Michael Perone: Errors and Deviations: Describing Variability in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Paper Session: Contingency Management Approaches to the Treatment
of Addiction
8/10 Sunday 10:00 – 11:50 AM - Metro
Toronto Convention Centre Meeting Room 201C
Chair: Christine Hughes
Nancy M. Petry: Contingency Management Interventions in Community Settings
Sarah H. Heil: Voucher-Based Incentives in the Treatment of Substance Abuse
Kenneth Silverman: Establishing and Maintaining Employment in the Treatment of Drug Addiction
Co-Author: Conrad J. Wong
Paper Session: Conceptual Issues in Behavior Analysis
8/10 Sunday 12:00 – 12:50 PM - Metro
Toronto Convention Centre Meeting Room 802B
Chair: Kathryn J. Saunders
Stephen R. Flora: Extrinsic Reinforcement Increases Intrinsic Motivation and Academic and Work Performance
Stuart A. Vyse: Is Behavior Analysis a Trait Psychology?