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The Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA) education conference is to be held in Reston (VA, US) in just a few weeks. Although the presence of the word “behavior” in the organization’s name may lead one to expect the conference to focus on social behavior, that is not the case. There are many members who focus their work on academic outcomes. This is not just a meeting for people interested in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Autism, or discrete trial training.

After today, registration will only be possible at the site.

The last day to pre-register for ABA International’s 2008 Education Conference titled, “Evidence-Based Practice, Scientifically Based Instruction, and Educational Effectiveness” is this tomorrow, Wednesday, August 13th. The conference will be held on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency Reston, in Reston, Virginia near Washington D.C., during the weekend of September 5-7, 2008. After August 13th, registration will only be available on-site and will increase by $25. To pre-register for this conference, please visit http://www.abainternational.org/educonf/convreg/ .

The Association for Behavior Analysis International opened on-line registration for the 2008 Education Conference “Evidence-Based Practice, Scientifically Based Instruction, and Educational Effectiveness.” The conference, which will be held 5-7 September 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston (VA, US) near Washington D.C., features lots of potentially valuable presentations.

* Anthony Biglan: Teacher Stress and Collegiality: Overlooked Factors in the Effort to Promote Evidence-Based Practices
* Ronnie Detrich: Evidence-Based Education: Can We Get There from Here?
* Robert H. Horner: Implementing Evidence-Based Practices at Socially Important Scales
* Lynn Okagaki: Solution Driven Research
* Timothy Slocum: Sources of Evidence-Based Education Recommendations
* W. David Tilly III: Nailing the Educational Pendulum to the Wall
* Hill M. Walker: Critical Issues in the Use of Randomized Clinical Trials and Control Groups Within Applied Settings: Rationale, Challenges and Benefits
* Susan M. Wilczynski: The Role of Single Subject Research Design in Establishing Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines
* Amanda VanDerHeyden: Using RTI to Accomplish System Change

Here are relevant links to the program, registration, and hotel reservations.

Over on Cal Teacher Blog Kevin Bibo had a nice post 4 February 2008 identifying and explaining important foci for teaching. It’s worth a read:

I don’t write much about the nuts and bolts of teaching. Mostly thats because I feel like its already been covered… extensively. But I do think that there are four major areas that ALL teachers should focus on if they desire to be effective in the classroom. Those four areas include: relationship, management, instruction, and assessment.

Link to the entry. Mr. Bibo, who I think was once an English teacher and now teaches technology applications for high school, has many clearly written and often sensible posts. While you’re there, check one that I sometimes refer to in my classes, “Spoon-Feeding Students.”

Elona Hartjes had a delightful and insightful post, one of many, on her blog some time ago. In the post she explains how she took an important lesson from a book she happened to read in a bookstore. She applies the lesson to her teaching.
Continue reading ‘Ms. Hartjes’ lettuce’

The Consortium to Prevent School Violence has launched its Web site. There’s a note on EBD Blog giving more information.

I received volume 8, number 1 of the Journal of Evidence-Based Practices for Schools recently. This special issue of JEBPS reflects the efforts of the Wing Institute (see link under “Web Resources”) to promote effective instructional and management practices in schools.

1. Introduction—T. Steuart Watson
2. Roles and Responsibilities of Researchers and Practitioners for Translating Research to Practice—Mark D. Shriver
3. A Roadmap to Evidence-based Education: Building an Evidence-based Culture—Ronnie Detrich, Randy Keyworth, and Jack States
4. Establishing and Sustaining Statewide PBS Implementation: A Description of Maryland’s Model—Teri Lewis-Palmer and Susan Barrett
5. NCLB, Contingencies, and Utah’s Alternate Assessment—Karen D. Hager, Timothy A. Slocum, and Ronnie Detrich

Link to the publisher’s Web site for JEBPS where one can download a PDF of Professor Shriver’s lead article.

Our tour of the Republic of Korea has been wonderful. The temples, the foods, and (especially) the people have been quite delightful. Although Pat Lloyd and I have been seeing some sights, I’ve also been meeting with special educators in Changwon, Busan, and Seoul.
Continue reading ‘Korea talks’

In case you missed the earlier post regarding the series of presentations at the April 2007 meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, here’s a reminder that you can obtain copies of the passouts for the presentations right here at Teach Effectively!
Continue reading ‘Response to Intervention Presentations’