Spring 2007 Proseminar Schedule

All proseminar events take place on Fridays at 3:30pm in Dole 2092

January 25

Jay Moore, "When did B. F. Skinner become a radical behaviorist?"
Jay Moore received his PhD from University of California, San Diego in 1975. His principal professional interests are in the experimental and conceptual analysis of behavior. He has been on the Dept of Psychology faculty at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee since 1977 and is currently a Professor. He has served as editor of The Behavior Analyst and president of ABA. He is a Fellow of ABA, with articles in numerous journals, as well as several edited books including The Conceptual Foundations of Radical Behaviorism (Moore, 2008).

February 1

Brooke Jones, "Discussion Group of Gernsbacher lecture"
Brooke will lead a discussion of "A case study in misrepresentation of applied behavior analysis in autism: Morton Ann Gernsbacher's University of Kansas lecture.” Copies of the article will be available in the Dep’t Office. Students wishing to attend the discussion group should send one discussion question to Brooke no later than 3:30 on Thursday. Brooke's e-mail address is bajones@ku.edu.

February 8

Pam Niedert, TBA

March 7

Mike Dougher, TBA

March 21

Spring Break, No Proseminar

April 11

Justin Leaf and Wes Dotson, "Social Skills Training for Children & Adolescents with Autism: Two Models of Group Instruction"
Integrating Models of Social Skills Instruction for Children & Adolescents with Autism at KU. JUSTIN B. LEAF, W.H. Dotson, A.M. Schwind, N.R. Laudont, J.A. Sherman, J.B. Sheldon
Winning, Losing, & Compromising: Teaching Social Skills to Adolescents with Autism in a Group Setting. WESLEY H DOTSON, J. B. Leaf, A.M. Schwind, J.M. Allegre, J.A. Sherman, J.B. Sheldon
Effectiveness of Group Instruction using Teaching Interactions for Teaching Social Skills to Children with Autism. J.B. LEAF, W.H. Dotson, A.M. Schwind, V.A. Johnson, J.B. Sheldon, J.A. Sherman

May 9

Graduate Student Poster Session (Tentative)