Manitoba
Association



for
Behaviour
Analysis




NEWSLETTER







Issue
#3
–
May
2008





Our
purpose
and
mission
is
to
develop
and
disseminate
knowledge
about
behaviour
analysis
as

a
science.
MABA's
interests
lie
in
basic
science
focusing
on
principles
governing
human
and

nonhuman
behaviour
(i.e.,
the
experimental
analysis
of
behaviour)
as
well
as
applied
science

focusing
on
application
of
those
principles
for
improvement
of
socially
important
problems

(i.e.,
the
applied
behaviour
analysis),
and
disseminating
this
information
to
stimulate
interest

in
and
correct
misunderstandings
of
behaviour
analysis.


Table
of
Contents
 From
the
Editor

Page
2
 President’s
Message
 This
3rd
issue
of
the
MABA
Newsletter
brings
some
new
sections

Page
3
 Professional
Develop‐ and
several
more
pages.
We
have
received
so
many
quality

ment:
3 
Annual
MABA
 contributions
that
we
decided
to
publish
them
all,
instead
of
the

rd

Conference
 planned
split
in
two
issues.
In
this
issue
you
will
find,
as
usual,
the

Page
4
 Applied
Research
Re‐ message
from
the
President,
with
an
update
on
what
we
have
been

port:
Training
Mands
 doing
since
last
May,
and
our
goals
for
this
year,
and
a
call
for
papers
for

for
Information

our
October
18th
conference.
This
year
we
are
bringing
two
great
guest

Page
5
 Interview:
Rosanne
 speakers.
For
our
first
interview,
I
had
the
pleasure
to
meet
with

Sylvestre,
Resource

Teacher
on
Applied

Rosanne
Sylvestre,
a
resource
teacher
in
Winnipeg,
to
talk
about
her

Behaviour
Analysis
in
 experience
working
with
behaviour
analysts
in
her
school.
I
hope

Schools
 parents
and
schools
will
read
this
incredibly
positive
account.
Another

Page
7
 Behavioural
Service:
 new
section
features
behavioural
services
in
our
community:
meet
the

Community
Living
Sta‐ Community
Living
Stabilization
Services
(CLSS).
From
the
applied

bilization
Services
 research
front,
what
a
rich
issue!
Topics
include
teaching
verbal

Page
8
 Child
Behaviour‐ behaviour
to
a
child
with
autism
during
play,
a
coding
system
for
verbal

Analytic
Therapy
 behaviour
of
children
in
play
therapy;
ABLA
Test
predictive
validity,
an

(CBAT):
Play
Behav‐
important
investigation
of
the
generality
of
previous
results
with

iours

individuals
with
severe
intellectual
disabilities;
and
s0mething
to
look

Page
9
 Book
Review:
Scripts

and
Script
Fading

forward
to:

a
study
that
will
compare
outcomes
of
two
autism

behavioural
intervention
models,
GABA
and
PRT,
as
implemented
in

Page
10
 Autism
Intervention

Strategies
Comparative
 two
Canadian
provinces.
Our
book
review
invites
you
to
learn
about

Research

 scripts
to
teach
conversation,
and
for
the
everyday
behaviour
analysis

Page
11
 Research
Report:
 section,
some
do’s
and
don’ts
of
timeout
are
discussed.

Learning
Abilities
and
 I invite you to refer to the newsletter for brief and to the point read-
Predicting
Performance
 ings on topics that interest you, and to send us your
on
Everyday
Tasks

feedback, suggestions, and contributions for the Daniela Fazzio
Page
12
 Timeout
dos
and
don’ts

 next issue!

Committee:
Jennifer
Sloan,
James
Ediger,
Cheryl
Pogorzelec
 newsletter@maba.ca