Wayne W. Fisher, PhD. Dr. Wayne Fisher received a Bachelors degree from Michigan State University in 1977, and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982. He completed a pre-doctoral internship at the Crookston Regional Interdistrict Council in Crookston, Minnesota in June of 1981. Dr. Fisher also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Kennedy Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSM) in 1986-1987. Following his post-doctoral fellowship, he joined the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at JHUSM and the staff of the Kennedy Krieger Institute, starting as a Staff Psychologist and ending as the Executive Director of Neurobehavioral Programs. In July of 1999, Dr. Fisher was asked to build the Marcus Behavior Center at the Marcus Institute. He is currently a member of the American Psychological Association and the Association of Behavior Analysis. He is the past Editor for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA). Prior to this position, he served on the editorial board for JABA for ten years and as an Associate Editor for three years. Dr. Fisher is a recipient of the Bush Leadership Award and received the award for Distinguished Contribution to Applied Behavioral Research from the Behavior Analysis Division of the American Psychological Association. He serves on the board for the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies and the Maryland Autism Project and is a former Vice President of the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and a former President of the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis.


Thursday, February 16, 2006 • 4:30 p.m. – 5:20 pm
Building a Bridge: Translational Research in Behavior Analysis   (Abstract)

Timothy R. Vollmer, PhD. Dr. Timothy R. Vollmer received his PhD from the University of Florida in 1992. From 1992 until 1996, he was on the Psychology faculty at Louisiana State University. From 1996 to 1998, he was on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He returned to the University of Florida in 1998 and is now an Associate Professor of Psychology. Dr. Vollmer’s primary area of research is applied behavior analysis, with emphases in developmental disabilities, reinforcement schedules and parenting. He has published over 80 articles and book chapters related to behavior analysis. He was the recipient of the 1996 B.F. Skinner New Researcher award from the American Psychological Association (APA). He received another APA award in August, 2004 for significant contributions to applied behavior analysis. Currently, Dr. Vollmer is Principal Investigator for a collaborative project with the Florida Department of Children and Families, teaching parenting skills to foster parents. In addition, his research in developmental disabilities runs the basic-to-applied gamut with studies in an operant rat lab, an operant human lab, and school-based applications. In the operant labs, models of common behavioral treatment are tested in order to learn more about how those procedures work at the level of the behavioral principle. In the school-based work, children with severe behavior disorders receive behavioral treatment following a comprehensive behavioral assessment.


Friday, February 17, 2006 • 8:30 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Behavioral Pediatrics: A Route to Mainstream Behavior Health Care for Behavior Analysis    (Abstract)

Patrick C. Friman, PhD. Dr. Patrick Friman, a Clinical Psychologist, is currently the Director of Girl’s and Boy’s Town Outpatient Behavioral Pediatrics and Family Services. He is the former Director of Clinical Training and Associate Chairman of Psychology at the University of Nevada at Reno. Other previous appointments include faculty positions at the Universities of Nebraska and Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Pediatrics and the John Hopkins School of Medicine in Behavioral Biology. Dr. Friman received his PhD from the University of Kansas and completed his internship and a post-doctoral fellowship in Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Kansas Medical School. He has published more than 140 scientific articles and chapters involving behavioral pediatrics and behavior disorders of childhood. Generally, his research addresses the well-child gap between pediatrics and clinical psychology. Dr. Friman is the current editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and serves on the Editorial Boards of nine other scientific journals. He is a fellow in Divisions 25 (behavior analysis) 37 (Child, Youth, and Family Services) and 54 (pediatric psychology) of the American Psychological Association.


Friday, February 17, 2006 • 4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Should we stop doing mand and intraverbal training? What do the data tell us?    (Abstract)

Mark L. Sundberg, PhD, BCBA. Dr. Mark L. Sundberg received his Doctorate degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Western Michigan University (1980), under the direction of Dr. Jack Michael. Dr. Sundberg is a Licensed Psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst who has been conducting language research with children with autism for over 30 years. He is the founder and past editor of the journal The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, and is the co-author (with James W. Partington) of the books Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities, The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills: The ABLLS, and (with Jack Michael) A Collection of Reprints on Verbal Behavior. He has published over 40 professional papers, given over 400 conference presentations and workshops, and taught 80 college courses on behavior analysis, verbal behavior, sign language, and child development. Dr. Sundberg received the 2001 "Distinguished Psychology Department Alumnus Award" from Western Michigan University.