ABA Training Links

A Parent's Site
Web: http://members.tripod.com/RSaffran/aba.html
ABA Resources for Recovery from Autism/PDD/Hyperlexia

US Surgeon General's Report
Web: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter3/sec6.html#autism
The US Surgeon General's report on the effectiveness of ABA.

Educating Children with Autism
Web: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10017.html
"Educating Children with Autism," authored by the Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Academies Press. The report was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs to "consider the state of the scientific evidence of the effects of early educational intervention on young children with autism spectrum disorders." Full text available online.

Report of the Guideline Recommendations
Web: http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/eip/menu.htm
New York State Department of Health - Early Intervention, Report of the Guideline Recommendations, Autism / Pervasive Developmental Disorders , Assessment and Intervention for Young Children (Age 0-3 Years)

Autism Research at the National Institute of Mental Health
Web: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/autismresfact.cfm
Autism Research at the National Institute of Mental Health Fact Sheet

Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
Web: http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/index.htm
Provides online copies of ADA Statutes, Regulations, ADAAG (Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines), Federally Reviewed Tech Sheets, and Other Assistance Documents.

Autism Resources
Web: http://autism-info.com
A massive collection of autism-related resources, information, and links.

Autism-Resources
Web: http://www.autism-resources.com
The most comprehensive collection of useful links on autism and related topics available anywhere online. Maintained by John Wobus.

BehaveNet© : Behavioral health care information & publishing on the World Wide Web since 1995
Web: http://www.behavenet.com
Provides information and links to resouces on a wide range of behavioral conditions, treatment approaches, and issues.

Disability Resources Monthly
Web: http://www.disabilityresources.org
Provides extensive list and database of online information sources on many disabilities.

Family Village: A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources
Web: http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
Excellent resource for families of children with disabilities. Contains lots of useful information and links.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Web: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/autism.cfm
Information about autism from the National Institutes of Mental Health.

Online Asperger Syndrome Information & Support (OASIS)
Web: http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger
A Web site containing a wide variety of information and resources on Asperger's Disorder.

Special Child
Web: http://www.specialchild.com
An online magazine for parents of children with disabilities.

Western Michigan University Autism Practicum--Under the leadership of Dr. Richard W. Malott, Western Michigan University provides ABA services in the Kalamazoo School District. Maybe one of the best training centers for therapists in the nation.

University of Florida Department of Psychology--The area of Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB) functions within the Department of Psychology to provide instruction and training and to conduct research. Students are offered instruction and mentorship from faculty and affiliated faculty, and may choose to emphasize programs of study and research in various areas of behavior analysis, including behavioral pharmacology, choice, developmental disabilities, behavioral medicine, and instructional technology, among others. Research laboratories are located both on and off campus and involve applied and basic research with humans and non-humans.

Behavior Analysis at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee--UWM offers an MS specialization in behavior analysis as well as a Ph.D. with a concentration in conditioning and learning. The behavior analytic faculty include: Alan Baron, Marshall Dermer, Jay Moore, and Douglas Woods. The department provides assistantships for doctoral students.

Behavior Analysis Dept., U. of North Texas--Master's program. Preparation for work in schools, universities, human service settings, business and industry, and government agencies. Clients range from children with autism, to students with academic skills deficits, to entire companies that are having employee performance problems. Sigrid Glenn, Janet Ellis and Jesus Rosales-Ruiz teach there!

Western Michigan University: Doctoral Programs in ABA and EAB--The ABA and I/O Doctoral Program are designed to prepare students for a career in mental health or Organizational Behavior Management (practice, research and/or teaching). Students in this program spend much of their time engaging in research with the support of faculty mentors. Research interests of faculty in the program include training systems, incentive programs, learning processes, and verbal behavior. Faculties include: Richard Malott, Alyce Dickinson, Wayne Fuqua, Jim Carr, and John Austin.

Florida Institute of Technology, Applied Behavior Analysis Master's Program--
Prepares graduates for employment as Certified Behavior Analysts in private, community, and state agencies. The 48 semester credit hour program can be taken on a full- or part-time basis. Faculty include the most outstanding Matthew Normand and David Wilder.

Behavior Analysis & Therapy Program, Southern Illinois University--Devoted to empirically-based development and application of learning principles to human needs that arise from developmental, psychological, social, or medical disabilities. The graduate of the program is prepared to assess the needs of individuals, assist those individuals in acquiring skills to maximize their capabilities, evaluate effectiveness of interventions, and teach other service providers techniques for assessment, training, and evaluation.

Learning Processes at the City University of New York--Doctoral level training in experimental analysis of behavior in humans and non-humans. Claire Poulson teaches there.

Behavior Analysis Graduate Program at California State University, Stanislaus--Offers a Master's of Science in Behavior Analysis. This 52-unit program has courses in Behavioral Assessment, Conceptual Issues in Behavior Analysis, Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Behavior Analysis in the Classroom, Child Clinical, and others. There are several paid internships available. The Behavior Analysis program has 5 tenured faculty who earned their doctorates from well-known behavioral departments (Western Michigan University, SUNY at Stonybrook, and West Virginia University). You can enroll in the Applied Behavior Analysis program, with a specialization in developmental disabilities. The most outstanding William Potter teaches Behavior Analysis at Stanislaus.

Auburn University: Doctoral Program in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior--The Experimental Psychology program at Auburn University offers doctoral level training with an emphasis on behavior analysis and related disciplines. The faculty are especially interested in strengthening points of contact with sound psychological research and with other natural sciences while building upon the solid scientific foundation provided by the experimental analysis of behavior. In applications, they emphasize and encourage linking basic and applied research.

University of Nevada's Psychology Department--This department has had a long history in behavior analysis, beginning with Willard F. Day who founded and edited the journal Behaviorism here. This program has a lot of good behavior analysts, including Linda & Steve Hayes, Pat Ghezzi, etc.

Experimental Analysis of Behavior graduate program at UCSD--The Ph. D. program at the University of California, San Diego, trains behavior analysts for careers in both the experimental analysis of behavior and in applied behavior analysis. The program emphasizes individual research.

St. Cloud State University, Minnesota: Master's in Applied Behavior Analysis--The Master of science in applied psychology (behavior analysis program) offers academic and professional training in applied behavior analysis, with applications in areas such as developmental disabilities, behavior therapy, addictive behavior, behavioral pharmacology, health psychology, organizational behavior analysis, or the experimental analysis of behavior.

The New School for the Learning Sciences--A not-for-profit professional graduate school specializing in human learning, training, development, and human performance. Courses are primarily Web-based (distance learning).