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Websites created and maintained by Operant-Tech:

Instructional Design and ManagementDr. Johnson's WMU research website

Website for the Instructional Design and Management Lab. Details on the research being conducted by Doug Johnson and his students.


alycedickinson.comAlyce Dickinson

Personal website of Alyce Dickinson, Professor of Psychology at WMU.

 


Behavioral Training and Teaching StrategiesBehavioral Training and Teaching Strategies

Course I created and taught at Western Michigan University. Covered how to effectively provide instruction; applicable to workplace trainers, grade school teachers, and college professors.


DougMead.comDoug Mead:
Exemplary Performance Consultant

Offering free information on Human Performance Improvement (HPI), front-end analysis, systems analysis, and training needs.


Rubin ChiropracticRubin Chiropractic of Kalamazoo

Practicing in the Kalamazoo area, Dr. Rubin has been changing lives and improving health for over 35 years.


 

Save WMUPSYWMUPSY

No longer active, this informational website was designed to help save the clinical and industrial psychology programs from elimination at Western Michigan University during the summer of 2006. Currrently archived at Operant-Tech.


The following links may also be of interest to those wanting to learn more about behavior analysis:

Animal Training and Behavioral Enrichment in Zoos
Associations (Non-regional)
Associations (Regional)
Organizational Behavior Management
Teaching Technology



Animal Training and Behavioral Enrichment in Zoos

Animal Enrichment Program
Compiles enrichment materials developed for use at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Animal Training at SeaWorld
Details of SeaWorld's animal training, which has a solid behavioral foundation

Animal Trainer's Introduction To Operant and Classical Conditioning
An explanation of the basics for animal trainers

BirdCLICK
Clicker training site devoted to bird training

Click and Treat
Animal training website of Gary Wilkes

Clicker Training
Animal training website of Karen Pryor, author of Don't Shoot the Dog

Dog clicker training website
Clicker Training USA: Provide the required knowledge to start clicker training your dog in humane and positive methods

Gillette Dog Obedience Training and Boarding Kennels
Behavior analytic dog obedience school near Kalamazoo, MI

Honolulu Zoo's Animal Enrichment Activities
Excellent enrichment activities with detailed descriptions and photos

Organization for Reinforcement Contingencies with Animals (ORCA)
Animal behavior analysis society



Associations (Non-regional)

Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Dedicated to the growth and development of behavior analysis

B.F. Skinner Foundation
Preserving and promoting the works B.F. Skinner

Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies
Advancing the scientific study of behavior and its humane application

Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) Network
Promoting evidence-based practices in the workplace



Associations (Regional)

ABA Columbia
Promoting behavior analysis in Columbia

Alabama Association for Behavior Analysis (ALABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in Alabama

Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA)
The largest of the behavior analysis organizations

Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan (BAAM)
Promoting behavior analysis in Michigan

California Association for Behavior Analysis (Cal-ABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in California

Florida Association for Behavior Analysis (FABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in Florida

Georgia Association for Behavior Analysis (GABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in Georgia

Hawaiian Association For Behavior Analysis (HABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in Hawaii

Japanese Association for Behavior Analysis (J-ABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in Japan

Kansas Association for Behavior Analysis (KANSABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in Kansas

Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis (MABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in the mid-american states

New York State Association for Behavior Analysis (NYSABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in New York

North Carolina Association for Behavior Analysis (NCABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in North Carolina

Northwestern Association for Behavior Analysis (NWABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in northwestern United States and western Canada

Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis (ONTABA)
Promoting behaviour analysis in the province of Ontario

Polish Association for Behavior Analysis (PABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in Poland

Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis (SEABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in southeastern America

Swedish Association for Behavior Analysis (SWABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in Sweden

Tennessee Association for Behavior Analysis (TABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in Tennessee

Texas Association for Behavior Analysis (TxABA)
Promoting behavior analysis in Texas


General

APF Newsletters of Ron McCrea
Journalist writings on Behavior Technology and Social Policy in the U.S. and Latin America



Organizational Behavior Management

Abernathy and Associates
Consulting firm using Organizational Behavior Management, founded by William Abernathy

Aubrey Daniels International
Consulting firm using Organizational Behavior Management, founded by Aubrey Daniels

Behavioral Safety Now
Promoting safe behavior through Organizational Behavior Management

Behavioural Safety.com
Promoting safe behavior through Organizational Behavior Management

Center for Applied Behavior Systems
Consulting firm using Organizational Behavior Management, founded by E. Scott Geller

Center for Behavioral Safety
Promoting safe behavior through Organizational Behavior Management

Continuous Learning Group
Consulting firm using Organizational Behavior Management, founded by Leslie Wilk Braksick

Eppic, Inc.
Consulting firm using Organizational Behavior Management, founded by Guy W. Wallace

Fabio Tosolin and Associates
Italy based consulting firm using Organizational Behavior Management, founded by Fabio Tosolin

Hollin Consulting, Ltd.
England based consulting firm using Behavioural Management Techniques, founded by Howard Lees

Performance Design Lab
Consulting firm using Organizational Behavior Management, founded by Geary Rummler

Quality Safety Edge
Consulting firm using Organizational Behavior Management, founded by Terry McSween

R Plus More, Inc.
Consulting firm using Organizational Behavior Management

Safety Peformance Solutions, Inc.
Consulting firm using Organizational Behavior Management, founded by E. Scott Geller

Society for Performance Management at Florida Institute of Technology
Student run society dedicated to Organizational Behavior Management

Society for Performance Management at Florida State University
Student run society dedicated to Organizational Behavior Management

3 Simple Rules
Offering behavioural management techniques and precision training

 



Teaching Technology

Association for Direct Instruction
Organization dedicated to promotion of DI

Center for Programmed Instruction
Offers on-line tutorials on various behavioral subjects

Direct Instruction tutorial
An interactive tutorial on Engelmann, Direct Instruction and Project Follow Through

Effective School Practices Volume 15 Number 1, Winter 1995-6
Focus: WHAT WAS THAT PROJECT FOLLOW THROUGH?

Engelmann biography
University of Oregon

Funnix
Reading program based on Direct Instruction works

Headsprout
Early reading tutorials

Increasing Endurance by Building Fluency: Precision Teaching Attention Span (Word doc)
by Carl Binder, Elizabeth Haughton, and Denise Van Eyk

Instructional Design SIG
A special interest group of ABA

LISTSERV: Precision Teaching/Standard Celeration Charting

Mathematics Instruction -- Specific Programs
Good details comparing effectiveness of various instructional approaches to math

Morningside Academy
Seattle, Washington

The Morningside Model of Generative Instruction (Word doc)
by Kent Johnson and T. V. Joe Layng

National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI)
Not-for-profit corporation dedicated to providing school districts with a solid training program and approach for the implementation of DI

Precision Teaching tutorial
An interactive tutorial on Lindsley and Precision Teaching

Precision teaching: Discoveries and effects (Word doc)
by Ogden Lindsley

Precision Teaching's Unique Legacy from B. F. Skinner (Word doc)
by Ogden Lindsley

Programmed Instruction: What It Is and How to Do It (Word doc)
by Ernest A. Vargas and Julie S. Vargas

Schools involved in Direct Instruction

Science Research Associates (SRA)
Publishes preschool to 8th grade products for reading, phonics, Direct Instruction, etc.

Standard Celeration Society
Promotes the use of the Standard Celeration Chart (measurement graph for Precision Teaching)

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
Information on the Direct Instruction book developed by Engelmann, Haddox, and Bruner

Teach Your Children Well
Branch of QLC Educational Services, offering evidence-based educational methods

ThinkFast
Fluency Building Software

Training Classics:Timeless Rules for Good Instruction
Details on Skinner's teaching machines and Markle's instructional design principles

Why aren't effective teaching tools widely adopted? (Word document)
by Ogden Lindsley

Zig Engelmann's Site
Website of Direct Instruction's originator