New Zealand Association for Behavior Analysis
Lewis Bizo, Chair NZABA
DESCRIPTION
A main activity of NZABA is the hosting of an annual
conference.
Annual Convention
The 8th annual conference of the NZABA will be hosted by the
School of Psychology at the University of Waikato in Hamilton
from the 26th-28th of August 2011. The call for papers is open
until August 1st and those interested should contact
Lewis Bizo (lbizo@waikato.ac.nz) for more information.
The conference is characterised by:
•A large number of post-graduate student papers
•Papers by recognised New Zealand (NZ) researchers, and by
overseas visitors.
•The papers given at the conference span experimental and
applied topics. All papers on animal and human behavior
from a behavior-analytic perspective are sought and valued.
•The location of the conference moves each year between
New Zealand’s universities in which there is a group of
behavior analysts.
•Check our website (www.nzaba.org) for details.
More recently, NZABA has widened its activities to:
•Provide educational events that contribute to BACB
accreditation, &
•Provide advice to government concerning best practices for
the treatment of autism.
HISTORY
•Prior to 1990, behavior analytic researchers in NZ met
annually during the annual NZ Psychological Soc. Conference.
•From 1990 until 2003 the group met independently under
various names, but mostly as the NZ Behavior Analysis Group
(NZBAG).
•At our annual meeting in 2003, we resolved to formalise the
group, become an affiliated ABA chapter, and change our
name to the:
New Zealand Association for Behavior Analysis (NZABA).
RESEARCH AREAS
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Researchers in NZ are active across a wide range of topics in the EAB. Such topics include: choice, stimulus control, self control,
dynamics of behavior, behavioral economics, & behavioral pharmacology. The subjects, methodologies & analyses used span
human and animal subjects, free operant & discrete trial paradigms, and molecular & molar quantitative models. Most of the major
universities in New Zealand have an active group of two or more academics whose primary interest is in some area of EAB, making
NZ perhaps one of the highest density per capita areas for EAB in the world.
Applied Behavior Analysis
Researchers in NZ are also active across a wide range of applied areas. Such areas include: ABA-based treatment of autism,
community-based interventions, road safety behavior, & animal welfare. Also there are two training programs based in NZ that are
certified with the Behavior Analytic Certification Board (the only two places in the Southern Hemisphere!)
Organisation
Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research Centre
(AgResearch)
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
Contact
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Lindsay Matthews
lindsay.matthews@agresearch.co.nz
Presently 156 members
University of Auckland Experimental Analysis of Behaviour
Research Unit
Doug Elliffe
d.elliffe@auckland.ac.nz
University of Auckland Applied Behaviour Analysis Program
(certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board®)
University of Waikato Applied Behaviour Analysis Program
(certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board®)
Angela Arnold-Saritepe
a.arnold-saritepe@auckland.ac.nz
Learning, Behaviour, & Welfare Research Unit at the
University of Waikato
Lewis Bizo
lbizo@waikato.ac.nz
James McEwan
jmcewan@waikato.ac.nz
Victoria University of Wellington
David Harper
david.harper@vuw.ac.nz
Maree Hunt
maree.hunt@vuw.ac.nz
University of Canterbury
Randy Grace
r.grace@psyc.canterbury.ac.nz
Anthony Mclean
anthony.mclean@canterbury.ac.nz
University of Otago
Brent Alsop
balsop@otago.ac.nz
Louis Leland
leland@psy.otago.ac.nz
Jason Landon
jason.landon@aut.ac.nz
Mary Foster
m.foster@waikato.ac.nz
Membership is free and is open to
any individual with an active
interest in any area of Behavior
Analysis.
Members can register online at
our web site.
WWW.NZABA.ORG