Hi
I am fortunate enough once again to have a bona fide
Behavior-Analytic pioneer on the podcast. In the very near future, I have the honor of interviewing Dr. Wayne Fisher. If you're not familiar with Dr. Fisher's work, check out his bio-sketch from the University of Nebraska's Munroe-Meyer Institute's website:
Wayne Fisher is the H.B. Munroe professor of behavioral research in the Munroe-Meyer Institute and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He
is also the director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Munroe-Meyer Institute, a board certified behavior analyst at the doctoral level (BCBA-D), and a licensed psychologist. He was previously a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and served as executive director of the Neurobehavioral Programs at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Marcus Behavior Center at the Marcus Institute, where he built clinical-research programs in autism and
developmental disabilities with national reputations for excellence. Fisher’s methodologically sophisticated research has focused on several intersecting lines, including preference, choice, and the assessment and treatment of autism and severe behavior disorders, that have been notable for the creative use of concurrent schedules of reinforcement, which have become more commonplace in clinical research primarily as a result of his influence. He has published over 175 peer-reviewed research
studies in over 30 different behavioral and/or medical journals, including: the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis; Psychological Reports; American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Journal of Pediatrics; the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; Pediatrics; and The Lancet. Fisher is a past editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, a past president of the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, a fellow in the Association for Behavior
Analysis, and recipient of the Bush Leadership Award, the APA (Division 25) Award for Outstanding Contributions to Applied Behavioral Research, the UNMC Distinguished Scientist Award, and the University of Nebraska system-wide Award for Outstanding Research and Creativity Activity.
That's quite a resume if you ask me. Dr. Fisher was also part of a Symposium at the 2016 ABAI in Chicago in which he and Dr. Greg Hanley went back and forth
in a,
ahem, "spirited" discussion about best practices in functional analysis strategies (if you were there, you know what I'm talking about... if you weren't, check out the first few minutes of
Session 20, where Greg and I discuss that conference event)
As such, I will ask Dr. Fisher about his
perspective on what the current research says about functional analyses and function-based treatments for problem behavior.
Having said that, I also want to make sure you have an opportunity to get your questions answered, so if you want to get input from a leader in our field who has been doing this for almost 40 years, simply reply to this email.
I will be conducting the interview late next week, so if you have questions, please
get them to me by Tuesday, January 9th.
All the best,
Matt
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