Florida Senate - 2015                            (NP)    SR 1650
       
       
        
       By Senator Legg
       
       
       
       
       
       17-02865-15                                           20151650__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution congratulating the Florida Association
    3         for Behavior Analysis on its 35th anniversary and
    4         recognizing the week of September 7-11, 2015, as
    5         “Behavior Analysis Week” in Florida.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis is
    8  the nation’s largest statewide organization committed to the
    9  promotion and support of behavior analysis, and
   10         WHEREAS, for the past 35 years, the Florida Association for
   11  Behavior Analysis has promoted the ethical, humane, and
   12  effective application of behavior principles in all aspects of
   13  society, including education, business, rehabilitation
   14  facilities, and government, and
   15         WHEREAS, behavior analysis is a science-based, cost
   16  effective approach for training teachers, parents, and
   17  caregivers to prevent and solve serious behavior problems, and
   18         WHEREAS, behavior analysis has demonstrated its
   19  effectiveness for many applications, including treating autistic
   20  individuals, teaching basic self-help skills and language to
   21  persons who have developmental disabilities, and helping foster
   22  parents to lovingly raise emotionally difficult children, and
   23         WHEREAS, the behavior analysts who are members of the
   24  Florida Association for Behavior Analysis have diverse
   25  backgrounds, working in consulting firms, state government
   26  programs, private therapy practices, and school administrations,
   27  and
   28         WHEREAS, the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis
   29  hosts an annual conference each fall as a forum for exchanging
   30  ideas and data-based research relating to behavior analysis,
   31  behavior therapy, performance management, and behavior
   32  management programming, NOW, THEREFORE,
   33  
   34  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   36         That the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis is
   37  congratulated on its 35th anniversary and the week of September
   38  7-11, 2015, is recognized as “Behavior Analysis Week” in
   39  Florida.
   40         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   41  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the Florida
   42  Association for Behavior Analysis as a tangible token of the
   43  sentiments of the Florida Senate.