Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SR 2768
       
       
       
       By Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       11-01773C-09                                          20092768__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the week of September 28 to
    3         October 3, 2009, as “Florida Behavior Analysis Week.”
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, for the past 29 years the Florida Association for
    6  Behavior Analysis has promoted the ethical, humane, and
    7  effective application of behavior principles in all segments of
    8  society, including education, business, rehabilitation
    9  facilities, and government, and
   10         WHEREAS, behavior analysis is a science-based, cost
   11  effective approach for training teachers, parents, and
   12  caregivers to prevent and solve serious behavior problems, and
   13         WHEREAS, behavior analysis has been used successfully in a
   14  wide range of circumstances, including treating individuals who
   15  have autism, teaching basic self-help skills and language to
   16  persons who have developmental disabilities, and helping foster
   17  parents lovingly raise emotionally difficult children, and
   18         WHEREAS, the behavior analysts who are members of the
   19  Florida Association for Behavior Analysis are from a variety of
   20  backgrounds, including consulting firms, state government
   21  programs, private therapy practices, and school administrators
   22  and
   23         WHEREAS, the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis is
   24  the largest statewide organization in the country committed to
   25  the promotion and support of behavior analysis, and
   26         WHEREAS, the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis
   27  holds an annual conference each fall as a forum for exchanging
   28  ideas and data-based research related to behavior analysis,
   29  behavior therapy, performance management, and behavior
   30  management programming, NOW, THEREFORE,
   31  
   32  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   34         That the week of September 28 to October 3, 2009, is
   35  recognized as “Florida Behavior Analysis Week” in this state.