HR 9113

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing the week of September 28-October
3	3, 2009, as "Florida Behavior Analysis Week" in Florida.
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5	WHEREAS, the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis is
6	the largest statewide organization in the country committed to
7	the promotion and support of behavior analysis, and
8	WHEREAS, for the past 29 years the Florida Association for
9	Behavior Analysis has promoted the use of ethical, humane, and
10	effective application of behavior principles in all segments of
11	society, including education, business, rehabilitation
12	facilities, and government, and
13	WHEREAS, behavior analysis is a science-based, cost-
14	effective approach for training teachers, parents, and
15	caregivers to prevent and solve serious behavior problems, and
16	WHEREAS, behavior analysis has been used successfully for
17	everything from treating individuals with autism, and teaching
18	basic self-help skills and language to persons with
19	developmental disabilities, to helping foster parents lovingly
20	raise emotionally difficult children, and
21	WHEREAS, the behavior analysts who are members of the
22	Florida Association for Behavior Analysis come from a variety of
23	backgrounds, including consulting firms, state government
24	programs, private therapy practices, and school administrations,
25	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,
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32	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
33	Florida:
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35	That the Florida House of Representatives recognizes the
36	week of September 28-October 3, 2009, as "Florida Behavior
37	Analysis Week" in Florida.

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