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.
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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,
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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.