The First 20 Years of the Australian Behaviour Modification Association

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay S. Birnbrauer
Keyword(s):  
Behaviour Modification ◽  
National Conference ◽  
The Future

Plans are underway to commemorate the 20th birthday of the ABMA at the 17th National Conference to be held in Perth in 1994. Attaining such milestones usually prompts, in addition to ceremony and celebration, interest in history, roots, trends and resolutions for the future. There may be curiosity about what is being celebrated. It is easy enough to count back to the first National Conference in 1978 to arrive at the number 17, but the 20th birthday is not so obvious. My purpose here is to assuage that curiosity and give my version of the events that have followed.

Reports From the National Conference on the Future of Graduate Education in English, Knoxville, Tennessee, 22-24 April, 1971

ADE Bulletin ◽  
1971 ◽  
pp. 12-33
Author(s):  
Kenneth L. Knickerbocker ◽  
Henry Sams ◽  
George M. Harper ◽  
Basil Busacca ◽  
Neal Woodruff
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Education ◽  
National Conference ◽  
The Future

Trends in Behaviour Therapy: Progression or Regression?

1985 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Behaviour Modification ◽  
Unconscious Processes ◽  
General Theme ◽  
Behavioural Approach ◽  
Cognitive Behaviour ◽  
The Future ◽  
Gains And Losses

Trends in behaviour therapy are considered from the advent of cognitive behaviour modification to the more recently suggested emphases on affective and unconscious processes. The thrust towards integrating different schools of psychotherapy is also briefly reviewed. The gains and losses associated with the trends are discussed. Some suggestions for the future are offered with respect to potentially profitable directions for behaviourally orientated researchers, practitioners and teachers to follow. A general theme of the paper is that behaviour therapy appears to be fractionating at an accelerating rate, and whilst this carries the potential for some very significant advances, it also carries the potential for destroying the unique contribution of the behavioural approach.

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