Twyman, J. S. (1998).
The Fred S. Keller School.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
31, 695-701.
The Fred S. Keller School is located in Yonkers, New York, and is
one of several schools operating as a Comprehensive Application
of Behavior Analysis to Schooling (CABAS®) program. CABAS®
schools are self-correcting and self-sustaining, and incorporate
the science of teaching into every aspect of schooling. The
Keller School functions as a cybernetic system of education in
which the individualized instruction of each student influences
the behavior of the entire education community. Student
opportunities to learn are continuously measured, graphed,
evaluated, and, as necessary, modified. Staff training occurs as
a function of the programmatic needs of each student and the
repertoire of the individual staff member. Supervisors are master
teachers whose behavior is directly tied to the learning of the
students and other staff. Parents are also taught principles of
behavior as they relate to the education of their child, and
parenting behaviors are changed based upon the needs and progress
of the child. The behavior of the entire school (including
efficacy and efficiency measures, the development of repertoires)
is influenced by the performance of each individual within it.
DESCRIPTORS: Fred S. Keller, schooling, behavioral systems
analysis, personalized system of instruction, organizational
behavior management