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Links to the Web sites of laboratory equipment suppliers, publishers, and others who appear in the back pages of JEAB and JABA.
Laboratory Equipment & Supplies
Bio-Serv
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                                   Robert Johnson         Christopher Johnson-Amvitt           Tim Fisher

“Bio-Serv has been a partner in the research community for over 35 years.  We realize the importance of the work you are doing, and we are committed to helping you reach you goals. Browse through our website and see what items might aid you in your research.

“Bio-Serv is the original manufacturer of the Dustless Precision Pellet®. For nearly 30 years we have consistently produced the most reliable behavioral pellet on the market. Bio-Serv’s Dustless Precision Pellets® can be manufactured to meet your needs. We specialize in adding compounds, flavors and colors. Sizing can also be modified to meet most needs. Contact us today for a free consultation. In addition to Dustless Precision Pellets®, Bio-Serv carries a comprehensive line of Animal Research Diets, Medicated Feeds and Enrichment Treats and Devices.”
BRS/LVE, Inc.
  • Operant test chambers
  • Shuttle avoidance/escape cages
  • Sound and light attenuating chambers
  • Positive and negative reinforcing devices
  • Audio and visual stimuli
  • Response manipulanda
We strive to maintain a manufacturing facility that can accommodate special or custom requirements. For example, our Pigeon Design-A-Panel® enables you to custom-design, equip and configure a pigeon intelligence panel to meet your own specific research requirements.

Write or call for a brochure: BRS/LVE, Inc.
9381-D Davis Avenue
Laurel, Maryland 20707.
Tel: (301) 474-3400.
Columbus Instruments. “Our behavioral instrumentation includes animal activity monitors (both photocell and video), startle response meters, mazes, shuttle boxes, Vogel test apparatus, rotation monitors, feeding and drinking monitors, rota-rods, and the famous rodent treadmill.”

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“Columbus Instruments also manufactures physiological testing instruments that test a variety of parameters such as metabolism, VO2/VCO2, blood pressure, cardiac output, analgesia meters, convulsion meters, a microcapnograph with the lowest sample volume available, animal ventilators, grip strength meters, computerized thermometers, respiration monitors and our new X-ray imager for rodents.”

Double T Farm, Glenwood, Iowa

White Carneaux and Homing Pigeons: “Breeding Programs Geared Toward Quality Not Quantity.”

“Our birds are bred exclusively for research. The birds are shipped in micro-environment crates via U.S.P.S. Express Mail directly to your facility.”

Ted T. Golka
E-mail: tedgolka@earthlink.net
Phone: 712-366-3526

Kinder Scientific.

Revolutionizing Behavioral Automation for Over 12 Years
  • Automated Startle Response Systems, specially designed for use with transgenic mice
  • Learning and Memory: both passive and active avoidance paradigms, with design features found on no other system currently available.
  • Open Field and Home Cage Activity Systems
  • Elevated Maze Systems
  • And many more...Visit our new website, where you will find information on all of our hardware and software products as well as on our GLP services.

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Sarah and Michael Kinder

Lafayette Instrument. “The Animal Behavior Environment Test System (ABET) is a fully integrated, Microsoft Windows™-based program that allows for flexible computerized control and monitoring of up to 16 environments.

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“Compatible with virtually any animal behavior equipment, the ABET software program provides a user-friendly, point-and-click programming method to create an unlimited number of schedules. ABET eliminates your need to learn computer programming to operate the system. All of the system options are chosen through a series of pull-down windows,™, buttons, and check boxes.” *


“The serial 5-choice reaction time task forms the first in what is expected to be a growing set of operant based tests in mice, allowing the exploitation of molecular genetics methods in unraveling the genetic contribution to complex psychological and behavioral processes.”

“Our commitment to the scientific community is underscored by the investments that we have made in creating product lines that lead the industry not only in breadth, application and ease of use but also in their state-of-the-art design.”

MED Associates Inc.

“…is the leading manufacturer, software developer, and supplier of products for behavioral psychology, pharmacology, neuroscience, and related research and teaching areas. Established in 1971 as a small research and development company, Med Associates Inc. now employs over 80 people and manufactures over 400 products. Our locations include the main manufacturing and R&D facility located in Georgia (St. Albans), Vermont, the Med Associates Science Center in St. Albans, Vermont, and representation by several dealers and distributors throughout the world.”

Medlines, an e-mail newsletter, includes a description of Short Courses in Neuroscience 2008.

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             Gerald Herrera                  Brooks Zurn           Bridget Zurn                    Karl Zurn        


Operant test chambers, MED-PC Behavioral Control Language software, and many other products are offered by “the world's largest manufacturer of hardware and software for the study of animal behavior.... Current MED Citations have been added to our web site, listings articles using MED Associates Instrumentation.

Selected Topics in Behavioral and Signal Analysis is a quarterly newsletter for scientists who study behavior. Topics range from simple behavioral assessments of interest to general psychology students to advanced, in-depth novel protocols and data extraction methods of interest to many behavioral geneticists and neuroscientists.”

Observation Made Easy. “...customizable observation software.” “Go to the websites for more information, free demo versions, and manuals.”

E-mail inquiries to: Jon Tapp
Stoelting –Since 1886. “…a leader in manufacturing superior instruments for basic scientific research. We are proud of our tradition of manufacturing and supplying superb instruments and remain committed to our customers’ needs through knowledgeable and prompt customer service.”
ANY-maze™ Video Tracking System:
…exclusive features make it the most comprehensive
video tracking system available…and at a fraction
of the cost of lesser systems…”

Click here to learn all about ANY-maze™,
and to download a free trial.
*Trent Lund          

TSE Systems
Sophisticated Life Science Research Instrumentation

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“…supplies high-quality systems, methods and procedures for biological, medical and pharmaceutical research since 1954.
“A team of biologists, technicians, electronic engineers and programmers provides a constant stream of innovations.
“ All systems are continually being further developed in close cooperation with scientists, using the latest available technologies.”
Jens-Uwe Engler                      

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                 Robert Tice                         Thomas Budiman

TSE Operant Behavior Systems: “Our fully computerized Skinner boxes are custom-built from a wide choice of individual components. We provide a variety of different function modules that are easily mounted into the base construction. Each Skinner box is a completely self-contained unit in a sound and light-attenuating fan-ventilated housing suited for all standard operant tasks. *

“Box control and data acquisition are made easy with our comprehensive software package. All Skinner boxes can run one of the preprogrammed schedules that are continuously being further developed according to the latest research applications. Alternatively individually designed schedules can be created employing our unique easy-to-learn free programming language.…

“The new TSE PhenoMaster System ... designed as an automated modular behavioral and physiological phenotyping platform, allows the performance of operant behavior studies in a home cage environment under stress-free conditions.”


    Publishers of Books and Software, Organizations, etc.
Accelerations Educational Software “ …makes software that is especially effective for individuals with autism and other learning disabilities. We incorporate behavioral methods that allow even very low functioning individuals to usually become independent learners...a robust independent virtual tutor for your child or students.… Our software was initially designed for autistic children but even most typical young children also love the program.”

The Discrete Trial Trainer, has been designed for students who are developmentally between 1 and 9 years old. It is “Powerful Enough for a Behavior Analyst – Easy Enough for a Parent.”

Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA). “. . . dedicated to promoting the experimental, theoretical, and applied analysis of behavior. It encompasses contemporary scientific and social issues, theoretical advances, and the dissemination of professional and public information.” Publisher of The Behavior Analyst and The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. Also the source of

The ABA Online Store offers a comprehensive collection of books, videos, audio tapes, etc., relevant to behavior analysis: e.g., over 80 books on autistic disorders, and comparable coverage of such topics as organizational behavior management, developmental disabilities, teaching behavior analysis, behavioral pharmacology and toxicology, animal training and behavior, clinical, family and behavioral medicine, education and instructional design, verbal behavior, and research methodology.

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT). Publisher of Behavior Therapy and Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. The organizational name has been changed from the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT).
Authors Cooperative, Inc. The Online Store of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies now serves as the outlet for these books.
Publishers of both classic and innovative books in behavior analysis, including M. Sidman’s Tactics of Scientific Research, Equivalence Relations and Behavior: A Research Story, and Coercion and Its Fallout; W. N. Schoenfeld's Religion and Human Behavior; M. Chiesa’s Radical Behaviorism: The Philosophy and the Science; H. Cohen & J. Filipczak's A New Learning Environment; H. S. Hoffman's Amorous Turkeys and Addicted Ducklings: A Search for the Causes of Social Attachment; and J. Kopp’s Coercion and Its Fallout: Study Guide.

Behavioral Dynamics.The MotivAider® is an ingeniously simple electronic device that helps children change their own behavior. Invented by a clinical psychologist, the device works by automatically keeping the child’s attention focused on making virtually any desired improvement.

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A remarkably versatile and cost-effective tool: Used successfully in schools for over fifteen years, the MotivAider has helped children make a wide variety of behavior changes – from improving attention and reducing aggression, to preventing bowel and bladder accidents.”

B. F. Skinner Foundation. Publisher of reprint editions of out-of-print books in the field of behavior analysis. Titles now include Skinner’s The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis; Verbal Behavior; Schedules of Reinforcement (with C. B. Ferster); and F. S. Keller & W. N. Schoenfeld’s Principles of Behavior; and B. F. Skinner’s Cumulative Record: Definitive Edition (1999), which incorporates all the material published in the three prior editions in its 700 pages. Information on ordering books is available at the site.
CCBS Store. The Online Store of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies now serves as the outlet for all books and journals published by the Cambridge Center including those listed above under Authors Cooperative Publications.
European Journal of Behavior Analysis. Published twice a year by the Norwegian Association for Behavior Analysis. “…primarily for the original publication of experimental reports and theoretical/conceptual papers relevant to the analysis of the behavior of individual organisms. Reviews will also be considered for publication.” [more, including the table of contents for the 2004 (Vol.5, No.2) special issue: Skinner Tribute]
Psychonomic Society Publications. Publisher of Learning & Behavior; Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, and several other journals.
Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior (SQAB). This society was formed to “present symposia and publish material which bring a quantitative analysis to bear on the understanding of behavior. [It] holds its annual meeting in conjunction with the Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA). Talks at SQAB focus on the development and use of mathematical formulations to: characterize one or more dimensions of an obtained data set, derive predictions to be compared with data, and generate novel data analyses.” These SQAB-Invited Preeminent Tutorials are videotaped and are for sale at $15 each, $270 for the set of 30 plus shipping.

Photographs from the 2008 SQAB meeting in Chicago.

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    Graduate Education Opportunities
Western New England College

Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis: Discovery, Translation, Application

Through a combination of coursework and supervised practical and research experiences, you will become a part of the next generation of Behavior Analysts—professionals who will lead the way to practice, teaching, and research.

Located in Springfield, MA, Western New England College enrolls over 4,000 full- and part-time students through its Schools of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Law.

To learn more about the admissions process, please contact the Admissions Office at study@wnec.edu or 413-782-1517.

For details about the program, visit our website at:
www.wnec.edu/behavioranalysis

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Posted December 30, 2008

    Positions Available
* Senior Research Assistant-Applications Training Coordinator

Educational and Community Supports
University of Oregon
Senior Research Assistant (1.00 FTE) to work within the Educational and Community Supports research unit in the College of Education at the University of Oregon. Work with a research team focused on the design, training, implementation and evaluation of school-wide positive behavior support with schools throughout the United States.

The position includes leading and coordinating a supporting workgroup focused on training School-wide Information System (SWIS) facilitators, the development/implementation/evaluation of computer application tools to promote school-wide positive behavior support, evaluation of the impact of applications training and development/coordination of the annual schedule of school-wide information system training events.

Master’s degree in special education or related field required and comprehensive knowledge of and at least six years experience implementing school-wide positive behavior support and using the School-wide Information System. Must be a certified SWIS Facilitator trainer. For complete position announcement please view the University of Oregon Jobs Website at http://hr.uoregon.edu/jobs/unclassified.php?id=2574.

We invite applications from qualified applicants who share our view of diversity. Mail letter of interest, vita and references to: Educational and Community Supports, Attn: P. Phillips, 1235 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1235. To insure full consideration for this position, applications must be received by 5:00 PM on April 6, 2009. Position will remain open until filled.

An equal opportunity, affirmative action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Posted March 11, 2009

Clinical Director

The May Institute is Seeking a Clinical Director for the May Center for Child Development in Randolph, Massachusetts.

…“oversee all behavioral and educational programming for six classrooms for children with autism at our state-of-the-art school…the qualified candidate will provide leadership in the areas of clinical services, program evaluation, program development, and research… A Master’s degree is required (Ph.D preferred) along with BCBA certification or qualification.

“The May Institute is a non-profit organization that provides educational, rehabilitative, and behavioral healthcare services to individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities, brain injury, mental illness, and behavioral healthcare needs. Since its founding over 50 years ago, the Institute has evolved into an award-winning national network of more than 200 service locations serving more than 25,000 individuals and their families annually.

“May Institute has received honors from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (2007 Award for Enduring Programmatic Contributions in Behavior Analysis) and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (2005 Outstanding Training Program Award).”

Please apply online at: www.mayinstitute.org

For more information, contact Alan Harchik,Ph.D., BCBA
Senior Vice President, Educational Services
781-437-1261
aharchik@mayinstitute.org

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Posted December 30, 2008

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