Call for New Committee Member: Honorary Secretary
We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented individual to join our team as the Honorary Secretary for the BG SIG. As a key member of our executive committee, you will be responsible for:
– Taking minutes at executive committee meetings– Collaborating with the Chair to create and distribute meeting agendas– Documenting and recording decisions– Managing our SharePoint drive and distributing important documents to the committee and membership
– Taking minutes at executive committee meetings– Collaborating with the Chair to create and distribute meeting agendas– Documenting and recording decisions– Managing our SharePoint drive and distributing important documents to the committee and membership
If you’re passionate about behavioral gerontology and have excellent communication and administrative skills, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity!
Application form
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Spring 2024 Newsletter
Hot off the press!
Our Spring 2024 newsletter has arrived!
Check it out for the latest updates, including some exciting conference presentations you won’t want to miss at the upcoming ABAI convention!
https://bgsig.abainternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BGSIG-Spring-2024-Newsletter.pdf
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Behavioral Gerontology SIG
Behavioral gerontology is the application of behavior analysis to aging and age-related issues.
Just a quick request from our chair: ![]()
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If you have joined the BGSIG recently, could you tell us if you received an email directing you to a webpage with information about how to access your member benefits please? We want to make sure this process is working! 🙂
📢Upcoming Webinar: Panel Discussion: Introduction to Behavioral Gerontology 📢 ![]()
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We’re excited to see everyone soon!![]()
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🗓️November 7th ![]()
⏰ 4 PM EST via Zoom![]()
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❗️CEUs are available for BGSIG members![]()
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Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-q9fjKWvRrWaB2UW7s5Q2A
*WEBINAR POSTPONED*![]()
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Please note that the webinar scheduled for today has had to be postponed due to sickness. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and will announce an update very soon with the new date and time!
🌟 Attention! Schedule Change for Webinar 🌟![]()
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The presentation on "Reducing Inappropriate Spitting in Older Adults with Vascular Dementia" will now take place on October 3rd. ![]()
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It's not too late to sign up! 📝 Remember, BGSIG members enjoy the exclusive benefit of earning free CEUs! 🎓
The BG SIG committee are deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of Amy Shaw. Amy was a wonderful behavioral gerontologist and doctoral student at Western Michigan University studying under Dr Jonathan Baker. This sudden and tragic event is not only a devastating loss to Amy’s family and loved ones, but a huge loss to the field of behavioral gerontology. ![]()
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Amy was passionate about working with older adults from a behavioral perspective, she taught classes on the psychology of aging and worked with older adults with intellectual disabilities. Not only that, but Amy supervised masters students who were providing clinical services to older adults in a nursing home and she was passionate about pursuing a career in academia so she continue to disseminate behavioral gerontology and inspire the next generation of behavioral gerontologists. ![]()
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We all thoroughly enjoyed her talk at ABAI about consent and assent when working with older adults with neurocognitive disorders such as dementia. In fact, this talk won the 2024 BG SIG student award; Amy is pictured (right) below receiving the award from BG SIG chair Dr Zoe Lucock at the ABAI convention in May this year. We know that Amy was destined for great things in behavioral gerontology and we send our deepest condolences to her partner, family, friends, and colleagues. ![]()
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In honour of Amy, the Behavioral Gerontology Special Interest Group Committee have voted to rename our student award to “The Amy Shaw Student Award for Behavioral Gerontology”