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  • About APABA
    • About The Profession
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      • 2025 Keynote Speaker Info
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      • Magnificence: Envisioning Full Dignity and Humanity
      • Skill Based Treatment and Encouraging Persistence
      • Getting started with OBM
      • Achieving work-life balance
      • Trauma Informed Care Dr. Modlin and Kerry
      • Relational Practices in Organizations with Dr. Modlin
      • Mind and behaviour unveiled
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William L. Heward Behaviour Change for a Sustainable World Award
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The William L. Heward Award was created by the Atlantic Provinces Association for Behaviour Analysis in order to increase awareness of the use of behavioural principles to promote change in human behaviours that have an impact on environmental challenges. The award will be given to a project or a study that applies concepts and principles of behaviour analysis to promote sustainable practices/environmentally friendly behaviour change. Any applied, basic or translational study with a primary goal of increasing understanding of human behaviour and environmental preservation/enhancement is eligible for consideration.

​We would like to take this opportunity to share with students in the Atlantic region the many ways in which they can use behavioural principles in order to create lasting change in practices which will support more responsible use of resources or practices that increase environmentally friendly behaviours.

Behavior analysis is a science focused on the principles of learning. Positive reinforcement is one such principle. When a behaviour is followed by some sort of desirable event, the behaviour is more likely to continue in the future. Through decades of research, the field of behaviour analysis has developed many techniques for increasing useful behaviours and reducing those that may cause harm or interfere with learning.  Behaviour analysis is the use of these techniques and principles to bring about meaningful and positive change in behaviour. With this award, we’d like to see how you can use these principles to effect change in your community.

Please see below for some examples of the use of applied behaviour analysis in changing human behaviour. You’ll find many ways that could be used in your own schools or communities, as well as inspiring new ideas of your own. 
ABA reduces electricity in Northern Ireland
Examples of green behaviors to increase
TED talk on examples of sustainable practices
Texas University full publication
Can Behavior Game turn the world green?
Texas University increases recycling behavior
Examples of motivation increasing sustainable behavior
Middle School uses ABA to promote waste management

If you are living in Atlantic Canada and have an idea or would like to submit your project for consideration for this award, please complete the online application, or complete a paper copy and submit it to [email protected]
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  • Home
  • About APABA
    • About The Profession
    • Annual Report
    • Executive Board
    • APABA Bylaws
    • APABA Strategic Plan
    • APABA Teams
    • Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
      • SIG meetings
    • Awards and Scholarships
    • Contact
  • Members
    • Membership Info and Registration
      • New Member Registration
      • Member Renewal Registration
    • Member Services
      • FAQ
      • Media Request
      • Executive Meeting Minutes
      • Annual Meeting Summaries
  • Events
    • 2025 AGM and Conference
      • 2025 Keynote Speaker Info
    • Recorded Events
      • Magnificence: Envisioning Full Dignity and Humanity
      • Skill Based Treatment and Encouraging Persistence
      • Getting started with OBM
      • Achieving work-life balance
      • Trauma Informed Care Dr. Modlin and Kerry
      • Relational Practices in Organizations with Dr. Modlin
      • Mind and behaviour unveiled
  • Public Resources
    • Frequently Asked Questions About the Profession
    • Professional Practice Statement
    • Risk of Harm Statement
    • Infographics
      • ABA infographic
      • Behaviour Plan Infographic
      • Neurodiversity Infographic
    • Statement on Racism
    • Links
  • Land Acknowledgement and Indigenous resources
  • Store