Welcome to Association for
Positive Behavior Support

The Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS) is an international organization dedicated to promoting research-based strategies that combine applied behavior analysis and biomedical science with person-centered values and systems change to increase quality of life and decrease problem behaviors. The Association is made up of professionals, family members, trainers, consumers, researchers, and administrators who are involved and interested in positive behavior support.

A Message from the President regarding Ted Carr…

As many of you have already heard, the field of Positive Behavior Support has suffered a profound and most devastating loss. On Saturday, June 20, 2009, Ted Carr was killed in a car accident involving a drunk driver.

I am finding it difficult to put into words how this sudden and unexpected loss is impacting the individuals who knew and loved Ted Carr.

And I know that this profoundly sad and devastating news has touched the hearts of many, many people around the world. Today, we are united in our deep mourning as a greater “PBS family”.

For those of you who did not know Ted Carr, I want you to know how important he was to us in the field of Positive Behavior Support (PBS). Ted Carr was considered one of our most dynamic founders in the field. His early research provided the foundation for Functional Behavioral Assessment and PBS. His ongoing dedication to designing applications of PBS with new populations and in new settings has paved the way for the expansion of our work

Ted worked closely with our other PBS founders to establish the Association for Positive Behavior Support so that we would have a way in which to join together to share our research and to discuss how we could expand PBS to a broader audience across the world. In addition to his role with APBS, he was an esteemed faculty member at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Those who know Ted Carr speak of his sharp intellect, his positive and generous nature, his kindness and gentle view of the world, his humor, and his grace.

The APBS website committee is currently working on a memorial for Ted Carr on the apbs.org website. Please send us a written contribution that we can put online in Ted’s memory. You can submit anything you believe will help others know who Ted was including stories, funny memories, or photographs to Kristin Rennells.

Rachel Freeman, Ph.D.
President, Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS)
University of Kansas
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Tributes to Ted Carr