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American psychologist (1948–2023)
Brian A. Iwata
Iwata in 2006
Born(1948-08-20)August 20, 1948
Scotch Plains, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedOctober 7, 2023(2023-10-07) (aged 75)
Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Alma materFlorida State University
Occupations
  • Psychologist
  • professor
EmployerUniversity of Florida
Known forApplied Behavior Analysis, Functional analysis

Brian Anthony Iwata (August 20, 1948 – October 7, 2023) was an American psychologist. He was a Distinguished Professor at University of Florida.

Research

Iwata was best known for his article, "Toward a Functional Analysis of Self-Injury" which was initially published in 1982 and was republished in 1994 in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Iwata and his coauthors developed an approach to determining why self-injury was happening on an individual basis, which involved empirically measuring the role of environmental events on self-injurious behavior to determine what function it played in helping the individual access reinforcement. This approach allowed for the development of function-based interventions emphasizing reinforcement instead of punishment.

Iwata was briefly involved in the evaluation of SIBIS, an approach to self-injurious behavior suppression that involved application of electric skin shock contingent on self-injury, but after being involved in a single research article, abandoned work in this area. He was not involved in the development of the graduated electronic decelerator or GED, which is an aversive conditioning device that delivers a powerful electric skin shock to punish behaviors considered undesirable. Dr. Iwata spoke out against the use of GEDs by the Judge Rotenberg Center and even testified in court against their use. He stated that he found success treating even the most difficult of self injurious behaviors using less punitive methods. His writing on this topic can be found in Iwata (1988) GEDs have since been banned in the United States by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 2020. Also, the Association for Behavior Analysis International published a position statement against the use of Contingent Electric Skin Shock in 2022.

Death

Iwata died on October 7, 2023, at the age of 75.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Brian Anthony Iwata obituary". The Gainesville Sun. October 16, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  2. "Brian Iwata". ufl.edu. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  3. "Brian Iwata". ufl.edu. Archived from the original on May 5, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  4. Iwata, Brian (1994). "Toward a Functional Analysis of Self-Injury". Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 27 (2): 197–209. doi:10.1901/jaba.1994.27-197. PMC 1297798. PMID 8063622.
  5. Linscheid, Thomas (1990). "Clinical evaluation of the self-injurious behavior inhibiting system (SIBIS)". Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 23 (1): 53–78. doi:10.1901/jaba.1990.23-53. PMC 1286211. PMID 2335486.
  6. Thompson, Rachel H; Iwata, Brian A; Hanley, Gregory P; Dozier, Claudia L; Samaha, Andrew L (2003). "The effects of extinction, noncontingent reinforcement and differential reinforcement of other behavior as control procedures". Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 36 (2): 221–238. doi:10.1901/jaba.2003.36-221. ISSN 0021-8855. PMC 1284434. PMID 12858986.
  7. Lerman, D C; Iwata, B A; Wallace, M D (1999). "Side effects of extinction: prevalence of bursting and aggression during the treatment of self-injurious behavior". Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 32 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1901/jaba.1999.32-1. ISSN 0021-8855. PMC 1284537. PMID 10201100.
  8. Williams, Don E.; Kirkpatrick-Sanchez, Sharon; Iwata, Brian A. (1993-05-01). "A comparison of shock intensity in the treatment of longstanding and severe self-injurious behavior". Research in Developmental Disabilities. 14 (3): 207–219. doi:10.1016/0891-4222(93)90031-E. ISSN 0891-4222. PMID 8316683.
  9. Linscheid, T R; Iwata, B A; Ricketts, R W; Williams, D E; Griffin, J C (1990). "Clinical evaluation of the self-injurious behavior inhibiting system (SIBIS)". Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 23 (1): 53–78. doi:10.1901/jaba.1990.23-53. ISSN 0021-8855. PMC 1286211. PMID 2335486.
  10. Iwata, Brian (1988). "The development and adoption of controversial default technologies". The Behavior Analyst. 11 (2): 149–157. doi:10.1007/BF03392468. PMC 2741962. PMID 22478009.
  11. "Position Statement on the Use of CESS - 2022 - Association for Behavior Analysis International".

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