Professor Jay Spencer Birnbrauer peacefully passed away on November 1, 2017, aged 83, in Perth, Western Australia. Known to his friends and colleagues in Australia as ‘Birny’, he was a pioneer of applied behaviour analysis on both the Australian and world stage. He contributed to the development of behaviour-analytic technology for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the 1960s and played a central part in the formation of the Australian Behaviour Modification Association (known today as the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy) in the 1970s. He was a purist in the field of applied behaviour analysis (ABA) and was relentless in his efforts to see ABA being provided to children with a developmental disability and their families. Birny's influence in Australia, and particularly Western Australia, was mainly imparted through his role with the Master of Applied Psychology program at Murdoch University. His most widely known piece of work, the Murdoch Early Intervention Program, was an early and important replication of Lovaas's evaluation of early intensive behavioural intervention for children with autism. Birny contributed significantly to our field and to many people's lives. He is remembered often and fondly by his many friends and colleagues.

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记住杰伊·伯恩布劳尔

Jay Spencer Birnbrauer 教授于 2017 年 11 月 1 日在西澳大利亚州珀斯安详去世，享年 83 岁。他在澳大利亚的朋友和同事都称他为“Birny”，他是澳大利亚和世界舞台上应用行为分析的先驱。他在 1960 年代为智力和发育障碍儿童的行为分析技术的发展做出了贡献，并在 1970 年代澳大利亚行为矫正协会（今天称为澳大利亚认知和行为治疗协会）的成立中发挥了核心作用. 他是应用行为分析 (ABA) 领域的纯粹主义者，并且坚持不懈地努力将 ABA 提供给发育障碍儿童及其家人。Birny 在澳大利亚，尤其是西澳大利亚的影响力，主要通过他在默多克大学的应用心理学硕士课程中的角色传授。他最广为人知的作品，默多克早期干预计划，是对 Lovaas 对自闭症儿童早期强化行为干预评估的早期和重要复制。Birny 为我们的领域和许多人的生活做出了重大贡献。他的许多朋友和同事经常怀念他。