[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 132 (Wednesday, September 24, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S11905]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING DR. TODD PALMER

 Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, today I come to the floor to pay 
tribute to Dr. Todd Risley of Palmer, AR on the occasion of his 
retirement.
  I recall meeting with him a number of years ago regarding his book 
``Meaningful Differences'' which taught us profound lessons about the 
processes by which children learn language. This seminal effort is a 
part of his lifetime of work that has improved knowledge and practice 
across a broad spectrum of issues in human development, especially for 
individuals with developmental disabilities.
  Whether by developing innovative educational methods such as 
incidental teaching and correspondence training, or by designing major 
paradigm shifts and system changes in strategies for delivering 
services, his remarkable vision and prodigious research and writing 
have literally revolutionized the process and outcome of supporting 
people who challenge our knowledge and resources.
  As a pioneer in the field of applied behavior analysis and through 
his decades of contributions since, he will always be remembered as a 
scientist with a soul.

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