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General 2 CEUs

The Intersection of Research and Practice

Dr. Stephanie Peterson, BCBA-D & Dr. Amber Valentino, BCBA-D

The gap between research and clinical work in ABA can often seem vast, but the goals of research and practice are often more aligned than not. We discuss common barriers to conducting applied research and provide active ways to overcome them.

  • List at least 2 barriers associated with conducting applied research
  • Describe at least one possible avenue for publishing applied work
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Ethics 1 CEU

Ethically Scaling an ABA Company

Matt Harrington & 3 Pie Squared

Many providers face the challenge of scaling their businesses without compromising clinical quality or ethical standards. This course focuses on the ethical responsibilities of employers, employees, and their impact on clients during growth.

  • Define ethical scaling and its importance in maintaining trust and credibility
  • Analyze distinct responsibilities of employer, employee, and client in scaling
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General 1 CEU

The Ethics of Socially Significant Goal Selection

Kaelynn Partlow, RBT & AnnaMarie Stoudenmire, MA, BCBA

Social significance should be at the center of all services our clients receive. This presentation provides actionable recommendations for scaffolding goals to meaningful outcomes with individualization at the heart.

  • How to determine if a goal is socially significant considering learner assent
  • How to individualize goals to align with caregiver and learner values
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General 1 CEU

Verbal Behavior & Functional Language

Brian Middleton, BCBA

A practical guide to translating from and to Behaviorese. Equip yourself with skills to bridge the communication gap between behavior analysis and the wider community through translation fluency.

  • Understand why translation fluency is important to individual practices and the field
  • Apply skills toward improving social validity in at least two ways
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General 1 CEU

Research to Practice: Extending Past the Pages

Matt Harrington, BCBA

Why does it feel like none of the published research applies to clinicians? Develop the ability to understand behavioral principles and extract actionable information from research articles for your clients.

  • View clinical challenges through the lens of parsimony to identify key variables
  • Utilize a problem-solving framework to find research related to clinical challenges
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Supervision 1 CEU

Dunder Mifflin’s Guide to BCBA Supervision

Mellanie Page

Supervision comes to life through The Office! Examine evidence-based practices for supervising RBTs through humor, guided reflection, and practical examples. Topics include feedback, bias management, and conflict resolution.

  • Identify supervision best practices through analysis of fictional workplace behavior
  • Apply behavior-specific feedback strategies such as BST and modeling
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General 1 CEU

Universal Protocols and Crisis Intervention in Schools

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (TRIAD)

In-school implementation and outcomes of Universal Protocols to rapidly address high-risk dangerous behavior. Includes a model for embedding multiple evaluations of social validity throughout behavioral consultation.

  • Describe the rationale for behavioral stabilization in crisis situations in schools
  • Define goals and component procedures of Universal Protocols
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General 1 CEU

Waking to Reinforcement

Dr. Emily Ice

Explores sleep disturbances in children through the lens of ABA. Introduces a four-term contingency model to analyze sleep behaviors, highlighting environmental variables and establishing effective sleep routines.

  • Understand biological and behavioral components of sleep disturbances in children
  • Apply the four-term contingency model to analyze sleep-related behaviors
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Ethics 1 CEU

Values: Your Compass Through the Clinical Journey

Megh Crowley, BCBA & Penny Holloway, BCBA

A practical, values-driven approach to ethical clinical decision-making. Frames BACB core principles as a compass guiding intake, assessment, goal selection, and day-to-day treatment with dignity and respect.

  • Describe how BACB core principles guide ethically sound treatment decisions
  • Explain the rationale for prioritizing values over procedures
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Ethics 1 CEU

Crisis Management is a Crisis in Behavior Analysis

Dr. Shane Spiker, PhD, BCBA, IBA, LBA

Reframes crisis management as a preventable systems problem. Examines common failure points, practical fixes, and centers a prevent-teach-manage model with the “Big Four” communication skills.

  • Define crisis in behavioral terms and differentiate crisis from treatment procedures
  • Identify at least five common contributors to crises
  • Design a PTM plan that teaches the Big Four to reduce crisis likelihood
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Supervision 1 CEU

Feedback as Critical Component of Supervision

Dr. Tyra Sellers

A practical framework for building brave, bidirectional feedback cultures. Learn to front-load supervision with explicit feedback agreements and deliver feedback that is specific, compassionate, and culturally responsive.

  • Describe the downstream impact of supervisory practices on client results
  • Set up a supervision feedback contract for soliciting and delivering feedback
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General 2 CEUs

How to Identify Learner Values Through a Neurodiversity Affirming Lens

Brian Middleton, BCBA

One of the most difficult aspects of using ACT with children is identifying values, especially non-speaking learners. Or is it? This workshop is about learning how to be a Values Detective using ACT in ABA.

  • Identify and define learner-driven values when working with autistic individuals
  • Incorporate learner values into assessments and treatment plans
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General 5 CEUs

Clarifying Trauma Informed Care

Multiple Presenters

Practical strategies for integrating trauma-informed care within ABA. Emphasizing safety, consent, and individualized treatment through screening, adapting interventions, and supporting clients and staff with trauma histories.

  • Identify at least two tools for screening trauma in clients during intake
  • List at least three trauma-informed modifications to common ABA interventions
  • Outline steps to support staff with trauma histories through supervision
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General 1 CEU

School Behavior Change: Is That the Hill You’re Going to Die On?

Nicky Schneider, BCBA

Behavior Analysts have an ethical responsibility to honor the voices of individuals in their care. Expand your clinical repertoire to move away from rigid procedural interventions while maintaining effective practices.

  • Define traits of perspective-taking, empathy and compassion in clinical practice
  • Recognize and measure assent and assent withdrawal in individuals
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Supervision 4 CEUs

Supervision Articles Deep Dive

Matt Harrington, BCBA

Supervision is often treated as a task to be managed, rather than a relationship to be cultivated. This presentation reframes supervision as a deeply interpersonal and systemic process requiring structure, empathy, and adaptation.

  • Define the purpose of supervision beyond compliance, emphasizing growth and reflection
  • Design values-aligned supervision systems that are flexible and responsive
  • Implement strategies to navigate challenging supervisory dynamics
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General 1 CEU

School Collaboration as an Area of Competence

Dr. Clelia Sigaud, PsyD, BCBA-D & Patrick Jecmen, BCBA

Translates school collaboration into concrete, ethical competencies. Covers the IDEA/IEP landscape, collaborative behaviors that prevent being “the jerk at the IEP meeting,” and interdisciplinary goal design.

  • Differentiate scope of practice from scope of competence for school-based referrals
  • Explain collaboration behaviors that build trust at IEP tables
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General 1 CEU

Feeding Face Off

Dr. Holly Gover, BCBA-D

A practical, compassionate approach to addressing food selectivity in children without relying on escape extinction. Learn a shaping-based model grounded in functional assessment and family-centered practices.

  • Identify appropriate feeding cases for ABA vs. multidisciplinary support
  • Construct a shaping hierarchy for increasing food tolerance and consumption
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Ethics 1 CEU

Dunder Mifflin’s Guide to BCBA Ethics

Mellanie Page

Transforms ethical learning into an interactive experience by analyzing scenarios from The Office. Explore confidentiality, competence, cultural responsiveness, stakeholder engagement, and gift giving through humor.

  • Identify key BACB ethical code components through fictional workplace analysis
  • Apply principles of cultural responsiveness and non-discrimination
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General 1 CEU

Prediction and Probabilities: Three Foundational Equations

Matt Harrington, BCBA

Explores core principles through three pivotal equations: contingency space analysis, the matching law, and the percentile schedule. Enhance clinical decision-making to predict and influence behavior change effectively.

  • Analyze contingency strength to predict behavior change outcomes
  • Utilize the matching law to evaluate reinforcement rates for clinical decisions
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General 3 CEUs

5 Days of Manding Mastery

Matt Harrington, BCBA

A practical, research-informed training to enhance understanding of mand training. Explore prerequisite assessments, efficient prompting strategies, programming order, generalization techniques, and FCT integration.

  • Assess prerequisites for mand training including imitation, echoics, and matching
  • Design basic mand training arrangements using progressive prompt delays
  • Integrate Functional Communication Training with mand training
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General 2 CEUs

The Heart of ABA Service Delivery: Creating Connected Relationships

Dr. Megan DeLeon, BCBA-D

Outlines a process using shaping and research synthesis from psychology and developmental disabilities to develop connected relationships with learners for more effective learning environments.

  • Identify at least 3 skills to assess for programming relating to connected relationships
  • Describe how to use shaping to increase client interaction in relationship building
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Supervision 1 CEU

Prosocial in the Workplace

Jason Stauffer

Introduces the Prosocial model combining contextual behavioral science, evolutionary theory, and group-level design principles to improve cooperation, inclusion, and effectiveness in workplace settings.

  • Describe foundational components of the Prosocial framework including ACT principles
  • Explain how symbolic language processes support or inhibit collaboration
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General 1 CEU

Seven ACT Practices You Can Begin Using Today

Multiple Authors

With at least 29 peer-reviewed studies and growing interest, ACT in ABA is expanding rapidly. Learn six ACTr-consistent practices already within behavior analysts’ repertoires as a starting point for integration.

  • Identify direct contingency management strategies alongside ACTr approaches
  • Connect ACTr intervention skills to relevant BCBA Task List items
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Supervision 1 CEU

Practical Takeaways for School-Based Behavior Analysts

Dr. Kaci Ellis

Distills school-based, PBIS-aligned practices into concrete moves BCBAs can use the next school day. Maps PBIS tiers to clinical decision-making with a focus on ethical compliance and feasible interventions.

  • Open school consultation with an inquiry stance using pre-meetings and role agreements
  • Identify core Tier 1 classroom features to scan during observations
  • Differentiate performance deficits from skill deficits for Tier 2 supports
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General 2.5 CEUs

Confessions of a New Behavior Analyst in Functional Analysis

Matt Harrington, BCBA

Focuses on practical application of functional analysis in clinical settings. Structured around five common mistakes new analysts make, with storytelling and evidence-based strategies to navigate these pitfalls.

  • Understand distinctions between FA methodology, procedures, and the term itself
  • Explore various FA formats including latency, trial, ISCA, and precursor
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General 2.5 CEUs

Solving Clinical Challenges with Research

Matthew Harrington, BCBA

Introduces the Research Finding Framework and Key Places Framework to equip practitioners to identify relevant research efficiently and apply it meaningfully to clinical challenges in limited time.

  • Apply the Research Finding Framework to break down clinical problems
  • Use Boolean operators for efficient literature searches in ABA journals
  • Extract key information from research articles in under 15 minutes
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General 2 CEUs

IEP Advocacy, Tier 1 Behavior Support & Compassionate Behavior Change

Multiple Instructors

Practical guidance for behavior analysts, educators, and advocates working within school systems. Covers IEP advocacy, evidence-based universal classroom practices, and coaching with BST.

  • Describe the role of an IEP advocate and when involvement is beneficial
  • Apply BST steps to coach teachers in implementing behavior strategies
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General 1 CEU

ACT in ABA: Quixotic or Pragmatic?

Dr. Tom Szabo

Positions Acceptance & Commitment Training as a pragmatic extension of ABA. Links the ACT hexaflex and Relational Frame Theory to directly observable repertoires for measuring public behavior.

  • Differentiate ACT processes and RFT relations in ABA terms
  • Apply a decision tree for when to add ACT-informed procedures
  • Design contingency contracts embedding values and committed action
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General 3 CEUs

12 Days of PFA & SBT

Matt Harrington, BCBA

A practical, research-based walkthrough of Practical Functional Assessment and Skill-Based Treatment. Emphasis on efficiency, social validity, individualized functional analyses, and trauma-informed care integration.

  • Differentiate between synthesized and isolated functional analyses
  • Apply SBT principles including shaping, FCR complexity, and tolerance training
  • Apply trauma-informed care principles within assessment and treatment
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Supervision 1 CEU

Dunder Mifflin’s Guide to Training and Onboarding

Mellanie Page

Tackles training and supervising staff effectively from day one. Using scenes from The Office, learn to translate company values into behavioral expectations and structure engaging, retention-focused learning.

  • Define organizational values in observable and measurable terms for onboarding
  • Apply shaping and BST to structure learning matching staff fluency levels
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Supervision 1 CEU

Design Smarter: Instructional Design for Staff Training

Allie Wharam

A systematic approach to instructional design using the ADDIE model. Learn to analyze performance gaps, identify root causes, and develop intentional training that leads to generalizable behavior change.

  • Describe the five ADDIE components and their alignment with ABA decision-making
  • Analyze performance gaps to determine if training is the appropriate intervention
  • Design measurable learning objectives with instructional scaffolds
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General 1.5 CEUs

Hey, Chillax Man! Understanding the Logic of Anxiety

Dr. Clelia Sigaud, PsyD, BCBA-D & Matt Harrington, BCBA

Explores anxiety through a behavior analytic lens, highlighting evolutionary basis and implications for intervention. Differentiates normal anxiety from disorders and presents key strategies for supporting children.

  • State the behavior analytic principles underlying the mechanism of anxiety
  • Describe the logic of anxiety intervention using behavior analytic concepts
  • Explain how scope of competence applies to anxiety intervention
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General 1 CEU

Redefining Efficiency in Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior

Dr. Joshua Jessel

Bridges today’s ABA values with practical, low-risk methods for assessing severe problem behavior. Features the PFA workflow, Single-Session ISCA, and Performance-Based ISCA with real-time data tools.

  • Implement the PFA workflow: interview, observation, and ISCA
  • Conduct a Single-Session ISCA by alternating EO/reinforcer intervals
  • Use a level-of-control rubric to decide whether to proceed to treatment
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General 1 CEU

Child Development for Behavior Analysts

Kristen Byra, BCBA-D, LBA

A firm understanding of typical child development will aid practitioners in creating developmentally appropriate treatment goals. Covers milestones from 9 months to 5 years, barriers to services, and diagnostic tools.

  • Overview of key developmental milestones from 9 months to 5 years
  • Examine clinical implications of delayed access to services
  • Develop mastery criteria in alignment with typical child development
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General 1 CEU

ABA Beyond Autism

Nicole Parks

Challenges the misconception that ABA is limited to autism. Explores subspecialties including clinical behavior analysis, substance use treatment, OBM, and pediatric health through engaging case examples.

  • Identify at least five ABA subspecialties beyond autism
  • Describe how core ABA principles apply in non-traditional settings
  • Evaluate practical barriers of expanding practice beyond ASD services
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Ethics 2 CEUs

Analyzing Assent and Taking Data

Matt Harrington, BCBA

A five-part training providing a practical, data-driven framework for integrating client assent into daily practice. Learn to identify, track, and analyze assent using concurrent chains and degrees of freedom.

  • Define and distinguish between assent and informed consent in ABA
  • Design concurrent chains arrangements providing observable client choices
  • Integrate assent practices into full treatment protocols with measurement
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General 1 CEU

Stronger Together: How Care Collaboration Transforms Outcomes

The Behaviorist Book Club

Explores the critical role of care collaboration in modern ABA practice. Examine research showing how collaborative approaches improve client outcomes across developmental, behavioral, and educational domains.

  • Analyze evidence supporting care collaboration and ethical obligations
  • Develop communication protocols for effective professional partnerships
  • Evaluate business benefits and ROI of collaborative care
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Assent-Based Care: Don’t Just Back Off

The Behaviorist Book Club

Moves beyond “assent withdrawn = back off” into what to do next. Learn a decision process for responding to assent withdrawal using a matching-law lens to rebalance contingencies effectively.

  • Differentiate assent from consent and list observable indicators of withdrawal
  • Apply the “shrink the bad / grow the good” heuristic to rebalance contingencies
  • Design toleration and cooperation shaping plans that build durable assent
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General 1 CEU

The Math Behind Behavior Reduction

The Behaviorist Book Club

Explores mathematical foundations underlying behavior reduction, moving beyond “copy-paste” approaches. Focuses on contingency strength analysis and percentile schedules for truly individualized treatment design.

  • Analyze contingency strength using the contingency space equation
  • Apply mathematical principles to design individualized behavior interventions
  • Evaluate shaping procedures using the percentile schedule equation
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Ethics 1 CEU

Ethical Guardrails in Behavior Reduction

The Behaviorist Book Club

Presents a practical framework of ethical guardrails: cause no further harm, continuously informed and assented to, and build resistant repertoires. Integrates assent-forward and trauma-informed care with practical tools.

  • Describe the three ethical guardrails and apply them to evaluate ABA interventions
  • Identify observable indicators of assent provision and withdrawal
  • Analyze interventions through trauma-informed care and constructional approach
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General 1 CEU

New Year, New Care Collab Goals

The Behaviorist Book Club

Care collaboration as an ethical requirement and practical lever for better outcomes. Get a simple, repeatable workflow for collaboration across six common partners: pediatricians, SLPs, OTs, schools, and more.

  • List 3 ethics-aligned practices supporting effective care collaboration
  • Use a caregiver prep checklist to reduce collaboration barriers
  • Identify one high-impact data deliverable for each of six partner types
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Why Are They Waking Up?

The Behaviorist Book Club

Roughly 50% of children with ASD experience night awakenings. These directly affect learning, behavior, and emotional regulation. Get a clear, behavior-analytic framework for understanding and addressing night wakings.

  • Describe the relationship between night awakenings and reduced ABA progress
  • Identify common sleep dependencies contributing to nighttime wakeups
  • Apply behavioral strategies to fade sleep dependencies ethically
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Competence in Helping People Through Grief

The Behaviorist Book Club

Addresses the critical role of BCBAs in supporting clients through grief, establishing bereavement as a behavioral process involving respondent and operant changes following loss of a significant reinforcer.

  • Define grief in behavior analytic terms
  • Identify setting events that can impact how someone grieves
  • Identify interventions to help support adults with disabilities who are grieving
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Why Are They Not Going to Sleep?

The Behaviorist Book Club

A predictable, calming bedtime routine is one of the most effective behavioral strategies for improving sleep. Learn the science behind effective routines, common barriers, and how to build individualized, evidence-based plans.

  • Describe why effective bedtime routines improve sleep outcomes
  • Identify common barriers to successful bedtime routines
  • Develop individualized, evidence-based bedtime routines with caregivers
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PDA: What It Is and What It Isn’t

The Behaviorist Book Club

Pathological Demand Avoidance is increasingly discussed yet often misunderstood. Get a clear, evidence-informed overview including historical context, current conceptualizations, and common areas of confusion.

  • Describe the historical development and current status of PDA-related profiles
  • Identify key features and distinguish what PDA is and is not
  • Locate professional and stakeholder resources for ethical advocacy
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