THURSDAY, MAY 27 TO MONDAY, MAY 31

ABAI is a nonprofit membership organization with

the mission to contribute to the well-being of

society by developing, enhancing, and supporting

the growth and vitality of the science of behavior

analysis through research, education, and practice.

THURSDAY, MAY 27 TO

MONDAY, MAY 31

47TH ANNUAL CONVENTION

Special Thanks to Our

Premier Exhibit Sponsors!

Program Board Coordinator

Jonathan J. Tarbox, Ph.D. (FirstSteps for Kids)

Program Committee Chair

Amy Odum, Ph.D. (Utah State University)

Program and Convention Management and CE Coordination for APA

Maria E. Malott, Ph.D. (Association for Behavior Analysis International)

CE Coordination for BACB and QABA

Richard W. Malott, Ph.D. (Western Michigan University)

CE Coordination for NASP

Laurice Joseph, Ph.D. (The Ohio State University)

Area Coordinators

Graphic Design and Layout

Aaron Barsy, Martin Burch, Nicholas M. Kuder, Maddi Baker, Kelly Burke, Kelton Lewis, Anna Myers,

Alexis Wallin, Nicole Wieferich, Kendall Willey, Carolyn Wilson, and Maria Sidor.

Convention Planning and Assistance

Aaron Barsy, Emilee Bucci, Ariana D’Arms, Lin Davis, Evangeline Dittman, William Dolak, Marquin Evans,

Sarah Granlund, Mindy Ketels, Katie Mahaffy, Mandy McNaughton, Shilpi Mittal, Jenna Mrljak, Raiza

Robles, Joseph Romeo, Paul Shafer, Eddie Soh, Laura Stephenson, Viviana Vidal, and Andrew York

(Association for Behavior Analysis International)

Acknowledgements

Applied Animal Behavior (AAB): Andrea

Feuerbacher (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State

University) and Nathan Hall (Texas Tech University)

Autism (AUT): Regina Carroll (Munroe-Meyer

Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center),

Corina Jimenez-Gomez (Auburn University), and

Tiffany Kodak (Marquette University)

Behavioral Development (DEV): Jo Ann Pereira

Delgado (Teachers College, Columbia University)

and Jessica Singer-Dudek (Teachers College,

Columbia University)

Behavioral Pharmacology and Neuroscience

(BPN): August Holtyn (Johns Hopkins University

School of Medicine) and Sally Huskinson

(University of Mississippi Medical Center)

Clinical, Family, Behavioral Medicine (CBM):

Michele Traub (St. Cloud State University) and Amy

Murrell (Murrell Psychological Services)

Community, Social, and Sustainability Issues

(CSS): Sarah Richling (Auburn University) and Tom

Szabo (Florida Institute of Technology)

Developmental Disabilities (DDA): Yaniz Padilla

Dalmau (Seattle Children’s Hospital) and Kelly

Schieltz (University of Iowa)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Carol

Pilgrim (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

Education (EDC): Renee Hawkins (University of

Cincinnati) and Robin Codding (Northeastern

University)

Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB): Karen

Lionello-DeNolf (Assumption College) and Erik

Arntzen (Oslo Metropolitan University)

Organizational Behavior Management (OBM):

Nicole Gravina (University of Florida) and Byron

Wine (The Faison Center)

Philosophical, Conceptual, and Historical

Issues (PCH): Michael Hixson (Central Michigan

University) and David Palmer (Smith College)

Practice (PRA): Susan Wilczynski (Ball State

University)

Science (SCI): Suzanne Mitchell (Oregon Health &

Science University)

Teaching Behavior Analysis (TBA): Lin Du

(Teachers College, Columbia University) and Daniel

Fienup (Teachers College, Columbia University)

Verbal Behavior (VRB): Sarah Lechago (University

of Houston-Clear Lake) and Rocio Rosales

(University of Massachusetts Lowell)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................3

About ABAI ................................................................................................................................................5

ABAI Executive Council .............................................................................................................................. 6

2021 Annual Convention Program Schedule ..............................................................................................7

Using the Convention Program Book ........................................................................................................ 8

Continuing Education ................................................................................................................................9

Special Events ..........................................................................................................................................10

B. F. Skinner Lecture Series ..................................................................................................................... 11

Professional Development Series .............................................................................................................13

Business Meetings ...................................................................................................................................14

Diversity Events .......................................................................................................................................16

Sustainability Events ................................................................................................................................ 20

Exhibitors and Sponsors ..........................................................................................................................21

Thursday, May 27 ................................................................................................... 27

Day Schedule ....................................................28 Workshops ........................................................28

Friday, May 28 ......................................................................................................33

Day Schedule ....................................................34

Workshops ........................................................37

Convention Sessions .........................................42

Saturday, May 29 ...................................................................................................53

Day Schedule ....................................................54 Convention Sessions .........................................57

Sunday, May 30 ................................................................................................... 115

Day Schedule ..................................................116 Convention Sessions .......................................119

Monday, May 31 .................................................................................................. 173

Day Schedule ..................................................174 Convention Sessions .......................................177

2020 Sustaining and Supporting Members ............................................................................................225

2021 SABA Senior Student Presenter Grant Recipients ......................................................................... 226

2020 SABA Donors ................................................................................................................................ 228

Primary Area Index ................................................................................................................................231

Author Index ..........................................................................................................................................232

Notes Pages ...........................................................................................................................................253

Personal Planner ....................................................................................................................................256

Program Content

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and during the ABAI annual convention do not necessarily reect the opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of

ABAI or ofcial policies of ABAI.

Video Recording Policy

Please be aware that ABAI prohibits audio and video recording of convention events by any person or

entity other than ABAI.

ABAI is a nonprot membership organization

with the mission to contribute to the well-

being of society by developing, enhancing,

and supporting the growth and vitality of the

science of behavior analysis through research,

education, and practice. ABAI encompasses

contemporary scientic and social issues,

theoretical advances, and the dissemination

of professional and public information.

Advancing behavioral science and its

application has become an international

effort, as witnessed by the countries

represented by our members.

ABAI provides a forum for 39 special interest

groups, maintains a mutually benecial

relationship with 96 afliated chapters located

across the USA and around the world, and

organizes an annual convention in addition to

other conferences and events. ABAI publishes

three scholarly journals, distributes a triannual

newsletter, provides continuing education

credits, and accredits behavior analysis

undergraduate and graduate training programs.

ABAI was founded in May 1974 at the

University of Chicago. The rst annual

convention was held the following year and

has been the largest gathering of behavior

analysts for all of its 43-year history. The

event gathers over 5,000 behavior analysts

from all over the world; typically, more than 50

countries are represented. ABAI also conducts

an annual autism conference, an international

conference every 2 years, and other topical

events, including those covering education

and behavioral research and translation. The

association has more than 6,000 members

from nearly 70 countries.

Diversity Policy

The Association for Behavior Analysis

International encourages diversity and

inclusiveness in the eld of behavior analysis

broadly, and within the organization specically.

Diversity refers to differences in race, ethnicity,

sexual orientation, gender identity, age, country

of origin, religious or spiritual beliefs, ability, and

socioeconomic class.

Ethics

The Association for Behavior Analysis

International expects its members to uphold the

highest standards of personal and professional

behavior in the conduct of their work and

the advancement of behavior analysis. ABAI

embraces the diversity of professions within

its membership; each ABAI member should

adhere to the ethical standards that have been

dened for his or her profession. Examples

include, but are not limited to:

 The American Psychological Association’s

“Ethical Principles of Psychologists and

Code of Conduct”

 The Association for Clinical Researchers’

“Code of Ethics”

 The Association for Institutional Research’s

“Code of Ethics”

 The Behavior Analyst Certication Board’s

“Guidelines for Responsible Conduct for

Behavior Analysts”

 The National Association of School

Psychologists’ “Professional Conduct

Manual”

 The National Association of Social Workers’

“Code of Ethics”

 The National Education Association’s

“Code of Ethics of the Education

Profession”

about ABAI...

executive

council

President-Elect (2020–2023)

Carol Pilgrim, Ph.D.

(University of North Carolina Wilmington)

Past presidents of the association are Nathan H. Azrin, Donald M. Baer, Sidney W. Bijou, Marc N. Branch, A. Charles

Catania, Thomas S. Critcheld, Michael Dougher, Barbara C. Etzel, Judith E. Favell, Richard M. Foxx, Patrick C.

Friman, Sigrid S. Glenn, Israel Goldiamond, Gina Green, Don F. Hake, Linda J. Parrott Hayes, William L. Heward,

Philip N. Hineline, Maria Martha Hübner, Brian A. Iwata, James M. Johnston, Kennon A. Lattal, Ogden R. Lindsley,

Richard W. Malott, M. Jackson Marr, Mark Mattaini, Frances K. McSweeney, Jack Michael, Raymond G. Miltenberger,

John C. (Jay) Moore, Edward K. Morris, Henry S. Pennypacker, Michael Perone, Carol Pilgrim, Ellen P. Reese, Kurt

Salzinger, Masaya Sato, Beth Sulzer-Azaroff, Janet S. Twyman, and Julie S. Vargas.

Experimental Representative

(2020–2023)

Christine Hughes, Ph.D.

(University of North Carolina Wilmington)

At-Large Representative

(2018–2021)

Anthony Biglan, Ph.D.

(Oregon Research Institute)

Past Student Representative

(2018–2021)

Jovonnie Esquierdo-Leal

(University of Nevada, Reno)

President (2019–2022)

Erin Rasmussen, Ph.D.

(Idaho State University)

International Representative

(2020–2023)

Deisy das Graças de Souza, Ph.D.

(Universidade Federal de São Carlos)

Applied Representative

(2018–2021)

Kent Johnson, Ph.D.

(Morningside Academy)

Student Representative

(2019–2022)

Allyson Salzer

(University of Kansas)

Past President (2018–2021)

Peter Killeen, Ph.D.

(Arizona State University)

At-Large Representative

(2019–2022)

Ruth Anne Rehfeldt, Ph.D.

(Southern Illinois University)

Chief Executive Ofcer

Maria E. Malott, Ph.D.

(Association for Behavior

Analysis International)

Student Representative-Elect

(2020–2023)

Rita Olla

(University of Nevada, Reno)

47th Annual Convention Schedule

NOTE: All times listed below and throughout the program book are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Thursday, May 27

4:00 pm–7:00 pm Pre-convention workshops

(additional fee required)

Friday, May 28

9:00 am–4:00 pm Pre-convention workshops

(additional fee required)

2:00 pm–5:00 pm Student Welcome Event and Student Trivia Night

5:00 pm–6:30 pm Opening Event and SABA Awards

8:00 pm–10:00 pm ABAI Expo

Saturday, May 29

9:00 am–12:50 pm Sessions

1:00 pm–2:00 pm Noteworthy Activities

1:00 pm–3:00 pm Exhibits open

1:00 pm–3:00 pm Poster session

3:00 pm–6:50 pm Sessions

7:00 pm–7:50 pm Business meetings

7:00 pm–8:30 pm Remembrances of Jack Michael

Sunday, May 30

9:00 am–12:50 pm Sessions

1:00 pm–2:00 pm Noteworthy Activities

1:00 pm–3:00 pm Exhibits open

1:00 pm–3:00 pm Poster session

3:00 pm–6:50 pm Sessions

7:00 pm–7:50 pm Business meetings

8:00 pm–10:00 pm Reunions and receptions

Monday, May 31

7:00 am–7:50 am ABAI Business Meeting

9:00 am–12:50 pm Sessions

1:00 pm–2:00 pm Noteworthy Activities

1:00 pm–3:00 pm Exhibits open

1:00 pm–3:00 pm Poster session

3:00 pm–5:55 pm Sessions

6:00 pm–6:50 pm Presidential Address

7:00 pm–7:50 pm Business meetings

This schedule may be altered to accommodate changing circumstances. If you are interested in

receiving a copy of a paper presented during the convention, please request a reprint from the author at

the end of the session.

Understanding Program Entries

To help you understand the structure of this book, the next few paragraphs explain the various terms and

codes used throughout.

Session Formats

Pre-convention workshops review recent research, discuss current theoretical issues, and present new

methods for the application of behavior analysis. Registration for individual workshops is required, either

prior to the convention or on site. There is an additional fee for attending workshops.

Invited speaker events feature presenters asked by the Program Board to discuss information that is

new, innovative, or otherwise important to the specialty area. All may attend invited events.

Tutorials are presented by distinguished scholars who teach a specic topic. The 2021 convention

includes several tutorials invited by the Program Committee chair with input from area coordinators. All

may attend invited tutorials.

Symposia consist of a series of moderated related presentations by different people with no interaction

between the speakers. Sessions may also include a discussant.

Paper sessions include papers of theoretical, philosophical, or methodological issues assembled into a

session by the area coordinators.

Panel discussions are moderated discussion sessions with panel members responding to a theme.

Poster sessions are displays of information relevant to data-based research projects; presenting

authors are available during 120-minute sessions to discuss their work. Posters with odd numbers will

be discussed during the rst hour, even numbers the second hour.

The ABAI Expo is a special poster session for presentations of undergraduate and graduate training

programs, internship and employment opportunities, special interest groups, afliated chapters, ABAI

boards and committees, and behavioral organizations from around the world.

Business meetings are held by ABAI committees, chapters, special interest groups, and others. Anyone

may attend published meetings.

Reunions are social gatherings for schools, businesses, and other organizations.

Domains of Content

Presenters were asked to categorize their sessions as applied research, basic research, service delivery,

or theory.

Applied research deals with behavior selected on the basis of its social signicance, human emphasis,

intervention driven with cure orientation, data-based activity carried out under auspices of research

protocol, development of new technology, and anything with the ultimate function of disseminating artifacts

(contingent on peer review) that contribute to generalizable knowledge about how or why interventions,

service delivery systems, or their components achieve desired goals. The function of any manipulation or

analysis is to go beyond demonstrating that environmental manipulations will produce desired goals by

identifying how or why interventions, service delivery systems, or their components achieve those goals.

Basic research deals with representative response, which can include verbal behavior in humans, in any

species. It is theoretically driven, data-based activity that is carried out under the auspices of research

protocol. It is anything to do with the ultimate function of disseminating artifacts (contingent on peer

review) that contribute to generalizable knowledge about fundamental processes.

Service delivery deals with behavior selected on the basis of its social signicance, human emphasis,

intervention driven with cure orientation, frequently but not necessarily supported through fee for service

arrangements and staff positions, extension of existing technology to new settings or populations, and

is not predominantly undertaken to disseminate an artifact that contributes to generalizable knowledge,

even though it may include data-based decision making. Presentations in this category are predominantly

case histories, illustrations, descriptions, or demonstrations rather than analysis of how principles may

be applied in interventions, service delivery systems, or their components to achieve desired goals. The

function of any manipulation or analysis is to apply environmental manipulations to produce desired goals

rather than to identify how or why interventions, service delivery systems, or their components achieve

those goals.

Theory deals with abstract, conceptual, or integrative statements about organizations of facts,

interpretations, or mathematical models and quantitative analyses. This area can also include historical

and philosophical analyses or reviews.

Program Area Identiers

The following program area identiers appear in the session listings in the program schedule and indicate

Using the Convention Program Book

the general topic under which each presentation falls. Presentations may also indicate a secondary

specialty area. The secondary area is listed directly after the rst area in symposia, invited events, and panel

discussions and after the title of the presentation in posters and paper sessions.

Basic and theoretical work is often found in behavioral pharmacology and neuroscience (BPN);

behavioral development (DEV); experimental analysis of behavior (EAB); philosophical, conceptual, and

historic issues (PCH); science (SCI); and verbal behavior (VRB).

Work addressing clinical populations is often found under autism (AUT), clinical and behavioral medicine

(CBM), and developmental disabilities (DDA).

Work addressing organizations is often found under applied animal behavior (AAB), community, social,

and sustainability issues (CSS), education (EDC), organizational behavior management (OBM), and

teaching behavior analysis (TBA).

Practice (PRA) pertains to issues related to clinical practice. PRA does touch on other areas, as it relates

to both basic science as well as issues related to professional practice, such as ethical considerations,

insurance, and how to get grants.

Continuing Education

General Information

One of ABAI’s primary objectives is to provide educational opportunities for members and other

professionals to review recent research, discuss current theoretical issues, and learn new methods in the

application of behavior analysis to societal problems. While ABAI does not require participation in the

continuing education (CE) program for membership, involvement is encouraged.

The CE program is designed to meet needs for self-improvement and to provide continuing academic

training for psychologists and behavior analysts as required by many licensing associations and specialty

boards. ABAI maintains records of all CE credits.

ABAI is a Learning Type ACE provider for the Behavior Analyst Certication Board (BACB), is approved

by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor CE for psychologists, is approved by the

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) to offer CPD for school psychologists, and is

approved by the Qualied Applied Behavior Analysis Credentialing Board (QABA) to offer CE for those

with Applied Behavior Analysis Technician or Qualied Autism Services Practitioner credentials. ABAI

maintains responsibility for all programs and their content.

Continuing Education Sessions

CE type(s) available are indicated in the session details of the printed program, in the online program,

and in the conference app. Not all sessions are approved for all CE types.

Continuing Education Documentation

CE documentation will be available in your ABAI portal after the convention.

Workshops

Workshops are subject to cancellation due to low enrollment, so advance registration is advised. The

fee for continuing education is included in the cost of the workshop.

Review workshop offerings on the following pages. To view detailed descriptions of all workshops—

including abstracts, learning objectives, activities, and more—check out the online program (www.

abainternational.org/events/annual/workshops) or the events app.

Select pre-convention workshops are available for continuing education credit for behavior analysts

certied by the Behavior Analyst Certication Board (CE: BACB), psychologists licensed by the American

Psychological Association (CE: PSY), CPD school psychologists by the National Association of School

Psychologists (CE: NASP), and applied behavior analysis technicians or qualied autism services

practitioners certied by the Qualied Applied Behavior Analysis Credentialing Board (CE: QABA).

Cancellations and Refunds

Cancellations received on or after April 16, 2021, will not be eligible for a refund, but registration may be

transferred to another member.

Ethics

ABAI expects its members to uphold the highest standards of personal and professional behavior in

the conduct of their work and the advancement of behavior analysis. ABAI embraces the diversity of

professions within its membership; thus, each ABAI member should adhere to the ethical standards that

have been dened for his or her profession.

Special Events

Friday, May 28

Student Welcome Event

2:00 pm–3:30 pm EDT

The ABAI Student Committee will host a special Welcome Event for current and future student members.

During this session, Student Committee Members will review useful information for navigating the virtual

platform to help you make the best of your convention experience.

Student Trivia Event

3:30 pm–5:00 pm EDT

Grab your friends and join the Student Committee for our annual Trivia Event, hosted by leading researchers

and academics in the eld of behavior analysis. Test your knowledge about the ABAI organization, the eld

of behavior analysis, and more. Come mingle with other students and kick off the conference with a friendly

game of trivia! Prizes available for the winners and participants.

SABA Awards and Opening Event

5:00 pm–6:30 pm EDT

The Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA) provides nancial support for the eld

of behavior analysis. As a 501(c)(3), nonprot organization, SABA accepts tax-deductible donations,

distributes donations through grants and fellowships, and recognizes leaders in behavior analysis with

its annual awards ceremony.

Saturday, May 29

International Task Force on Education in Behavior Science and Application

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

The ABAI Task Force on International Education has been working to create a model to improve

educational opportunities and develop formal recognition of behavior analysts that could be adapted

for individual countries. Constituents from Brazil, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, and Spain will provide an

update on the task force progress. We welcome the attendance of all those interested in this effort.

Standing on the Shoulders of a Giant: Remembrances of Jack Michael

7:00 pm–8:30 pm EDT

Jack Michael’s inuence on the eld of behavior analysis was profound. His renement and extension

of several of our basic concepts and principles (e.g., establishing operations, positive and negative

reinforcement, automatic reinforcement, verbal behavior) has greatly advanced our understanding of

human behavior. However, Jack’s legacy may be most obvious in the numerous students he taught over

the years, many of whom have had distinguished careers as researchers, practitioners, and teachers

in their own right. Each has made signicant contributions to behavior analysis, thus extending Jack’s

legacy even further. Six of Jack’s students from his early days of teaching will offer comments and

insights regarding Jack. Following their remarks, audience members will be allowed to provide very brief

remarks about Jack.

Monday, May 30

ABAI Annual Business Meeting

7:00 am–7:50 am EDT

The purpose of the annual meeting of members is for ABAI leadership to provide an update on the

ongoing activities of and major developments in the association.

Cultural Behavior Science VCS Practicum: Design and Evaluate Learning Experiences in the Field

11:00 am–11:50 am EDT

This panel discussion examines how the Cultural Behavior Science VCS practicum might be designed

to optimize student learning, foster outreach from VCS approved curricula into the community, rene

concepts/procedures in community/culture behavior change and assemble resources to orchestrate

success. The panel invites discussion with the ABAI community to illuminate pathways ahead, barriers,

and solutions as the eld seeks to transfer expertise in cultural behavior science towards socially

important issues related to sustainability, diversity, social justice, and other “wicked problems."

Presidential Address: Discourse in 2021: Some Observations From a Radical Behaviorist

6:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

Characterizing one’s behaviorism as radical entails a world view that is simultaneously fundamental

in its emphasis on selection by the environment as the origin of behavior, whether public or private;

thoroughgoing in its relevance to all dimensions of human endeavor, from simple reexes to complex

social systems; and extreme in its focus on changing the social environment to impact critical cultural

reforms (e.g., Malagodi, 1996). Indeed, increasing attention to cultural behavior analysis has been

a highlight of our recent history in this eld, and signicant strides have been made in expanding

analyses beyond the molecular contingencies operating at the level of the individual to the meta- and

macro-contingencies in effect for groups of individuals (e.g., Glenn, 2004). Of course, a cultural-level

perspective has been a dening feature of most, if not all, of our sister social sciences from their

inception, and it has been suggested (e.g., Malagodi, 1996) that behavior analysis could gain much

from seeking alignment of our basic principles with complementary approaches and methodologies

found useful in the broader social science arena. A case in point involves the study of discourse, dened

conventionally as “extended expression of thought on a subject in connected speech or writing” and

“rooted in concrete contexts such as history or institutions” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). A scholarly

target of multiple social science disciplines, quantitative and qualitative analytic strategies have been

developed to better characterize, and study the function(s) of, a given discourse. In considering

alignments, Skinner’s own analysis (1957) detailed differences in size across verbal operants, allowing

for those of considerable extent, and he discussed discourse-like phenomena not infrequently, as in

his treatment of the difculties presented by the literatures of freedom and of dignity for a science

of behavior (e.g., 1953, 1971). It will be argued here that important dimensions of current events on

the national scene, as well as within behavior analysis, could also be described in terms of conict in

discourse and that, in seeking to nd solutions, we might be wise to undertake a more broadly informed

and truly radical approach to understanding the nature of discourse, its selection and transmission, and

its impact on other modes of behavior. The extent to which a given discourse can function as a unit, and

as a signicant form of cultural practice, will be explored through examples.

B. F. Skinner Lecture Series

ABAI’s B. F. Skinner Lecture Series brings distinguished speakers from elds other than behavior

analysis to the ABAI annual convention. These guest presenters have been selected for their relevance to

our eld, and the Program Board has arranged for you to hear an incredible range of scholars.

Applied Animal Behavior

How Do Similarly Raised Wolves and Dogs Relate to Their Human Companions? Looking at Dog

Domestication From a Behavioural and Hormonal Perspective

SARAH MARSHALL-PESCINI (Domestication Lab, Wolf Science Centre, Konrad Lorenz Institute of

Ethology, Veterinary Medicine University of Vienna, Austria)

Monday, May 31, 10:00 am EDT

Autism

Beyond Translation: Ethnic Disparities on Early Identication and Access to Services of Children With

Autism Spectrum Disorder

CECILIA MONTIEL-NAVA (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)

Saturday, May 29, 5:00 pm EDT

Behavioral Development

Improving Observed Parenting and Enhancing Well-Being in Parents of Young Children With Autism

Spectrum Disorder

MARLA BRASSARD (Teachers College, Columbia University)

Monday, May 31, 5:00 pm EDT

Behavioral Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Exploring the Health Consequences of Cannabis in Animal Models

MICHAEL TAFFE (UC San Diego Health)

Monday, May 31, 3:00 pm

Clinical, Family, Behavioral Medicine

Teaching Tool-Skills to Fluency: The Journey From the Skinner Box to the Operating Room

I. MARTIN LEVY (Monteore)

Sunday, May 30, 11:00 am EDT

Developmental Disabilities

Marrying ABA and the Medical System: Multi-Disciplinary Treatment Systems and Novel Approaches

for Challenging Behaviors in Youth With Autism

MATTHEW SIEGEL (Maine Behavioral Healthcare)

Saturday, May 29, 9:00 am EDT

Education

Trauma Informed Classrooms: Helping Every Child Succeed

ANTOINETTE MIRANDA (The Ohio State University)

Monday, May 31, 10:00 am EDT

Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Learning to Stop Responding

MARK BOUTON (University of Vermont)

Monday, May 31, 11:00 am EDT

Organizational Behavior Management

Total Worker Health®: An Invitation to Join In!

RYAN OLSON (Oregon Health & Science University)

Saturday, May 29, 4:00 pm EDT

Philosophical, Conceptual, and Historical Issues

Experimental and Behavioral Psychology at Harvard From William James to B. F. Skinner

SARA SCHECHNER (Harvard University)

Monday, May 31, 5:00 pm EDT

Practice

A Parent Perspective: The Art and Science of Creating a Resilient Partnership With Parents

CHRISSY MCNAIR (PHAME)

Monday, May 31, 5:00 pm EDT

Science

Onward and Upward: Behavioral Science Principles and Practice in Human Space Exploration

PETER ROMA (NASA Johnson Space Center)

Sunday, May 30, 9:00 am EDT

The Fiction of Memory

ELIZABETH LOFTUS (University of California at Irvine)

Sunday, May 30, 3:00 pm EDT

Epigenetic Learning: The Shape of Plasticity

EVA JABLONKA (Tel-Aviv University; London School of Economics)

Monday, May 31, 10:00 am EDT

Teaching Behavior Analysis

Assessment Beyond Diagnosis: Meaningful Measurement of Behavior to Advance Clinical Practice

and Research in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

SOMER BISHOP (University of California, San Francisco)

Saturday, May 29, 3:00 pm EDT

Verbal Behavior

Promoting Equity in Assessment and Intervention With Young Dual-Language Learners

LILLIAN DURÁN (University of Oregon)

Sunday, May 30, 6:00 pm EDT

Professional Development Series

The professional development series is an initiative of the ABAI Student Committee. All convention

registrants are welcome to attend these events.

Peering Behind the Curtain: ABAI Journal Editors Discuss the Peer Review Process

Chair: Donald A. Hantula (Temple University)

Saturday, May 29, 3:00 pm EDT

MARK A. MATTAINI (Jane Addams College of Social Work-University of Illinois at Chicago)

STEPHANIE M. PETERSON (Western Michigan University)

TIFFANY KODAK (Marquette University)

Success in Academia: Developing Teaching and Service Repertoires

Chair: Jonathan A. Schulz (University of Kansas)

Saturday, May 29, 4:00 pm EDT

LINDA J. PARROTT HAYES (University of Nevada, Reno)

RUTH ANNE REHFELDT (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago)

JANET S. TWYMAN (blast)

How to Obtain a Research Grant: Topics of Proposal Writing to Funding

Saturday, May 29, 5:00 pm EDT

Chair: Rebecca Seward (Southern Illinois University)

WAYNE W. FISHER (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)

CLAIRE C. ST. PETER (West Virginia University)

AMY ODUM (Utah State University)

Finding Success After Graduation:Creating and Submitting Job Application Materials (1/3)

Sunday, May 30, 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Rita Olla (University of Nevada, Reno)

MARK GALIZIO (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

DIANA J. WALKER (Visions LLC)

ALBERT MALKIN (Western University)

Finding Success After Graduation:Interviewing for Positions (2/3)

Sunday, May 30, 4:00 pm EDT

Chair: Allyson R Salzer (University of Kansas)

RICHARD WAYNE FUQUA (Western Michigan University)

JOSEPH D. DRACOBLY (University of North Texas)

BETHANY P. YOUNG (University of Nevada, Reno)

Finding Success After Graduation: Establishing Yourself in the First Few Years (3/3)

Sunday, May 30, 5:00 pm EDT

Chair: Jovonnie L. Esquierdo-Leal (University of Nevada, Reno)

NICOLE GRAVINA (University of Florida)

CORINA JIMENEZ-GOMEZ (Auburn University)

JESSICA FOSTER JUANICO (University of Kansas)

How to Approach Social and Systemic Change

Monday, May 31, 4:00 pm EDT

Chair: Edward Brandon Amezquita (University of North Texas)

TRACI M. CIHON (University of North Texas)

RAMONA HOUMANFAR (University of Nevada, Reno)

JOMELLA WATSON-THOMPSON (University of Kansas)

Identifying and Combating Ableism in Applied Practice

Monday, May 31, 5:00 pm EDT

Chair: Rachel Commodario (Rollins College)

DANA M. AFFRUNTI (Southern Illinois University)

JOSEPH VENEZIANO (NuPath, Inc.)

KATELYN ELIZABETH KENDRICK (Innovations Developmental Solutions)

Business Meetings

Business meetings are held by ABAI committees, chapters, special interest groups, and others. Anyone

may attend published meetings.

ABAI Special Interest Groups

Addiction Special Interest Group

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: August F. Holtyn (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

Applied Animal Behavior SIG Business Meeting

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Steven W. Payne (California State University, Fresno)

Autism Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Justin B. Leaf (Autism Partnership Foundation; Endicott College)

Behavior Analysis in the Arts

Monday, May 31, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Abigail B. Calkin (Calkin Consulting Center)

Behavior Analysis for Military and Veterans Special Interest Group

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Abigail Calkin (Calkin Consulting Center)

Behavior Analysis for Sustainable Societies

Monday, May 31, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Julia H. Fiebig (Ball State University; Applied Global Initiatives LLC)

Behavior Gerontology Special Interest Group

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Claudia Drossel (Eastern Michigan University; Center for the Advancement of Neurobehavioral Health)

Behavioral Development Special Interest Group

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Jessica Singer-Dudek (Teachers College, Columbia University)

Behavioral Medicine Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Gretchen A. Dittrich (Simmons University)

Behaviorists for Social Responsibility Business Meeting

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Sarah M. Richling (Auburn University)

Clinical Special Interest Group

Monday, May 31, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Emily Thomas Johnson (Behavior Attention and Developmental Disabilities Consultants, LLC)

Crime, Delinquency and Forensic Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Timothy Templin (Hoosier ABA)

Culture and Diversity SIG Meeting

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Robyn M. Catagnus (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

Dissemination of Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: John O'Neill (Contextual Behavioral Science Institute)

Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Sophia R D'Agostino (Hope College)

Neuroscience SIG

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Suzanne H. Mitchell (Oregon Health & Science University)

Organizational Behavior Management Network and Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Annual Meeting

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Byron J. Wine (The Faison Center)

Positive Behavior Support Special Interest Group

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Jodie Soracco (University of Nevada, Reno)

Rehabilitation and Independent Living Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Monday, May 31, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Megan R. Heinicke (California State University, Sacramento)

Speech Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Monday, May 31, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Nikia Dower (Dower and Associates, Inc.)

Sexual Behavior: Research and Practice Special Interest Group

Monday, May 31, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Barbara Gross (Missouri Behavior Consulting; Special School District of St. Louis County)

SIG Español

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Mapy Chavez Cueto (Alcanzando)

Teaching Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Dacia McCoy (University of Cincinnati)

Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: April N. Kisamore (Hunter College)

ABAI Afliate Chapters

Nevada Association for Behavior Analysis

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Thomas Wade Brown (Ball State University; Chrysalis)

Hawai'i Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Business Meeting

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Kyle Machos (Windward Synergy Center)

Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Public Policy Group Networking Meeting

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Jeffrey E. Dillen (Texana Center)

Other Business Meetings

ABAI Program Board Meeting

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

The Analysis of Verbal Behavior Board Meeting

Monday, May 31, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Tiffany Kodak (Marquette University)

Behavior Analysis in Practice Editorial Board Meeting

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Stephanie M. Peterson (Western Michigan University)

Behavior and Social Issues Editorial Board Meeting

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Mark A. Mattaini (Jane Addams College of Social Work-University of Illinois at Chicago)

China Association of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons-Professional Committee of ABA

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Dorothy Xuan Zhang (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology; George Mason University;

ABA Professional Committee of China Association of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons)

Education and Treatment of Children Journal Business Meeting

Monday, May 31, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Claire C. St. Peter (West Virginia University)

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Business Meeting

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Mark Galizio (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

New U.S. and Non-U.S. Programs Interested in ABAI Accreditation and VCS

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Jenna Mrljak (Association for Behavior Analysis International)

Perspectives on Behavior Science Editorial Board and Author Meeting

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: M. Christopher Newland (Auburn University)

The Psychological Record Business Meeting

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Mitch Fryling (California State University, Los Angeles)

Self & Match Business Meeting

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Katharine M. Croce (Felician University)

Student Committee Business Meeting

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Allyson R Salzer (University of Kansas)

Update: Strategic Plan Group

Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Susan M. Schneider (University of the Pacic)

Diversity Events

The following sessions have been identied as diversity events offered during the

convention (posters not included).

On Antiracist Actions in Behavior Analysis

Saturday, May 29, 9:00 am EDT

Chair: Cody Morris (Salve Regina University)

To Change We Must Understand: A Behavioral Data Science and Culturo-Behavior Systems Science

Analysis of Policing

Saturday, May 29, 9:00 am EDT

Chair: Holly Seniuk (Behavior Analyst Certication Board)

Discussant: John O'Neill (Contextual Behavioral Science Institute)

An International Cultural Perspective on Interprofessional Collaboration

Saturday, May 29, 9:00 am EDT

Chair: Tracie L. Lindblad (First Bridge Centre, London, UK; Tracie Lindblad Consulting)

ABA in the Kingdom: Shaping the Field

Saturday, May 29, 9:00 am EDT

LAMIS BAOWAIDAN (Dar Al-Hekma University)

Exploring Barriers to Treatment With Stakeholder Driven Research: Giving BCBAs a Seat at the Table

Saturday, May 29, 11:00 am EDT

Chair: Krista M. Clancy (Wayne State University)

Cultural Biases in Assessment, Treatment, and Access to ABA Services

Saturday, May 29, 11:00 am EDT

Chair: Michele R. Traub (St. Cloud State University)

Discussant: Elizabeth Hughes Fong (Pepperdine University)

Culture, Race, and Behavior Analysis

Saturday, May 29, 11:00 am EDT

Chair: Mychal Machado (University of Alaska Anchorage)

Discussant: Shahla Susan Ala'i (University of North Texas)

Keep that House! How a Culturo-Behavioral Science Analysis May Improve Housing Stability for

Families Who Have Experienced Homelessness

Saturday, May 29, 11:30 am EDT

Chair: Richard F. Rakos (Cleveland State University)

The Road Less Traveled: Revolutionizing Applied Behavior Analysis

Saturday, May 29, 12:00 pm EDT

Chair: Samantha Fuesy (Adapt & Transform Behavior, LLC

Toward an Inclusive and Diverse Behavior Analysis: Advantages and Barriers to International

Collaboration

Saturday, May 29, 12:00 pm EDT

Chair: Elana Keissa Sickman (Missouri State University)

Discussant: Tom G. Szabo (Florida Institute of Technology)

Incorporating Multiculturalism and Antiracism in Behavior Analysis

Saturday, May 29, 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Corina Jimenez-Gomez (Auburn University)

Freedom or Exploitation: The Integration of Behavior Analysis in a Capitalistic System

Saturday, May 29, 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Adam Peal (The Behavioral Education Research Initiative )

Beyond Translation: Ethnic Disparities on Early Identication and Access to Services of Children With

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Saturday, May 29, 5:00 pm EDT

CECILIA MONTIEL-NAVA (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)

Building a Coalition to Amplify the Impact of Behavioral Science

Saturday, May 29, 5:00 pm EDT

Chair: Tiffany Dubuc (Public Heath Agency of Canada; Blossom Behavioural Services)

Applying Our Science to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Conversation With the ABAI DEI Board

Saturday, May 29, 5:00 pm EDT

Chair: Carol Pilgrim (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

Beyond Direct Assessment and Treatment: Addressing the Safety of Individuals Who Engage in

Problem Behavior When First Responders Must be Called

Saturday, May 29, 6:00 pm EDT

Chair: Sarah Slocum (Marcus Autism Center and Emory School of Medicine)

Bridging the Gap: The Establishment of Behavior Analysis Professional Associations Across Latin

America

Saturday, May 29, 6:00 pm EDT

Chair: Amanda Bueno dos Santos (CEDIN)

Compassionate Online Education in a Post-COVID-19 World

Saturday, May 29, 6:00 pm EDT

Chair: Laura L. Dudley (Northeastern University)

Culture and Diversity SIG Meeting

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Robyn M. Catagnus (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

Behavior Gerontology Special Interest Group

Saturday, May 29, 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Claudia Drossel (Eastern Michigan University; Center for the Advancement of Neurobehavioral Health)

Establishing Equitable Policies in a Diverse Workplace

Sunday, May 30, 9:00 am EDT

Chair: Tedi Renee Teabout (ABA Adaptive Services)

Unchartered Territories for Behavior Analysts: New Frontiers for the Science We Love (A Scientic

Framework for Compassion and Social Justice: Contributor Series)

Sunday, May 30, 9:00 am EDT

Chair: Robyn M. Catagnus (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

Cultural Representation and Responsiveness in Behavior Analytic Research

Sunday, May 30, 9:00 am EDT

Chair: Emily Gregori (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Discussant: Emily Gregori (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Changing Workplace Culture: Making the Workplace Inclusive for All (A Scientic Framework for

Compassion and Social Justice: Contributor Series)

Sunday, May 30, 9:00 am EDT

Chair: Forrest Toegel (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

Discussant: August F. Holtyn (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

Building a Bridge From the Past to the Future for Black Behaviorists

Sunday, May 30, 10:00 pm EDT

Chair: Jomella Watson-Thompson (University of Kansas)

Evaluation of Culturally Responsive Assessments and Treatments

Sunday, May 30, 10:00 pm EDT

Chair: Daniel Kwak (University of South Florida)

Passport Pedagogy: Excellence in Applied Behavior Analysis from China and Italy

Sunday, May 30, 11:00 am EDT

Chair: Lin Du (Teachers College, Columbia University)

Discussant: Jeremy H. Greenberg (The Children's Institute of Hong Kong)

Leading Through Crisis: Coming Together and Coming Out Strong

Sunday, May 30, 11:30 am EDT

Chair: Maria Sasaki Solis (The Reilly Behavioral Group, LLC)

Transformative Change: On the Front Lines of Social Justice

Sunday, May 30, 12:00 pm EDT

SHAHLA ALA'I (University of North Texas)

Participant Identity in Behavior Analysis: Current Landscape and Future Directions

Sunday, May 30, 12:00 pm EDT

Chair: Malika N. Pritchett (Positive Enlightenment, Inc.; The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

at Dallas)

Discussant: Joseph H. Cihon (Autism Partnership Foundation; Endicott College)

Bringing ABA to the World: Changes Across Cultures, Borders, and Disciplines

Sunday, May 30, 12:00 pm EDT

Chair: Dipti Mudgal (Ball State University)

Discussant: Lina M. Slim-Topdjian (ASAP - A Step Ahead Program, LLC)

Derived Relational Responding is Pervasive in Addressing Disability, Autonomy, and Stigma

Sunday, May 30, 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Lindsey Audrey Marie Dennis (Missouri State University)

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in Research and Practice: Where are We Now and How Do We Move

Forward?

Sunday, May 30, 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Pooja Panesar (Kaizora Centre for Neurodevelopmental Therapies)

Burnout and Bias: Assessing Medical Student Well-Being and Patient Care from a Contextual Perspective

Sunday, May 30, 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Ramona Houmanfar (University of Nevada, Reno)

Discussant: Marianne L. Jackson (California State University, Fresno)

Supporting College Students With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder

Sunday, May 30, 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Christopher Manente (Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services, Rutgers University)

Discussant: Amanda Karsten (Western Michigan University)

A Behavior Analysis of Social Injustice and Gender Discrimination: Relational Frames, Psychological

Flexibility, and Discounting

Sunday, May 30, 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Taylor Marie Lauer (Missouri State University)

Discussant: Dana Paliliunas (Missouri State University)

Lessons Learned by Behavior Analysts From Areas Working on Fully Implementing an ABA Medicaid

Benet

Sunday, May 30, 4:00 pm EDT

Chair: Gordon Bourland (Trinity Behavioral Associates and TxABA Public Policy Committee)

Discussant: Katherine Miriam Johnson-Patagoc (Texana Center and TxABA Public Policy Group)

Recent Developments in Verbal Behavior Research: Updates from the Verbal Behavior Special

Interest Group

Sunday, May 30, 4:00 pm EDT

Chair: Lauren Schnell (Hunter College, City of New York)

Discussant: David C. Palmer (Smith College)

Evaluations of Telehealth-Delivered, Culturally Adapted, and Caregiver-Implemented Functional

Analysis and Functional Communication Training Around the World

Sunday, May 30, 6:00 pm EDT

Chair: Yaniz C. Padilla Dalmau (Seattle Children's Hospital)

Whose Outcome Is It Anyway?

Sunday, May 30, 6:00 pm EDT

Chair: April Linden (University of North Texas)

Hindsight’s 2020: Missteps, Mistakes, and Lessons Learned for the Future of Ethics in Behavior Analysis

Sunday, May 30, 6:00 pm EDT

Chair: Darren Sush (Cigna; Pepperdine University)

Promoting Equity in Assessment and Intervention With Young Dual-Language Learners

Sunday, May 30, 6:00 pm EDT

LILLIAN DURÁN (University of Oregon)

Providing School-Based Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Qatar With and Without a

Formal Diagnosis: A Service Delivery Model

Monday, May 31, 9:00 am EDT

Chair: Shariffah Azzaam (Qatar Foundation; Florida Institute of Technology)

Increasing Cultural Responsiveness: Empirical and Applied Efforts in the Work With Latinx Caregivers

of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Monday, May 31, 9:00 am EDT

Chair: Sebastian Garcia-Zambrano (Southern Illinois University)

Diversity in Behavior Analysis: Cultural Competence, Neurodiversity, Ableism, and Practicing What

We Should Be Preaching

Monday, May 31, 9:00 am EDT

Chair: Diana J. Walker (Visions, LLC; The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

Discussant: Christine E. Hughes (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

Disseminating Applied Behavior Analysis in Spanish-Speaking Countries: Making a Difference in the

Lives of Children With Autism and Developmental Disabilities

Monday, May 31, 10:00 am EDT

MAPY CHAVEZ ASKINS (Alcanzando)

Trauma Informed Classrooms: Helping Every Child Succeed

Monday, May 31, 10:00 am EDT

ANTOINETTE MIRANDA (The Ohio State University)

Why Language Matters in a Social Justice Framework: Exploring the Implications of Language on Social

Issues and Developing New Verbal Repertoires (A Compassion and Social Justice: Contributor Series)

Monday, May 31, 11:00 am EDT

Chair: Meredith Andrews (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

Cultural Diversity and Professional Skills in Higher Education and Supervision

Monday, May 31, 11:00 am EDT

Chair: Andresa De Souza (University of Missouri St. Louis)

Discussant: Darlene E. Crone-Todd (Salem State University)

Response to Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis' Statement of Concern on Rekers and Lovaas (1974)

Monday, May 31, 11:30 am EDT

Chair: Austin Hunter Johnson (University of California, Riverside)

See, Say, Do: Using Behavior Skills Training to Teach Behavior Practitioners to Stand Up Against

Social Injustice and Discrimination

Monday, May 31, 12:00 pm EDT

Chair: Landria Green (ABA Task Force, Inc.)

Management of Bias: Behavior Science Meets Medical Education

Monday, May 31, 12:00 pm EDT

Chair: Carol Pilgrim (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

Creating Systemic Change in Applied Behavior Analysis

Monday, May 31, 12:00 pm EDT

Chair: Shawn Capell (Covenant 15:16 LLC )

Language and Culture Matter: Considerations for Service Delivery and Treatment Planning for the

Spanish-Speaking Community

Monday, May 31, 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Mariela Hostetler (University of Nevada, Reno)

Discussant: Marlesha Bell (University of the Pacic)

Not Quite Human: Black Folks, Racialization, and Social Context

Monday, May 31, 3:00 pm EDT

BRUCE HAYNES (University of California, Davis)

Changing Culture Within the Field of ABA: Addressing the Need for Cultural Shifts Across the Field (A

Scientic Framework for Compassion and Social Justice: Contributor Series)

Monday, May 31, 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Shaneeria K Persaud (United Behavior Analysis, Inc.)

Nurturing Neurodivergence: A Glance Toward a Humbler and More Inclusive Field of Applied

Behavior Analysis

Monday, May 31, 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Julie A. Angstadt (Hummingbird ABA Therapy; Strawberry Fields Inc.)

Discussant: Amy Bodkin (A Charlotte Mason Plenary)

The Social Context: How Sociologists Can Help Behaviorists and How Behaviorists Can Help

Sociologists Address Inequality

Monday, May 31, 4:00 pm EDT

Chair: Thomas Szabo (Florida Institute of Technology)

Identifying and Combating Ableism in Applied Practice

Monday, May 31, 5:00 pm EDT

Chair: Rachel Commodario (Rollins College)

Parent Barrier Behaviors and Recommended Treatment Indications 2.0

Monday, May 31, 5:00 pm EDT

Chair: Diana Davis Wilson (Aspen Behavioral Consulting; Arizona Association for Behavior Analysis)

Contextualizing, Checking, and Challenging Privilege: Exploring Traditional and Behavioral

Conceptualizations of Privilege

Monday, May 31, 5:00 pm EDT

Chair: Thomas B. Sease (Texas Christian University, Louisiana Contextual Science Research Group)

Discussant: Karen Kate Kellum (University of Mississippi)

Sexual Behavior: Research and Practice Special Interest Group

Monday, May 31, 2021: 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Barbara Gross (Missouri Behavior Consulting; Special School District of St Louis County)

Sustainability Events

The following sessions and events have been identied as focusing on issues related to

environmental sustainability.

Behavioral Barriers to Climate Sustainability: A Challenge to Our Field

Saturday, May 29, 2021: 12:00 pm EDT

Chair: Susan M. Schneider (Root Solutions)

Supporting Local Development of Sustainable Applied Behavior Analysis and Telehealth Practices in

Australia and Europe

Saturday, May 29, 2021: 4:00 pm EDT

Chair: Sheri Kingsdorf (Masaryk University )

The Future of ABA: The Direction of the Field and How We Will Advance the Utility of the Science (A

Scientic Framework for Compassion and Social Justice: Contributor Series)

Sunday, May 30, 2021: 10:00 am EDT

Chair: Barbara Gross (Missouri Behavior Consulting; Special School District of St Louis County)

Acting to Save the World: An Update on Projects of the Behaviorists for Social Responsibility SIG

Sunday, May 30, 2021: 3:00 pm EDT

Chair: Michaela Smith (University of North Texas)

Discussant: Richard F. Rakos (Cleveland State University)

A Nested Model to Stop Climate Change: The Needs of the Many and the Needs of the Few

Sunday, May 30, 2021: 5:00 pm EDT

Chair: Meredith Matthews (Missouri State University )

Discussant: Julia H. Fiebig (Ball State University; Applied Global Initiatives LLC)

Behaviorists for Social Responsibility (BFSR) Business Meeting

Sunday, May 30, 2021: 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Sarah M. Richling (Auburn University)

Why Are We Not Acting to Save The World? Contextual Behavior Science Applied to Mainstream

Cultural Problems

Monday, May 31, 2021: 9:00 am EDT

Chair: Brian Katz (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago)

Discussant: Shannon Ormandy (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

Behavior Analysis for Sustainable Societies (BASS)

Monday, May 31, 2021: 7:00 pm EDT

Chair: Julia H. Fiebig (Ball State University; Applied Global Initiatives LLC)

ACE ABA Software System Booth Number: 1

Premier Exhibit Sponsor 33 Turnpike Rd.

Sourdough, MA 01772

[email protected]

www.acenecc.org

The Autism Curriculum Encyclopedia® is the premier, ABA educational software system for learners

with autism. The ACE® includes a challenging behavior module, multiple assessments, data entry, and

automated graphing features as well as more than 1,900 customizable programs. This all in one solution

for autism education also includes a direct data entry app for your iOS devices. Designed by the world-

renowned New England Center for Children® the ACE utilizes the principles of applied behavior analysis

to help you ensure maximum progress.

Alternative Behavior Strategies Booth Number: 41

[email protected]

https://alternativebehaviorstrategies.com/

ABS is dedicated to empowering children with autism spectrum disorders and their families to reach

their full potential through individualized ABA therapy. Our commitment to quality shows in our BHCOE

accreditation and recognition for top 10% in overall services nationally! ABS is growing and we're hiring

BCBAs throughout California, North Carolina, and Utah. Check out abskids.com for more information!

Anderson Center Booth Number: 19

www.andersoncenterforautism.org

Anderson Center’s educational/residential program is based on the principles of applied behavior analysis

(ABA), our treatment approach focuses on techniques and interventions that use positive reinforcement

to teach our individuals the skills they need to strive for independence and reach their full potential.

Our professional team administers ABA programs that comprehensively address each individual's

educational, emotional, and social needs in a proactive, positive manner.

Ball State University Booth Number: 2

Premier Exhibit Sponsor 2000 W. University Ave.

Muncie, IN 47306

[email protected]

www.bsu.edu/online/aba

Ball State University is a leading pioneer in ABA education. Plus, our expertise in autism spectrum

disorder sets us apart. We offer the nation's largest graduate program in ABA, plus undergraduate

programs for the beginning ABA professional. All of our programs are offered entirely online.

Exhibitor desc. designs

Exhibitors will have information available about their services and will be ready to

answer your questions. See the ABAI mobile app for participating companies or the

ABAI website for all organizers participating in the online Career Fair.

Exhibit Hours:

Saturday, May 29 1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

Sunday, May 30 1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

Monday, May 31 1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

Career Fair Hours:

Sunday, May 30 12:30 pm–2:30 pm EDT

Following are descriptions of some of the 2021 exhibitors. The inclusion of this

material is not an indication of endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or

afliation by ABAI of these organizations or their work, services, or the content of

the material they present.

ABAI Convention Exhibitors and Sponsors have been approved by the Practice Board

as being aligned with ABAI’s mission to contribute to the well-being of society by

developing, enhancing, and supporting the growth and vitality of the science of

behavior analysis through research, education, and practice.

Exhibitors

and Sponsors

Beacon ABA Services Booth Number: 5

Premier Exhibit Sponsor 300 E Main St. #103

Milford, MA 01757

[email protected]

www.beaconservices.org

Beacon was founded by Dr. Robert F. Littleton, Jr. in 1994 in response to the growing number of families

of children with developmental challenges seeking access to evidence-based treatments and optimized

developmental outcomes. Beacon’s home and center based services are based on the science of applied

behavior analysis, and are provided by highly trained behavior therapists under the direct supervision of

board certied behavior analysts. With consultation from an in-house team of psychologists and speech-

language pathologists, programming is developed collaboratively and is individualized to meet the

unique needs of each child and family. Through the systematic application of the principles of learning

embedded within enjoyable and meaningful teaching opportunities, children acquire the essential skills

to be successful in their homes, schools, and communities. Beacon has an excellent reputation as one of

the largest and most experienced providers of ABA services in Massachusetts.

Behavior Development Solutions Booth Number: 22

www.behaviordevelopmentsolutions.com

Behavior Development Solutions provides training products, services, and tools for behavior analysts

and technicians. Our data-driven CBA Learning Module Series is the premier BCBA/BCaBA exam prep

resource and curriculum supplement. Our RBT Exam Prep course contributes to a deeper understanding

of ABA while preparing for exam success. We also offer engaging online CE courses and a bookstore

with over 150 titles tailored for professionals.

Behavior Science Technology Booth Number: 20

16 Wichard Blvd.

Commack, NY 11725

[email protected]

www.behaciorsciencetech.com

Behavior Science Technology perform provides an efcient and effective way to collect objective data on

all three metrics: clinical, professional, and environmental. The system automatically aggregates the data

to develop a performance score used to determine appropriate interventions to improve learning, support

growth, and help achieve goals; ultimately increasing performance that affects your organization's

growth and bottom line.

Bridgelight Consulting Booth Number: 4

12522 SW 108 Ct.

Miami,Fl 33176

[email protected]

https://MyBridgelight.com/aba-business-intelligence

Bridgelight provides business intelligence services tailored to ABA. We are experts in Central Reach

Data and create customized reporting that is t for your needs. Need help, but not sure what you

need? Through our experience in the industry, we have developed a set of tools including, dashboards,

budgeting tools, and nancial models, that make business easy so you can focus on what really matters.

Capella University Booth Number: 21

225 South 6th St., 9th Floor

Minneapolis, MN 55402

[email protected]

www.strategiceducation.com/Employers/default.aspx

A no-cost partnership with Capella University can help bolster your benets plan to help attract and retain

qualied personnel. With exible, professionally aligned, accredited degree programs, Capella offers online

learning in the eld ranging from a bachelor’s degree to a Ph.D. We can extend educational benets to

employees that provide generous partner discounts and scholarships at signicantly reduce tuition.

Caravel Autism Health Booth Number: 6

Premier Exhibit Sponsor 1575 Allouez Ave.

Green Bay, WI 54311

[email protected]

www.caravelautism.com

Caravel Autism Health specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of children on the autism

spectrum. Caravel offers research-based programs using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis,

helping children living with autism reshape their development and embrace new ways of interacting with

the world. Caravel operates 21 locations across Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington and Idaho,

providing individualized treatment programs designed to help children develop skills, create connections

and build condence.

Carolina Center for ABA & Autism Booth Number: 43

https://carolinacenterforaba.com

Carolina Center for ABA and Autism Treatment is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with

autism spectrum disorder and their families. Our services include 1:1 direct instruction, group instruction,

case supervision, behavior plan programming and implementation, family/caregiver training, social group

training sessions, direct consultation, group consultation, and community seminars. We are committed to

providing the highest quality of care to deliver remarkable outcomes and exceed client expectations.

Devereux Booth Number: 46

444 Devereux Dr.

Villanova, PA 19085

www.devereux.org

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, a leading national nonprot provider of behavioral healthcare,

combines evidence-based interventions with compassionate family engagement to change lives. We

serve many of the most vulnerable members of society in areas of autism, intellectual and developmental

disabilities, specialty mental health, and child welfare. We offer opportunities for BCBA and other

professionals to work with individuals of all ages in residential and community-based settings.

Evergreen Center Booth Number: 7

Premier Exhibit Sponsor 345 Fortune Blvd.

Milford, MA 01757

[email protected]

www.evergreenctr.org

The Evergreen Center provides day and residential treatment services for children and adolescents

with developmental disabilities. The Evergreen Center emphasizes building communication, academic,

self-care, and social interaction skills. Evergreen uses applied behavior analysis as the cornerstone of its

instruction and relies on the best evidence-based practices available.

Florida Tech Booth Number: 9

Premier Exhibit Sponsor http://aba.t.edu

Do you want to assist in helping people learn new behaviors? Become a part of the solution in improving

people's lives by becoming a behavior analyst. The Department of Continuing Education at Florida Tech

can provide you with the necessary training conveniently and economically. We provide high-quality online

coursework for certication, as well as the continuing education courses needed to maintain certication.

Hopebridge Pediatric Specialists Booth Number: 49

3500 DePauw Blvd., Ste. 3060

Indianapolis, IN 46268

www.hopebridge.com

Hopebridge is a fast-growing pediatric specialist company that places the child and family at the center of

the circle of care by offering a wide range of outpatient therapy services. These outpatient series include

applied behavioral analysis, physical, occupational, feeling, swallowing, and speech therapies. Hopebridge

is committed to providing, personalized therapy for children and their families touched by behavioral,

physical, social, communication, and sensory challenges; helping them live their best possible lives.

Mission Autism Clinics Booth Number: 51

https://missionautismclinics.com/

ABA provider providing exclusively in clinic services to children with autism. Our mission is to bring this

therapy to areas where it's not readily available. We provide three separate programs: day, after school,

and teen.

National University Booth Number: 5

Premier Exhibit Sponsor 11355 North Torrey Pines Rd.

La Jolla, CA 92037

[email protected]

www.nu.edu

National University is a San Diego-based nonprot founded in 1971 by retired U.S. Navy Captain David

Chigos. As the largest private nonprot university in San Diego, our mission is to provide accessible,

achievable higher education to adult learners. Today, we educate students across the United States and

from 65 countries, offering over 100 on-campus and online programs through our unique four-week

class format.

The New England Center of Children Booth Number: 31

33 Turnpike Rd.

Southborough, MA 01772

[email protected]

www.necc.org

The New England Center of Children is a leading autism center and research institute committed to our

mission: To create a global network of educators, researchers, and programs so that those living with

autism may live fuller lives. We help children with autism acquire the skills they need to maximize their

independence. The organization provides a comprehensive structure to help children with autism at

every stage: home-based, day, and residential programs, partner classrooms in public school systems,

consulting services, ACE ABA software, and ongoing research on educational best practices.

Plutus Health Inc. Booth Number: 13

Premier Exhibit Sponsor 4835 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy., Ste. 515

Dallas, TX 75244

[email protected]

www.plutushealthinc.com

Plutus Health Inc. (Formerly HealthPay Inc.) is a leading healthcare revenue cycle management

organization with a global footprint based out of Dallas, TX. Plutus Health provides coding, billing and

insurance AR collections, while addressing some of the major challenges for ABA organizations with

a combination of services by industry experts and the use of advanced technologies such as machine

learning and robotic process automation.

Proud Moments ABA Booth Number: 15

Premier Exhibit Sponsor 1449 37th St.

Brooklyn, NY 11218

[email protected]

www.proudmomentsaba.com/

Proud Moments is a growing behavioral health agency offering ABA services for children diagnosed with

autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We currently service NYC, Long Island, New Jersey, Syracuse, and the

DC/Maryland area. We offer expert treatment, innovative techniques, and compassionate client-centered

care. Looking for BCBAs and RBTs to design individualized treatment programs to improve social

functional communication and adaptive learning skills.

Quality Behavior Solutions Booth Number: 27

49 Plain St., Ste. #200

North Attleboro,MA 02760

[email protected]

www.qbs.com

Quality Behavior Solutions, Inc. (QBS)—a leading national behavioral training company—offers Safety-

Care™ Behavioral Safety Training. Much more than the typical “crisis prevention course,” Safety-Care

is founded upon the principles and procedures of applied behavior analysis and positive behavioral

interventions and supports. QBS trains staff in evidence-based practices toward the prevention,

minimization, and management of behavioral challenges. QBS offers a variety of other behaviorally based

training and consulting.

St. Cloud State University Booth Number: 29

720 4th Ave. S

St. Cloud, MN 56301

[email protected]

https://www.stcloudstate.edu/

Located along the banks of the Mississippi River in central Minnesota, St. Cloud State is on a mission to

unleash all that's within you as you grow your career in the practice and strive to own or manage your

own clinic! Ask us about our newly launched Psy.D. and top-ranked MS programs, available on campus

and online!

UCSB Extension/PaCE Booth Number: 17

Premier Exhibit Sponsor 2160 Kerr Hall

Santa Barbara, CA 93106

so[email protected]

https://professional.ucsb.edu

UCSB's exible and innovative 100% online ABA program prepares students to meet the coursework

requirements to take the Board Certied Behavior Analyst® Examination. Our VCS program is perfect for

working professionals who are looking to pursue a career in the eld of applied behavior analysis. Our

highly qualied instructors are committed and dedicated to helping each student grasp and understand

the key concepts for each course while preparing for exam success. Are you ready to join our exciting

program to launch your new career? For more information visit us at ucsb.pro/ucsbaba

University of West Florida Booth Number: 33

11000 University Parkway

Pensacola, FL 32514

[email protected]

www.uwf.edu/aba

The Center for Behavior Analysis at the University of West Florida offers online veried course sequences

and degree options for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing, RBT, BCaBA, and BCBA

certication. Tuition is affordable and courses start every semester. We also offer online continuing

education on-demand in collaboration with the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. Visit us online at

www.uwf.edu/aba.

Pre-Convention Workshops

Thursday, May 27

3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm

Area

:00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30

W2 AUT Posey ‡

AUT

W1 AUT Schramm ‡

AUT

W5 DDA McGreevy ‡

DDA

PRA

W15 VRB Meleshkevich †‡

VRB

W8 OBM Bruce †‡

OBM

W9 OBM Gravina ‡

OBM

W10 OBM LaFleur ‡

OBM

CSS

W4 CBM Kleinert †‡*

CBM

DEV

W6 EDC Croce ‡*

EDC

W7 EDC Daly ‡

EDC

W14 TBA Gilbert ‡

TBA

W11 TBA Dubuque ‡

TBA

W12 TBA Fuqua ‡

TBA

W13 TBA Golden †‡

TBA

AAB

BPN

EAB

PCH

DEI

SCI

OTH

B. F. Skinner Lecture Series

Special and Invited

Professional Development Series

†

PSY CE

‡

BACB CE

QABA CE

NASP CE

Sustainability

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

LEGEND

Thursday, May 27

Workshop #1 CE: BACB

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

AUT

CE Instructor: Robert Schramm, MA

Motivating Learner Participation Without the Use

of Traditional Escape Extinction With the Seven

Steps to Earning Instructional Control

ROBERT SCHRAMM (Knospe-ABA; Meridian

Rehab; Robert Schramm Consulting)

Audience: Pre-requisite skills would be an

understanding of the basic principles of behavior

and some experience implementing instructional

control or compliance training techniques with an

unmotivated or otherwise challenging learner.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #2 CE: BACB

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

AUT

CE Instructor: Jennifer Posey, MA

Assessing and Pinpointing Faulty Stimulus Control

When Developing Language Acquisition Programs

for Early Learners on the Autism Spectrum

JENNIFER POSEY (Endicott College; Holdsambeck

Behavioral Health) and SARA SATO (Endicott

College; Behavior Analysis No Ka Oi)

Audience: Behavior analysts in training, BCaBAs,

and recently certied BCBAs

Level: Basic

Workshop #4 CE: PSY/BACB/NASP

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

CBM

CE Instructor: Whitney L. Kleinert, Ph.D.

Enhancing School-Based Behavior Analytic

Services Through Collaboration With Mental

Health Professionals In-Person and via Telehealth

WHITNEY L. KLEINERT and CYNTHIA RILEY (May

Institute, Inc.)

Audience: Experience working within school

settings and/or collaborating with service

providers within school settings preferred (e.g.,

Psychologists, Counselors, SLPs, OTs, PTs).

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #5 CE: BACB

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

DDA

CE Instructor: Patrick E. McGreevy, Ph.D.

Skills, Teaching Procedures, and Measurement

Practices for Children and Adults With Moderate-

to-Severe Disabilities

PATRICK E. MCGREEVY and TROY ANTHONY FRY

(Patrick McGreevy, Ph.D., P.A. and Associates)

Audience: Participants should be well-grounded

in basic behavioral principles including, but not

limited to, those impacting skill acquisition, uency,

generalization, and maintenance over time.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #6 CE: BACB/NASP

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

EDC

CE Instructor: Katharine M. Croce, Ed.D.

Exploring the Systematic Use of Self-Monitoring as

a Behavioral Intervention: The Self & Match System

KATHARINE M. CROCE (Felician University) and

JAMIE SIDEN SALTER (Self & Match Educational

Consultation)

Audience: Participants will engage in active

learning to increase their knowledge of

implementing self-monitoring as a behavioral

intervention. Workshop attendees will acquire

a systematic guide to planning self-monitoring

systems, Self & Match manual with substantial

training materials, and access to Self & Match

Maker, an online Self & Match form creator.

This workshop is designed for behavior

analysts, consultants, school psychologists,

autism specialists, special educators, teachers,

administrators, parents, and/or others who support

individuals from pre-K to 21 in school, home, or

clinic settings as well as adults that are interested

in increasing appropriate behaviors. Great

workshop for individuals and/or teams!

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #7 CE: BACB

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

EDC

CE Instructor: Edward J. Daly, Ph.D.

Functional Assessment Consultation Support in

Schools

EDWARD J. DALY (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Audience: This workshop is intended for an

intermediate-level audience; that is, individuals

who have skills in identifying principles of

behavior, functional assessment (including

descriptive assessment, preference assessment,

and functional analysis), and who wish to learn

how to apply them efciently in the schools in a

way that meets the typical concerns and priorities

of school-based professionals.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #8 CE: PSY/BACB

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

OBM

CE Instructor: Guy S. Bruce, Ed.D.

Engineering Schools and Clinics for Student and

Client Success: Part 1

GUY S. BRUCE (Appealing Solutions, LLC)

Audience: Do you work as a program designer,

staff trainer, supervisor, or director of an agency

that provides services to clients with learning

difculties? Are you satised with your clients’

progress? This workshop will teach you how to

improve the performance of your organization so

that every client will make efcient progress.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #9 CE: BACB; Supervision

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

OBM

CE Instructor: Nicole Gravina, Ph.D.

Conversations: The Only OBM Intervention You

Will Ever Need

NICOLE GRAVINA (University of Florida) and JOHN

AUSTIN (Reaching Results)

Audience: This workshop would be most

appropriate for leaders in organizations who want

to improve their leadership skills.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #10 CE: BACB

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

OBM

CE Instructor: Jana M. Sarno, MA

On Behavior Technician Turnover: Current

Research, Practical Solutions, and Focused

Sustainability

SYDNEY NICOLE LAFLEUR, JANA M. SARNO, and

GEORGE BOGHOS (Autism in Motion Clinics)

Audience: Intermediate. Prerequisite skills include

(1) experience in service delivery organizations such

as in clinics, homes, and/or community settings and

(2) experience/interest with advocacy, organizational

change, and supervisory relationships.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #11 CE: BACB

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

TBA

CE Instructor: Erick M. Dubuque, Ph.D.

Creating Professional Graphs in Microsoft Excel

ERICK M. DUBUQUE (University of Louisville)

Audience: This intermediate workshop is appropriate

for pre-professionals, students, or behavior analysts

who are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with generating

their own graphical displays in Microsoft Excel for

PC or Mac. The content is especially useful for any

attendee interested in generating graphical displays

for publication, professional reports, or presentations.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #12 CE: BACB

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

TBA

CE Instructor: Richard Wayne Fuqua, Ph.D.

Acting Out: Learning BACB Ethics and Problem-

Solving Strategies Through Interactive Team-

Based Learning

RICHARD WAYNE FUQUA (Western Michigan

University)

Audience: This workshop is most appropriate for

BCBAs, practitioners (including those without BCBA

credentials) and graduate students with some level

of familiarity with the BACB's Professional and

Ethical Compliance Code. It will help to have some

experience with the delivery or management of ABA

services, but that is not necessary.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #13 CE: PSY/BACB; Ethics

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

TBA

CE Instructor: Jeannie A. Golden, Ph.D.

Help for BCBAs With Challenging Ethical Dilemmas:

Avoiding Multiple Relationships, Condentiality,

and Limits to Condentiality

JEANNIE A. GOLDEN (East Carolina University)

Audience: Participants can include BCBAs, teachers,

psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, counselors, and

social workers. Participants should be familiar with

terms including: discriminative stimuli, establishing

and abolishing operations, positive reinforcement

and negative reinforcement, and have experience and

examples dealing with those terms.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #14 CE: BACB

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

TBA

CE Instructor: Monica Gilbert, Psy.D.

How to Stop Talking and Start Communicating

With Motivational Interviewing

MONICA GILBERT (Crystal Minds New Beginning )

Audience: BCaBAs, BCBAs, graduate students, and

licensed psychologists.

Level: Basic

Workshop #15 CE: PSY/BACB

4:00 pm–7:00 pm EDT

VRB

CE Instructor: Judah B. Axe, Ph.D.

Teaching Multiply Controlled Verbal Behavior:

Theory and Application

OLGA MELESHKEVICH (ABA Consulting; Simmons

University) and JUDAH B. AXE (Simmons University)

Audience: Behavior analysts, speech-language

pathologists, researchers, graduate students, and

special education teachers.

Level: Intermediate

Please check the ABAI app or our

website (www.abainternational.

org/events/annual-2021) for

updates on workshops, including

cancellations.

Thursday, May 27

Friday, May 28

Pre-Convention Workshops

Student Welcome Event

Student Trivia Night

SABA Awards and Opening Event

ABAI Expo

Friday, May 28

Area

8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm

:00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30

AUT

W28 AUT Jessel †‡§*

AUT

W29 AUT deBoer ‡

AUT

W30 AUT Fein

AUT

W16 AUT Novak ‡ W37 AUT Larsson †‡

AUT

W17 AUT Gaunt ‡ W38 AUT Partington †‡§*

AUT

W18 AUT Curran †‡§

DDA

W33 DDA Grindle ‡

DDA

W21 DDA Gross ‡ W41 DDA Huang †‡

DDA

W22 DDA Blenkush †‡ W42 DDA Leland †

DDA

W43 DDA Wendt †

PRA

VRB

W27 VRB Katz ‡ W50 VRB Pyles ‡

OBM

W35 OBM Bruce †‡

OBM

W25 OBM Barosky ‡ W46 OBM Kenneally ‡

OBM

W47 OBM Boghos ‡

CSS

CBM

W31 CBM Bishop ‡

CBM

W32 CBM Seiverling †‡

CBM

W20 CBM Gardner ‡ W39 CBM Hursh ‡

CBM

W16A CBM Campbell ‡ W40 CBM Golden †‡

DEV

EDC

W34 EDC Olive ‡*

EDC

W23 EDC Docter ‡ W44 EDC Putnam †‡

EDC

W24 EDC Groves ‡ W45 EDC Zaheer †

TBA

W36 TBA Hajiaghamohseni ‡

TBA

W26 TBA Greenberg ‡ W48 TBA Bank ‡

TBA

W49 TBA Reinecke ‡

AAB

BPN

W19 BPN Neill †‡

EAB

PCH

DEI

SCI

OTH

1 Student Welcome

Friday, May 28

3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm

Area

:00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30

W28 cont.

ABAI Expo

AUT

W29 cont.

AUT

W30 cont.

AUT

W37 cont.

AUT

W38 cont.

AUT

W33 cont.

DDA

W41 cont.

DDA

W42 cont.

DDA

W43 cont.

DDA

PRA

W50 cont.

VRB

W35 cont.

OBM

W46 cont.

OBM

W47 cont.

OBM

CSS

W31 cont.

CBM

W32 cont.

CBM

W39 cont.

CBM

W40 cont.

CBM

DEV

W34 cont.

EDC

W44 cont.

EDC

W45 cont.

EDC

W36 cont.

TBA

W48 cont.

TBA

W49 cont.

TBA

AAB

BPN

EAB

PCH

DEI

SCI

1 cont.

2 Student Trivia

3 Opening Event & SABA

Awards ‡

OTH

B. F. Skinner Lecture Series

Special and Invited

Professional Development Series

†

PSY CE

‡

BACB CE

QABA CE

NASP CE

Sustainability

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

LEGEND

Friday, May 28

Workshop #16 CE: BACB

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

AUT

CE Instructor: Joseph Novak, Ed.D.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Intervention Considerations for Individuals With

Autism

JOSEPH NOVAK (REED Academy; Kean University;

Endicott College)

Audience: The target audience consists of BCBAs

who may only have entry-level competence

in the area of augmentative and alternative

communication. It is important that BCBAs

have a better understanding of evidence-based

intervention strategies for individuals with autism

who use AAC and also have the tools to collaborate

effectively with SLPs on AAC interventions.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #16A CE: BACB

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

CBM

CE Instructor: Willemijn Campbell, MS

ABA Parent Training: Essential Tools for ABA

Providers

WILLEMIJN CAMPBELL (ABA Works)

Audience: Participants should have rerequisite

skills and competencies in the basics of ABA (e.g.,

prompting, reinforcement).

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #17 CE: BACB

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

AUT

CE Instructor: Shayna Gaunt, MA

Writing Programs for the Advanced Learner:

Programming Beyond Assessments

SHAYNA GAUNT and SHIRA KARPEL (How to ABA)

Audience: This workshop is intended for newly

minted behavior analysts providing language and

social skills interventions for individuals diagnosed

with ASD. Standardized competencies (e.g., BCBA)

are suggested, but not required.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #18 CE: PSY/QABA/NASP

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

AUT

CE Instructor: Katie Curran, MD

The Intersection of Autism Intervention and

Applied Positive Psychology: The Science and

Skill of Flourishing

KATIE CURRAN (Proof Positive Psychology)

Audience: Participants should have signicant

experience designing programs and data collection

systems for individuals and/or organizations. They

ought to have demonstrated experience training

others to implement programs and systems.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #19 CE: PSY/BACB

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

BPN

CE Instructor: John C. Neill, Ph.D.

Behavior Analysis of Seizures

JOHN C. NEILL (Long Island University)

Audience: Clinical behavior analysts and experimental

analysts with an interest in learning effective methods

for analyzing seizures and their immediate and

long-term effects on intellectual functioning, everyday

behavior, and behavior disorders.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #20 CE: BACB

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

CBM

CE Instructor: Andrew W. Gardner, Ph.D.

Empirically Supported Behavioral Parent Training

and Functional-Based Assessment and Treatment:

Behavior Analysts Collaborating With Medical

and Mental Health Professionals

ANDREW W. GARDNER and CHELSEA E. CARR

(The University of Arizona)

Audience: Participants should be familiar with the

identication of function of challenging behavior;

functional-based treatment; parent training;

and collaboration with medical/mental health

professionals.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #21 CE: BACB

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

DDA

CE Instructor: Barbara Gross, M.Ed.

Do No Harm: Sex Ed You Can Implement Right Now

BARBARA GROSS (Missouri Behavior Consulting;

Special School District of St Louis County) and

WORNER LELAND (Upswing Advocates)

Audience: BCBAs and BCaBAs.

Level: Basic

Workshop #22 CE: PSY/BACB; Ethics

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

DDA

CE Instructor: Nathan Blenkush, Ph.D.

Risk Benet Analysis of Treatments for Severe

Problem Behaviors

NATHAN BLENKUSH (Judge Rotenberg Educational

Center), DYLAN PALMER (Judge Rotenberg

Educational Center; Simmons University), and

JASON CODERRE and JOSEPH TACOSIK (Judge

Rotenberg Education Center)

Audience: Behavior analysts, psychologists, and

other professionals who are often confronted

with people who emit severe problem behaviors

refractory to typical interventions.

Level: Advanced

Workshop #23 CE: BACB

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

EDC

CE Instructor: Melinda Docter, Ed.D.

Environmental Barriers in the Classroom Setting

Impacting Effective ABA Treatment and Solutions

for Success

MELINDA DOCTER (Northcentral University)

Audience: Basic Intermediate–no prerequisites

necessary as this workshop will identify and

describe familiar classroom settings and scenarios

regarding environmental barriers impacting

effective ABA treatment.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #24 CE: BACB

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

EDC

CE Instructor: Emily Groves, Ph.D.

The Good Behavior Game: Overcoming

Implementation Barriers and Maximizing

Effectiveness in Diverse Classrooms

EMILY GROVES (University of South Wales) and P.

RAYMOND JOSLYN (Utah State University)

Audience: This workshop is primarily intended for

school-based practitioners (e.g., BCBAs, school

psychologists), behavior support staff, and teachers

(e.g., elementary, middle, high school, special

education) who want to learn about evidence-based

classroom behavior management.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #25 CE: BACB

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

OBM

CE Instructor: Christina Barosky, MA

Designing and Measuring Organizational Clinical

Outcome Data

CHRISTINA BAROSKY (Bierman ABA; Simmons

University) and ASHLEY E. BENNETT and ASHLEY

AHLERS (Bierman ABA)

Audience: Leaders or clinical directors of ABA

companies. Members of the audience should

have knowledge of how staff and client success is

currently measured in their agency.

Level: Advanced

Workshop #26 CE: BACB

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

TBA

CE Instructor: Jeremy H. Greenberg, Ph.D.

Putting the SUPER in Supervision: Evidence

Based Strategies

JEREMY H. GREENBERG (The Children's Institute

of Hong Kong)

Audience: Supervisors of RBT, board certied

assisitant behavior analysts, and board certied

behavior analysts, or other practitioners or therapists

working with students with special education needs.

Level: Advanced

Workshop #27 CE: BACB

9:00 am–12:00 pm EDT

VRB

CE Instructor: Berenice de la Cruz, Ph.D.

Using Adapted Text to Teaching Verbal Behavior

in the Context of Reading Instruction

SARAH KATZ and BERENICE DE LA CRUZ (Texas

A&M University-San Antonio)

Audience: This workshop is an intermediate level

and assumes participants have prior knowledge of

ABA principles.

Level: Intermediate

CE: PSY/BACB/QABA/NASP;

Workshop #28 Supervision

9:00 am–4:00 pm EDT

AUT

CE Instructor: Joshua Jessel, Ph.D.

Severe Problem Behavior: From Research to

Evidence-Based Practice

JOSHUA JESSEL (Queens College, City University

of New York) and PETER STURMEY (The Graduate

Center and Queens College, City University of New

York)

Audience: Participants should have an

understanding of common behavioral concepts

as described in Cooper et al. (2020) and some

experience and basic knowledge of ABA applied to

severe problem behavior.

Level: Advanced

Workshop #29 CE: BACB

9:00 am–4:00 pm EDT

AUT

CE Instructor: Sonja R. de Boer, Ph.D.

Preparing Young Children With Autism Spectrum

Disorder for Kindergarten

SONJA R. DE BOER (Spring Harbor Hospital-Maine

Behavior Health; North Haven Community School)

Audience: In order for this workshop to benet

participants, they need a basic understanding of ABA

early intervention strategies with young children

with autism, as well as experience working in early

childhood and Kindergarten settings with children

with autism (mild, moderate and/or severe).

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #31 CE: BACB

9:00 am–4:00 pm EDT

CBM

CE Instructor: Saundra Bishop, MS

Trauma-Informed ABA

SAUNDRA BISHOP (BASICS ABA Therapy, LLC)

Audience: BCBAs working or interested in working

with populations that have had exposure to trauma

events (example: co-morbid diagnosis of PTSD,

children in foster care or family preservation

programs, children who have experienced medical

trauma). Necessary prerequisite skills include

a rm grasp on setting events and antecedent

Friday, May 28

interventions addressing setting events and a rm

grasp on replacement and alternative behaviors

addressing setting events.

Level: Advanced

Workshop #32 CE: PSY/BACB

9:00 am–4:00 pm EDT

CBM

CE Instructor: Laura J. Seiverling, Ph.D.

BITES®: A Behavioral InTEgrated With Speech

Approach to Feeding Therapy

LAURA J. SEIVERLING (Ball State University) and

ELISE JUSKO (Bites Feeding Therapy, LLC)

Audience: Attendees should have a basic

understanding of pediatric feeding problems and

some experience implementing feeding interventions.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #33 CE: BACB

9:00 am–4:00 pm EDT

DDA

CE Instructor: Corinna F. Grindle, Ph.D.

Teaching Early Numeracy to Children With

Developmental Disabilities

CORINNA F. GRINDLE (University of Warwick)

Audience: Individuals working with children with

developmental disabilities such as behavior analysts,

special education teachers, or psychologists.

Level: Basic

Workshop #34 CE: BACB/NASP

9:00 am–4:00 pm EDT

EDC

CE Instructor: Melissa L. Olive, Ph.D.

Special Education Law and Ethical Issues for

Practicing Behavior Analysts

MELISSA L. OLIVE (Applied Behavioral Strategies

LLC)

Audience: Practicing behavior analysts,

supervisors of practicing behavior analysts, and

school administrators.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #35 CE: PSY/BACB

9:00 am–4:00 pm EDT

OBM

CE Instructor: Guy S. Bruce, Ed.D.

Engineering Schools and Clinics for Student and

Client Success: Part 2

GUY S. BRUCE (Appealing Solutions, LLC)

Audience: Do you work as a program designer,

staff trainer, supervisor, or director of an agency

that provides services to clients with learning

difculties? Are you satised with your clients’

progress? This workshop will teach you how to

improve the performance of your organization so

that every client will make efcient progress.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #36 CE: BACB; Supervision

9:00 am–4:00 pm EDT

TBA

CE Instructor: Zahra Hajiaghamohseni, Ph.D.

The Behavior Analyst as a Supervisor: Breaking

Down Fieldwork Supervision One Behavior at a

Time

ZAHRA HAJIAGHAMOHSENI (GreenSpace

Behavioral Technology) and MEKA MCCAMMON

(University of South Carolina)

Level: Advanced

Workshop #37 CE: PSY/BACB; Supervision

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

AUT

CE Instructor: Eric V. Larsson, Ph.D.

Outcome-Based Management of Early Intensive

Behavioral Intervention Through Dynamic

Programming at the Lovaas Institute Midwest

ERIC V. LARSSON (Lovaas Institute Midwest;

University of Minnesota)

Audience: The attendees will be best able to attain

the workshop objectives if they have working

knowledge and experience with any EIBI program.

Level: Advanced

Workshop #38 CE: PSY/BACB/QABA/NASP

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

AUT

CE Instructor: James W. Partington, Ph.D.

Providing Internet-Based Consultation Services

to Teach Parents of Children With Autism

to Effectively Assess Skills and Implement

Evidence-Based Teaching Interventions

JAMES W. PARTINGTON (Behavior Analysts, Inc.)

Audience: Participants should be BACB-level

consultants who have obtained training in

criterion-referenced assessments and have had

direct experience implementing educational

programs with children with autism or other

developmental disabilities.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #39 CE: BACB

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

CBM

CE Instructor: Adrienne Hursh, MA

Working With Adults With Severe Problem

Behavior: Ethical Considerations and Strategies

ADRIENNE HURSH, DENNIS PALIWODA, and SHAI

MAOR (Pyles and Associates)

Audience: The target audience for this workshop is

anyone working with adults.

Level: Basic

Workshop #40 CE: PSY/BACB

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

CBM

CE Instructor: Jeannie A. Golden, Ph.D.

Assessment and Treatment of Children With

Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Home and

at School: Broadening the Lens

JEANNIE A. GOLDEN (East Carolina University)

Audience: Participants can include BCBAs,

teachers, psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses,

counselors, and social workers.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #41 CE: PSY/BACB; Ethics

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

DDA

CE Instructor: Weihe Huang, Ph.D.

Dealing With Uncertainty: An Ethical Decision-

Making Model and Its Application to Providing

Telehealth-Based Behavioral Services

WEIHE HUANG (Creating Behavioral + Educational

Momentum; Florida Institute of Technology)

and KARRE WILLIAMS (Creating Behavioral +

Educational Momentum)

Audience: Participants in this workshop should

have some working knowledge of common

ethical standards such as those specied in the

Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for

Behavior Analysts.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #42 CE: BACB; Ethics

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

DDA

CE Instructor: Worner Leland, MS

Designing Instruction That Honors Client Assent

Withdrawal, Promotes Self-Advocacy, and

Minimizes Harm

WORNER LELAND (Upswing Advocates; Sex Ed

Continuing Ed)

Audience: BCBAs and BCaBAs.

Level: Basic

Workshop #43 CE: BACB

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

DDA

CE Instructor: Barbara Weber, MS

An Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative

Communication: From Early Intervention to

Advanced Language Training

OLIVER WENDT (Purdue University; USA University

of Potsdam) and BARBARA WEBER (private practice)

Audience: Do you currently work with individuals

who are minimally verbal? Are you trying to engage

parents in early intervention efforts? Are you nding

your learners are successful with manding, but

have difculties with advanced communicative

functions and complex language? Practitioners with

motivation to implement evidence-based practices in

AAC and particular interest in learning about mobile

technology applications will nd this workshop

very suitable for their needs. This target audience

includes applied researchers, board certied

behavior analysts, licensed psychologists, special

education teachers, speech-language pathologists,

and graduate students in any of these disciplines.

A basic understanding of single-subject research

methodology is advantageous to fully benet from

this workshop, but not strictly necessary.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #44 CE: PSY/BACB

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

EDC

CE Instructor: Robert F. Putnam, Ph.D.

Improving Classwide Behavior Support Through the

Application of Applied Behavior Analytical Practices

ROBERT F. PUTNAM and ERIK MAKI (May

Institute) and SACHA KG SHAW (Endicott College )

Audience: The necessary prerequisite skills and

competencies the audience should have should be

knowledge of the ecology of general and special

education classroom, and the ability to use data to

make data-based decisions.

Level: Advanced

Workshop #45 CE: BACB/NASP; Ethics

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

EDC

CE Instructor: Noor Syed, Ph.D.

Effective, Ethical, and Expanded Practices

for BCBAs in Schools: Essential Skills and

Overcoming School Barriers

IMAD ZAHEER (St. John's University; Nurturing

Environments Institute) and NOOR SYED

(SUNY Empire State College; Anderson Center

International; Endicott College)

Audience: Participants should have a working

knowledge of the practical application of behavior

analysis with clients and should have at least

minimal experiences working with school systems.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #46 CE: BACB; Supervision

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

OBM

CE Instructor: Laura Kenneally, Ed.D.

Efcient and Effective Training and Supervision

for RBTs In-Person or Virtually: Challenges and

Strategies

LAURA KENNEALLY (Advance Learning Center)

Audience: BCBAs who train and supervise RBTs.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #47 CE: BACB

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

OBM

CE Instructor: Jana M. Sarno, MA

Mission, Vision, and Core Values: Forming

Meaningful Key Performance Indicators in ABA

Practice

GEORGE BOGHOS and JANA M. SARNO (Autism in

Motion Clinics)

Audience: Advanced

Level: Advanced

Friday, May 28

Workshop #48 CE: BACB

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

TBA

CE Instructor: Nicole L. Bank, MS

Efcient Literature Searches Using Online

Databases Available to You

NICOLE L. BANK (The PartnerShip, LLC)

Audience: Professional behavior analysts, faculty

and researchers at all stages in their career.

Level: Basic

Workshop #49 CE: BACB; Supervision

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

TBA

CE Instructor: Dana R. Reinecke, Ph.D.

Structure of Supervision: From Big Picture to

Individual Session

DANA R. REINECKE (Capella University;

SupervisorABA) and CHERYL J. DAVIS (7

Dimensions Consulting; SupervisorABA)

Audience: Participants should have completed the

BACB Supervision 8-hour training.

Level: Intermediate

Workshop #50 CE: BACB

1:00 pm–4:00 pm EDT

VRB

CE Instructor: Megan Pyles, MA

Discriminative and Motivational and Multiple

Control, Oh My!

MEGAN PYLES and BRITTANY MACIAS (Pyles &

Associates)

Audience: The target audience for this workshop

is for intermediate to advanced behavior analysts.

Attendees should be familiar with verbal operants

and have a basic knowledge of stimulus control.

Level: Intermediate

BEHAVIOR SCIENCE BLOGS

Communicating behavioral science.

ABAI's dissemination project, the Behavior Science Blogs, featuries

posts by renowned scholars in the eld on topics like addiction,

education, health, and autism. The blogs provide readers with updates

on newsworthy items relevant to the science of behavior. Included are

news stories, scholarly articles, commentaries, and the occasional

post from a guest blogger with perspectives on our eld’s links to both

practice and current events and the need-to-know content on how

behavior science is changing, or could be changing, local and global

communities.

With frequent new posts and perspectives, we hope you will join the

hundreds of readers from around the world who regularly enjoy these

blogs.

https://science.abainternational.org/

#1 Special Event Student Committee Event

2:00 pm–3:30 pm EDT

Student Welcome Event

Chair: Allyson R. Salzer (University of Kansas)

The ABAI Student Committee will host a special Welcome Event for current and future student members.

During this session, Student Committee Members will review useful information for navigating the virtual

platform to help you make the best of your convention experience.

#2 Special Event Student Committee Event

3:30 pm–5:00 pm EDT

Student Trivia Night

Chair: Rita Olla (University of Nevada, Reno)

Grab your friends and join the Student Committee for our annual Trivia Event, hosted by leading

researchers and academics in the eld of behavior analysis. Test your knowledge about the ABAI

organization, the eld of behavior analysis, and more. Come mingle with other students and kick off the

conference with a friendly game of trivia! Prizes available for the winners and participants.

#3 Special Event

5:00 pm–6:30 pm EDT

SCI

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Peter R. Killeen, Ph.D.

SABA Awards and Opening Event

Chair: Peter R. Killeen (Arizona State University)

SABA Award for Distinguished Service to Behavior Analysis

M. JACKSON MARR (Georgia Institute of Technology)

M. Jackson (Jack) Marr received the BS degree in 1961 from Georgia Institute of

Technology where he studied mathematics, physics, engineering, and psychology.

He received a Ph.D. in experimental psychology with a minor in physiology from

the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966. He is professor emeritus of

psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is one of ve founding Fellows of

the Association for Behavior Analysis, a Fellow of Division 25 (Behavior Analysis)

and Division 3 (Experimental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association

(APA), a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society, and a Federation of Associations in

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Honoree. He was elected twice (the last in 2015) to president of the

Association for Behavior Analysis (ABAI), and was president of Division 25 (Behavior Analysis) of APA

and the Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis (SEABA). He was also APA Council member

representing Division 25. He is the past editor of Behavior and Philosophy and continues to serve

on its editorial board. He also serves as Review Editor of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of

Behavior, a position he has held since 1998. He served as the co-editor of Revista Mexicana de Análisis

de la Conducta and was an associate editor of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and

The Behavior Analyst. He was experimental representative to the Executive Council of the Association

for Behavior Analysis, served on the Board of Directors of The Society for the Quantitative Analysis of

Behavior, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. He

has been particularly active in the international support and development of behavior analysis in Great

Britain, Europe, Mexico, Brazil, China, and the Middle East. He was a Research Fellow in Pharmacology

at Harvard Medical School, a visiting professor at the Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico, and

was invited to Jacksonville State University with an Eminent Scholar award. He was a Navy contractor for

Project Sanguine and an AIEE Senior Fellow at the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory. For

over 20 years (1991–2012) he was involved through NSF grants and other support in the assessment

and improvement of engineering education. This work included design of instructional systems to teach

calculus-based engineering physics. Current scholarly interests include dynamical systems theory, the

quantitative analysis of behavior, creativity, and theoretical/conceptual issues in behavioral analysis.

Abstract: If this tiny talk could have a theme it would be connections. My checkered academic career has

largely been driven by opportunities for making connections between several domains, as well as people—

colleagues and students. As with most anyone who lives long enough, the course of my career is marked by

many turns into new avenues, some quite unanticipated. I sketch some of these turns—the pivotal role of

Georgia Institute of Technology, UNC Chapel Hill where I rst become a behavior analyst, Harvard Medical

School—behavior pharmacology and the big time, Georgia Institute of Technology again, running a behavior

pharmacology lab and forays into electromagnetics, EAB and Zoo Atlanta, behavior dynamics, conceptual/

philosophical concerns, instructional design and engineering education, and my roles and adventures in ABAI

where I have repeatedly emphasized that, as a eld, we should look outward, not inward.

Friday, May 28

SABA Award for Scientic Translation

ALLEN NEURINGER (Reed College)

Allen Neuringer graduated from Far Rockaway High School in 1958, received a BA,

summa cum laude, from Columbia College in1962, and Ph.D. from Harvard University

in 1967. His thesis advisor was Richard Herrnstein; most important were fellow

students Howie Rachlin, Billy Baum, Bruce Schneider, Phil Hineline, Peter Killeen,

Ed Fantino, Richard Schuster, and Martha DiNardo Neuringer. He was a professor

at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, from 1970 until his retirement as MacArthur

Professor of Psychology in 2008, but continued to guide research and teach an upper-

division course, "Functional Variability," until this year. Allen and his students have

shown that response variability can be reinforced, much like response topography, force, and speed.

Together with his student, Neal Miller, he published the rst demonstration that response variability in

individuals with autism can be increased and maintained by reinforcers contingent upon that variability.

He also published articles on self-control, responding for food when food is otherwise freely available,

music discrimination in pigeons and self-experimentation. He recently gave the plenary address at the

International Quantied Self Conference. Allen lives in a forest in a house he built (from the ground up)

with Martha, his partner in love, and Reed students.

Abstract: The emergence of a new species, according to Darwin's theory of natural selection, depends on a

baseline of variable attributes (or phenotypes). A parallel exists for learned behaviors: the shaping of operant

responses depends on variations in ongoing behavior. Darwin described many examples of selection from

variations. He also described selection of variation (i.e., variability that was maintained because a variable

species was more likely to survive than one with limited attributes). Here, too, a behavioral parallel exists:

the variability of operant responses is itself sensitive to reinforcing consequences. Thus, as shown by both

evolutionary biology and behavioral psychology, successful selection-by-consequences depends on baseline

variations and successful variation depends (in part) on selection-by-consequences. In support, I will show

that levels of response variability—from repetitions to random-like responding—can be reinforced. I will

also briey indicate that reinforcement of variability facilitates acquisition of difcult-to-learn behaviors;

that "varied practice" enhances skilled performance; that reinforcement of variable interactions increases

the enriching effects of novel objects; and that reinforcement of variability can contribute to therapies for

abnormally shy, inhibited, or stereotypy-generating individuals, as in those with autism spectrum disorder.

SABA Award for International Dissemination of Behavior Analysis

CARMEN LUCIANO (Universidad de Almería; Madrid Institute Contextual Psychology, MICPSY)

Carmen Luciano received her Ph.D. from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1984.

She was professor of psychology at the University of Granada from 1979–1993 and

been professor of psychology at the University of Almeria since 1994. Her research

dedication began on the experimental analysis of language. Her post-doc Fulbright

research stay in Boston University and the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies was

centered in studying problem-solving behavior with Skinner’s supervision. This was a

critical point in her career as basic researcher. She was involved in equivalence research,

rule-governed behavior and, shortly after, in RFT and ACT research. Her research lab

conducts basic creative experimental-applied RFT designs for the analysis of: analogies; coherence; deictic

and hierarchical framing in the context of identifying core components of metaphors; false memories;

experiential avoidance; values; defusion; self and responding to one’s own behavior. Additionally, the lab

designs brief ACT protocols and teaches ACT-focused analysis of the conditions under which emotions,

thoughts, and valued motivation are brought to the present to build exibility responding. Dr. Luciano

has been the director of the Experimental and Applied Analysis of Behavior Research Group since 1986,

where she has supervised over thirty doctoral theses—some of her students are running their own labs

nowadays. She is also director of the Functional Analysis in Clinical Contexts Doctoral Program at the

University of Almeria and Director of the Master Program in Contextual Therapies at the Madrid Institute of

Contextual Psychology. Her research has been funded by international, national, and regional public funds.

She has collaborated with research groups from different countries and she has spread the functional

analysis perspective with meetings, courses, research presentations, and publications. She is known for her

vibrating and creative style while teaching, working with clients, and doing research.

Abstract: Teaching verbal behavior to children with disabilities was the rst functional aim on my trip

as a behavior analyst. It produced a horizon of light. Then, the combination of application along with

teaching and researching, looking for the conditions responsible for generating behavior, were all very

inspiring experiences. Then, jumping in other areas of research that were starting in the eld focused

on the analysis of complex behaviors as problems solving, rule governed behavior and self-knowledge.

In this track, equivalence and derived relational responding emerged and enlightened even more the

functional horizon. It was the onset for understanding and generating the emergence of novel behavior,

of novel and untrained functions based on stimuli relations. It was as if the tree of the functional

perspective was growing up and growing up. And more research continued in areas still obscure as

the formation of the self as those rules about oneself whose function dominates and controls other

behaviors. In a nutshell, it has been, and still is, an exciting and creative experience for me to navigate

and extend with many others along the functional tree either when teaching, doing research, or in the

huge application the latter has permitted.

SABA Award for Effective Presentation of Behavior Analysis in the Mass Media

CARL HART (Columbia University)

Carl Hart is the Dirk Ziff Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Psychology

and Psychiatry at Columbia University. Prof. Hart has published extensively in the area

of neuropsychopharmacology. He is an award-winning author. His most recent book

is entitled Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear. Prof. Hart has

lectured around the world and has appeared on multiple national television and radio

shows, as well as podcasts. In 2016, the city of Miami issued a proclamation declaring

February 1 “Dr. Carl Hart Day.”

Abstract: Prof. Hart will discuss some of the lessons he’s learned from studying psychoactive

substances in people for more than 20 years. He will briey describe the neurobiological, socio-

environmental, and political forces that inuence substance use and experiences. Particular attention will

be paid to racial biases ingrained in today’s communities. As such, he will urge attendees to stand up on

behalf of those who may use psychoactive substances in their pursuit of happiness.

SABA Award for Enduring Programmatic Contributions in Behavior Analysis

DOREEN GRANPEESHEH (Center for Autism and Related Disorders)

Dr. Doreen Granpeesheh is the Founder and CEO of the Center for Autism and Related

Disorders (CARD) and the Founder and President of the Board of Autism Care and

Treatment Today (ACT Today). Dr. Granpeesheh received her Ph.D. in Psychology

from UCLA under the mentorship of Professor Ivar Lovaas. She is licensed by the

Medical Board of California and the Colorado, Texas, Arizona, Virginia, Michigan

and Oregon State Boards of Psychologists. Dr. Granpeesheh holds a Certicate of

Professional Qualication in Psychology from the Association of State and Provincial

Psychology Boards, is a board-certied behavior analyst, doctoral level, and has

been providing behavioral therapy for individuals with autism since 1979. She has been a member

of numerous scientic and advisory boards including the US Autism and Asperger's Association, the

Autism File journal, Autism 360/medigenesis, the 4-A Healing Foundation, and the Defeat Autism Now

coalition. In addition, Dr. Granpeesheh has served on the National Board of Directors of the Autism

Society of America, the practice board of ABAI, as well as the Autism Human Rights and Discrimination

Initiative Steering Committee, the Early Intervention Taskforce of the Senate Select Committee on Autism

and Related Disorders, and the Oversight Committee of the Department of Developmental Disabilities.

Dr. Granpeesheh has co-authored the book Evidence-Based Treatment for Children with Autism and

numerous peer reviewed publications on issues concerning the diagnosis and treatment of Autism.

She was awarded the George Winoker Clinical Research Award from the American Academy of Clinical

Psychiatrists for her publication titled: Retrospective analysis of clinical records in 38 cases of recovery

from autism. Together with her colleagues at CARD, Dr. Granpeesheh created Skills® for Autism, a

web-based software tool that creates comprehensive treatment plans for children and adults with autism

spectrum disorder, and founded the Institute for Behavioral Training, an online platform for training

professionals and families on the principles of ABA.

Abstract: The Center for Autism and Related Disorders was founded in 1990 by Doreen Granpeesheh,

Ph.D., BCBA-D, at the suggestion of O. Ivar Lovaas, Ph.D., who wanted the participants in his

groundbreaking study to have an ABA program to attend when they aged out of his UCLA research. What

began as a one-woman practice in Westwood, California, grew into the largest ABA provider in the world

with more than 260 clinic locations in 33 states. Having practiced, researched, and advocated for ABA

for over 40 years, Dr. Granpeesheh provides a view of the earliest years of behavioral applications to the

treatment of autism, and speaks of the ways in which access to ABA has grown, largely as a result of the

onset of health insurance funding. Dr. Granpeesheh shares the lessons learned in the eld, describes how

data-driven decisions continue to shape behavior analysis, and shares her insights on future directions.

#5 ABAI Expo

8:00 pm–10:00 pm EDT

1. ABAI Accreditation Board JENNA MRLJAK (Association for Behavior Analysis International)

2. Master’s Program at Jacksonville State University in Alabama PAIGE M. MCKERCHAR and

Makenzie Williams Bayles (Jacksonville State University)

3. Applied Behavior Analysis at California State University, Los Angeles MICHELE D. WALLACE,

Randy V. Campbell, and Mitch Fryling (California State University, Los Angeles)

4. Applied Behavior Analysis Programs at the University of South Florida RAYMOND G.

MILTENBERGER (University of South Florida)

5. Rollins College Master of Arts in Applied Behavior Analysis and Clinical Science KARA L.

WUNDERLICH, April Michele Williams, and Stephanie L. Kincaid (Rollins College)

6. Florida State University Master's Program in Applied Behavior Analysis LEAH JULIA KOEHLER and

Friday, May 28

Amy S. Polick (Florida State University Panama City), Jon S. Bailey (Florida State University), and Harry

Allen Murphy (Florida State University Panama City)

7. Behavior Analysis at the Florida Institute of Technology DAVID A. WILDER, Bryon Neff, Katie

Nicholson, and Rachael Tilka (Florida Institute of Technology); Kimberly Sloman (The Scott Center for

Autism Treatment; Florida Institute of Technology); and Kaitlynn Gokey, Ashley Marie Lugo, and Elbert

Blakely (Florida Institute of Technology)

8. Behavior Analysis at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago Campus ASHLEY

WHITTINGTON-BARNISH, Kaius Ward, Ruth Anne Rehfeldt, Cameron Mittelman, Shannon Ormandy,

Rocco G Catrone, and John W. Eshleman (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology) and August

Stockwell (Upswing Advocates; The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

9. Southern Illinois University Carbondale Ryan N. Redner (Southern Illinois University Carbondale),

NATALIA BAIRES (Southern Illinois University), Eric A. Jacobs and Mary Rachel Enoch (Southern Illinois

University Carbondale), and Darwin S. Koch and Deija McLean (Southern Illinois University)

10. Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas DEREK D. REED, Florence D. DiGennaro

Reed, Claudia L. Dozier, Vincent Thomas Francisco, Jessica Foster Juanico, Robin Kuhn, Edward K.

Morris, and Pamela L. Neidert (University of Kansas)

11. McNeese State University’s Applied Behavior Analysis Master of Arts Concentration JOANNA B

THOMPSON and Cameron L. Melville (McNeese State University)

12. Applied Behavior Analysis at University of Maryland, Baltimore County MIRELA CENGHER and John C.

Borrero (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Carrie S. W. Borrero (Kennedy Krieger Institute), Adithyan

Rajaraman (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), and Grifn Rooker (Kennedy Krieger Institute)

13. Western Michigan University: MA and Ph.D. Programs in Behavior Analysis JESSICA E. FRIEDER,

Anthony DeFulio, Amanda Karsten, Sacha T. Pence, Stephanie M. Peterson, Cynthia J. Pietras, and Ron

Van Houten (Western Michigan University)

14. St. Cloud State University: Undergraduate, Masters, and Doctoral Education in Applied Behavior

Analysis MICHELE R. TRAUB, Odessa Luna, Benjamin N. Witts, and Kimberly A. Schulze (St. Cloud

State University)

15. University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute: Doctoral Training in Applied

Behavior Analysis CHRISTY WILLIAMS, Nicole M. Rodriguez, Amanda Zangrillo, Regina A. Carroll, Keith

D. Allen, and Kevin C. Luczynski (University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute)

16. University of Nevada, Reno Satellite Programs in Behavior Analysis LINDA J. PARROTT HAYES,

Laura Barcelos Nomicos, Jamiika Thomas, Staheli Meyer, and Changzhi Wu (University of Nevada, Reno)

17. Behavior Analysis Program at the University of Nevada, Reno RAMONA HOUMANFAR, Patrick M.

Ghezzi, Linda J. Parrott Hayes, Steven C. Hayes, Matthew Lewon, Matt Locey, W. Larry Williams, and

Bethany P. Contreras Young (University of Nevada, Reno)

18. Caldwell University’s Ph.D. Program in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABAI Accredited) KENNETH

F. REEVE, Sharon A. Reeve, Tina Sidener, Ruth M. DeBar, Jason C. Vladescu, and Meghan Deshais

(Caldwell University)

19. Caldwell University’s Master of Arts in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABAI Accredited) TINA

SIDENER, Meghan Deshais, Jason C. Vladescu, Ruth M. DeBar, Sharon A. Reeve, and Kenneth F. Reeve

(Caldwell University)

20. The Programs in Teaching as Applied Behavior Analysis at Teachers College, Columbia

University R. DOUGLAS GREER (Columbia University Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and

Sciences) and Jo Ann Pereira Delgado (Teachers College, Columbia University)

21. The Ohio State University's ABAI-Accredited Graduate Programs in Special Education SHEILA R.

ALBER-MORGAN, Moira Konrad, and Matthew Brock (The Ohio State University); Terri Hessler (The Ohio

State University at Newark); and Mary Peters, Christina Rouse-Billman, and Alana Telesman (The Ohio

State University)

22. University of Houston, Clear Lake MA in Behavior Analysis DOROTHEA C. LERMAN, Jennifer

N. Fritz, Sarah A. Lechago, Catherine Lewis, Amanda Davis, Mary Signorella, and Jennifer Nguyen

(University of Houston-Clear Lake)

23. University of North Texas Department of Behavior Analysis and Behavior Analysis Online MANISH

VAIDYA (University of North Texas)

25. Behavior Analysis Ph.D. Program at West Virginia University KAREN G. ANDERSON, Stephanie

Jones, Kathryn M. Kestner, Jeremy Langford, Kennon Andy Lattal, Michael Perone, and Claire C. St.

Peter (West Virginia University)

#6 ABAI Expo

8:00 pm–10:00 pm EDT

26. Capilano University Bachelor of Applied Behavior Analysis–Autism BRENDA FOSSETT (Capilano

University)

27. Brock University Department of Applied Disability Studies ABA Graduate Programs: ABAI VCS 5th

Edition BCBA ROSEMARY A. CONDILLAC, Maurice Feldman, Kendra Thomson, Priscilla Burnham Riosa,

Julie Koudys, and Valdeep Saini (Brock University)

28. Master's in Applied Behaviour Analysis: An Innovative Blended Learning Programme Offered by

Queen's University Belfast NICHOLA BOOTH, Karola Dillenburger, Katerina Dounavi, Catherine Storey,

and Devon Ramey (Queen's University Belfast)

29. Master’s Degree in Applied Behavior Analysis at Fresno State MARIANNE L. JACKSON, Sharlet D.

Rafacz, Steven W. Payne, Jonpaul D. Moschella, and Criss Wilhite (California State University Fresno)

30. Behavior Analysis Program at California State University, Sacramento DENYS BRAND, Megan R.

Heinicke, Caio F. Miguel, and Becky Penrod (California State University, Sacramento)

31. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Southern California Campuses ALYSSA N.

WILSON (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Southern California); Jennifer L. Beers (The

Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles); Heidi Eilers and L. Fernando Guerrero (The

Chicago School of Professional Psychology); and Elizabeth Meshes, Eric L. Carlson, and Ellen Vaca (The

Chicago School of Professional Psychology Southern California)

32. California State University, Northridge Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis GARY SCOTT

KATZ, Ellie Kazemi, Debra Berry Malmberg, and Ashley Rice (California State University Northridge)

33. Behavior Analysis Training Program and California State University, Stanislaus Bruce E. Hesse,

William F. Potter, SHRINIDHI SUBRAMANIAM, and Katie Wiskow (California State University Stanislaus)

34. The MA in Special Education With an Emphasis in Applied Behavior Analysis Program at

the University of Colorado at Denver PATRICK ROMANI (University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical

Campus), Jeff Kupfer and Heather Ann Matheny (University of Colorado at Denver), Tara Hays

(Children's Hospital Colorado), and Alison M. Betz (Betz Behavioral Consultants)

35. Drake University Master's in Applied Behavior Analysis MARCELLA HANGEN, Janelle Ausenhus,

and Maria G. Valdovinos (Drake University)

36. Applied Behavior Analysis at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology SUSAN D. FLYNN

(The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

37. Ball State University Online Programs in Applied Behavior Analysis and Special Education

CHRISTINE BOHN and Laura Bassette (Ball State University)

38. Nicholls State University Programs in Applied Behavior Analysis DEREK JACOB SHANMAN and

Grant Gautreaux (Nicholls State University)

39. Applied Behavior Analysis Certicate Programs Offered at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady

University TRACY L. LEPPER (Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University), Jordan Bailey (Western

Michigan University), and Susan Brigman and Michael Dresnik (Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady

University)

40. Ph.D. Program in Applied Behavior Analysis With Specialization in Autism Intervention at

Cambridge College DANIEL ALMEIDA (Cambridge College; Beacon ABA Services)

41. Graduate Programs in Applied Behavior Analysis at Cambridge College JOSEPH M. VEDORA

(Evergreen Center), Daniel Almeida and Robert K. Ross (Beacon ABA Services), and Robert F. Littleton

Jr. (Evergreen Center)

42. Applied Behavior Analysis at Assumption University KAREN M. LIONELLO-DENOLF (Assumption

University)

43. Master of Science in Behavior Analysis at Salem State University DARLENE E. CRONE-TODD

(Salem State University)

44. Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction: Specialization in Applied Behavior Analysis at

the University of Mississippi KAYLA CROOK and Denise A. Soares (University of Mississippi)

45. Applied Behavior Analysis Specialization in the Pediatric School Psychology Doctoral Program

at East Carolina University JEANNIE A. GOLDEN (East Carolina University) and Albee Mendoza (Wesley

College)

Friday, May 28

46. University of Nevada, Reno Applied Behavior Analysis in Special Education Graduate Program

BRIGHID H. FRONAPFEL and MaryAnn Demchak (University of Nevada, Reno)

47. Seton Hall University Applied Behavior Analysis Programs FRANK R. CICERO and Brian Conners

(Seton Hall University)

48. Behavior Analysis Training Programs at Rowan University CHRISTINA SIMMONS, Bethany R.

Raiff, Michelle Ennis Soreth, Mary Louise E. Kerwin, Matthew J Dwyer, Connor Andrew Burrows, and

Abigail Moretti (Rowan University)

49. The Hunter College Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis Program APRIL N. KISAMORE

and Lauren K. Schnell (Hunter College)

50. Long Island University Post-MA in Behavior Analysis JOHN C. NEILL and Benigno Alonso-Alvarez

(Long Island University)

51. Applied Behavior Analysis at Oregon Tech MARIA LYNN KESSLER, Dawn Allison Bailey, and Ashley

Elizabeth Bordelon (Oregon Institute of Technology)

52. Temple University Applied Behavior Analysis Training Programs MATTHEW TINCANI, Amanda

Guld Fisher, Art Dowdy, and Jason Travers (Temple University)

53. Salve Regina University CODY MORRIS (Salve Regina University)

54. Applied Behavior Analysis Training Programs at the University of Utah ROBERT E. O'NEILL,

Jennifer M. Fletcher, John Mercer, and Anne Malbica (University of Utah)

55. Behavior Analysis Graduate Programs at Utah State University SARAH E. PINKELMAN, Gregory J.

Madden, Thomas S. Higbee, Amy Odum, Timothy A. Slocum, Timothy A. Shahan, P. Raymond Joslyn,

and Katherine Brown (Utah State University)

#7 ABAI Expo

8:00 pm–10:00 pm EDT

56. ABAI Membership Board WENDY DONLIN WASHINGTON (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

57. ABAI Student Committee Allyson Salzer (University of Kansas) and RITA OLLA and Jovonnie L.

Esquierdo-Leal (University of Nevada, Reno)

58. ABAI Science Board SUZANNE H. MITCHELL (Oregon Health & Science University)

59. ABAI Veried Course Sequence Board JENNA MRLJAK (Association for Behavior Analysis International)

60. ABAI Practice Board SUSAN WILCZYNSKI (Ball State University)

61. ABAI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Board CAROL PILGRIM (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

62. ABAI Publication Board DONALD HANTULA (Temple University)

63. ABAI Afliated Chapters Board GORDON BOURLAND (Trinity Behavioral Associates)

64. ABAI Special Interest Groups ROBERT K. ROSS (Beacon ABA Services)

#8 ABAI Expo

8:00 pm–10:00 pm EDT

65. Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia ALEXANDRA BROWN (Association for Behaviour

Analysis Australia; Bright Eyes Early Intervention)

66. The Manitoba Association for Behaviour Analysis RYAN HECKERT and Maria Pongoski (Manitoba

Association for Behaviour Analysis, University of Manitoba)

67. A Decade of Contributing to the Development of the Science of Behavior Analysis in India

NEELIMA DHIRESH, Suvendu Barik, and Ursula David (ABA India) and Smita Awasthi (Behavior

Momentum India)

68. Japanese Association for Behavior Analysis KENJI OKUDA (Educational Foundation of Nishi

Karuizawa Gakuen) and Yumiko Sasada (Academy of Behavioral Coaching)

69. Swedish Association for Behavior Analysis DAG STRÖMBERG (Swedish Association for Behavior

Analysis)

70. Alaska Association for Behavior Analysis ERIC S. MURPHY (University of Alaska Anchorage),

Kristin Riall and Julienne Heimerl (Southcentral Foundation), and Veronica J. Howard and Mychal

Machado (University of Alaska Anchorage)

71. Alabama Association for Behavior Analysis PAIGE M. MCKERCHAR (Jacksonville State University),

Jennifer Lynne Bruzek (University of Alabama in Huntsville), John T. Rapp and Sarah M. Richling

(Auburn University), and Mary Katherine Carey (Glenwood, Inc.)

72. Connecticut Association for Behavior Analysis: A Year in Review HEATHER M. TEICHMAN (Beacon

Services of CT; Connecticut Association for Behavior Analysis)

73. Four Corners Association for Behavior Analysis NICOLE L. BANK (The PartnerShip, LLC), Amy

Kenzer and Brent Seymour (Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center), Alison M. Betz (Betz

Behavioral Consultants), Megan Mann (Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center), Anne C.

Denning (CFCI), Patrick Romani (University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus), and Casey J. Clay

(University of Missouri)

74. Georgia Association for Behavior Analysis Sherry L. Serdikoff (Savannah State University), Ginger

D. Sunbom (Benchmark Human Services), and COLIN S. MUETHING (Marcus Autism Center)

75. Hawai'i Association for Behavior Analysis KYLE MACHOS (Hawai'i Association for Behavior

Analysis; Windward Synergy Center), Roxanne Michel Bristol (Hawai'i Association for Behavior Analysis;

University of Hawai'i at Mānoa), and Ashley Hogan (Hawai'i Association for Behavior Analysis; ABC

Group Hawai'i University of Hawai'i)

76. Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis JULIE A. ACKERLUND BRANDT (The Chicago

School of Professional Psychology), Amanda Karsten (Western Michigan University), Stephen F.

Walker (Aurora University), Tiffany Kodak (Marquette University), Adam M. Briggs (Eastern Michigan

University), and Sara Camille Diaz de Villegas (University of Kansas)

77. Nevada Association for Behavior Analysis THOMAS WADE BROWN (Ball State University;

Chrysalis), Jeffrey Gesick (The Learning Consultants), Heather Foote and Daylee Brock (Advanced Child

Behavior Solutions), and Vanessa Willmoth (University of Nevada, Reno)

78. New York State Association for Behavior Analysis NICOLE M. DEROSA (SUNY Upstate Medical

University)

79. Philadelphia Metropolitan Association of Behavior Analysis ART DOWDY and Amanda Guld Fisher

(Temple University), Jessica Kendorski (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine), and Beth J.

Rosenwasser (Fairmount Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Afliate)

80. Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis KATHERINE STEWART (Savannah State

University), Kent Bodily (Georgia Southern University), Kelly M. Banna (Millersville University of

Pennsylvania), Christy A. Alligood (Disney's Animal Kingdom and University of Florida), and Karen G.

Anderson (West Virginia University)

81. The Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis CHRISTINE EVANKO (Snowakes ABA, LLC)

82. Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis KENDRA THOMSON (Brock University; Ontario

Association for Behaviour Analysis)

#10 ABAI Expo

8:00 pm–10:00 pm EDT

83. Behavioral Medicine Special Interest Group GRETCHEN A. DITTRICH (Simmons University)

84. Clinical Special Interest Group EMILY THOMAS JOHNSON (Behavior Attention and Developmental

Disabilities Consultants, LLC) and Thomas J. Waltz (Eastern Michigan University)

85. Behavior Analysis in Health, Sport, and Fitness Special Interest Group RACHEL NICOLE SOBOL

FOSTER (University of Kansas; Applied Behavioral Economics Laboratory), Julie M. Slowiak (University

of Minnesota Duluth; InJewel LLC), Natalie Juhlin (United States Army), and Gabrielle Trapenberg Torres

(Behavior Basics LLC; Autism Aid Foundation)

86. Behavior Analysis in Military and Veterans Affairs Special Interest Group ABIGAIL B. CALKIN and

Kent A. Corso (NCR Behavioral Health, LLC)

87. Your Brain on Behavior: Neuroscience Special Interest Group SUZANNE H. MITCHELL (Oregon

Health & Science University)

88. Open Educational Resources Special Interest Group VERONICA J. HOWARD (University of Alaska

Anchorage) and Rachel Potter (Mary Baldwin University)

89. Sexual Behavior: Research and Practice Special Interest Group BARBARA GROSS (Missouri

Behavior Consulting; Special School District of St Louis County), Landa L. Fox (Positive Connections),

and Worner Leland (Upswing Advocates)

90. The Speech Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group NIKIA DOWER

Friday, May 28

(Dower and Associates, Inc.), Tracie L. Lindblad (Monarch House), Lina M. Slim-Topdjian (ASAP - A

Step Ahead Program, LLC), Deirdre M. Muldoon (The College of Saint Rose), Heather Forbes (The

University of Kansas), and Barbara E. Esch (Esch Behavioral Consultants, LLC)

91. Behavior Analysis for Sustainable Societies JULIA H. FIEBIG (Ball State University; Applied Global

Initiatives LLC)

92. Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group APRIL N. KISAMORE (Hunter College), Danielle LaFrance

(H.O.P.E. Consulting, LLC; Endicott College, Institute for Behavioral Studies), Caitlin H. Delfs (Village

Autism Center), LAUREN K. SCHNELL (Hunter College), Kathryn Glodowski (Penn State Harrisburg),

Brittany Ann Juban (May Institute), Amanda P. Laprime (University of Rochester Medical Center), Mirela

Cengher (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

97. Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention Special Interest Group SOPHIA R

D'AGOSTINO (Hope College)

98. Organizational Behavior Management Network BYRON J. WINE (The Faison Center) and Shannon

Biagi (Chief Motivating Ofcers)

99. Standard Celeration Society ANDREW BULLA (Georgia Southern University - Armstrong) and Mary

Kathryn Reagan (Jacksonville State University)

100. Teaching Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group DACIA MCCOY (University of Cincinnati) and

Christine Hoffner Barthold (George Mason University)

# 11 ABAI Expo

8:00 pm–10:00 pm EDT

93. Behavioral Development Special Interest Group JESSICA SINGER-DUDEK (Teachers College, Columbia

University) and JeanneMarie Speckman (Fred S. Keller School Teachers College Columbia University)

94. Behaviorists for Social Responsibility RICHARD F. RAKOS (Cleveland State University), Jose Ardila

(University of Nevada), Kendra Combs (Great Lakes Center for Autism Treatment and Research), Sarah

M. Richling (Auburn University), Mark A. Mattaini (Jane Addams College of Social Work-University

of Illinois at Chicago), Jomella Watson-Thompson (University of Kansas), and Holly Seniuk (Behavior

Analyst Certication Board)

95. ABAI Special Interest Group: Crime, Delinquency, and Forensic Behavior Analysis TIMOTHY

TEMPLIN (Hoosier ABA)

96. Behavioral Gerontology Special Interest Group JACQUELINE PACHIS (Eastern Michigan University;

Center for the Advancement of Neurobehavioral Health), Zoe Lucock, Hanna Steinunn Steingrimsdottir

(Oslo Metropolitan University), and Claudia Drossel (Eastern Michigan University; Center for the

Advancement of Neurobehavioral Health)

# 12 ABAI Expo

8:00 pm–10:00 pm EDT

101. Behavior Agent Software: Helps Behaviorists Streamline Data Collection, Analysis, and

Reporting, Improving Client Outcomes LISA KELIHER (The Hume Center)

102. Foundation for the Advancement of a Strategic Science of Teaching GRANT GAUTREAUX

(Foundation for the Advancement of a Strategic Science of Teaching)

103. Your Life Is ALSO My Life FAN-YU LIN (ALSOLIFE)

104. New England Center for Children: Looking to Make an Impact? Join Us in Our Mission! LAURA

SCHNAIBLE (The New England Center for Children)

105. Implementing Good Behavior Game as Population-Level Prevention Across Settings in Distance

and Virtual Formats DENNIS D. EMBRY, Carmen Irving, and Kathryn Tummino (PAXIS Institute)

Friday, May 28

Sessions

International Task Force

Posters

Business Meetings

Saturday, May 29

Area

8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm

:00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30

AUT

31 AUT Ch. Niland ‡ 61 AUT Ch. Conine ‡

Posters

AUT

30 AUT Ch. Kroni ‡ 62 AUT Ch. Cordeiro ‡

AUT

16 AUT

Ch. Stenhoff ‡

38 AUT

Panesar

49 AUT

Bukszpan

53 AUT Ch. Elsky ‡ 76 AUT

Ch. Jasperse ‡

AUT

14 AUT

Ch. Miyake ‡

54 AUT

Ch. McKeown ‡

74 AUT

Ch. Rosado ‡

AUT

15 AUT

Ch. Lory ‡

75 AUT

Ch. Davis ‡§*

AUT

36 AUT

Simeone

DDA

32 DDA Ch. Neely ‡ 65 DDA Ch. Donnelly ‡

DDA

20 DDA Ch. Randall 43 DDA

Ch. Dracobly ‡

56 DDA

Ch. Sidener ‡

81 DDA

Ch. Braren ‡

DDA

19 DDA Siegel

80 DDA Ch. Garcia

PRA

25 PRA Gena

VRB

48 VRB DeSouza

VRB

OBM

23 OBM

Ch. Bordlein ‡

46 OBM

Ch. Methot ‡

OBM

CSS

18 CSS

Ch. Seniuk ‡

41 CSS Dahl 64 CSS Ch. Machado ‡

CSS

17 CSS

Ch. Morris ‡

40 CSS

Ch. Cooper ‡

55 CSS

Ch. Clancy ‡

79 CSS

Ch. Sickman ‡

CSS

42 CSS Ch. Szabo ‡ 51 CSS

Harman

70 CSS

Rakos

77 CSS

Ch. Fuesy ‡

CSS

50 CSS

Heimann

78 CSS

Ch. Schneider ‡

CSS

72 CSS

Hough

CBM

13 CBM

Edelstein

37 CBM

Vintere

39 CBM Luciano 63 CBM Ch. Saini ‡

DEV

21 DEV Du 44 DEV Ch. Weber ‡ 82 DEV Ch. Luke ‡

EDC

34 EDC Ch. Crook ‡ 67 EDC Ch. Johnson ‡

EDC

22 EDC

Ch. Glodowski ‡

45 EDC

Ch. Schwartz ‡

EDC

TBA

35 TBA Ch. Gayman ‡ 58 TBA Kodak

TBA

28 TBA

Baowaidan

69 TBA Ch. Sullivan ‡

TBA

27 TBA

Ch. Lindblad ‡

TBA

AAB

60 AAB Ch. Waite ‡

BPN

EAB

33 EAB Ch. Lee 66 EAB Ch. Keevy ‡

EAB

PCH

24 PCH Ch. Kyonka 52 PCH

King

71 PCH

Donisi

73 PCH

Kinney

84 PCH

Nord

PCH

DEI

59 DEI Ch. Traub ‡

SCI

26 SQAB Greer 47 SQAB Podlesnik 57 SQAB Kazemi 83 SQAB

Crone-Todd

OTH

68 International Task Force

Ch. Killeen

Saturday, May 29

3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm

Area

:00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30 :00 :30

128 AUT Ch. Nipe ‡ 153 AUT

Ch. Miller ‡§

178 Accred & VCS

Interest

AUT

112 AUT Ch. Halbur ‡ 145 AUT Ch. Massey ‡ 170 Behav Dev SIG

AUT

101 AUT

Ch. McElwee ‡

127 AUT Ch. Pellecchia ‡* 152 AUT

Ch. Silbaugh ‡

176 Gerontology SIG

AUT

113 AUT Ch. Garcia ‡ 137 AUT

Montiel-Nava

168 China Rehab

AUT

100 AUT

Ch. Stauffer ‡

122 AUT

Ch. Perez ‡

139 AUT

Ch. Cividini Motta ‡

171 Crime SIG

AUT

138 AUT

Ch. Luoma ‡

175 TBA SIG

AUT

104 DDA

Ch. Tarter ‡

129 DDA Ch. Muething ‡ 162 SIG Espanol

DDA

163 OBM Network

& JOBM

DDA

164 Nevada ABA

DDA

165 Student Comm

PRA

111 VRB Miguel 150 VRB Ch. Thakore ‡ 166 Addiction SIG

VRB

131 VRB Ch. Miklos ‡ 167 PoBS

VRB

124 OBM Olson

169 Culture SIG

OBM

125 OBM

Ch. McSween

172 NDBI SIG

OBM

115 CSS Ch. Marie ‡ 156 CSS Ch. Rowe 173 AAB SIG

CSS

102 CSS

Ch. JimenezGomez ‡

123 CSS

Ch. Kingsdorf ‡

140 CSS

Ch. Dubuc ‡*

157 CSS Ch. Bueno

dos Santos ‡§

174

Dissemination SIG

CSS

103 CSS

Ch. Peal ‡

155 CSS

Ch. Slocum ‡

177 BSI

CSS

179 Jack Michael Memorial

CSS

114 CBM Ch. Edelstein ‡ 154 CBM

Ch. Grifn ‡

CBM

105 DEV

Ch. Cilic ‡

130 DEV Ch. Greer ‡ 158 DEV

Ch. Speckman ‡

DEV

106 EDC

Ch. Layden ‡

132 EDC

Vostanis

148 EDC Ch. Crosland ‡

EDC

147 EDC Ch. Binder

EDC

141 EDC

Ch. Seward

159 EDC

Ch. Ledford ‡

EDC

142 EDC

Ch. Cariveau ‡

EDC

135 EDC

Cohen

151 EDC

Luna

EDC

117 TBA Ch. LaRue B 149 TBA Ch. Kahng ‡

TBA

161 TBA

Ch. Dudley ‡

TBA

109 TBA

Ch. Hantula ‡

126 TBA

Ch. Schulz ‡

TBA

110 TBA Bishop

TBA

108 TBA

Ch. Baires

TBA

99 AAB Ch. Bright ‡

AAB

BPN

116 EAB Ch. Newland ‡ 146 EAB Ch. Alcaraz

EAB

134 EAB

Finn

EAB

118 EAB

Peck

EAB

119 PCH

Morris

120 PCH

Penagos

133 PCH

Plazas

143 PCH

Ch. Rosenberg ‡

160 PCH

Ch. Vasconcelos

PCH

136 PCH

Silgero

PCH

98 DEI Ch. Traub ‡ 121 DEI

Ch. Tincani ‡

149A DEI Ch. Pilgrim

DEI

107 SQAB Stoops

SCI

OTH

B. F. Skinner Lecture Series

Special and Invited

Professional Development Series

†

PSY CE

‡

BACB CE

QABA CE

NASP CE

Sustainability

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

LEGEND

SAVE THE DATE

March 6-March 7, 2022

Learn more at

www.abainternational.org/events/autism-2022

Saturday, May 29

#13 Paper Session

9:00 am–9:25 am EDT

CBM

Evaluation of a Brief Delay/Denial Tolerance Training Delivered via Telehealth

Chair: Matthew L. Edelstein (Kennedy Krieger Institute)

Evaluation of a Brief Delay/Denial Tolerance Training Delivered via Telehealth (Applied Research)

KAITLIN M. GOULD (University of Massachusetts Boston) and Matthew L. Edelstein, Alicia Sullivan,

Jessica L. Becraft, and Susan K. Perkins-Parks (Kennedy Krieger Institute)

#14 Symposium

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

AUT; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Karen Nohelty, M.Ed.

Lessons Learned From Telehealth Direct Therapy and Implications for Practice

Chair: Christopher Miyake (Center for Autism and Related Disorders)

Importance of Rapport in Telehealth Direct Therapy

CHRISTOPHER MIYAKE (Center for Autism and Related Disorders)

Effectiveness of Telehealth Direct Therapy for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder

LEAH HIRSCHFELD, Karen Nohelty, Casey Brown Bradford, and Christopher Miyake (Center for

Autism and Related Disorders)

Ensuring Telehealth Direct Therapy is Provided With Integrity

KAREN NOHELTY, Leah Hirschfeld, and Christopher Miyake (Center for Autism and Related Disorders)

#15 Symposium

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

AUT; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Catharine Lory, MS

Implementing Functional Analysis and Function-Based Interventions With Considerations for

Ecological Validity

Chair: Catharine Lory (Purdue University)

Appropriate Behavior Occurring in Functional Analysis Conditions in Typically Developing

Preschoolers

CHRISTINA WARNER and Monica Montalvo (California State University Northridge), Alyssa Rojas

(University of South Florida), Saba Mahmoudi (Utah State University), and Tara A. Fahmie (California

State University, Northridge)

Examining Sub-Functions of Automatically Maintained Stereotypy in Children With Autism

Spectrum Disorder Through a Modied Functional Analysis

CATHARINE LORY, Mandy J. Rispoli, Rose A. Mason, Brandon Keehn, and Ben A. Mason (Purdue

University)

The Ecological Validity of Function-Based Interventions in Research and Practice

LAURA C. CHEZAN (Old Dominion University) and Meka McCammon, Erik Drasgow, and Katie Wolfe

(University of South Carolina)

#16 Symposium

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

AUT; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Mathew C. Luehring, Ph.D.

Teaching Imitation Skills to Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Chair: Donald M. Stenhoff (Arizona State University)

Discussant: Mathew C. Luehring (Children’s Hospital Colorado)

Acquisition of Nonvocal Imitation Through Idiosyncratic Prompting and Measuring Technologies

TRISTAN T. LYLE (Arizona State University; InBloom) and Donald M. Stenhoff (Arizona State University)

Using Modeling and Prompting to Teach Imitation Skills to Syrian Children With Autism Spectrum

Disorder

Wissam Mounzer (Stockholm University), Donald M. Stenhoff (Arizona State University), and ELAINA

POSTHUMUS (InBloom)

#17 Symposium

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

CSS; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Cody Morris, Ph.D.

On Antiracist Actions in Behavior Analysis

Chair: Cody Morris (Salve Regina University)

On the Uncanny Similarities Between Police Brutality and Client Mistreatment

NICOLE HOLLINS (Western Michigan University) and Cody Morris (Salve Regina University)

Solidarity: The Role of Non-Black People of Color in Promoting Racial Equity

ANITA LI (Western Michigan University)

Understanding Microaggressions: Implications for Using a Science of Behavior to Promote and

Support Anti-Racist Teaching

DENICE RIOS MOJICA (Georgia Southern University), Marlesha Bell (University of South Florida), Lorraine

A. Becerra (University of Missouri), and Andrew Bulla (Georgia Southern University - Armstrong)

#18 Symposium

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

CSS/PCH; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Albert Malkin, MA

To Change We Must Understand: A Behavioral Data Science and Culturo-Behavior Systems Science

Analysis of Policing

Chair: Holly Seniuk (Behavior Analyst Certication Board)

Discussant: John O'Neill (Contextual Behavioral Science Institute)

To Change We Must Understand: A Behavioral Data Science Analysis of Police Practices

David J. Cox (Behavioral Health Center of Excellence; Endicott College), ALBERT MALKIN (Southern

Illinois University; Western University), Kyosuke Kazaoka and Ian S. Paterson (University of North

Texas), Holly Seniuk (Behavior Analyst Certication Board), Traci M. Cihon (University of North

Texas), and Kathleen Hine (Baylor University)

To Change We Must Understand: A Culturo-Behavior Systems Analysis of Police Practices

IAN S. PATERSON and Kyosuke Kazaoka (University of North Texas), Holly Seniuk (Behavior Analyst

Certication Board), Traci M. Cihon (University of North Texas), Albert Malkin (Southern Illinois

University; Western University), David J. Cox (Behavioral Health Center of Excellence; Endicott

College), and Kathleen Hine (Baylor University)

#19 B. F. Skinner Lecture Series

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

DDA; Service Delivery

PSY/BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Yaniz C. Padilla Dalmau, Ph.D.

Marrying ABA and the Medical System: Multi-Disciplinary Treatment Systems and Novel Approaches

for Challenging Behaviors in Youth With Autism

Chair: Yaniz C. Padilla Dalmau (Seattle Children's Hospital)

MATTHEW SIEGEL (Maine Behavioral Healthcare)

Dr. Siegel is an associate professor of psychiatry and pediatrics of Tufts University

School of Medicine, Vice President of Medical Affairs, Developmental Disorders Service

of Maine Behavioral Healthcare, and Faculty Scientist II at Maine Medical Center

Research Institute. He has developed a nationally recognized continuum of treatment

and research for individuals with autism, intellectual disability and co-occurring mental

illness and challenging behaviors. Dr. Siegel attended Amherst College, Stanford Medical

School and trained at Brown University in child psychiatry, psychiatry, and pediatrics.

He is the Principal Investigator of the Autism and Developmental Disorders Inpatient

Research Collaborative (ADDIRC), a network of specialized child psychiatry units performing studies of

children severely affected by autism and intellectual disability. Dr. Siegel is nationally recognized for his

expertise in inpatient care and the treatment of serious challenging behaviors. He served on the Autism and

Intellectual Disability Committee of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry for a decade

and is a co-author of the Academy’s Practice Parameter on the Assessment and Treatment of Children

and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of

Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability.

Abstract: Up to two-thirds of youth with autism spectrum disorder develop challenging behaviors, which

are the most common cause for referral to behavioral health services in this population. While progress

in treatment in this area has been made, many youth remain treatment refractory or unresponsive to the

Saturday, May 29

work of a single discipline. Specialized acute inpatient psychiatry units can be utilized to bring together

the strengths of applied behavior analysis and other disciplines to assess and treat complex challenging

behaviors. The service landscape, approach, and treatment evidence for these settings will be reviewed,

and emerging novel approaches utilizing detection of physiologic signals in relation to challenging

behaviors will be presented.

#20 Symposium

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

DDA/EAB; Applied Research

Recent Findings on Treatment Relapse Using Translational Research Preparations

Chair: Kayla Rechelle Randall (Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health)

Resurgence Following Traditional and Interdependent Differential Reinforcement of Alternative

Behavior

ASHLEY MARIE FUHRMAN (Rutgers University; Children's Specialized Hospital), Wayne W. Fisher

and Brian D. Greer (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School), Timothy A. Shahan (Utah State

University), and Andrew R. Craig (SUNY Upstate Medical University)

Comparing the Effects of Dense and Lean Schedules of Differential Alternative Reinforcement on

Operant Renewal

EMILY FERRIS, Ryan Kimball, John Silveira Jr., and Abigail Horner (University of Saint Joseph)

Effects of Combining Contextual Changes, Omission Errors, and Commission Errors on Target and

Alternative Behavior

SEAN SMITH (University of Nebraska Medical Center; Children’s Specialized Hospital), Daniel R.

Mitteer (Rutgers University; Children's Specialized Hospital; Center for Autism Research, Education,

and Services), Brian D. Greer (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School), Kayla Rechelle Randall

(Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health), and Ryan Kimball (University of Saint Joseph)

#21 Invited Tutorial

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

DEV; Service Delivery

PSY/BACB/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Lin Du, Ph.D.

0 to 60: Establishing Conditioned Reinforcers and Inducing Observing Responses

Chair: Jessica Singer-Dudek (Teachers College, Columbia University)

LIN DU (Teachers College, Columbia University)

Dr. Lin Du received her rst MA in sociology from Nanjing University, China. She

then earned her MA and Ph.D. in applied behavior analysis from Teachers College,

Columbia University. She is a CABAS® senior behavior analyst, associate research

scientist, New York State Licensed behavior analyst, and BCBA-D. Dr Du is a research

scientist and program supervisor at the Fred S. Keller school (a R&D lab for master

and doctoral candidates in ABA and school psychology programs at Teachers College,

Columbia University). She is also an adjunct assistant professor of behavior analysis

at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her primary research interests are verbal

behavior development of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). She has published two books,

several book chapters and many peer-reviewed papers in the behavior analytic journals, including The

Psychological Record, Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, Behavior Development Bulletin, Behavior

Analysis in Practice, European Journal of Behavior Analysis, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, and

International Journal of Behavior Analysis and Autism Disorder.

Abstract: This talk will discuss how to induce observing responses for children who are pre-observers.

These children typically don’t orient to other’s faces, listen to other’s voices, or attend to educational

materials presented in pictures or objects. Without these foundational observing responses, everything

else will fall short. It would be extremely challenging to teach them visual match-to-sample, conditional

discrimination, let alone derived relations. Traditionally, these students rely heavily on prompts

from their teachers and caregivers. They also require substantially more trials to reach their learning

objectives. Our CABAS® research labs, which are afliated with Teachers College, Columbia University,

have identied a sequence of verbal behavior cusps and developed the intervention protocols for

those who are missing any of these cusps. This talk will focus on the recent advances in the study

of observing responses and intervention protocols. These protocols are shown to be effective in

establishing the conditioned reinforcement and increasing the children’s general awareness of their

surroundings. In particular, children learn to select out people’s faces and voices as well as pictures

and objects as discriminative stimuli from their environment. In consequence, they require fewer

prompts during instruction and their learning rates also increase dramatically. Once these foundational

cusps for verbal behavior are established, children will be ready to learn things they are not able to

before (e.g., see-do, hear-do, bidirectional naming).

#22 Symposium

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

EDC/TBA; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Kathryn Glodowski, Ph.D.

Contributions to Behavior Analysis in Higher Education: Emailing, Study Skills, and the Effects of Quizzes

Chair: Kathryn Glodowski (Penn State - Harrisburg)

Computer-Based Email Training for Undergraduates

THOMAS FARNSWORTH (Western New England University; Western Connecticut State University)

and Rachel H. Thompson, Sabrina Minic, and Joseph Van Allen (Western New England University)

An Evaluation of Quiz Length on College Student Behavior

KATHRYN GLODOWSKI and Yusuke Hayashi (Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton)

Teaching Study Skills to College Students Using Checklist Training and Feedback

SARAH KONG, Corey S. Stocco, and Sindhu Vatikuti (University of the Pacic)

#23 Symposium

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

OBM; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Christoph F. Bördlein, Ph.D.

Expanding Behavioral Safety to New Areas

Chair: Christoph F. Bördlein (University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt)

Using the PDC-Safety and the PDC-Human Services to Facilitate Safety in Social Service Institutions

CHRISTOPH F. BÖRDLEIN (University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt)

Experiments in Behavioral Safety in Machinery Safety in Japan

RIEKO HOJO, Shoken Shimizu, Kyoko Hamajima, and Shigeo Umezaki (National Institute of

Occupational Health) and Koichi Ono (Komazawa University)

The Safety Management System as a New Achievement Place for Behavior Analysis

SHOKEN SHIMIZ, Rieko Hojo, Kyoko Hamajima, and Shigeo Umezaki (National Institute of

Occupational Health) and Koichi Ono (Komazawa University)

#24 Symposium

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

PCH/EAB; Translational

How to Think About Time

Chair: Elizabeth Kyonka (California State University - East Bay)

Delay Discounting and Temporal Bisection: When People Are Less Willing to Wait Does Time

Subjectively Drag?

ANNE C. MACASKILL, Kate Witt, and Maree J. Hunt (Victoria University of Wellington)

Isolating Temporal Control in Long-Interval Timing Tasks: Implications for Research on

Hippocampal Function

TANYA GUPTA and Federico Sanabria (Arizona State University)

The Untapped Translational Potential of Interval Timing Research

ELIZABETH KYONKA (California State University - East Bay) and Shrinidhi Subramaniam (California

State University, Stanislaus)

#25 Invited Presenter

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

PRA

PSY/BACB/QABA/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Angeliki Gena, Ph.D.

Systemic Behavior Analysis: A Therapeutic Approach for Optimizing Best Practices for Children With

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Families

Chair: Bobby Newman (Proud Moments)

ANGELIKI GENA (University of Athens)

Angeliki Gena is professor at the School of Philosophy, Department of Philosopsy-

Pedagogy-Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

(EKPA). She received her BA in psychology and sociology, her master’s degree in clinical

psychology and her Ph.D. from the “Learning Processes” Program of the Psychology

Department of the City University of New York. She conducted her doctoral dissertation

at the Princeton Child Development Institute, in Princeton, New Jersey. She worked in

various institutes in the USA and became the director of the Alpine Learning Group, a

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prominent center for children with autism in Alpine, New Jersey. She also taught as an adjunct professor

at the City University of New York. In Greece she started her teaching career at the University of Thessaly,

was elected at the University of the Aegean, and since 1998 teaches at the National and Kapodistrian

University of Athens. Her research is predominantly in the area of behavior analysis and its applications

for early intervention in children with autism spectrum disorder. Was general secretary of the Association

of Behavioral Research for 11 years, is an associate of the Institute of Behavioral Research and Therapy,

and a founding member and current president of the Institute of Systemic Behavior Analysis. She has

served as an elected member of the Senate of EKPA, since 2016 she is a member of the board of trustees

of IKY—National Organization of Scholarships, Greece—has been appointed to national committees of

the Greek Ministry of Education, and has served on the board of various non-for-prot organizations. She

has received several scholarships and awards for distinguished research and clinical practices addressing

children with autism and grands from the European Commission and various Greek organizations. She has

published numerous books, empirical and theoretical articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as book

chapters. The main focus of her research is in systemic behavior analysis and its applications for children

with ASD and their families.

Abstract: This presentation will address the question of effective practices for the treatment of individuals

with autism spectrum disorder, from both an epistemological and a therapeutic perspective, and suggest the

importance of a synthesis of two paradigms—behavior analysis and general systems theory—as a means

of optimizing our assessment of the needs and the services provided to people with disabilities. Despite

the development and the use of a wide array of behavior analytic practices that help all children with ASD

to reach their full potential, a question that remains under-researched has to do with the effort expected

from the child and his/her family and whether this effort can be somehow lessened without compromising

the benets. The answer to that question led to investigating the properties of another epistemological

paradigm—general systems theory—its merits, its compatibility, and its complementarity to the discipline

of behavior analysis. This presentation aims to demonstrate that the two paradigms are compatible and

complementary and that their combination may lead to optimizing the therapeutic and pedagogical outcomes

of behavior analytic practices. If we are to adapt a systemic perspective, according to which the joining of

two or more systems leads to an outcome that exceeds by far the additive effects of those systems, it will be

interesting to assess the potential emergent benets of the synthesis of two compatible and complementary

epistemological paradigms and how those translate into therapeutic outcomes.

#26 SQAB Tutorial

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

SCI; Basic Research

PSY/BACB/QABA/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Brian Greer, Ph.D.

Using Quantitative Theories of Relapse to Improve Functional Communication Training

Chair: Timothy A. Shahan (Utah State University)

BRIAN GREER (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)

Brian D. Greer is the founding director of the Severe Behavior Program within the

Rutgers University Center for Autism Research, Education, and Services. He is an

assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and a core member of the Brain

Health Institute. He received a bachelor of science in psychology from the University

of Florida in 2008, a Master of Arts in applied behavioral science in 2011 and a

Ph.D. in behavioral psychology in 2013, both from the University of Kansas. He later

completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

He has served on the board of editors and as a guest associate editor for the Journal

of Applied Behavior Analysis and the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. He is the 2013

recipient of the Baer, Wolf, and Risley Outstanding Graduate Student Award and the 2019 recipient of

the B. F. Skinner Foundation New Researcher Award in the area of applied research. Dr. Greer is the

executive director of the Society for the Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, and he currently supervises

three R01 grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development on preventing

relapse of destructive behavior using Behavioral Momentum Theory and Resurgence as Choice. He has

helped to acquire and carry out over $10 million in federal grant funding.

Abstract: Functional communication training (FCT) has strong empirical support for its use when

treating socially reinforced problem behavior. However, treatment effects often deteriorate when

FCT procedures are challenged, leading to the recurrence of problem behavior, decreased use of the

functional communication response, or both. Recent prevalence estimates suggest that treatment relapse

is common in the clinic. Researchers have accordingly described a number of strategies for improving

the long-term effectiveness of differential-reinforcement-based procedures (e.g., FCT), and quantitative

theories of relapse (i.e., Behavioral Momentum Theory, Resurgence as Choice) provide falsiable

predications regarding modications for mitigating treatment relapse. In this presentation, I share recent

research on the prevalence of treatment relapse during routine, clinical service delivery and discuss

our work on applying quantitative models of relapse to improve treatment durability. Future steps for

advancing promising relapse-mitigations strategies will also be discussed, as will clinical considerations

that limit the practicality of otherwise effective mitigation procedures.

#27 Panel Discussion

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

TBA; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Lina Slim-Topdjian, Ph.D.

An International Cultural Perspective on Interprofessional Collaboration

Chair: Tracie L. Lindblad (First Bridge Centre, London, UK; Tracie Lindblad Consulting)

LINA SLIM-TOPDJIAN (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology; ASAP - A Step Ahead

Program, LLC)

MICHELLE P. KELLY (Emirates College for Advanced Education)

KAROLA DILLENBURGER (Centre for Behavior Analysis, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland)

#28 Invited Presenter

9:00 am–9:50 am EDT

TBA; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Lamis Baowaidan, Ph.D.

ABA in the Kingdom: Shaping the Field

Chair: R. Douglas Greer (Columbia University Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and

Sciences)

LAMIS BAOWAIDAN (Dar Al-Hekma University)

Dr. Baowaidan is the department chair of the Master of Science Program in Applied

Behavior Analysis and assistant professor of special education at Dar Al-Hekma

University, Saudi Arabia. She launched the rst graduate program in ABA in the

Middle East. In 2016, she became the rst Saudi to hold a Ph.D. in applied behavior

analysis and a board-certied behavior analyst with doctoral designation (BCBA-Dâ).

She earned her MA and Ph.D. in applied behavior analysis from Columbia University

under the direction of professor R. Douglas Greer. She has extensive teaching

experience with children with and without special needs under the CABAS® model of schooling at the

Fred S. Keller School, where she also acted as a program supervisor and served as a clinical professor

to many graduate students.

Abstract: Over the past 10 years, as the prevalence rate of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) increased,

applied behavior analysis (ABA) has become the topic of interest in Saudi Arabia. It has drawn the

attention of medical professionals, teachers, clinicians, stakeholders, and legislators alike. ABA is

increasingly being recognized as the leading evidence-based intervention for individuals with ASD, and

with this rising recognition, there is a growing demand for accountability and provision of state-of-

the-art services. To respond to this demand, we have established the rst veried course sequences

in the Middle East on both undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as provided collaborations with

schools and clinics. In this presentation, I describe the dissemination efforts made through training

behavior analysts, implementation of positive behavior support in schools, and advocating for services

and the establishment of a local legislative body. Furthermore, the signicant growth in the number of

certicants, clinics using ABA, ABA training programs, as well as the current challenges and the future of

ABA in Saudi Arabia are discussed.

#30 Symposium

9:00 am–10:50 am EDT

AUT; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Faris Rashad Kroni, Ph.D.

Higher-Order Social Interactions Among Individuals Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Chair: Faris Rashad Kroni (Rutgers University)

Discussant: Stephanie A. Hood (Marquette University)

Comparing Participation During Conversations Using Preferred and Nonpreferred Topics

FARIS RASHAD KRONFLI, Courtney Butler, Christeen Scarpa, and SungWoo Kahng (Rutgers University)

A Hierarchical Assessment of Response to Conversational Cues of Disinterest Conducted via

Telehealth

CATHERINE KISHEL and Timothy R. Vollmer (University of Florida)

Further Comparison of Preference for Intervention With and Without Restricted Topics

MEG ROHIT PATEL and Corey S. Stocco (University of the Pacic)

Greeting Skills: A Systematic Review of the Literature

CARLEANA HICKEY, Sharon A. Reeve, Kenneth F. Reeve, Meghan Deshais, and Eileen Mary Milata

(Caldwell University)

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#31 Symposium

9:00 am–10:50 am EDT

AUT/VRB; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Haven Sierra Niland, MS

Comparisons of Procedural Variations to Teach Verbal Behavior to Individuals With Autism

Spectrum Disorder

Chair: Haven Sierra Niland (University of North Texas)

Discussant: Sarah A. Lechago (University of Houston-Clear Lake)

Teaching Children With Autism to Recall Short Stories: A Replication and Extension

ERICA JONES (Florida Autism Center), Daniel E. Conine (Georgia State University), Lisa Guerrero (Rutgers

University), Cindy Cahill (Florida Autism Center), and Tina Smith-Bonahue (University of Florida)

Conditioning Vocalizations as Reinforcer: A Comparison of Observational Conditioning and

Response-Contingent Pairing

CYNTHIA P. LIVINGSTON, Sydni Chance, and Catia Cividini-Motta (University of South Florida)

Teaching Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder to Tact Auditory Stimuli: A Comparison of

Isolated and Compound Stimulus Presentations

HAVEN SIERRA NILAND, Samantha Bergmann, Valeria Laddaga Gavidia, and Maria Jose Otero

(University of North Texas) and Tiffany Kodak (Marquette University)

The Use of Intraverbal Chains on the Emergence of Reverse Intraverbals

ALYSSA P. SCOTT (Marquette University), Mary Halbur (University of Nebraska Medical Center's

Munroe-Meyer Institute), and Tiffany Kodak, Jessi Reidy, Lauren Debertin, and Courtney Lyn

Meyerhofer (Marquette University)

#32 Symposium

9:00 am–10:50 am EDT

DDA/AUT; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Leslie Neely, Ph.D.

Further Evaluation of Telehealth Services: Parent-Implemented Functional Analysis and Functional

Communication Training

Chair: Leslie Neely (The University of Texas at San Antonio)

Discussant: Jennifer J. McComas (University of Minnesota)

Functional Assessment and Function-Based Treatment Delivered via Telehealth: A Brief Summary

KELLY M. SCHIELTZ and David P. Wacker (The University of Iowa)

Conducting Brief Functional Analysis via Telehealth Technology

STEPHANIE GEROW, Supriya Radhakrishnan, Tonya Nichole Davis, Jacqueline Zambrano, Suzannah

Avery, and David Sottile (Baylor University)

Coaching Parents in Asian Countries to Implement Functional Analysis and Functional

Communication Training

DIEU TRUONG (University of Houston) and Loukia Tsami and Dorothea C. Lerman (University of

Houston-Clear Lake)

The Generalized Effects of Functional Communication Training for Young Children With Autism

MATTHEW O'BRIEN, Kelly M. Schieltz, and Wendy K. Berg (The University of Iowa); Nicole Hendrix

(Emory University); Dorothea C. Lerman (University of Houston-Clear Lake), Nathan Call (Marcus

Autism Center), Loukia Tsami (University of Houston-Clear Lake), and David P. Wacker (The

University of Iowa)

#33 Symposium

9:00 am–10:50 am EDT

EAB/CBM; Service Delivery

Advances in Behavioral Economics of Food Choice Among Humans and Non-Humans

Chair: Yaeeun Lee (Idaho State University)

Discussant: Suzanne H. Mitchell (Oregon Health & Science University)

Assessing Demand, Discounting, and Reinforcing Efcacy of Food

RACHEL NICOLE SOBOL FOSTER (University of Kansas, Applied Behavioral Economics Laboratory)

and Derek D. Reed (University of Kansas)

Effects of Food Paired Cues on Conditioned Salivation and Food Reinforcer Efcacy

Ethan Hemmelman, Bailey Perschon, Erin B. Rasmussen, Morgan Musquez, and SIERRA BACA-ZEFF

(Idaho State University)

Parallel Procedures of Impulsive Choice: Effects of a High-Fat Diet in Humans and Rats

TRAVIS RAY SMITH, Catherine Steele, MacKenzie Gwinner, and Kimberly Kirkpatrick (Kansas State

University)

Effects of Mindful Eating Training on Delay and Probability Discounting Among Food Insecure Women

LUIS RODRIGUEZ, Erin B. Rasmussen, Shelby Pemberton, Maria Wong, and Dante Kyne-Rucker

(Idaho State University) and Katie S. Martin (Food Share)

#34 Symposium

9:00 am–10:50 am EDT

EDC/DEV; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Kayla Crook, Ph.D.

Recent Advances in Academic and Behavioral Interventions in the Classroom

Chair: Kayla Crook (University of Mississippi)

Discussant: Timothy R. Vollmer (University of Florida)

The Effects of Kinesthetic Movement, Embedded Pictures, and Traditional Drill Flashcard

Interventions on Preschooler Literacy Skills

ALISON RUBY, Erica Lozy, Sarah Holmes, and Jeanne M. Donaldson (Louisiana State University)

The Effects of Combined and Single Mnemonics on Literacy Skills With Preschoolers

ERICA LOZY, Sarah Holmes, Alison Ruby, and Jeanne M. Donaldson (Louisiana State University)

The Good Behavior Game: Maintenance and Side Effects in Preschoolers

ELIZABETH FOLEY, Claudia L. Dozier, Sara Camille Diaz de Villegas, Rachel Jess, and Kathleen

Holehan (University of Kansas)

An Evaluation of Different Magnitudes of Reinforcement Within the Context of the Good Behavior

Game

KAYLA CROOK (University of Mississippi) and Joel Eric Ringdahl, Karla Zabala, Kadijah Quinland, and

Dan Rowland Mangum (University of Georgia)

#35 Symposium

9:00 am–10:50 am EDT

TBA/EDC; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Catherine M. Gayman, Ph.D.

Using Interteaching Online: Research and Practice

Chair: Catherine M. Gayman (Troy University)

Discussant: James L. Soldner (University of Massachusetts Boston)

Interteaching on the 'Net: A Review of Research on the Viability and Effectiveness of Interteach in

Online University Instruction

JENNIFER LYNN HILTON (Endicott College) and Thomas L. Zane and Jessika Tucker (University of Kansas)

Improving Interteaching by Adding Frequent Cumulative Exams

CATHERINE M. GAYMAN (Troy University), Stephanie Jimenez (University of Pittsburgh at

Johnstown), and Stephany Hammock and Sherwhonda Taylor (Troy University)

Does Instructor Presence Facilitate or Hinder Discussion During Online Synchronous

Interteaching Sessions?

CHRISTINE HOFFNER BARTHOLD, Julie Shank, Wejdan Al-Samawi, Engie Martin, and Katrina Woods

(George Mason University)

“Now What?!” Adaptations of Interteaching to Online Settings: A Tutorial and Ideas for Research

CAMILO HURTADO PARRADO (Troy University; Konrad Lorenz Fundación Universitaria), Lucia

Medina (Konrad Lorenz Fundación Universitaria), Julian Cifuentes (University of Birmingham), and

Nicole Pfaller-Sadovsky (Queen's University Belfast)

#36 Paper Session

9:30 am–9:55 am EDT

AUT

Effectiveness of Matrix Training for Language and Literacy Outcomes in Individuals With Autism

Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review

Chair: Paul J. Simeone (Proven Behavior Solutions; Mass General Hospital Institute of Health Professions)

Effectiveness of Matrix Training for Language and Literacy Outcomes in Individuals With Autism

Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review (Theory)

PAUL J. SIMEONE (Proven Behavior Solutions; Mass General Hospital Institute of Health Professions),

Ralf Schlosser (Northeastern University), and Howard Shane (Boston Children's Hospital)

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#37 Paper Session

9:30 am–9:55 am EDT

CBM

COVID-19 Pandemic and Digital Divide in Older Adults Living in Assisted Living Facilities

Chair: Parsla Vintere (CHE Senior Psycholgical Services; Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center)

COVID-19 Pandemic and Digital Divide in Older Adults Living in Assisted Living Facilities (Theory)

PARSLA VINTERE (CHE Senior Psycholgical Services; Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center)

#38 Paper Session

10:00 am–10:25 am EDT

AUT

Replicability of Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis in Kenya: A Long-Term Study

Chair: Pooja Panesar (Kaizora Centre for Neurodevelopmental Therapies)

Replicability of Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis in Kenya: A Long-Term Study (Service Delivery)

POOJA PANESAR (Kaizora Centre for Neurodevelopmental Therapies) and Korey Taylor (Global

Autism Project)

#39 Invited Presenter

10:00 am–10:50 am EDT

CBM; Theory

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Amy Murrell, Ph.D.

Private Events, Selng Behaviors, and Responding to the Own Behavior

Chair: Amy Murrell (Murrell Psychological Services)

CARMEN LUCIANO (Universidad de Almería; Madrid Institute Contextual Psychology, MICPSY)

Carmen Luciano received her Ph. D. from the Complutense University of Madrid

in 1984. She was professor of psychology at the University of Granada from

1979–1993 and been professor of psychology at the University of Almeria since

1994. Her research dedication began on the experimental analysis of language. Her

post-doc Fulbright research stay in Boston University and the Cambridge Center

for Behavioral Studies was centered in studying problem-solving behavior with

Skinner’s supervision. This was a critical point in her career as basic researcher.

She was involved in equivalence research, rule-governed behavior and, shortly after,

in RFT and ACT research. Her research lab conducts basic creative experimental-applied RFT designs

for the analysis of: analogies; coherence; deictic and hierarchical framing in the context of identifying

core components of metaphors; false memories; experiential avoidance; values; defusion; self and

responding to one’s own behavior. Additionally, the lab designs brief ACT protocols and teaches ACT-

focused analysis of the conditions under which emotions, thoughts, and valued motivation are brought

to the present to build exibility responding. Dr. Luciano has been the Director of the Experimental

and Applied Analysis of Behavior Research Group since 1986, where she has supervised over thirty

doctoral theses—some of her students are running their own labs nowadays. She is also director of the

Functional Analysis in Clinical Contexts Doctoral Program at the University of Almeria and director of the

Master Program in Contextual Therapies at the Madrid Institute of Contextual Psychology. Her research

has been funded by international, national, and regional public funds. She has collaborated with research

groups from different countries and she has spread the functional analysis perspective with meetings,

courses, research presentations, and publications. She is known for her vibrating and creative style while

teaching, working with clients, and doing research.

Abstract: Human behavior, especially those behaviors identied as the self, the selng behavior, are not

an easy target for experimental analysis. The functional perspective provided the cues and meaning of

such behavior however the analytic conceptualization of relational framing is opening the doors for such

an analysis. The aim of this presentation is tracking these processes and let the door perhaps much more

opened for experimental analysis and its use in clinical behavior analysis.

#40 Panel Discussion

10:00 am–10:50 am EDT

CSS/PCH; Theory

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Heather Cooper, M.Ed.

Disseminating to Increase Diversity Within Behavior Analysis

Chair: Heather Cooper (Brett DiNovi & Associates)

ANIKA COSTA (Brett DiNovi & Associates)

MAY CHRISELINE BEAUBRUN (Brett DiNovi & Associates)

PIERRE D. LOUIS (Brett DiNovi & Associates)

#41 Invited Presenter

10:00 am–10:50 am EDT

CSS; Applied Research

PSY/BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Sarah M. Richling, Ph.D.

Behavioral Treatments for Epilepsy in Developing Nations

Chair: Sarah M. Richling (Auburn University)

JOANNE DAHL (University of Uppsala)

JoAnne is a native North American who has lived her whole adult life in Sweden.

She has her clinical psychology degree, psychotherapy degree, Ph.D. och Docent

from Uppsala University in Sweden where she also held a position of full professor

of psychology prior to her retirement last year. JoAnne has specialized in behavior

medicine and has focused on applying learning theory in practice for many chronic

illnesses such as epilepsy, constipation, asthma, obesity, and chronic pain. She is

the author and or coauthor of ve professional books applying ACT and RFT to both

chronic illness as well as Love relationships as well as publishing over 60 scientic

studies in these areas. JoAnne is a peer reviewed ACT trainer and an ACBS fellow.

Abstract: Access to low-cost, easily implemented behavioral treatments for a range of socially important

health issues is severely limited in developing nations. As a case in point, most citizens in developing

countries have no access to behavioral treatments for epilepsy. In behavior medicine, epilepsy is

dened as the combination of a tendency to seize together with internal and external factors which

increase the probability of reacting with a seizure reaction. In this model, epileptic seizures, like any

behavior, is amenable to respondent and operant conditioning; thus, it is possible to effect and change

the outcome of the seizure process using a behavior analysis and subsequent interventions. This

paper aims to present a summary of the main points of clinical research in the behavioral treatment of

epilepsy during the past 50 years and show the author's own recent studies done in South Africa and

India. A presentation of two such RCT studies of behavioral treatment in the form of Acceptance and

Commitment Therapy show promising results.

#42 Symposium Ethics

10:00 am–10:50 am EDT

CSS; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Thomas G. Szabo, Ph.D.

Behaving Ethically Takes More Than Learning the Rules: Toward a Selectionist Account of Ethical Training

Chair and discussant: Thomas G. Szabo (Florida Institute of Technology)

I’ve Memorized the Ethical Conduct Code. Why Can’t I Behave Ethically? Toward a Selectionist

Account of Ethical Training #1

DIANA M. DELGADO (University of Memphis)

I’ve Memorized the Ethical Conduct Code. Why Can’t I Behave Ethically? Toward a Selectionist

Account of Ethical Training #2

THOMAS G. SZABO (Florida Institute of Technology)

#43 Symposium

10:00 am–10:50 am EDT

DDA/AUT; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Joseph D. Dracobly, Ph.D.

Recent Advancements in the Analysis of Precursors

Chair: Joseph D. Dracobly (University of North Texas)

Examining the Temporal Relation Between Antecedent and Problem Behaviors

GRIFFIN ROOKER (Kennedy Krieger Institute), Michael P. Kranak (Oakland University), Elissa Spinks

(Maryland Applied Behavior Analysis), and Louis P. Hagopian (Kennedy Krieger Institute)

Improving Caregiver Report of Precursors to Severe Problem Behavior

MEGAN SKRBEC, Jennifer N. Fritz, Amber Prell, and Victoria Fletcher (University of Houston-Clear Lake)

A Preliminary Evaluation of Increasing Precursors Prior to Functional Analysis

AUDREY H. NEWKIRK, Joseph D. Dracobly, Carla M. Smith, Katy Atcheson, and Richard G. Smith

(University of North Texas)

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#44 Symposium

10:00 am–10:50 am EDT

DEV; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Jennifer Weber, Ph.D.

Function as a Critical Educational Objective

Chair: Jennifer Weber (Teachers College, Columbia University & Nicholls St. University)

Prerequisite Verbal Developmental Cusps and Capabilities for the Accelerated Independent Learner

TANYA BAJWA (Teachers College, Columbia University), R. Douglas Greer (Columbia University

Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), and Jennifer Weber (Teachers College,

Columbia University; Nicholls St. University)

Reading and Writing as a Functional Educational Objective

RUBY SARA GIBSON (Teachers College, Columbia University), R. Douglas Greer (Columbia University

Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), and Jennifer Weber (Teachers College,

Columbia University; Nicholls St. University)

Teaching Math as a Verbal Repertoire

MARY-GENEVIEVE WHITE (Teachers College, Columbia University), Jennifer Weber (Teachers

College, Columbia University; Nicholls St. University), and R. Douglas Greer (Columbia University

Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)

#45 Symposium

10:00 am–10:50 am EDT

EDC/CSS; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Ilene S. Schwartz, Ph.D.

Project ECHO: Implementing Family Support Using a State-of-the-Art Teleheath Service Delivery Model

Chair: Ilene S. Schwartz (University of Washington)

University of Washington ECHO for Families

KATHERINE BATEMAN and Ilene S. Schwartz (University of Washington)

University of Virginia ECHO for Caregivers

ROSE NEVILL and Gail Lovette (University of Virginia); Katherine Bateman (University of Washington);

and Genevieve Bohac, Karen Orlando, and Keith Page (University of Virginia)

University of Wyoming ECHO for Families

ERIC MOODY, Wendy Warren, Canyon Hardesty, and Rachel Freedman (University of Wyoming)

#46 Symposium

10:00 am–10:50 am EDT

OBM/CSS; Theory

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Lori H. Ludwig, Ph.D.

Digitizing Large Scale Behavior Change

Chair: Laura L. Methot (Performance Ally)

Making OBM Easier by Digitally Enabling Large-Scale Behavior Change

JULIE SMITH (Performance Ally)

Conduct a Rapid Behavior Systems Analysis to Identify Barriers to Achieving Results

LORI H. LUDWIG (Performance Ally)

Why a Behavior Software Architect is Key to Building Software that Reliably Changes Behavior

TOM E. DONALDSON (Performance Ally)

#47 Invited Panel

10:00 am–10:50 am EDT

SCI; Theory

PSY/BACB/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Christopher A. Podlesnik, Ph.D.

Quantitative Theories of Relapse to Improve Functional Communication Training: A Panel With Discussion

Chair: Christopher A. Podlesnik (Auburn University)

ANDREW CRAIG (State University of New York Upstate Medical University)

Dr. Andrew Craig earned his Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis in experimental

analyses of behavior from Utah State University. He completed postdoctoral training

at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute, where he

gained experience applying behavior-analytic principles to the assessment and

treatment of severe behavior disorders in children and adolescents with intellectual

and developmental disabilities. Dr. Craig currently is a postdoctoral research associate

in the Family Behavior Analysis program at Upstate Medical University and coordinator of the Behavior

Analysis Murine laboratory.

Dr. Craig’s research focuses on understanding why behavior persists when faced with challenges that

deter it and why behavior comes back (or “relapses”) after it has been eliminated. He is particularly

interested in bi-directional translational research, wherein novel approaches to intervention are developed

in controlled laboratory settings, assessed in clinical applications, and further rened in the laboratory

to maximize treatment efcacy and minimize barriers to treatment. Dr. Craig has published over 20

articles and book chapters on these and other topics, with several other manuscripts under review or in

development. He currently serves on the board of editors for the Journal of the Experimental Analysis

of Behaviorand has served as an ad hoc reviewer for The American Journal of Additions Behavioral

Neuroscience, Behavior al Processes, the European Journal of Behavior Analysis, the Journal of Applied

Behavior Analysis, and Perspectives of Behavioral Science.

JOEL RINGDAHL (University of Georgia)

Joel Ringdahl is an associate professor in the department of communication sciences

and special education at the University of Georgia. His research interests include

functional analysis and treatment of severe behavior problems, stimulus preference

assessments, functional communication training and translational research in the

areas of behavioral momentum theory and behavioral economics. He is the editor of

Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice.

Abstract: This panel will be a discussion of Dr. Brian Greer’s SQAB Tutorial on using quantitative theories

of relapse to improve FCT.

#48 Invited Presenter

10:00 am–10:50 am EDT

VRB; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Rocio Rosales, Ph.D.

ACoLE/BARR: Behavioral Assessment of Reading and Writing: Analyzing Student's Skills and

Establishing Teaching Goals

Chair: Rocio Rosales (University of Massachusetts Lowell)

DEISY DE SOUZA (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)

Deisy de Souza is Full Professor at the Psychology Department, Universidade Federal

de São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil, where she teaches behavior analysis in graduate

and undergraduate courses in psychology, and in special education. She obtained

her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology at Universidade de São Paulo (USP), under

the direction of Carolina Bori, and held a post-doctoral position at the University

of Maryland Baltimore County, working with Charlie Catania. She has published

articles and book chapters on non-human and human relational learning, including

studies applying the stimulus equivalence paradigm to investigate the acquisition

of symbolic relations involved in reading and writing, and in developing curricula to teach those skills.

She is past-editor of the Brazilian Journal of Behavior Analysis (BJBA), past-associate editor of Acta

Comportamentalia, and she is currently a member of the board of editors of JEAB. She received the

2015 Distinguished Contributions to the Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Award from the

Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Special Interest Group (EAHB SIG); she was elected ABAI

Fellow (2018); and she is currently the International Representative in the ABAI Council.

Abstract: Reading and writing skills can be conceived as a network of equivalence relations between

stimuli (e.g., printed words, dictated words, pictures, objects) and between stimuli and responses (e.g.,

picture naming, textual behavior, transcription, dictation-taking). We have been using this conceptual

framework as a foundation for the development of assessment tools and teaching procedures. In this

presentation I will describe an instrument for the assessment of basic repertoires involving S-S and

R-S relations which characterize the skills of beginning readers. The instrument comprises 15 tasks,

organized in blocks of 15 trials each. Some tasks measure identity matching-to-sample (picture identity,

printed word identity), arbitrary auditory-visual MTS (picture recognition, printed word recognition),

and visual-visual matching-to-sample MTS (picture <--> printed word correspondence). Other tasks

measure discriminated operants for which the discriminative stimuli are pictures (picture naming),

printed words (copying, textual behavior ["reading'']), and spoken words (dictation-taking). The child

performance in these tasks allows the identication of basic perceptual skills (does the student see and

hear?), vocal skills (does the student articulate the sounds with accuracy and in the correct sequence?),

and the main discriminations required to read and write accurately. Failures in some of these tasks (or

in all of them) provide important information about the student's current repertoire and the gaps that

need to be developed. The instrument was applied to approximately 2300 students (6–12 years old).

Individual results allowed the evaluation of selection-based responses (listening and seeing behavior)

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and topography-based responses (verbal operants in vocal or written modes) and to dene a prole of

the student's repertoire. Averaged data showed that the matching skills were signicantly correlated with

textual behavior and dictation-taking. An "integration" index taking into account all the scores showed

that, as predicted by the stimulus equivalence paradigm, the interdependence of the operants increased

as the entire repertoire developed. The integration index may be a useful tool for the prediction and

evaluation of the effects of teaching programs for establishing the target repertoire in non-readers.

#49 Paper Session

10:30 am–10:55 am EDT

AUT

A Systematic Approach to Pre-Session Pairing and Rapport Building in Programming for Individuals

Receiving ABA Therapy

Chair: Amy Rachel Bukszpan (Buttery Effects)

A Systematic Approach to Pre-Session Pairing and Rapport Building in Programming for

Individuals Receiving ABA Therapy (Service Delivery)

AMY RACHEL BUKSZPAN and Molly Ann McGinnis (Buttery Effects)

#50 Paper Session

10:30 am–10:55 am EDT

CSS

Decision Making in a Pandemic: Outcomes and Discussion of Utilizing a Crisis Decision Model to

Provide Essential ABA Services During a Pandemic

Chair: Benjamin Thomas Heimann (Center for Applied Behavior Analysis)

Decision-Making in a Pandemic: Outcomes and Discussion of Utilizing a Crisis Decision Model to

Provide Essential ABA Services During a Pandemic (Service Delivery)

BENJAMIN THOMAS HEIMANN, Richard Colombo, and David Legaspi (Center for Applied Behavior

Analysis); Michele D. Wallace (California State University, Los Angeles); and Rachel Taylor (Center for

Applied Behavior Analysis)

#51 Paper Session

11:00 am–11:25 am EDT

CSS

The Effects of Time Framing on Compliance to Hypothetical Social-Distancing Policies Related to

COVID-19

Chair: Mike Harman (Briar Cliff University)

The Effects of Time Framing on Compliance to Hypothetical Social-Distancing Policies Related to

COVID-19 (Applied Research)

MIKE HARMAN (Briar Cliff University)

#52 Paper Session

11:00 am–11:25 am EDT

PCH

Characteristics of Literature Reviews Published in Journals of Behavior Analysis: An Evaluation of

Change Across Multiple Decades

Chair: Seth King (The University of Iowa)

Characteristics of Literature Reviews Published in Journals of Behavior Analysis: An Evaluation of

Change Across Multiple Decades (Applied Research)

SETH KING (The University of Iowa)

#53 Symposium

11:00 am–11:50 am EDT

AUT/CSS; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Greg Elsky, Ph.D.

Quality and Quantity is Related to Outcome of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention for Children

With Autism

Chair: Gregory Elsky (Behavioral Learning Network)

Measuring Quality of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention

SIGMUND ELDEVIK (Oslo Metropolitan University), Silje Nikolaisen, Christine Lie, Hanne Skau, and

Astri Valmo (Centre for Early Intervention) and Roy Tonnesen (Autism Team Bergen, Norway)

Community Implementation of Early Behavioral Intervention: Higher Intensity and Quality Gives

Better Outcome

HEGE AARLIE (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences), Sigmund Eldevik (Oslo Metropolitan

University), Roy Tonnesen (Autism Team Bergen, Norway), Kristine Berg Titlestad (Western Norway

University of Applied Sciences), and Silje Nikolaisen (Centre for Early Intervention)

Video-Based Supervision of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention Programs: Perceived Quality,

Time Saved, and Implications for Caseload

AINA HAY-HANSSON and Sigmund Eldevik (Oslo Metropolitan University)

#54 Symposium

11:00 am–11:50 am EDT

AUT; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Ciobha Anne McKeown, Ph.D.

Approaches to Training Behavior Analytic Assessments and Interventions Across Professionals

Chair: Ciobha Anne McKeown (University of Florida)

Training Undergraduate Students to Conduct Trial-Based Functional Analysis Through Video Modeling

KARIE JOHN, Sarah E. Bloom, Breana Pauline, Anna Garcia (University of South Florida), and

Marlesha Bell (University of the Pacic)

Pyramidal Behavioral Skills Training for Staff Providing ABA Services to Adults With Autism

JAMES MARAVENTANO, Whitney Pubylski-Yanofchick, Ian Philip Bober, SungWoo Kahng, and Robert

LaRue (Rutgers University)

Teaching Professionals to Conduct a Structured Mealtime Assessment

Vivian F. Ibanez (Children's Specialized Hospital, Rutgers University) and KERRI P. PETERS, Janelle

Kirstie Bacotti, Lindsay Lloveras, and Timothy R. Vollmer (University of Florida)

#55 Symposium

11:00 am–11:50 am EDT

CSS/AUT; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Krista M. Clancy, Ph.D.

Exploring Barriers to Treatment With Stakeholder Driven Research: Giving BCBAs a Seat at the Table

Chair: Krista M. Clancy (Wayne State University)

Identifying Gaps and Barriers and Inviting the Right Stakeholders to the Table

KRISTA M. CLANCY (Wayne State University) and Tasha Kelly-Stiles, Julia Heany, and Mat Edick

(Michigan Public Health Institute)

Identifying Accessibility Barriers to Behavioral Services

ADRIENNE BRADLEY (Behavioral Frontiers), Michelle Madison (Starsh Family Services), Fatima

Alkassir (Muslims Understanding and Helping Special Education Needs), Jill Idicula (University

Pediatricians Autism Center), Krista M. Clancy (Wayne State University), and Mat Edick (Michigan

Public Health Institute)

Incorporating Cultural Competency Within Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis, Assessment and

Treatment: What Do We Need to Consider?

JILL IDICULA (University Pedestrians Autism Center), Fatima Alkassir (Muslims Understanding and

Helping Special Education Needs), Adrienne Bradley (Behavioral Frontiers), Krista M. Clancy (Wayne

State University), and Mat Edick (Michigan Public Health Institute)

#56 Symposium

11:00 am–11:50 am EDT

DDA/AUT; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Tina Sidener, Ph.D.

Recent Research on Video Modeling Interventions to Teach Daily Living Skills

Chair: Tina Sidener (Caldwell University)

A Comparison of Video Modeling, Chaining, and Video-Modeling-Plus-Chaining on Teaching

Complex Daily Living Skills to Twin Boys With Autism Spectrum Disorder

FINLEY WREN AAVATSMARK (Middle Tennessee State University), Bethany P. Contreras Young

(University of Nevada, Reno), and Sean Ganus (Middle Tennessee State University)

Teaching Water Flossing to Children

KANDACE SOMERS, Tina Sidener, Sharon A. Reeve, and Heather Pane (Caldwell University)

Teaching Leg Shaving With Finishing Touch Flawless Legs™ to Women With Disabilities

Natalie Folgia, Tina Sidener, Sharon A. Reeve, Ruth M. DeBar, and NICOLE PANTANO (Caldwell University)

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#57 SQAB Tutorial

11:00 am–11:50 am EDT

SCI; Basic Research

PSY/BACB/QABA/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Ellie Kazemi, Ph.D.

How Advanced Computer Technology can Advance Research and Practice in Behavior Analysis

Chair: David Roth (B. F. Skinner Foundation; Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11)

ELLIE KAZEMI (California State University, Northridge)

Dr. Kazemi is a Professor at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) where

she has developed and teaches undergraduate and graduate coursework in behavior

analysis for the past 10 years. She founded the Masters of Science Program in

Applied Behavior Analysis in 2010 and has collaborated with the CSUN community

to provide graduate students high quality supervision experiences. She currently has

two different lines of research. Her applied research interests involve identication

of efcient, effective strategies for practical training, supervision, and leadership.

Her laboratory research involves leveraging technology (e.g., robotics, virtual or

augmented reality) for efcient training and feedback using simulations. She is currently working on

several nationwide large projects (e.g., with FEMA and NASA) with a focus on effective training and

behavioral outcomes. She has received several mentorship awards including the ABAI Best Mentor

Award, the Outstanding Faculty Award, the Outstanding Teaching Award, and the Outstanding Service

Award. She has published articles and book chapters on a variety of topics including training, staff

turnover, and the use of technology in behavior analysis. She is the leading author of a handbook written

for both supervisors and supervisees that is titled, Supervision and Practicum in Behavior Analysis: A

Handbook for Supervisees.

Abstract: The rapid growth in computer technology means that nearly anything imaginable is either

possible or will soon become possible. Behavior analysts, as specialists in learning and behavior, are

uniquely trained to become strong collaborators on multidisciplinary teams focusing on projects to

advance machine learning, simulation-based experiences, and much more. In this tutorial, I will discuss

how we currently leverage such technology in my lab and integrate robotics, virtual reality (VR), and

articial intelligence (AI) in our behavior analytic research. I will share the outcomes of some of our

current research projects as well as my collaborative efforts on the Federal Emergency Management

Agency (FEMA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) grants.

#58 Invited Presenter

11:00 am–11:50 am EDT

TBA; Applied Research

PSY/BACB/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Tiffany Kodak, Ph.D.

Designing Skill Acquisition Programs: Considerations and Recommendations

Chair: Jason C. Vladescu (Caldwell University)

Designing Skill Acquisition Programs: Considerations and Recommendations

TIFFANY KODAK (Marquette University)

Dr. Kodak is an associate professor in the behavior analysis program at Marquette

University. She is a licensed psychologist, licensed behavior analyst, and board-certied

behavior analyst. She has worked with children diagnosed with autism spectrum

disorder more than 25 years. Dr. Kodak obtained her Ph.D. in school psychology from

Louisiana State University. She formerly served as an associate editor for the Journal

of Applied Behavior Analysis and Learning and Motivation. She currently serves on

several editorial boards including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, The Analysis

of Verbal Behavior, Behavior Analysis in Practice, and Learning and Motivation. Her

research interests in the area of early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder include

increasing the efciency of skill acquisition, treatment integrity, assessment-based instruction, verbal

behavior, conditional discriminations, parent training, and computer-assisted instruction.

Abstract: Designing skill acquisition programs requires careful consideration of variables that can

affect the speed of learning. For example, the number and type of stimuli to include in an instructional

set, sequencing of stimuli during instruction, the number of practice opportunities to arrange, and the

selection of mastery criteria are important considerations when designing programs for learners. In

this presentation, Dr. Kodak will synthesize research on these topics and provide recommendations for

practitioners who are responsible for designing instructional programs. In addition, areas of additional

research that can help improve the design and outcomes of skill-acquisition programs will be discussed.

#59 Invited Symposium

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

DEI; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Michele R. Traub, Ph.D.

Cultural Biases in Assessment, Treatment, and Access to ABA Services

Chair: Michele R. Traub (St. Cloud State University)

Discussant: Elizabeth Hughes Fong (Pepperdine University)

The Role of Culture for the Global Dissemination of Behavior Analysis

MAITHRI SIVARAMAN (Ghent University; Tendrils Centre for Autism)

Maithri Sivaraman is a board-certied behavior analyst with a master’s in

psychology from the University of Madras and holds a Graduate Certicate in ABA

from the University of North Texas. She is currently enrolled as a doctoral student

in Psychology at Ghent University in Belgium. In 2016, Sivaraman established

the Tendrils Centre for Autism Research and Intervention in Chennai, India to

make behavior analytic services more accessible to families with children with

developmental disabilities. With Dr. Tara Fahmie, she is the co-recipient of a

dissemination grant from the Behavior Analysis Certication Board’s (BACB) Committee of Philanthropy

to train caregivers in function-based assessments and interventions for problem behavior in India. Her

research focusses on social and verbal behavior interventions for children with disabilities, and cultural

considerations in the dissemination of behavior analysis. She has served as guest reviewer for the

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis since 2018, and is the international dissemination coordinator of

the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT).

Abstract: The cultural and linguistic diversity that characterizes the world remains a seminal barrier for

the global uptake of applied behavior analysis (ABA). Although North America accounts for only 4.7% of

the world’s population, more than 95% of BCBAs live in the United States and Canada. While behavioral

principles may be universally applicable, this talk will argue for why understanding cultural diversity

and avoiding prejudice is important. We will discuss specic challenges for the global dissemination of

ABA, with India as an example, and suggest potential training strategies with which to overcome such

barriers. Our training protocol may serve as an initial framework for practitioners and researchers to

achieve buy-in and positive outcomes internationally. In addition, we will highlight existing frameworks

to dene and describe cultural adaptations and list previously used adaptations in ABA-based treatments

for individuals outside of North America. Finally, we will advocate for a behavior analytic perspective for

organizing and reporting potentially relevant variables for the global success of ABA services.

DEI, Bias, and Cultural Humility: Putting It All Together for Social Justice Change

NASIAH CIRINCIONE-ULEZI (ULEZI, LLC; Pivot 2 Inclusion; The Chicago School of Professional

Psychology; Capella University) and NOOR YOUNUS SYED (SUNY Empire State College; Anderson

Center International; Endicott College)

Nasiah is a board-certied behavior analyst, with a doctorate degree in education from

Loyola University of Chicago. She holds a master’s degree in special education from

the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a master's degree in educational leadership

from the American College of Education. She is a graduate of the Infant Studies

Specialist Program at Erikson Institute of Chicago. In addition to her BCBA credential,

she is an Illinois licensed special education teacher and an Illinois Early Intervention

provider and State evaluator. Professionally, she has served as a special educator,

clinician, educational administrator, and professor of special education. Her clinical experience spans

infancy through adulthood. Currently, she is the CEO and founder of ULEZI, LLC, co-founder of Pivot 2

Inclusion and serves as a court appointed special advocate, for children in the Illinois foster care system.

She is also an Advisory Board member for Black Applied Behavior Analysts and a Board member for

the Illinois Association for Behavior Analysis. She has assisted school districts in the State of Illinois in

developing meaningful educational programs to meet the needs of students with autism. Her research

interests include supervision, mentoring, leadership, and culturally humble practice within the eld of

ABA. She is a champion for diversity, equity and inclusion and is deeply committed to using her skills

and experiences, paired with the science of applied behavior analysis, to empower the lives of the people

she supports and serves, in positive and meaningful ways.

Noor Syed, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA/LBS, (she/her) is an assistant professor of applied

behavior analysis, clinical coordinator, and founding director of the Center for

Autism Inclusivity (Research, Education, and Services) with SUNY Empire State

College. She is also a Senior International Program director with Anderson Center

International, an adjunct professor advisor in ABA with Endicott College, and research

coordinator for the Global Autism Project. She is a certied general and special

education teacher in New York, U.S., birth through grade six. Over the past 15 years,

Dr. Syed has worked with individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and

developmental disabilities from early intervention through adulthood in school and center-based settings

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as a teacher, therapist, consultant, and administrator. Dr. Syed has consulted for autism clinics around

the world, including in Uganda, Antigua and Barbuda, and the Czech Republic, and currently serves as

the international and school-based expert on ABAEthicsHotline.com with Dr. Jon Bailey. She assisted

in building Lehigh University Autism Services and its corresponding practicum, which is an insurance

and university-based program offering services in the home, community, and clinic. Dr. Syed’s interests

lie in compassionate care, cultural humility, ethical practices, supervision, the practice of school-based

BCBAs, and diversity. She received her undergraduate degree in ABA under Dr. Raymond G. Romanczyk

in the Institute of Child Development at Binghamton University and completed her Ph.D. in ABA with Dr.

R. Douglas Greer at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Abstract: The pressing need to engage in compassionate, culturally humble behavior as a eld became

apparent following the needless deaths of those such as Mr. George Floyd; the world at large recognized the

importance of social justice and, as behavior analysts, we are uniquely poised to engage in systems change

and create levels of institutional accountability throughout all aspects of our work. This dialogue will discuss

culture as a dynamic metacontingency and will focus on understanding diversity, equity, and inclusion

(DEI) as related to all cultures. We will analyze our own self-bias and will describe ethical problem-

solving frameworks designed to increase DEI through the engagement of culturally humble behaviors

as practitioners and researchers. Finally, we will review ways to implement measures of institutional

accountability to assess whether we are meeting our goals of DEI. We will end by inviting questions from

the audience to promote thoughtful considerations intended to further our understanding of the topography

of culturally humble behaviors and how we can begin immediately to engage in social justice change.

#60 Symposium

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

AAB; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Andrew Bulla, Ph.D.

Preference and Reinforcer Assessments in Domestic and Captive Animals

Chair: Mindy Waite (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee)

Discussant: Christy A. Alligood (Disney's Animal Kingdom and University of Florida)

Exploring the Effects of Preference Assessment Outcomes on Environmental Enrichment Devices

With Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta)

ANDREW BULLA (Georgia Southern University - Armstrong), Amanda Mahoney (The Chicago School

of Professional Psychology), and Erin Frick (Eckard College)

Making a Tiger’s Day: Free-Operant Assessment and Environmental Enrichment to Improve the

Daily Lives of Captive Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris)

Trista Shrock and MICHAEL C. CLAYTON (Missouri State University)

Simple Food Preference Assessments for Companion Dogs

MINDY WAITE (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee) and Tiffany Kodak (Marquette University)

A Parametric Analysis of the Duration of Petting as a Reinforcer for Shelter Dog Behavior

ARIELLE BRIANNA HEGR, Steven W. Payne, and Dolly Mizner Stiles (California State University, Fresno)

#61 Symposium

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

AUT; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Daniel E. Conine, Ph.D.

Efcacy and Efciency in Skill Acquisition: Novel Approaches to Measurement and Procedural Renement

Chair: Daniel E. Conine (Georgia State University)

Discussant: Dorothea C. Lerman (University of Houston-Clear Lake)

A Comparison of Continuous and Discontinuous Data Collection in Discrete Trial Teaching

LISA PABST WILLIAMS (Florida Autism Center), Crystal M. Slanzi and Timothy R. Vollmer (University

of Florida), Daniel E. Conine (Georgia State University), and James E. Carr (Behavior Analyst

Certication Board)

An Evaluation of Prompting Procedures on Prompt Dependence and Task Mastery

EMMA GRAUERHOLZ-FISHER (Salve Regina University), Jonathan K. Fernand (Aurora University),

Brandon C. Perez (University of Florida), Haleh Amanieh (West Virginia University), and Timothy R.

Vollmer (University of Florida)

The Efcacy and Efciency of Error-Correction: An Examination of Dependent Measures During

Instruction

JESSI REIDY, Tiffany Kodak, Mary Halbur, Lauren Debertin, Alyssa P. Scott, Courtney Lyn Meyerhofer,

Xi'an Maya Williams, and Marisa E. McKee (Marquette University)

Assessment and Treatment of Response to Name in Children With Autism

DANIEL E. CONINE (Georgia State University), Timothy R. Vollmer (University of Florida), Molly A.

Barlow (Dartmouth College), Cynthia Dela Rosa (Florida Autism Center), Abigail Petronelli (Florida

Institute of Technology), and Emma Grauerholz-Fisher (Salve Regina University)

#62 Symposium

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

AUT/VRB; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Caio F. Miguel, Ph.D.

Emergent Responding: Recent Advances and Future Directions

Chair: Maria Clara Cordeiro (Marquette University)

Discussant: Caio F. Miguel (California State University, Sacramento)

Comparing the Efcacy and Efciency of Tact Training Procedures for Generalization With Children

With Autism Spectrum Disorder

GABRIELLA RACHAL VAN DEN ELZEN and Regina A. Carroll (University of Nebraska Medical Center

Munroe-Meyer Institute)

The Effects of Varying Matrix Training Arrangements on Recombinative Generalization

Rebecca Durham, Samantha Bergmann, Karen A. Toussaint, MARCUS DANIEL STRUM, and Chelsea

Christina Elwood (University of North Texas)

Teaching Who, What, and Where Using Matrix Training

MARIA CLARA CORDEIRO (Marquette University), Mary Halbur (University of Nebraska Medical

Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute), Tiffany Kodak (Marquette University), Gabriella Rachal Van Den Elzen

(University of Nebraska Medical Center Munroe-Meyer Institute), and Jessi Reidy (Marquette University)

Matrix Training With and Without Instructive Feedback

ALEXANDRA MARIE CAMPANARO, Bryan Rickoski, Jason C. Vladescu, and Sharon A. Reeve (Caldwell

University) and Danielle L. Gureghian (Garden Academy)

#63 Symposium

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

CBM; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Caitlin A. Kirkwood, Ph.D.

Research Trends, Practical Considerations, and Future Directions in Pediatric Feeding Disorders

Chair: Valdeep Saini (Brock University)

Discussant: Caitlin A. Kirkwood (Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health)

An Evaluation of Environmental Enrichment on Indices of Happiness and Unhappiness During

Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders

LAURA E. PHIPPS (University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute), Kathryn M. Peterson

(Rutgers University and Children's Specialized Hospital), and Cathleen C. Piazza (Rutgers University)

Intensive Multidisciplinary Intervention for Patients With Feeding Tube Dependence: An Electronic

Medical Record Review

ADDAM J. WAWRZONEK (Marcus Autism Center; Emory University School of Medicine; Michigan

State University); William G. Sharp (Marcus Autism Center); Valerie M. Volkert (Marcus Autism

Center; Emory University School of Medicine); and Rashelle Berry, Kathryn Holman Stubbs, Carla

Luevano, Courtney McCracken, and Lawrence Scahill (Marcus Autism Center)

#64 Symposium

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

CSS/PCH; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Shahla Susan Ala'i, Ph.D.

Culture, Race, and Behavior Analysis

Chair: Mychal Machado (University of Alaska Anchorage)

Discussant: Shahla Susan Ala'i (University of North Texas)

Assessing Correspondence Between Caregiver and Provider Treatment Preference in Alaska

KRISTIN RIALL, Katelynn Marie Mobley, and Mychal Machado (University of Alaska Anchorage)

A Look at Using Culturally Responsive Research Practices in the Field of Behavior Analysis

SHERI KINGSDORF and Karel Pancocha (Masaryk University)

Towards the Development of Antiracist and Multicultural Graduate Training Programs in Behavior

Analysis

Adel Najdowski, LUSINEH GHARAPETIAN, and Victorya Jewett (Pepperdine University)

A Behavioral Analysis of Two Strategies to Eliminate Racial Bias in Police Use-of-Force

ASHLEY MARIE LUGO (Florida Institute of Technology) and Mychal Machado (University of Alaska

Anchorage)

Saturday, May 29

#65 Symposium

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

DDA/AUT; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: David R. Donnelly, Ph.D.

Automatic or Undifferentiated Functional Analysis Results for Individuals With Challenging Behavior:

Expanding Our Understanding and Effectiveness

Chair and discussant: David R. Donnelly (In Private Practice; Webster University)

Toward a Biological Analysis of Automatic Functions of Challenging Behavior

ELIZABETH ANDRESEN (Autism Learning Partners) and David R. Donnelly (In Private Practice;

Webster University)

Automatic Reinforcement and Anxiety: Measuring Physiological Responses

SHAWN E. HAPPE (Harmony Behavioral Health)

Physiological Measures and Matching Treatment: Examining the Relationship Between

Physiological Responses and Challenging Behaviors

NANCY I. SALINAS (Harmony Behavioral Health)

Rethinking Automatic Reinforcement: Matching Law Contribution to Developing Effective Treatment

ZHICHUN ZHOU (Webster University)

#66 Symposium

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

EAB; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Madeleine Diane Keevy, MS

Extending the Renewal Literature Through Basic and Translational Research

Chair: Madeleine Diane Keevy (University of Nebraska Medical Center; Children's Specialized Hospital -

Rutgers University Center for Autism Research, Education, and Services)

Discussant: Michael E. Kelley (University of Scranton)

ABA Renewal After Response Elimination With an Extinction or an Omission Contingency

CATALINA REY, Eric A. Thrailkill, Kate Goldberg, and Mark E. Bouton (University of Vermont)

Context-Discrimination Training During Treatment May Reduce ABC Renewal

William Sullivan and Andrew R. Craig (SUNY Upstate Medical University); Kaitlyn Browning (Utah

State University); and NICOLE DEROSA, Emily L. Baxter, and Henry S. Roane (SUNY Upstate Medical

University)

An Evaluation of the Effects of Multiple Languages on Renewal of Responding

FABIOLA VARGAS LONDONO, Terry S. Falcomata, Ashley Bagwell, Andrea Ramirez-Cristoforo,

Monique Barnett, and Travis Wong (The University of Texas at Austin) and Henry S. Roane (Upstate

Medical University)

Operant Renewal of Desirable Behavior in a Simulated Workplace: A Translational Model

Matthew Novak, Abigail Blackman, TYLER ERATH, and Florence D. DiGennaro Reed (University of

Kansas)

#67 Symposium

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

EDC/TBA; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Jennifer Wertalik, Ph.D.

Adaptations of the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction to Online and Other Alternative

Learning Environments

Chair and discussant: Kent Johnson (Morningside Academy)

Assessing and Teaching Learning Skills in Online Environments With the Morningside Model of

Generative Instruction

NICOLE ERICKSON and Andrew Robert Kieta (Morningside Academy)

Creating Meaningful Student Responding, Errorless Learning, and Immediate Feedback With

Generative Instruction in Online Environments

HANNAH JENKINS and Joanne K. Robbins (Morningside Academy)

High Rate Responding and Academic Performance With Morningside’s Generative Instruction

Model During a Pandemic

JUSTIN HALTON (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center)

Applying Instructional Design Principles and Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies to the Online

Classroom

JENNIFER WERTALIK (Georgia Southern University), Andrew Bulla (Georgia Southern University -

Armstrong)

#68 Special Event

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

OTH; Theory

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Peter R. Killeen, Ph.D.

International Task Force on Education in Behavior Science and Application

Chair: Peter R. Killeen (Arizona State University)

JENNA MRLJAK (Association for Behavior Analysis International)

SMITA AWASTHI (Behavior Momentum India)

KANAKO OTSUI (Kindai University)

INGUNN SANDAKER (Oslo Metropolitan University)

Abstract: The ABAI International Task Force on Education was formed in 2020. It includes

representatives from ten countries. The goal of the task force is to develop a model of education that can

meet the needs of constituents around the world. The task force generated a model of education that

has been reviewed and supported by the ABAI Accreditation and VCS Boards, and the ABAI Executive

Council. Constituents from India, Japan, and Norway will provide an update on the on the task force’s

progress. We welcome attendance of all those interested in this effort.

#69 Symposium

11:00 am–12:50 pm EDT

TBA/EDC; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Emily L. Baxter, Ph.D.

Caregiver Training: An Integral Component of Behavior-Analytic Service Delivery

Chair: William Sullivan (SUNY Upstate Medical University)

Discussant: William H. Ahearn (New England Center for Children)

Further Evaluation of the Reliability and Validity of a Staff Performance Assessment Tool

Daniel J. Cymbal, David A. Wilder, Rachel Thomas, HALLIE MARIE ERTEL (Florida Institute of

Technology)

Development and Evaluation of a Decision-Making Tool for Evaluating and Selecting Prompting

Strategies

LANDON COWAN (Marquette University) and Dorothea C. Lerman, KALLY M. LUCK, Amber Prell, and

Ning Chen (University of Houston-Clear Lake)

Increasing and Maintaining Procedural Integrity Using a Brief Video Model

BRANDI TODARO (Western New England University) and William H. Ahearn (New England Center for

Children)

Developing a Behavioral Parent-Training Program Specic to High-Frequency Maladaptive

Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorders

EMILY L. BAXTER and William Sullivan (SUNY Upstate Medical University), Avery Albert (Syracuse

University), Nicole M. DeRosa (SUNY Upstate Medical University), Kevin Antshel (Syracuse

University), and Henry S. Roane (SUNY Upstate Medical University)

#70 Paper Session

11:30 am–11:55 am EDT

CSS

Keep that House! How a Culturo-Behavioral Science Analysis May Improve Housing Stability for

Families Who Have Experienced Homelessness

Chair: Richard F. Rakos (Cleveland State University)

Keep that House! How a Culturo-Behavioral Science Analysis May Improve Housing Stability for

Families Who Have Experienced Homelessness (Theory)

Kennee Beth Switzer (Family Promise of Greater Cleveland) and RICHARD F. RAKOS (Cleveland State

University)

#71 Paper Session

11:30 am–11:55 am EDT

PCH

Research in the Era of COVID-19: Best Practices for Conducting Ethical Research via Virtual Platforms

Chair: Natalie Donisi (Rowan University)

Research in the Era of COVID-19: Best Practices for Conducting Ethical Research via Virtual

Platforms (Theory)

NATALIE DONISI, Bethany R. Raiff, and Matthew J. Dwyer (Rowan University)

Saturday, May 29

#72 Paper Session

12:00 pm–12:25 pm EDT

CSS

Evaluation of Residential Services for Older Adults With Intellectual Disabilities/Developmental

Disabilities Residing in the Community

Chair: Tanya Hough (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

Evaluation of Residential Services for Older Adults With Intellectual Disabilities/Developmental

Disabilities Residing in the Community (Service Delivery)

TANYA HOUGH and Jack Spear (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

#73 Paper Session

12:00 pm–12:25 pm EDT

PCH

Behavior Analysis Was Never Clear About "Slope" in Graphed Data

Chair: Chad Kinney (Florida Institute of Technology)

Behavior Analysis Was Never Clear About "Slope" in Graphed Data (Applied Research)

CHAD KINNEY (Florida Institute of Technology)

#74 Symposium

12:00 pm–12:50 pm EDT

AUT/DDA; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Christopher M. Rosado, Ph.D.

Some Extensions and Additions to Video Modeling Practices: Advances in Intervention and Training

Chair: Christopher M. Rosado (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

The Use of Immersive Video Modeling as a Method of Staff Training in Therapeutic Staff

CHRISTOPHER M. ROSADO (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology), Dorothy Xuan Zhang

(The Chicago School of Professional Psychology; George Mason University; ABA Professional

Committee of China Association of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons), and Amanda Mahoney and

Jack Spear (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

Analysis of Live-Modeling Without Prompting and Video-Modeling Without Prompts for Teaching

Imitation to Children With Autism

TRACY CAPOTE-SANCHEZ and Teresa Cardon (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

The Effectiveness of Behavior Skills Training and Multiple Video Exemplar Training in Teaching

Children With Autism to Identify Interested and Disinterested Behavior of a Listener

BRANDON GANN and Teresa Cardon (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

#75 Symposium

12:00 pm–12:50 pm EDT

AUT/DDA; Translational

BACB/QABA/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Lindsay Maffei-Almodovar, Ph.D.

Recent Developments in Applying Behavioral Skills Training in Contemporary Services

Chair: Sarah Davis (Brock University)

Parent-Implemented Behavior Interventions via Telehealth for Older Children and Adolescents

CHRISTINE DREW (Auburn University) and Wendy A. Machalicek (University of Oregon)

An Examination of Variables That Predict Turnover, Staff and Caregiver Satisfaction in Behavior-

Analytic Organizations

DANIEL J. CYMBAL (Florida Institute of Technology), Sara Gershfeld Litvak (Behavioral Health Center

of Excellence), and David A. Wilder and Gary Burns (Florida Institute of Technology)

Pyramidal Behavioral Skills Training, Productivity Monitoring, Goal Setting, Feedback and

Teacher Incentives Across Three Schools: Six Years of Data

LINDSAY MAFFEI-ALMODOVAR, Cynthia E. Martinez, and Lillian Rothmaler (Quality Services for the

Autism Community) and Peter Sturmey (The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of

New York)

#76 Symposium

12:00 pm–12:50 pm EDT

AUT/CBM; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Sarah C. Mead Jasperse, Ph.D.

Assessment and Treatment of Challenging Behavior

Chair: Sarah C. Mead Jasperse (Emirates College for Advanced Education)

Some Effects of Noncontingent Delivery of Competing Stimuli on Automatically Maintained Self-

Injurious Behavior and Compliance With Mastered Tasks

MATTHEW LEAL and Claudia Campos (Florida Institute of Technology), Yanerys Leon (University of

Miami), and Laura Wilcke (Florida Institute of Technology)

Assessment and Function-Based Treatment of Elopement in Children With Autism

MARISSA E. KAMLOWSKY (University of Kansas); David A. Wilder (Florida Institute of Technology);

Ansley Catherine Hodges (Nemours Children's Hospital; Florida Institute of Technology); and Hallie

Marie Ertel, Laurel Esther Domino, and Natalia Colon (Florida Institute of Technology)

An Evaluation of a Functional Analysis for Appropriate Behavior

Heather Hancock (Aurora University; Little City Foundation), SARAH C. MEAD JASPERSE (Emirates

College for Advanced Education), Caritina Cervantes (Aurora University; Little City Foundation), Maria

Vander Pluym (Little City Foundation), and Arlette Ramos (Aurora University; Little City Foundation)

#77 Symposium

12:00 pm–12:50 pm EDT

CSS/CBM; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Samantha Fuesy, MA

The Road Less Traveled: Revolutionizing Applied Behavior Analysis

Chair: Samantha Fuesy (Adapt & Transform Behavior, LLC)

Diversifying ABA to New Places Using Behavior Skills Training and Feedback to Increase

Prociency Within Detention Staff

SARA HORDGES (Adapt & Transform Behavior, LLC)

Using High Density ABA to Increase Effectiveness and Efciency of Facility-Wide Interventions in

the Juvenile Residential Facility

EMILY KIEFFER (Adapt & Transform Behavior, LLC)

When Helping Hurts

SAMANTHA FUESY (Adapt & Transform Behavior, LLC)

#78 Panel Discussion

12:00 pm–12:50 pm EDT

CSS/PCH; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Susan M. Schneider, Ph.D.

Behavioral Barriers to Climate Sustainability: A Challenge to Our Field

Chair: Susan M. Schneider (Root Solutions)

KATHERINE MARTINI (Bell’s Brewery)

CRISS WILHITE (California State University Fresno)

#79 Symposium

12:00 pm–12:50 pm EDT

CSS/TBA; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Zhihui Yi, MS

Toward an Inclusive and Diverse Behavior Analysis: Advantages and Barriers to International

Collaboration

Chair: Elana Keissa Sickman (Missouri State University)

Discussant: Tom G. Szabo (Florida Institute of Technology)

The Effect of Bilingual Experience on Derived Relational Responding and Psychological Flexibility

ZHIHUI YI and Mark R. Dixon (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Barriers and Considerations for International Students in Behavior Analytic Graduate Programs

SIDHANT SEHGAL (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology), Rocco G. Catrone (Southern Illinois

University Carbondale), Manish K. Goyal and Sebastian Garcia-Zambrano (Southern Illinois University), and

Danielle Wilhelmina Kennedy and Somchart Sakulkoo (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

Saturday, May 29

#80 Symposium

12:00 pm–12:50 pm EDT

DDA/AUT; Applied Research

Recent Advances and Applications of Telehealth in Applied Behavior Analysis During the COVID-19

Pandemic

Chair: Hedda Meadan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

ABA Professionals Expedited Delivery of Therapeutic Services via Telehealth During the COVID-19

Pandemic: Lessons Learned

ANA DUENAS GARCIA (Lehigh University) and Sophia R. D'Agostino (Hope College)

Supporting Professionals to Coach Caregivers Who Have Children With Autism During Pandemic:

A Single-Case Study

MOON YOUNG CHUNG, James Lee, Hedda Meadan, Michelle Sands, and Ben Sleiman (University of

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Effects of Online Modules on Challenging Behaviors for Korean Families: A Randomized

Controlled Trial

JAMES LEE and Hedda Meadan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

#81 Symposium

12:00 pm–12:50 pm EDT

DDA/AUT; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Natalie Mandel, M.Ed.

An Evaluation of Procedures to Increase Acquisition or Independence for Individuals With Intellectual

and Developmental Disabilities Across the Lifespan

Chair: J. Turner Butler Braren (University of South Florida)

An Evaluation of the Impact of Stimulus Mode on Acquisition, Maintenance, and Generalization of

Tacts of Actions

NATALIE MANDEL and Cividini-Motta Cividini (University of South Florida) and Jeff Schram (Engage

Behavioral Health)

Extending Brief Error-Correction Assessments to Adults With Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities

J. TURNER BUTLER BRAREN, Andrew L. Samaha, and Karie John (University of South Florida)

Evaluating the Role of Staff Proximity During Vocational Tasks for Adults With Autism Spectrum

Disorder

JENNA BUDGE, James Maraventano, Meghan Hoffmann, and Robert LaRue (Rutgers University)

#82 Symposium

12:00 pm–12:50 pm EDT

DEV/PCH; Theory

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Genevieve M. DeBernardis, Ph.D.

Child Development: Recent Advancements in Theory and Basic and Applied Research

Chair: Nicole Luke (Brock University)

Behavioral Systems Theory: A Contextual Behavioral Model of Development

GARY D. NOVAK (California State University Stanislaus)

Basic Research in Understanding Child Development Phenomena

MARTHA PELAEZ (Florida International University)

A Behavioral Systems Theory Approach to the Treatment of Childhood Behavior Disorders

GENEVIEVE M. DEBERNARDIS (University of Nevada, Reno)

#83 Invited Panel

12:00 pm–12:50 pm EDT

SCI; Theory

BACB/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Darlene Crone-Todd, Ph.D.

Computer Technology and the Future of Behavior Analysis: A Panel With Discussion

Chair: Jonathan W. Pinkston (Western New England University)

CASEY CLAY (University of Missouri)

Dr. Casey Clay is an assistant professor in the Department of Special Education at

the University of Missouri. He is a board-certied behavior analyst (BCBA-D) and

licensed behavior analyst (LBA) in the state of Missouri. He received a master of

science degree from Northeastern University in applied behavior analysis (ABA) and

a Ph.D. from Utah State University in disability disciplines. After his Ph.D. program

he completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Missouri. He has over

10 years of clinical experience designing and implementing ABA programs with

individuals with disabilities including working at the ASSERT preschool and Behavior

Support Clinic in Logan, UT; the New England Center for Children in Boston, MA; and the MU Thompson

Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental disabilities in Columbia, MO. He also has published his

research in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA), Behavior Analysis in Practice, Research

in Developmental Disabilities, and Learning and Motivation. He has also served as a guest reviewer for

JABA, Journal of Behavioral Education, Behavioral Interventions, and The Behavior Analyst. His research

focuses on evaluation of preference for and reinforcing efcacy of novel stimuli (e.g., social interactions,

therapy animals), reduction of severe problem behavior, and methodologies to increase efciency of

skills training for clinicians and pre-service behavior analysts.

DARLENE CRONE-TODD (Salem State University)

Darlene E. Crone-Todd (University of Manitoba, 2002) is a Full Professor in

Psychology at Salem State University. She designed and coordinates the graduate

program in Behavior Analysis, and has presented in over 50 symposiums at

conferences worldwide, including time spent researching and presenting in Brazil.

She has published research in peer-reviewed journals including, The Behavior

Analyst Today, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, and Substance Use and Misuse.

Dr. Crone-Todd completed a post-doc at the Johns Hopkins University School of

Medicine in Behavior Pharmacology in 2003. Her current research interests include

human choice behavior, computer-mediated learning environments, higher-order thinking, basic and

applied research in behavioral pharmacology, and shaping behavior. Ongoing projects involve behavioral

interventions related to wellness, and to facilitating student success.

AARON FISCHER (University of Utah)

Dr. Fischer has been working with individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD),

and individuals with social-emotional and behavioral problems, and their families,

for over 15 years. He graduated from the University of Miami, where he earned

a bachelor’s degree in psychology and worked as a research coordinator at the

Center for Autism and Related Disabilities. Dr. Fischer completed his master’s and

doctoral degree in school psychology at Louisiana State University. Before arriving

at the University of Utah in 2014, he completed his predoctoral internship in clinical

psychology at the May Institute in Massachusetts. His internship and graduate

work focused on providing evidence-based practices in schools, hospitals, and mental health clinics

to children with disabilities and their families. Specically, Dr. Fischer’s clinical interests concentrate

on the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with ASD and related disorders, as well

as providing support and training to their families. Additionally, he has extensive experience in the

assessment and treatment of problem behavior, as well as the acquisition of adaptive skills, in individuals

with ASD and developmental disabilities. As such, his scholarship is considerably inuenced by his

applied work in those areas. Currently, Dr. Fischer is the Dee Endowed Professor of school psychology,

an adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry, and director of the Huntsman Mental health Institute HOME

program interdisciplinary pediatric feeding disorders clinic at the University of Utah. Additionally, Dr.

Fischer is a licensed psychologist and licensed board-certied behavior analyst.

Abstract: This panel will be a discussion of Dr. Ellie Kazemi’s SQAB Tutorial on the utility of computer

technologies in behavior analysis.

#84 Paper Session

12:30 pm–12:55 pm EDT

PCH

Social Learning as a Radical Behaviorist Paradigm: An Introduction to Social Learning Research and

Its Recent Trends

Chair: Christina Nord (University of Lethbridge)

Social Learning as a Radical Behaviorist Paradigm: An Introduction to Social Learning Research

and Its Recent Trends (Theory)

CHRISTINA NORD (University of Lethbridge)

#85 Poster Session

1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

AAB

Discussant: Mindy Waite (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee)

1. Application of Behavioral Principles to Balance the Controversy of "Positive-Only" Versus

"Balanced" Dog Training (PCH; Theory) MATTHEW GROSS (Shippensburg University) and Richard Cook

(Applied Behavior Medicine Associates of Hershey)

2. Social Reinforcement in Domestic Dogs: Spaced Sessions Might Impact Reinforcer Efcacy (Basic

Research) ERICA N. FEUERBACHER (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), Caitlin Togher

(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

3. Effects of Real-Time or Recorded Human Voice Cues, Facial Coverings and Use of Gestures on

Accuracy and Latency of Responding to Obedience Cues in Dogs (Canis familiaris) (EAB; Basic

Research) VALERI FARMER-DOUGAN, Jennifer Gavin, and Lux Cermak (Illinois State University)

Saturday, May 29

4. Unleashing the EAB Lab: Teaching Behavior Analysis & Humane Education Through a Virtual

Companion Animal Behavior Clinic (TBA; Applied Research) LINDSAY RENEE MEHRKAM, Ashley

Farrell, Nicholas Quinn, and Cristina Naha (Monmouth University)

5. Impact of Positive Reinforcement Training on Cribbing Behavior in Horses (Applied Research)

JACQUELINE OH and Erica N. Feuerbacher (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

#87 Poster Session

1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

EAB

Discussant: Erik Arntzen (Oslo Metropolitan University)

6. Effects of Differential Reinforcer Magnitude of an Alternative Response on the Resurgence of

Academic Responding (Applied Research) EMILY L. BAXTER, Brian K. Martens, Taysha Cerisier,

Samantha Sallade, and Joshua Circe (Syracuse University)

7. Effects of Four Types of Feedback Upon Stimulus Equivalence Class Formation (VRB; Basic

Research) MARIO SERRANO (Universidad Veracruzana)

8. Cross-Cultural Comparison of Delay Discounting in American and Japanese College Students (Basic

Research) MICHIKO SORAMA (Kyoto Notre Dame University) and Lori-Ann B. Forzano, Michael Fensken,

Cara Bakalik, Lauren Soda, Lauren Teti, and Heather Graupman (State University of New York-Brockport)

9. The Merger of Equivalence Classes Established Experimentally and Pre-Experimentally via a

Common Stimulus (Printed Word) (Basic Research) RAMON MARIN (Universidade Federal de São Carlos),

Vanessa Pereira (University of Bergen), and Deisy De Souza (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)

10. Further Analysis of Mixed-Compound Consequences and Their Role in Equivalence-Class

Formation (Basic Research) RICHELLE ELIZABETH HURTADO and Carol Pilgrim (University of North

Carolina Wilmington)

11. Reorganization and Maintenance of Equivalence Classes after Overtraining (Basic Research)

GIOVAN WILLIAN RIBEIRO and Deisy De Souza (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)

12. Using Probability and Social Discounting to Predict Compliance With Protective Measures During

the COVID-19 Pandemic (CSS; Basic Research) JULIO CAMARGO, Denise Aparecida Passarelli, Marlon

Alexandre de Oliveira, and Filipe César Carvalho (Universidade Federal de São Carlos); Djenane Brasil da

Conceição (Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia); and Josiane Maria Donadeli, Alceu Regaço,

and Julio C. De Rose (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)

13. The Function of Observing Responses: Investigating the Effects of Observing-Stimulus Duration

(Basic Research) PETER KIM, Douglas Elliffe, and Sarah Cowie (University of Auckland)

Discussant: Paulo Morales Mayer (CEUMA)

14. Discounting Fixed-Ratio Requirements in Rats (Basic Research) EMILY BROOKS, Emily Boley,

Katie Monske, Eric James French, and Mark P. Reilly (Central Michigan University)

15. Inuencing Saliva, but not Evaluations, Following Subliminal Conditioning (PCH; Basic Research)

DENISE APARECIDA PASSARELLI (Universidade Federal de São Carlos), Micah Amd (University of the

South Pacic), and Marlon Alexandre de Oliveira and Julio C. De Rose (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)

16. Social Discounting Towards Relatives and Non-Relatives (Basic Research) NATALIE BUDDIGA and

Matt Locey (University of Nevada, Reno)

17. Human Conc FR FI Responding in a Computer Game May Shows Sensitivity to Schedule

Contingencies (Basic Research) DEBRA J. SPEAR and Eleanor Dick (South Dakota State University)

18. Effects of an Intruding Stimulus on the Temporal Distribution of Schedule-Induced Ethanol

Consumption in Rats (AAB; Basic Research) RAUL AVILA and GUADALUPE MOGUEL (Universidad

Nacional Autónoma de México)

19. Functional Classes in Rats (VRB; Basic Research) KYNDRA LAWSON, Sarah Elizabeth Accattato,

Melissa Meglin, Spencer Bruce, Cassondra Giarrusso, Sophie Pinneke, Elijah Richardson, and Mark

Galizio (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

20. “Difference” Abstract Concept Learning in Rats: A Successive Nonmatching-to-Sample Procedure

Using Set-Size Expansion (Basic Research) MELISSA MEGLIN, Sarah Elizabeth Accattato, Kyndra

Lawson, Spencer Bruce, Cassondra Giarrusso, Sophie Pinneke, Elijah Richardson, and Katherine Ely

Bruce (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

21. Motivational State-Dependent Renewal and Reinstatement: Motivational and Discriminative

Functions of Food Deprivation and Satiation Conditions (Basic Research) CAITLYN PEAL, Matthew

Lewon, Christina M. Peters, and Linda J. Parrott Hayes (University of Nevada, Reno)

22. Transfer of Function and the Role of Prior Equivalence Testing (Theory) HAWKEN V. HASS and

Adam H. Doughty (College of Charleston)

23. Reinforcement of Variability Through an Online Video Game (Basic Research) HANNAH MELELANI

JOHNSON, Jennifer Krafft, Mariah Willis, and Amy Odum (Utah State University)

24. Brief Mindfulness and Human Temporal Estimation (Basic Research) MARIBEL RODRIGUEZ

PEREZ and Shrinidhi Subramaniam (California State University, Stanislaus)

#89 Poster Session

1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

EDC

Discussant: Kimberly Crosland (University of South Florida)

25. Adapting a Function-Based Intervention to Promote Autonomy and Safety for a Student With

Emotional Disturbance (Applied Research) MARNEY SQUIRES POLLACK and Blair Lloyd (Vanderbilt

University), Jessica Torelli (Western Kentucky University), and Katie Copeland (Vanderbilt University)

26. The Effects a Fluency Building Intervention on Math Facts Performance for Students Receiving

Intensive Academic Support (Applied Research) JAMES STOCKER, Emily Crumpler, and Alexandra

Gonzales (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

27. An Examination of Maine Schools’ Fidelity of Implementation of Positive Behavior Intervention

and Supports and the Impact on Restraint and Seclusion Use (PCH; Applied Research) COURTNEY

ANGELOSANTE (University of Maine)

28. Effects of Point of View Video Modeling for Students With Autism: A Literature Review (AUT;

Theory) JARED R MORRIS, Ryan Kellems, Cade T. Charlton, Emmy Davis, Jamie McKay, and Sarah

McFadyen (Brigham Young University)

29. Efciency Analysis of a CABAS®-Based Low Intensity Educational Package for Teenagers and

Young Adults (AUT; Applied Research) CLAUDIA PUCHETTI (VitaLab Educational Center), Fabiola

Casarini (Scuola delle Stelle), and Gianluca Amato and Elena Vaccari (VitaLab Educational Centre)

30. The Convergence of Mastery Criteria and Instructional Format: A Systematic Review (DDA; Applied

Research) MARLA HERNANDEZ, Lorraine A. Becerra, and Samantha Kraus (University of Missouri)

31. Computer Literacy in College Students and Unemployed Adults With Heroin Addiction (Applied

Research) MOLLY PRIMERO DEMAYO and Shrinidhi Subramaniam (California State University, Stanislaus)

Discussant: Tiana Evans (University of South Florida)

32. A Review of Literature: Implications and Effectiveness of Using Self-Monitoring Interventions in the

Inclusive General Education Classroom (Basic Research) JESSICA HUBBARD (University of Memphis)

33. The Effects of Increased Opportunities to Respond and Goal Setting on Student Engagement in

the Classroom (Applied Research) SYDNEY MARIE HARMON, Nicole Hollins, and Stephanie M. Peterson

(Western Michigan University)

34. The Effects of Brief Values and Committed Actions Exercises Upon BCBA Candidate Study

Behaviors during an Online BCBA Examination Preparatory Course (AAB; Service Delivery) BRIAN

KATZ (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago)

35. Special Education Teachers as Coach for Paraprofessionals’ Implementation of Evidence-Based

Practices: A Systematic and Quality Review (OBM; Theory) AMANDA M. AUSTIN, Hannah Crosley,

Charissa Donn Voorhis, and Rose A. Mason (Purdue University) and Alexandra Newson (University of

Oregon)

36. Improvement of Reading and Comprehending Skills of Children Using ABA Procedures (AUT;

Service Delivery) MEERA RAMANI and Rajashree Balasubramanian (ABA India)

37. Overcoming Challenges Imposed by Virtual Learning for High School Freshmen Year:

Infrastructure, Habits, Behavioral Momentum and Principles (CSS; Theory) EMILY COOK (Bishop

McDevitt High School), Matthew Gross (Shippensburg University), and Richard Cook (Applied Behavior

Medicine Associates of Hershey)

38. Evaluating Self-Compassion and Mindfulness Training and Academic Wellbeing (TBA; Applied

Research) JESSICA M. VENEGONI, Jordan Belisle, Dana Paliliunas, Camilla Molica, and Jessica

Summers (Missouri State University)

Saturday, May 29

#90 Poster Session

1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

TBA

Discussant: Lin Du (Teachers College, Columbia University)

39. A Framework for Expanding Scope of Competence (Service Delivery) DANIEL ALMEIDA (Beacon

ABA Services; Cambridge College) and Julie Marshall (BEACON Services of Connecticut)

40. Disseminating ABA in Serbia: A Pilot Study (DDA; Service Delivery) MARIJA COLIC (University of

Hawai'i at Mānoa)

41. Caregiver Involvement in Communication Intervention for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

Families With Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual/Developmental Disability

Across Cultures (CSS; Theory) CHING-YI LIAO (University of Central Florida); J. B. GANZ (Texas A&M

University); Kimberly Vannest (University of Vermont); and Sanikan Wattanawongwan, Lauren Pierson,

Valeria Yllades, and Yi-Fan Li (Texas A&M University)

42. Identifying Attitudes of Psychologists and Behavior Analysts TowardTelehealth in Applied

Behavior Analysis in Saudi Arabia (Basic Research) REEM JAMIL ABDULRAZZAK and Lamis Baowaidan

(Dar Al-Hekma University)

43. Using Novel Costume Pieces in Asynchronous Lectures to Increase Test Scores (EDC; Applied

Research) ROBIN ARNALL (The Sage Colleges; The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

44. Production and Validation of a Video to Teach Implementation of Paired-Stimulus Preference

Assessment (Applied Research) Fernanda Mota (Universidade Federal de Alagoas), DANIELA

MENDONÇA RIBEIRO (Universidade Federal de Alagoas; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia sobre

Comportamento, Cognição e Ensino)

45. Challenging Racism in Functional Behavior Assessments and Positive Behavior Support

Plans (EDC; Service Delivery) OLIVIA GRACE ENDERS, Kristen Buonomo, and Rachel E. Robertson

(University of Pittsburgh)

46. Project Prevent and Address Bullying Behavior at All Tiers (EDC; Service Delivery) JESSE (WOODY)

W. JOHNSON, Michelle Demaray, Julia Ogg, and Christine Malecki (Northern Illinois University)

#91 Poster Session

1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

CSS

Discussant: Tanya Hough (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

47. Let’s Save the World With Applied Behaviour Analysis: A Closer Look at the Climate Crisis

and What We Can Do About It (Theory) MEAGHEN SHAVER, Pamela Shea, and Jori Bird (Centre for

Behavioural Studies, St. Lawrence College)

48. Student Views on Racial Diversity in Behavior Analysis Graduate Programs: Resources and

Atmosphere (TBA; Applied Research) CASEY IRWIN HELVEY, Richelle Elizabeth Hurtado, Sydney

Batchelder, Ryan Charles Blejewski, and Carol Pilgrim (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

49. Student Views on Racial Diversity in Behavior Analysis Graduate Programs: Curriculum,

Composition, and Application Process (TBA; Applied Research) RYAN CHARLES BLEJEWSKI, Sydney

Batchelder, Richelle Elizabeth Hurtado, Casey Irwin Helvey, and Carol Pilgrim (University of North

Carolina Wilmington)

50. What Would Skinner Say? A Critique of Colonization and Modern Aid in Africa (PCH; Theory)

NICOLE RENEE SMILAK (Encompass International; Endicott College)

51. Reducing Electricity Consumption in College Classrooms Using Low-Tech Visual Prompts (OBM;

Service Delivery) RACHEL LEE, Linda Slowik, and Erin Watts (University of Detroit Mercy)

52. Meaningful Applications of Culturo-Behavior Systems Science to Social and Global Issues (PCH;

Theory) JOSE ARDILA (University of Nevada, Reno), Traci M. Cihon (University of North Texas), Holly

Seniuk (Behavior Analyst Certication Board), Sarah M. Richling (Auburn University), Richard F. Rakos

(Cleveland State University), Kendra Combs (Sparks Behavioral Services), and Mark A. Mattaini (Jane

Addams College of Social Work-University of Illinois at Chicago)

53. Performance of Human Rights in the School Environment (EDC; Applied Research) AGUSTIN

DANIEL GOMEZ FUENTES, Paola Alejandra Reyes, Minerva Perez Juarez, and Alejandro Francisco Reyes

(Universidad Veracruzana)

54. Truancy Prevention and Diversion Program: An Analysis of Student Absences Before and

During COVID-19 (EDC; Applied Research) Kelsey Dachman, MADISON GRAHAM, and Alicia Morgan

(University of Kansas)

55. Evaluating Behavioral Skills Training to Teach College Students to Pour a Standard Serving of

Alcohol (CBM; Service Delivery) Margaret Brock, Carolynn S. Kohn, SAMANTHA CROOKS, Alondra Del

Real, Emily Worman, Mark Matz, and Angel Zhong (University of the Pacic)

56. The Ubiquity of Social Reinforcement: A Nudging Exploratory Study to Reduce the Overuse

of Smartphones in Social Contexts (Applied Research) Massimo Cesareo (Istituto Europeo per lo

Studio del Comportamento Umano), MARCO TAGLIABUE (Oslo Metropolitan University), Annalisa

Oppo (Sigmund Freud University; Istituto Europeo per lo Studio del Comportamento Umano), and

Paolo Moderato (University of Languages and Communication; Istituto Europeo per lo Studio del

Comportamento Umano)

57. Implicit Bias and Systemic Racism: A Model-Dependent Review of the Literature (PCH; Applied

Research) ELANA KEISSA SICKMAN, Jordan Belisle, Dana Paliliunas, Lindsey Audrey Marie Dennis, and

Ashley Payne (Missouri State University)

#93 Poster Session

1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

CBM

Discussant: Jeannie A. Golden (East Carolina University)

58. Contingency Analysis to Reduce Behaviors Valued as a Problem in the School Environment (EDC;

Applied Research) Lisbeth Vázquez, EMANUEL MERAZ-MEZA MEZA, Esperanza Ferrant-Jimenez, and

Cecilia Magdalena Molina Lopez (Universidad Veracruzana)

59. Video Game Dependence: Relation Between Genre and Impulsive Behavior (EAB; Basic Research)

Alexandre Cintra and FABIO LEYSER GONCALVES (Universidade Estadual Paulista)

60. Behavior Analytic Research in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A Brief Review (Applied

Research) JESSICA M. HINMAN, Mark R. Dixon, Zhihui Yi, and Rene J. Niessner (University of Illinois

at Chicago)

61. Integrating Principles of Behavior Change and Public Health to Change Habits and Combat the

Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic (PCH; Service Delivery) RICHARD COOK (Applied Behavior

Medicine Associates; East Shore Psychiatric Associates) and Matthew Gross and Joseph Martin

(Shippensburg University)

62. Online Acceptance and Commitment Training Matrix for Japanese-Speaking Parents With

Distress (CSS; Applied Research) YUKIE KURUMIYA, Yors A. Garcia, and Annette Grifth (The Chicago

School of Professional Psychology) and Thomas G. Szabo (Florida Institute of Technology)

63. Increasing Home-Cooking Behaviors With a Social-Media-Based Interdependent Group

Contingency (CSS; Applied Research) MARIAH FAITH JENSEN, Sharlet D. Rafacz, Dolly Mizner, and

Alexis Barajas (California State University, Fresno)

64. Effect of Social Media Stimuli on Reports of Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, Psychological

Flexibility, and Affect: Basic and Translational Investigations (Basic Research) BREANNA LEE, Baylor

Miles, and Dana Paliliunas (Missouri State University)

Discussant: Mitch Fryling (California State University, Los Angeles)

65. Examining the Impact of Fitbit® With and Without Competitions on Physical Activity Among

Children (EAB; Applied Research) JULIA LOCKYER and Adel C. Najdowski (Pepperdine University),

Matthew P. Normand (University of the Pacic), Christina Master (The Children's Hospital of

Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine), and Shelly Harrell (Pepperdine University)

66. A Socially Validated Comparison of Tummy Time with and without Preferred Items (DEV; Applied

Research) MINJUNG PARK, Rika Ortega, and Joshua Jessel (Queens College, City University of New York)

67. A Behavioral Economic Demand Analysis of Mothers’ Decision to Exclusively Breastfeed in the

Workplace (EAB; Applied Research) YUSUKE HAYASHI and Nicole Fisher (Pennsylvania State University,

Hazleton), Donald A. Hantula (Temple University), Lydia Furman (Rainbow Babies and Children’s

Hospital), and Yukiko Washio (RTI International)

68. Impact of Social Interactions on Group Contingency in Promoting Walking Behavior (Applied

Research) MINWOO JO (Yonsei University)

69. Social Discounting and Health Perceptions (Basic Research) ANNA GADE and Paul Romanowich

(Gonzaga University)

70. Children's Behavior Function and Subjective Reinforcement Value: Pilot Study (Applied Research)

SILVIA MORALES CHAINE (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

Saturday, May 29

#94 Poster Session

1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

DEV

Discussant: Sarah E. Pinkelman (Utah State University)

71. Mouthing, Pacier Use, and Pacier Weaning: Correlations in Pennsylvania Early Intervention

(CBM; Applied Research) CIDNEY HELLER and Matthew Tyson (Behavior By Design, LLC)

72. A Systematic Literature Review on Using Motivational Interviewing to Decrease Parent

Resistance in ABA (TBA; Service Delivery) MONICA GILBERT, Maritza Torres, Lorianne Alvarez, and

Maria Fe Franco (Crystal Minds New Beginning)

73. Behavioural Skills Training to Teach Caregivers to Implement Feeding Procedures: A Review

(CBM; Theory) AREZU ALAMI and Kimberley L. M. Zonneveld (Brock University)

74. Auditory Feedback: A Scoping Review (Theory) NICOLE BAJCAR, Kimberley L. M. Zonneveld, Laura

Tardi, and Arezu Alami (Brock University)

75. A Rapid Assessment of Sensitivity to Reward Delays and Classwide Token Economy Savings

for School-Aged Children (EDC; Applied Research) JI YOUNG KIM and Daniel Mark Fienup (Teachers

College, Columbia University), Derek D. Reed (University of Kansas), and Laudan Jahromi (Teachers

College, Columbia University)

76. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Workplace: A Survey of the Use of ACT by BCBA-

Credentialed Clinicians in the Field of ABA (TBA; Service Delivery) LISA JACOVSKY (The Chicago

School of Professional Psychology) and Laura A. Kruse (First Leap LLC)

77. Reducing the Screen-time at Home of a 10-Year-Old School Going Boy Using Contingency

Contracts (EDC; Applied Research) SRIDHAR ARAVAMUDHAN (Behavior Momentum India) and Minna

Matthew (Prayatna Center for Child Development)

#95 Poster Session

1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

VRB

Discussant: Lauren K. Schnell (Hunter College)

78. The Effects of Repeated Exposure to an Arithmetic Problem of Rates of Mediating Verbal Behavior

(EAB; Basic Research) MIKE HARMAN, Summer Williams, and James House (Briar Cliff University) and

Tiffany Kodak (Marquette University)

79. Content Validity Evidence for the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement

Program (EDC; Theory) KRISTEN LENAE PADILLA-MAINOR and Jessica Akers (Baylor University)

80. Teaching Sentences by Equivalence-Based-Instruction and Effects Over Other Sequential

Performances in a Child With Cochlear Implant (DDA; Applied Research) ANA CLAUDIA MOREIRA

ALMEIDA VERDU (Universidade Estadual Paulista; National Institute of Science and Technology on Behavior,

Cognition and Teaching), Matheus Shibukawa (Universidade Estadual Paulista), Leandra Silva (Rehabilitation

Hospital for Craniofacial Anomalies; University of São Paulo), and Anderson Neves (Universidade Estadual

Paulista; National Institute of Science and Technology on Behavior, Cognition and Teaching)

81. Participation of Self-Stimulation in the Recall of Copying Text and Taking Dictation Verbal

Operants (Basic Research) JAMIIKA THOMAS and Linda J. Parrott Hayes (University of Nevada, Reno)

82. Preparing to Transition into the Workforce Through Derived Relational Responding (Applied

Research) TAYLOR ANNALISE JANOTA and Lindsey Audrey Marie Dennis (Missouri State University)

and Raymond Burke, Steven L. Taylor, and Earl Schenck (APEX Regional Program)

83. Evaluating Gamied Delivery of PEAK Programming and Transformations of Stimulus Function

(AUT; Applied Research) BRITTANY SELLERS, Jordan Belisle, Lindsey Audrey Marie Dennis (Missouri

State University) and Raymond Burke, Steven L. Taylor, and Earl Schenck (APEX Regional Program)

84. Relational Density Theory: Self-Organization of Human Cognition (PCH; Theory) JORDAN BELISLE

(Missouri State University)

#96 Poster Session

1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

DDA

Discussant: Joseph D. Dracobly (University of North Texas)

85. The Effects of the Good Behavior Game on Students With Severe Disabilities in Inclusive

Classrooms (Applied Research) LYNDSEY AIONO CONRADI (University of Hawai'i) and John Matt

Jameson, Aaron J. Fischer, Robert E. O'Neill, John J. McDonnell, and Leanne Hawken (University of Utah)

86. Acquisition of Joint Attention Skills in Children With Cortical Visual Impairment (Service Delivery)

AVERY KEITH and Nicole Luke (Brock University)

87. Validation Process of French Versions of the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System

for Infants and Children (AUT; Applied Research) MARIE-JOËLLE BRACONNIER, Carmen Dionne, and

Annie Paquet (Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres)

88. A Systematic Literature Review of Behavior Skills Training to Teach Vocational Skills to Adults

With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AUT; Applied Research) KALEIYA P. IMLAY and

Chrystal Jansz Rieken (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

89. Evaluation of Staff Training Programs to Address Challenging Behaviour in Adults With

Developmental Disabilities: Meta-Analysis (Applied Research) VICTORIA SCOTT an Laura E. Mullins

(Brock University)

90. Effects of Prosocial Process on Group Functioning of Two Developmental Support Agency

Management Teams (CSS; Service Delivery) EMMA CHAIKOWSKY, Sabrina Nifo, Laura E. Mullins, and

Priscilla Burnham Riosa (Brock University)

Discussant: David R. Donnelly (In Private Practice)

91. Variations of the Diverted-Attention Condition to Identify Attention-Maintained Problem Behavior

(AUT; Applied Research) MCKENNA ELIZABETH KOPESKY, Jeffrey H. Tiger, and Lauren Casper

(Marquette University)

92. An Evaluation of Functional Communication Training to Treat Escape-Maintained Problem

Behavior: A Systematic Review of the Literature (Applied Research) ANDREA RAMIREZ-CRISTOFORO,

Terry S. Falcomata, and Fabiola Vargas Londono (The University of Texas at Austin)

93. Using ACT to Assess Stigmas and Biases Within South Asian Families to Promote Treatment

Support (AUT; Applied Research) KRITI CADAMBI (University of Southern California)

94. A Systematic Review of Trial-Based Functional Analysis of Challenging Behavior: An Update and

Synthesis (AUT; Theory) Victoria Andrus and JENNIFER NINCI (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa)

95. Analysis of the LIFE Curriculum to Establish Domestic and Vocational Skills Remotely (Applied

Research) LINDSEY AUDREY MARIE DENNIS (Missouri State University), Raymond Burke (APEX

Regional Program), and Jordan Belisle (Missouri State University)

96. Teaching Leisure Activities Using Video Modeling for Individuals With Developmental

Disabilities. A Review of Literature (AUT; Basic Research) CHAIDAMOYO GOODSON DZENGA and

Krystal Kennedy (Tennessee Technological University)

97. Comparing the Performances of Youth With Intellectual Disability on a Visuospatial Working

Memory Task With a Distributed and an Accumulated Reinforcement Schedule (Applied Research)

KYONG-MEE CHUNG and Chansol Park (Yonsei University)

#97 Poster Session

1:00 pm–3:00 pm EDT

AUT

Discussant: Daniel E. Conine (Georgia State University)

98. Using Relational Frame Theory to Teach Perspective-Taking Skills (Service Delivery) BRITTANY

DOLAN (St. Cloud State University; Centre for Behavioural Studies, St. Lawrence College), Meaghen Shaver

(Centre for Behavioural Studies, St. Lawrence College), and Michele R. Traub (St. Cloud State University)

99. Lag Schedules to Increase Play and Decrease Stereotypy in Children With Autism on a

Playground (Applied Research) CECILIA MARTINEZ and Reem Muharib (Texas State University), Russell

Lang (Texas State University-San Marcos), and Katherine Ledbetter-Cho (Texas State University)

100. Evaluating an eHealth Case Management System in an Intensive Behavioural Intervention

Program (CSS; Service Delivery) AMY PANKEWICH, Toby L. Martin, and Kerri L. Walters (University of

Manitoba; St. Amant Research Centre) and Charmayne Dube (New Directions; University of Manitoba)

101. Using Point-of-View Video Modeling to Teach Math to Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder

in Saudi Arabia (EDC; Service Delivery) HAMAD HAMDI and Temple S. Lovelace (Duquesne University)

102. Effect of Matrix Training on the Generalization of Instruction Following for Children With Autism

(EDC; Applied Research) CHRISTIAN BORROMEO (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology - Online

Campus), Jennifer Quigley (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology), Melissa J. Richards (Columbus

Medical Services), and RIANNE CANLAS CORTEZ (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

103. Safe and Efcient Analysis of Self-Injury With Students Being Protected by Multiple Forms of

Equipment (DDA; Applied Research) EMILY SULLIVAN (May Institute; Western New England University)

and Gregory P. Hanley (Western New England University)

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104. A Synthesis of Interventions for Children With Autism in East Asia: A Scoping Review (CSS;

Service Delivery) JAMES LEE (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Hannah Etchison

(Georgia State University)

105. Reduction in Stereotypic Behavior of a 17-Year-Old Student With Autism Through a Self-

Management Treatment Package in a School Setting (Applied Research) NICOLA CEFALO (Aliter

Cooperativa Sociale)

106. Teaching Imitation to Young Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Discrete Trial Teaching

With Contingent Imitation (Service Delivery) ALICE BRAVO (Haring Center for Inclusive Education;

University of Washington)

107. Behavioral Changes in Individuals With Autism in Latin America During COVID-19 (CSS; Service

Delivery) ANA RAMIREZ and Andy U. Torres (The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), Daniel Valdez

(Universidad de Buenos Aires), Analia Rosoli (Organización Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación,

la Ciencia y la Cultura), Gabriela Garrido (Universidad de la República), Sebastian Cukier (PANAACEA),

Georgina Perez-Liz (A.J. Drexel Autism Institute), and Team REAL (Red Espectro Autista Latinoamérica)

108. Special Educator Self-Efcacy for Teaching Students With Autism (EDC; Service Delivery) JULIA

M. HRABAL, Tonya Nichole Davis, Stephanie Gerow, Tracey Sulak, MacKenzie Raye Wicker, Kathleen

Hine, and Providence Lively (Baylor University)

Discussant: Hannah Lynn MacNaul (University of Texas at San Antonio)

109. Development of a Measurement System for Teaching Social Inferencing (Applied Research)

ELIZA DELPIZZO-CHENG (Endicott College); Gabriela Peinado (Universidad Autonoma De Baja California);

Michelle Jones (Bexley City School District); Sara Aganowitz Jones, Marissa Caccavale, and Carrie Wada

(Speech and Language Development Center and School); and Louanne Boyd (Chapman University)

110. A Review of Response Interruption and Redirection as a Treatment for Stereotypy and Facilitator

of Collateral Behavior (DDA; Applied Research) JOSEPH WILLIAM RYAN, Rocio Rosales, and Emily

Rowe (University of Massachusetts Lowell)

111. Using the Behavior Flexibility Rating Scale-Revised to Inform Functional Analysis and

Treatment of Severe Problem Behavior (Applied Research) Katherine Sorensen, ALI SCHROEDER, and

Clare Liddon (May Institute)

112. Clinical Evaluation of an Intensive Toilet Training Package With a Young Child With Autism

Spectrum Disorder (DEV; Applied Research) AREZU ALAMI, Kimberley L. M. Zonneveld, and Madeline

Marie Asaro (Brock University)

113. Treatment of Food Refusal in a Young Child: A Clinical Case (DDA; Applied Research) SAMANTHA

PAIGE KUNO, Kimberley L. M. Zonneveld, Arezu Alami, Madeline Marie Asaro (Brock University)

114. Delivery of the RUBI Parent Training via Telehealth: Caregiver Training During COVID-19

(Service Delivery) LAUREN ASHLEY NORDBERG, Corina Jimenez-Gomez, Hope Dabney, Jordan DeVries,

Lydia Lindsey, and Carolyn Syzonenko (Auburn University)

115. Use of Extended Reality-Based Assistive Technology in Treatment of Individuals With Autism

Spectrum Disorder (DDA; Applied Research) SATHYANARAYANAN A. R. (Research and Development)

116. Predicting the Relative Efciency of Interventions: A Systematic Review of Within-Subject

Replicability in Single-Subject Comparisons (DDA; Applied Research) CHENGAN YUAN (Arizona State

University), Lanqi Wang (The University of Iowa), Katherine Nguyen (Arizona State University), Shahad

Alsharif (Dar Al-Hekma University), and Qing Zhang (Arizona State University)

117. Using Pairing to Teach Response to Name to Children With Autism (Applied Research) AMBER R.

PADEN and Regina A. Carroll (University of Nebraska Medical Center Munroe-Meyer Institute)

118. Functional Communication Training for Toddlers at Risk for Autism (Applied Research) SIERRA

STEGEMANN, Leslie Neely, and Katherine Cantrell (The University of Texas at San Antonio)

Discussant: David W. Sidener

119. Parents Sense of Competency After Receiving Caregiver-Mediated Behavioral Intervention for

Toddlers At-Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder (Applied Research) TREY XIMENEZ, Leslie Neely, and

Katherine Cantrell (The University of Texas at San Antonio)

120. Self-Managed Sibling-Mediated Intervention for Children With Autism (DDA; Applied Research)

Chengan Yuan (Arizona State University), Lanqi Wang (The University of Iowa), NATALIJA MILUTINOVIC

(Children's Autism Center; Arizona State University), Qing Zhang (Arizona State University), and Qiuyu

Min (Shanghai Clover Center for Children)

121. Evaluating Comparative Research on Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for

Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder (Applied Research) BRENNA R GRIFFEN, Cody Lindbloom,

Elizabeth R. Lorah, and Christine Holyeld (University of Arkansas) and Jessica Miller (Early Autism Services)

122. Reducing Vocal Stereotypy Using Response Interruption and Redirection With Mindfulness

(EDC; Service Delivery) COREY OLVERA and Johanna F. Lantz (The Center for Discovery)

123. Neurological Contextual Difference in Children With Autism: Executive Functioning and Derived

Relational Responding (BPN; Applied Research) TAYLOR MARIE LAUER, Jordan Belisle, and Carly

Yadon (Missouri State University)

124. Comparing Traditional and Automated PEAK Programming: TelePEAK (VRB; Applied Research)

MEREDITH MATTHEWS (Missouri State University), Lindsey Nicole Holtsman (Emergent Learning STL

Center) and Taylor Marie Lauer and Jordan Belisle (Missouri State University)

125. An Evaluation of Systematic Prompting in Augmentative & Alternative Communication Research

for Individuals With Autism (Applied Research) ASHLEY MCCOY (Bowling Green State University)

126. Virtual Behaviour Skills Training: Teaching Parents to Conduct a Functional Analysis (TBA; Service

Delivery) AMALIA COZZARIN and Nathan Vieira (ErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development)

127. Decreasing Hand Flapping Stereotypy Using Behavior Intervention Package (EDC; Service

Delivery) TRACY YIP and Ying Hu

128. Relations of Learning Abilities, Task Characteristics, and Acquisition of Skills in Children with

Autism Spectrum Disorder (Applied Research) MARIA PONGOSKI (Manitoba Association for Behaviour

Analysis; University of Manitoba), Geneviève N. Roy-Wsiaki (Université de Saint Boniface), and C. T. Yu

(University of Manitoba)

129. Using Reinforcement to Increase Independence While Eating (EAB; Applied Research) CAITLIN

BELTRAN (Millstone Township School District)

Discussant: Regina A. Carroll (University of Nebraska Medical Center Munroe-Meyer Institute)

130. Establishing Auditory Discrimination and Echoic Stimulus Control With an Auditory Matching

Procedure (VRB; Applied Research) MOLLY MATTES, Clare Marie Christe, and Richard W. Malott

(Western Michigan University)

131. Engaging Young Children With Autism in Caregiver-Implemented Shared Reading: A Review and

Call for Research (Basic Research) XIAONING SUN (The Ohio State University) and LING YI (NingBo

College of Health Sciences)

132. The Use of Immersive Virtual Environments to Encourage Social Interaction Between Children

With Autism and Their Siblings During Game Time (Service Delivery) EMILY SCARBOROUGH and

Krystal Kennedy (Tennessee Technological University)

133. A Procedure to Teach Children With Autism Social Mands for Information (VRB; Applied

Research) REBECCA MARIE LARSON (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

134. Experience of Parents Receiving In-Home Behavioral Treatment for Their Child With Autism

(CSS; Service Delivery) GERALD LAVARIAS (MAPSS)

135. Values-Oriented Parent Training Improves Outcomes for Children With Autism and Their

Families (DDA; Applied Research) BLAKE HANSEN (Brigham Young University)

136. Playing Games With 'No': Teaching Delayed and Denied Access (DEV; Applied Research) AMBER

N. VARELA and Elyse Murrin (Firey Autism)

137. The Effectiveness of A Therapist-Robot Interactive Model to Teach Autistic Children (EDC;

Applied Research) HANG WU (Together Education Institute)

138. The Effectiveness of A Therapist-Robot Interactive Model to Teach Autistic Children (EDC;

Applied Research) YINGYING SHE (Xiamen University) and Hang Wu (Together Education Institute)

#98 Invited Symposium

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

DEI; Translational

Values and Choice: Contemporary Experimental Research on Bias

Chair: Michele R. Traub (St. Cloud State University)

The Study of Implicit Bias in Behavior Analysis: A Cautionary Tale

DERMOT BARNES-HOLMES (Ulster University)

Dr. Dermot Barnes-Holmes graduated from the University of Ulster in 1985 with a

B.Sc. in psychology and in 1990 with a D.Phil. in behavior analysis. His rst tenured

position was in the Department of Applied Psychology at University College Cork,

where he founded and led the Behavior Analysis and Cognitive Science Unit. In 1999,

he accepted the foundation professorship in psychology and head-of-department

position at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. In 2015, he accepted a

life-time senior professorship at Ghent University in Belgium. In 2020, he returned to

his alma mater on a fractional contract as a full professor at Ulster University. Dr.

Barnes-Holmes is known internationally for the analysis of human language and cognition through the

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development of Relational Frame Theory with Steven C. Hayes, and its application in various

psychological settings. He was the world's most prolic author in the experimental analysis of human

behavior between the years 1980–1999. He was awarded the Don Hake Translational Research Award in

2012 by the American Psychological Association, is a past president and fellow of the Association for

Contextual Behavioral Science, is a recipient of the Quad-L Lecture Award from the University of New

Mexico and became an Odysseus laureate in 2015 when he received an Odysseus Type 1 award from

the Flemish Science Foundation in Belgium.

Abstract: The study of implicit bias in behavior analysis has been dominated by one particular method,

the implicit relational assessment procedure (IRAP). The IRAP could be considered quite unusual as a

method for studying implicit bias because it targets verbal relations as dened within relational frame

theory (RFT). In contrast, implicit bias in the non-behavior-analytic “mainstream” literature is often

interpreted as reecting the strength of associative links in a mental realm (e.g., a memory store).

Despite this conceptual difference, research on implicit bias using the IRAP could be seen as relatively

successful, at least in terms of number of published studies and the results of a meta-analysis of

IRAP studies. On balance, until relatively recently IRAP research tended to focus on the method as a

measure of implicit bias without conducting experimental analyses of the multiple variables, from an

RFT perspective, that are brought into play when participants complete an IRAP. Conducting these

more recent experimental analyses has served to produce an increasingly sophisticated and complex

understanding of exactly what so called “implicit bias” involves from an RFT and a behavior-analytic

perspective. The current paper will provide an overview of this research story.

The Role of Delay Discounting in Explicit and Implicit Racial Bias

DIANA PEREZ, Melanie Domenech-Rodriguez, and Amy Odum (Utah State University)

Diana Perez is a doctoral student in the Experimental Behavior Analysis Program at

Utah State University. She completed her Bachelor's degree in psychology at California

State University Northridge. Her research interests are racial bias, social discounting,

delay discounting, impulsivity, and incorporating multicultural psychology into

behavior analysis. In her free time, she enjoys photography, hiking, kayaking, and

spending time with her dog, Luna.

Abstract: Delay discounting measures a facet of impulsivity and is related to various socially signicant

behaviors. Researchers suggest that altruism and impulsivity arise from the same underlying

mechanism; thus, individuals are less altruistic towards people that are different from themselves

(e.g., a different race or ethnicity). However, researchers have yet to analyze the relation between delay

discounting and implicit and explicit racial bias. In the present study, participants will complete a delay

discounting procedure and several Likert scale surveys: the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure

(IRAP), the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS), and the Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy (SEE).

The delay discounting task will assess discounting for two delayed magnitudes (i.e., $100 & $1000)

using an adjusting amount procedure. The IRAP measures implicit racial bias by having participants

categorize stimuli based on either pro-Latino stereotypes or pro-White stereotypes; the difference in

the length of time required to categorize stimuli that are consistent or inconsistent with the stereotypes

measures bias. To examine explicit racial bias, we will use the total scores on the CoBRAS and the

SEE. We expect participants who steeply discount delayed rewards will be more implicitly and explicitly

racially biased toward members of a different race or ethnicity.

AMY ODUM (Utah State University)

Dr. Amy L. Odum received her Ph.D. from West Virginia University (WVU) in 1998.

She completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Warren K. Bickel at the University of

Vermont’s Human Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory and was an assistant

professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire before joining the faculty

at Utah State University in 2003, where she now holds the position of professor of

psychology. At WVU Dr. Odum collaborated with David W. Schaal on research

concerned with the effects of drugs on timing. At Vermont, she applied her expertise

in timing to the experimental analysis of delay discounting and its relation to

addictions. Since then, she has made major contributions to our understanding of delay discounting, in

particular its “state” and “trait” qualities. Dr. Odum’s other interests include Matching-to-Sample,

resistance to change, and response variability. Her research has attracted substantial federal support,

including grants from NIMH and NIDA. She has held key leadership positions in ABAI, the Society for the

Experimental Analysis of Behavior (including a term as president), and Division 25 of the American

Psychological Association (including a term as president). Dr. Odum has been deeply involved in editorial

work on behalf of numerous scientic journals, culminating in her appointment as editor of one of our

eld’s agship publications, the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, in 2015. In this role

she is known as striking just the right balance between high expectations for experimental rigor and

freedom for authors to explore the theoretical and practical implications of their ndings.

Abstract: Historically, women have experienced bias in science. This bias has affected women as

participants in research, as well as women as conductors of research. Although little recognized, another

form of bias extends to female laboratory animals. Female laboratory animals, particularly rodents, have

long been regarded as more variable in their behavior and other dependent measures and therefore were

excluded from experiments. I will describe the inclusion of female laboratory animals in the Journal

of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. I will describe trends over time in the inclusion of female

laboratory animals for different types of animals (e.g., pigeons and rats). For studies involving both

sexes and in which animals are identied by sex, I will examine the level of variability in the behavior of

male and female animals. Finally, I will review published data describing the variability in a wide variety

of dependent measures for both male and female laboratory animals. These data show that female

laboratory animals have been excluded from research based on bias rather than fact. The exclusion

of female laboratory animals precludes learning about genuine sex differences with important health

implications and is no longer allowed in NIH-funded research.

#99 Symposium

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

AAB/TBA; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Megan Elise MacKellar, MS

Expanding the Inuence of Behavior-Analytic Contributions to Great Animal Welfare

Chair: Terri M. Bright (MSPCA Angell)

Implementing Functional Behavior Assessment of Undesired Puppy Behavior in a Guide Dog

Training Organization

JANIE A. FUNK (University of Nevada, Reno)

Improving Rescued Bird-of-Prey Welfare With Behavior Skills Training

MEGAN ELISE MACKELLAR (SeaWorld Orlando)

Enhancing Captive Animal Welfare: Behavior Analysis Can’t Do It Alone

KATHRYN L. KALAFUT (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

#100 Panel Discussion

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

AUT/OBM; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Hannah Stauffer, MA

Building a Framework of Resources, Training, and Data Analysis Regarding Prior Authorization and

Claims Denials for Health-Insurance-Funded Applied Behavior Analysis Services: Preliminary Results

Chair: Hannah Stauffer (Kadiant)

DIANA M. DAVIS WILSON (Aspen Behavioral Consulting; Arizona Association for Behavior Analysis)

TORI BEJAR (Kadiant)

ALLISON BERNSTEIN (Kadiant)

#101 Symposium

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

AUT/VRB; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Marlene J. Cohen, Ed.D.

Using Component/Composite Analysis to Increase Skills in Various Domains

Chair: John D. McElwee (Pennsylvania VB3)

Component/Composite Analysis of Articulation Issues in a 4-Year-Old With Apraxia

MARLENE J. COHEN (Cayman ABA)

Component/Composite Analysis of Attention Skills in a 7-Year-Old With a Diagnosis of Autism

Spectrum Disorder

ELIZABETH ANOUSH PAL (Cayman ABA)

Component Composite Analysis of Functional Communication Decits in an 8-Year-Old With a

Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

NATASHA LUCHIES (Cayman ABA)

#102 Panel Discussion Ethics;

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

CSS; Theory

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Elizabeth Fong, Ph.D.

Incorporating Multiculturalism and Antiracism in Behavior Analysis

Chair: Corina Jimenez-Gomez (Auburn University)

ELIZABETH FONG (Pepperdine University)

SHAWN CAPELL (Covenant 15:16 LLC)

LAUREN BEAULIEU (Newton Public Schools)

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#103 Panel Discussion Ethics;

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

CSS; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Joshua Garner, Ph.D.

Freedom or Exploitation: The Integration of Behavior Analysis in a Capitalistic System

Chair: Adam Peal (The Behavioral Education Research Initiative)

DON TOGADE (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology; George Brown College)

JENNIFER KLAPATCH TOTSCH (National Louis University)

JOSHUA GARNER (Behavioral Education Research Initiative)

#104 Panel Discussion

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

DDA/CSS; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Laurie Tarter, Psy.D.

Treating Complex Clients into Adulthood: Incorporating Mental Health and Behavioral Health Services

Chair: Laurie Tarter (Encompass Behavioral Health; Community Research Foundation; Advance North)

TIERRA AIRMET (Community Research Foundation; Advance North)

JEAN JANSSEN (Community Research Foundation; Advance North)

NILOFAR SEDIQI (Community Research Foundation; Advance North)

#105 Symposium

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

DEV; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Gabrielle T. Lee, Ph.D.

Facilitating Derived Responding of Educationally and Socially Relevant Skills for Children With

Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Chair: Lina Gilic (SUNY Old Westbury)

Improving Pretend Play for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Experiencing

Sensory Properties of Real Objects

GABRIELLE T. LEE (Western University), Xiaoyi Hu (Education and Research Center for Children with

Autism; Beijing Normal University), Yanhong Liu (Beijing Normal University), and ZiJin Yang (Long

Yuan School)

The Effectiveness of Equivalence-Based Instruction on the Emergence of Symmetry and Transitivity

in Chinese Vocabulary for Two Students With Intellectual Disability in Taiwan

Hsin-chuan Tsai and HUA FENG (National ChangHua University of Education)

Effects of Intensive Tact Instruction on the Development of Speaker and Listener Naming

Responses in Preschoolers With Language Delays and Developmental Disabilities

Hye-Suk Lee Park (KAVBA ABA Research Center) and JINHYEOK CHOI (Pusan National University)

#106 Panel Discussion Ethics

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

EDC; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Selena J. Layden, Ph.D.

Behavior Analysts and Public Schools: Creating and Maintaining a Collaborative and Ethical Partnership

Chair: Selena J. Layden (Old Dominion University)

LAUREN MARIE VETERE (Virginia Commonwealth University)

DANIEL J. IRWIN (Virginia Department of Education)

HAYLEY FLYNN MULLINS (Campbell County Public Schools)

#107 SQAB Tutorial

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

SCI; Basic Research

BACB/PSY/QABA CE Offered. CE Instructor: William Stoops, Ph.D.

Back to the Lab: Human Behavioral Pharmacology Methods, Outcomes and Meanings

Chair: Derek D. Reed (University of Kansas)

WILLIAM STOOPS (University of Kentucky)

Dr. William W. Stoops, a professor in the departments of Behavioral Science,

Psychiatry, and Psychology at the University of Kentucky, earned his bachelor’s

degree in psychology from Davidson College in Davidson, NC, and his master’s

degree and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Kentucky. His research

evaluates the behavioral and pharmacological factors that contribute to drug use

disorders, focusing primarily on stimulant drugs. Dr. Stoops’ research contributions

resulted in receipt of the 2016 Psychologist of the Year Award from the Kentucky

Psychological Association, the 2013 Joseph Cochin Young Investigator Award from

the College on Problems of Drug Dependence and the 2008 Wyeth Young Psychopharmacologist Award

from Division 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse) of the American Psychological

Association (APA). Dr. Stoops currently serves on the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Board

of Directors and is editor of Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.

Abstract: Human behavioral pharmacology methods have been used to rigorously evaluate the effects of

a range of centrally acting drugs in human beings under controlled conditions. Methods like drug self-

administration and drug-discrimination have been adapted from non-human laboratory animal models.

Because humans have the capacity to communicate verbally, self-report methods are also commonly

used to understand drug effects. This presentation will provide an overview of these traditional human

behavioral pharmacology methods, as well as more novel measures that have been introduced to the

eld. Representative data will be shared and the benets, challenges and translational relevance of each

method will be discussed. This session will cover guiding principles in the design of human behavioral

pharmacology studies (e.g., using placebo controls, testing multiple doses) along with ethical (e.g.,

avoiding enrollment of individuals seeking treatment, determining capacity to consent) and safety (e.g.,

dose selection, pre-screening of participants for exclusionary health problems) that must be addressed

when conducting these types of studies.

#108 Panel Discussion

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

TBA; Service Delivery

Recruiting the Next Generation: Teaching Behavior Analysis to Undergraduate Students

Chair: Natalia Baires (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)

ROCIO ROSALES (University of Massachusetts Lowell)

BENJAMIN N. WITTS (St. Cloud State University)

KEVIN P. KLATT (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire)

#109 Panel Discussion Student Commitee Event; Ethics

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

TBA/EDC; Theory

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Tiffany Kodak, Ph.D.

Peering Behind the Curtain: ABAI Journal Editors Discuss the Peer Review Process

Chair: Donald A. Hantula (Temple University)

MARK A. MATTAINI (Jane Addams College of Social Work-University of Illinois at Chicago)

STEPHANIE M. PETERSON (Western Michigan University)

TIFFANY KODAK (Marquette University)

#110 B. F. Skinner Lecture Series

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

TBA; Service Delivery

PSY/BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Lin Du, Ph.D.

Assessment Beyond Diagnosis: Meaningful Measurement of Behavior to Advance Clinical Practice

and Research in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Chair: Lin Du (Teachers College, Columbia University)

SOMER BISHOP (University of California, San Francisco)

Somer Bishop is a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Department of

Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and the Weill Institute for Neurosciences at the

University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Bishop’s research and clinical interests focus

on the assessment of social-communication and restricted and repetitive behaviors

characteristic of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and how these symptom dimensions

are affected by individual and contextual factors across the lifespan. At UCSF, Dr.

Bishop’s lab is focused on identifying and rening dimensional measures of ASD-related

behavior that can be used to delineate phenotypic and etiologic similarities and

differences between ASD and other developmental disorders, taking into account individual factors such as

age, sex, IQ, and language level. She is interested in developing trans-diagnostic tools that can be used in

both clinical and research settings to assess proles of social-communicative and other behavioral

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strengths and challenges across development in varied clinical populations (e.g., ASD, intellectual disability,

ADHD). Her work has been funded by NICHD, HRSA, DoD, and the Autism Science Foundation. She has

co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and serves on multiple journal editorial boards. At the

UCSF Center for ASDs and NDDs, Dr. Bishop participates in comprehensive, multi-disciplinary assessment

and treatment of children and adults with ASD and related disorders. She directs the diagnostic training

program, conducting multiple-day trainings on widely used autism diagnostic tools and best diagnostic

practices for professionals from all over the world.

Abstract: Researchers in the eld of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have made signicant progress

in assessment of social-communication and other ASD-related impairments. However, there is still a

great deal to be learned about proles of ability and disability characteristic of individuals with different

neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), and about the ways in which particular abnormalities manifest

at different points in development. Dr. Bishop will present information about behavioral dimensions

that are most relevant to assessment and differential diagnosis of ASD and other NDDs. She will also

discuss the importance of considering individual factors such as age, sex, IQ, and language level when

interpreting scores from standardized measures for diagnostic or other purposes. Integrated assessment

across multiple behavioral domains is not only needed to ensure valid diagnostic practices, but more

importantly, to generate individualized and meaningful treatment plans. Improved coordination between

diagnostic and treatment providers is essential for increasing efciency and utility of current assessment

practices. Additionally, there is a need for increased coordination of measurement strategies across

disciplines, in order to ensure appropriate selection of short-and long-term goals and corresponding

measures of change. Ultimately, we must toward more coordinated and goal-directed assessment

practices that do not place such a premium on diagnostic labels, but instead focus on generating

information that directly facilitates treatment for a given individual at a particular moment in time.

#111 Invited Presenter

3:00 pm–3:50 pm EDT

VRB

PSY/BACB/QABA/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Caio Miguel, Ph.D.

Bidirectional Naming and Problem Solving

Chair: Sarah A. Lechago (University of Houston-Clear Lake)

CAIO MIGUEL (California State University, Sacramento)

Dr. Caio Miguel is a professor of psychology and director of the Verbal Behavior

Research Laboratory at California State University, Sacramento. He holds adjunct

appointments at Endicott College, MA., and at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is

the past-editor of The Analysis of Verbal Behavior and past-Associate editor for the

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Dr. Miguel's research focuses on the study of

verbal and verbally-mediated behaviors. He has given hundreds of professional

presentations in North America, South America and Europe, and has had over 70

manuscripts published in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. He is the recipient of the

2013–2014 award for outstanding scholarly work by the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary

Studies at Sacramento State, the 2014 Outstanding Mentor Award by the Student Committee of the

Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI), the 2019 Award for Excellence in Teaching Verbal

Behavior from the Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group of ABAI, and the 2019 Alumni Achievement

Award from the Department of Psychology at Western Michigan University.

Abstract: We often solve problems by engaging in mediating strategies such as talking to ourselves. In

order to accurately use and respond to these strategies, we must understand what we are saying. The

term bidirectional naming (BiN) has been used to describe the integration of both listener and speaker

behaviors that leads to speaking with understanding. In this talk, I will describe a series of studies

showing that in the absence of either speaker or listener behaviors, participants often fail to solve

problems in the form of matching-to-sample and categorization tasks. These results suggest that to

solve complex tasks participants must be verbal. Thus, I will propose that the BiN repertoire is one of

the most important skills learned during language development and must be prioritized in early intensive

behavioral intervention.

#112 Symposium

3:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

AUT/VRB; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Mary Halbur, Ph.D.

Advances on the Sequence of Discrimination Training and Variables That Affect Acquisition

Chair: Mary Halbur (University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute)

Discussant: Jason C. Vladescu (Caldwell University)

Comparison of Sounds and Words as Sample Stimuli for Discrimination Training

MARY HALBUR (University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute); Tiffany Kodak, Xi'an

Maya Williams, and Jessi Reidy (Marquette University); and Chris Halbur (The University of Iowa)

Quantitative Analysis of Parametric Changes in Sample Disparity With Children Diagnosed With

Autism Spectrum Disorder

WEIZHI WU (INGCare), Tiara Putri (Florida Institute of Technology), Carolyn Ritchey (Auburn

University), Shawn Patrick Gilroy (Louisiana State University), and Corina Jimenez-Gomez and

Christopher A. Podlesnik (Auburn University)

Effects of English-Spanish Instructional Sequences and Language Preference on the Acquisition of

Conditional Discriminations

ARABELLE MARTIN and Sarah A. Lechago (University of Houston-Clear Lake) and Christine Romo

(Texana)

Tact Instruction as a First Step Toward Establishing Intraverbals

BAILEY DEVINE (Waypoint Behavioral Health Solutions) and Reagan Elaine Cox and Anna I.

Petursdottir (Texas Christian University)

#113 Symposium

3:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

AUT/EDC; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Jeffrey Michael Chan, Ph.D.

Implementing Evidence-Based Practices for Students With Autism in School Settings

Chair: Rachel García (University of South Florida)

Discussant: Jeffrey Michael Chan (Northern Illinois University)

Use of Evidence-Based Practices for Autism in Schools: A Survey of Public-School Special Educators

Tonya Nichole Davis, Stephanie Gerow, PROVIDENCE LIVELY, Tracey Sulak, Julia M. Hrabal, Kathleen

Hine, and MacKenzie Raye Wicker (Baylor University)

A Modular Approach for Autism Programming in Schools: Virtual Adaptation to a Pilot Study

ROSE IOVANNONE (University of South Florida; Florida Mental Health) and Suzannah J. Iadarola

(University of Rochester)

I-Connect: Evidence for a Technology-Based Self-Management Intervention

GRETCHEN SCHEIBEL (University of Kansas) and Howard P. Wills (Juniper Gardens Children's Project)

A Systematic Review of Functional Analysis in Public Schools

ROSS NESSELRODE, Terry S. Falcomata, and Lauren Wright (The University of Texas at Austin)

#114 Symposium

3:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

CBM; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Matthew L. Edelstein, Psy.D.

Accountability Through Data Collection: Narrowing the Bridge Between Science and Practice

Chair: Matthew L. Edelstein (Kennedy Krieger Institute)

Discussant: Kimberly Sloman (The Scott Center for Autism Treatment; Florida Institute of Technology)

Toward an Understanding of Data Collection Integrity

CODY MORRIS (Salve Regina University)

A Descriptive Analysis of Baseline Conditions Affecting Data Collection in a Group Home

DAPHNE SNYDER and Stephanie M. Peterson (Western Michigan University)

The Validity of Parent Report for Evaluating Clinical Endpoints for Severe Problem Behavior

JESSICA L. BECRAFT, Patricia F. Kurtz, Usai Bah, and Michael F. Cataldo (Kennedy Krieger Institute)

Examining the Utility of Parent Report in the Age of Telehealth

MATTHEW L. EDELSTEIN and Jessica L. Becraft (Kennedy Krieger Institute), Lesley A. Shawler

(Kennedy Krieger Institute; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), and Alicia Sullivan and

Sherika Harley (Kennedy Krieger Institute)

#115 Symposium

3:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

CSS; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Alexandra Marie Campanaro, MA

Recent Advancements in Training Procedures to Teach Safety Skills

Chair: Alexandra Marie Campanaro (Caldwell University)

Discussant: Timothy D. Ludwig (Appalachian State University)

An Interactive Computerized Training to Teach Educators How to Respond During an Active

Shooter Situation

LORRAINE A. BECERRA (University of Missouri) and Thomas S. Higbee, Annie Galizio, Stephanie

Mattson, Juliana Aguilar, and Kassidy Reinert (Utah State University)

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Comparing Behavioral Skills Training, Video Modeling, and Interactive Computer Training to

Teach Sidewalker Safety Skills

SARAH BRADTKE, Claire C. St. Peter, Emily K. Hull, Natalie Ruth Shuler, Stephanie Jones, and Sijin

Wen (West Virginia University); and Bethany Smiley and Carol Petitto (On Eagles' Wings)

Sleeping Beauties: Teaching Adults to Arrange Safe Infant Sleep Environments

JACQUELINE CARROW, Jason C. Vladescu, and Sharon A. Reeve (Caldwell University) and April N.

Kisamore (Hunter College)

Teaching Water Safety Skills to Children With Autism Using a Train-the-Trainer Model

Rose Nevill (University of Virginia); Einar T. Ingvarsson (Virginia Institute of Autism); Amber Hardin, Emily

Meltzer, and WENDY BYUN (University of Virginia); and Lauren Haskins (Virginia Institute of Autism)

#116 Symposium

3:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

EAB/BPN; Theory

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: M. Christopher Newland, Ph.D.

Theories, Models, and Their Uses in Behavior Science

Chair: M. Christopher Newland (Auburn University)

Discussant: Lewis A. Bizo (University of Technology Sydney)

Tutorial Introduction to the Mathematical Principles of Reinforcement

PETER R. KILLEEN (Arizona State University)

Can Mathematical Principles of Reinforcement Inform Us About Chemical and Genetic Effects on

Behavior?

M. CHRISTOPHER NEWLAND (Auburn University)

Theory, Models, and Scientic Progress: The Case of Mathematical Principles of Reinforcement 2.0

FEDERICO SANABRIA (Arizona State University)

Distracted Recall and Choosing to Ignore: Differentiable Determinants of Forgetting and

Sustained Attending

DALISA KENDRICKS and M. Christopher Newland (Auburn University)

#117 Symposium

3:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

TBA/EDC; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Robert LaRue, Ph.D.

Advances in the Application of Evidence-Based Training Procedures

Chair: Robert LaRue (Rutgers University)

Discussant: Richard G. Smith (University of North Texas)

Virtual Evaluation of Computer-Based Instruction for Preparing Teachers to Establish Token-Based

Reinforcement Systems

SAMANTHA JEAN BOYLE, Dorothea C. Lerman, Ning Chen, and Kelsey Leadingham (University of

Houston-Clear Lake)

Training Behavior Analysts to Conduct Functional Analyses Using a Remote Group Behavioral

Skills Training Package

LINDSAY LLOVERAS, Savannah Tate, Kerri P. Peters, and Timothy R. Vollmer (University of Florida)

Training ABA Providers to Develop Skill Acquisition Protocols From Research Articles

ALLISON PARKER, Tina Sidener, Ruth M. DeBar, Sharon A. Reeve, and Kenneth F. Reeve (Caldwell

University)

Training Graduate Students to Select Measurement Methods

EMILY ALICE WHITE and Amanda Karsten (Western Michigan University)

#118 Paper Session

3:30 pm–3:55 pm EDT

EAB

Interventions to Reduce Discounting

Chair: Sara Peck (Utah State University)

Interventions to Reduce Discounting (Basic Research)

SARA PECK and Gregory J. Madden (Utah State University)

#119 Paper Session

3:30 pm–3:55 pm EDT

PCH

Dimensions of the Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis

Chair: Edward K. Morris (University of Kansas)

Dimensions of the Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis (Theory)

EDWARD K. MORRIS (University of Kansas), Deborah E. Altus (Washburn University), and Matthew

Novak (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

#120 Paper Session

4:00 pm–4:25 PM

PCH

Affordances and Behavior Theory: Debate and Implications

Chair: Andres H. Garcia-Penagos (Delta State University)

Affordances and Behavior Theory: Debate and Implications (Theory)

ANDRES H. GARCIA-PENAGOS (Delta State University)

#121 Invited Panel Ethics

4:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

DEI; Theory

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Matthew Tincani, Ph.D.

Exploring Publication Bias in Behavior Analysis Research

Chair: Matthew Tincani (Temple University)

MARK GALIZIO (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

Dr. Galizio received his BA from Kent State University and his Ph.D. from the

University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee where he worked with Dr. Alan Baron. In 1976, he

joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina Wilmington where he is currently

Professor of Psychology. His research interests include behavioral pharmacology,

stimulus control/concept learning, aversive control, and human operant behavior. He

has published two books, more than 100 articles and his research has been supported

by NIDA, NSF and NICHD. He is a Fellow of ABAI and four APA divisions and is a

past-president of APA Division 25 (Behavior Analysis) and of the Southeastern

Association for Behavior Analysis and served as an At-Large member of the ABAI Executive Council. He

has served on numerous NIH study sections and chaired two of them. He is currently editor-in-chief of

the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.

JOEL RINGDAHL (University of Georgia)

Joel Ringdahl is an associate professor in the department of communication sciences

and special education at the University of Georgia. His research interests include

functional analysis and treatment of severe behavior problems, stimulus preference

assessments, functional communication training and translational research in the

areas of behavioral momentum theory and behavioral economics. He is the editor of

Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice.

JASON TRAVERS (Temple University)

Jason Travers, Ph.D., BCBA-D, is an associate professor in the college of education

and human development at Temple University. He serves on the editorial board of

several journals, including Journal of Special Education Technology, TEACHING

Exceptional Children, and Journal of Disability Policy Studies.

Abstract: Publication bias is the disproportionate representation of studies with certain characteristics,

such as strong experimental effect, in the published research literature. Publication bias skews the body

of scientic knowledge by overrepresenting studies with specic methodologies, analytic techniques, and

data, which distorts the scientic literature and, ultimately, foments public distrust in science. Scholars in

psychology and education have documented the presence of publication bias within these broad bodies of

research. However, to date, behavior analysts have focused little attention on the possibility of publication

bias in basic and applied behavior analysis research. Participants in this panel will reect on their

experiences as researchers, journal editors, and manuscript reviewers regarding issues of publication bias

in behavior analysis. Their discussion will explore whether publication bias is a problem in behavior analysis

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research; how publication bias might manifest uniquely in our work; the potential impact of publication

bias on the corpus of scientic knowledge in basic behavior analysis, applied behavior analysis, and on

consumers of behavior analytic interventions; and potential strategies for reducing publication bias.

#122 Symposium

4:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

AUT/DDA; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Brandon C. Perez, MS

Recent Advances in the Assessment of Problem Behavior

Chair: Brandon C. Perez (University of Florida)

Using an Extended No-Interaction Condition to Inform Treatment Analysis

SAVANNAH TATE, Janelle Kirstie Bacotti, Timothy R. Vollmer, and Crystal M. Slanzi (University of Florida)

Preliminary Outcomes from a Response Blocking Reinforcer Assessment

CARA L. PHILLIPS (The May Institute), Meghan Deshais (Caldwell University), Timothy R. Vollmer

(University of Florida), and Jennifer R. Zarcone (The May Institute)

Problem Behavior During Preference Assessments: A Tangible Function Screening

BRANDON C. PEREZ and Timothy R. Vollmer (University of Florida)

#123 Panel Discussion

4:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

CSS/DDA; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Sheri Kingsdorf, Ph.D.

Supporting Local Development of Sustainable Applied Behavior Analysis and Telehealth Practices in

Australia and Europe

Chair: Sheri Kingsdorf (Masaryk University)

KAREL PANCOCHA (Masaryk University)

LAUREN COWLED (Great Start Behavior Services)

ANA MARÍA FORTES BARRAL (Inercia Digital)

#124 B. F. Skinner Lecture Series

4:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

OBM; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Nicole Gravina, Ph.D.

Total Worker Health®: An Invitation to Join In!

Chair: Nicole Gravina (University of Florida)

RYAN OLSON (Oregon Health & Science University)

Dr. Olson earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Utah State University, and

advanced degrees in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (MA) and Applied

Behavior Analysis (Ph.D.) at Western Michigan University. He was a member of the

Psychology Department at Santa Clara University prior to joining the Oregon Institute

of Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University. His research

program has focused on occupational fatality surveillance and prevention, and safety

and health interventions for isolated workers in demanding occupations (e.g.,

commercial drivers, home care workers). He has expertise in occupational safety,

intervention design, and integrating safety into employee health programs. Dr. Olson is a founding

investigator and current co-director of the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center—one of six Centers of

Excellence in Total Worker Health® funded by CDC/NIOSH). He has led two prior intervention research

projects in the Center, including the COMmunity of Practice And Safety Support (COMPASS) trial with

home care workers, and the current Tech4Rest study to evaluate interventions to improve sleep and

reduce fatigue among truck driving teams (anti-vibration driver’s seat, therapeutic mattress, behavioral

sleep intervention). In addition to his work within the Center, Dr. Olson serves as the multiple PI for

Oregon’s expanded occupational health surveillance program (CDC/NIOSH), and leads an internationally

recognized safety and health intervention research program with commercial drivers funded by NHLBI.

Dr. Olson is a past president of the Organizational Behavior Management Network and a charter

member of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology, and serves on the editorial boards for

several journals in these elds.

Abstract: We draw articial boundaries between our lives at home and at work, and between our waking

and sleeping hours. Each person is living a whole life where all of their environments, relationships,

behaviors, and physiological states interact. The body we take with us to work is the one we had with

us at home, and both work and home environments (resources, physical environment, psychosocial

environment, responsibilities/demands) impact our physical health. Total Worker Health® (TWH) is an

approach initiated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in 2003 developed

to address such interactions, and to advance science and practice for protecting workers’ safety, health,

and well-being. The TWH approach represents an expansion of traditional occupational safety and health

research and practice, with strong safety protections for workers as its foundation. NIOSH denes TWH

as “…policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from work-related safety and health

hazards with promotion of injury and illness prevention efforts to advance worker well-being” (Tamers

et al., 2019). TWH recognizes that work is a social determinant of health and therefore takes a holistic

approach to worker safety, health, and well-being by acknowledging the interdependence between worker

well-being and their success at work. As an extension of traditional occupational safety and controls, the

TWH approach prioritizes addressing and removing occupational exposures that threaten the safety and

well-being of workers, and prescribes that such hazard reduction is accompanied by efforts to improve

the overall health status of workers as well. This is a very exciting time for occupational science and

practice. From a TWH perspective, the “action is in the interactions” between safety, health, and well-

being. This includes interactions between work and life exposures and each person’s genes, biology, and

daily behaviors. This reciprocol and interactive perspective is highly consistent with Skinnerian and other

approaches to behavioral science, as well as organizational systems analysis approaches. Skinner (1957)

wrote that “[People] act upon the world, and change it, and are changed in turn by the consequences of

their action” (p. 1). Similarly, Bandura (1978) proposed a triadic form of reciprocal determinism, focused

on interactions among a person’s environment, traits, and behaviors. At both individual and organizational

levels of analysis, systems approaches (Brethower, 1982; Rummler & Brache, 2012) highlight the adaptive

importance of reciprocal internal and external feedback processes, as well as sustaining and interactive

relationships between each system (person, organization) and its host environment (organization,

economy). With its Skinnerian and systems analysis roots, and associated historical emphasis on

environmental conditions and interventions, the Organizational Behavior Management community can make

great and important contributions in the TWH domain.

#125 Symposium

4:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

OBM/DEV; Theory

Protocol for the Management and Monitoring of Measurements for COVID-19 Containment

Chair: Terry E. McSween (Quality Safety Edge)

Discussant: Mark P. Alavosius (Praxis2LLC)

The COVID-19 Protocol: Final Version

FABIO TOSOLIN (Association for the Advancement of Radical Behavior Analysis)

A Behavioral Data-Driven Approach for the Containment of COVID-19

MARIA GATTI (Association for the Advancement of Radical Behavior Analysis)

#126 Panel Discussion Student Committee Event

4:00 pm–4:50 pm EDT

TBA; Theory

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Jonathan A. Schulz, MA

Success in Academia: Developing Teaching and Service Repertoires

Chair: Jonathan A. Schulz (University of Kansas)

LINDA J. PARROTT HAYES (University of Nevada, Reno)

RUTH ANNE REHFELDT (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago)

JANET S. TWYMAN (blast)

#127 Symposium

4:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

AUT/DDA; Translational

BACB/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Melanie Pellecchia, Ph.D.

Can Behavioral and Developmental Science Live Happily Ever After? An Overview of Naturalistic

Developmental Behavioral Intervention

Chair: Melanie Pellecchia (University of Pennsylvania)

Discussant: Sophia R. D'Agostino (Hope College)

Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention: The Next Frontier for Early Autism Treatment

MELANIE PELLECCHIA (University of Pennsylvania)

The Application of Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions in a Hospital-Based

Autism Center

ASHLEY DUBIN, Emily Bernabe, Meena Khowaja, and Erin Machemer (Nemours; Alfred I. duPont

Hospital for Children)

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Follow the Children: A Group-Based Application of Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral

Intervention for Preschool Children With Autism

MEGHAN KANE, Julia Waldman, and David Mandell (University of Pennsylvania)

Self-Reported Utilization of Developmental and Behavioral Intervention Techniques by Applied

Behavior Analysis Providers

KYLE M. FROST and Brooke Ingersoll (Michigan State University)

#128 Symposium

4:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

AUT/DDA; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Art Dowdy, Ph.D.

Increasing Mask-Wearing in Individuals With Developmental Disabilities: We've Got You Covered!

Chair: Timothy Nipe (Bancroft)

Discussant: Art Dowdy (Temple University)

Anyone Can Do It: A Basic Methodology to Increase Mask Tolerance in the Age of COVID-19

BRYAN F. FIRLEIN and Alyssa Chalow (Bancroft)

Decreasing Verbal Prompts for Correct Mask Wearing via a Tactile Prompt

JENNIFER QUIGLEY and Gloria Satriale (Preparing Adolescents and Adults for Life) and Art Dowdy

(Temple University)

Teaching Two Children With Autism to Wear a Mask Using a Tolerating Treatment Package

CHRISTINA BAROSKY, Katie Laurent, and Shelby Brand (Bierman ABA)

Evaluation of a Treatment Package to Increase Mask Compliance Within a Residential Treatment

Facility

KELLY TRUCKSESS, Timothy Nipe, Gabriel Lopergolo, and Adrianna Whitman (Bancroft)

#129 Symposium

4:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

DDA; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Colin S. Muething, Ph.D.

Treatment Variations for Problem Behavior in Children With Developmental Disabilities

Chair: Colin S. Muething (Marcus Autism Center)

Discussant: Joseph Michael Lambert (Vanderbilt University)

Differential Reinforcement Without Extinction: An Assessment of Sensitivity to and Effects of

Reinforcer Parameter Manipulations

HANNAH LYNN MACNAUL and Catia Cividini-Motta (University of South Florida)

Functional Communication Training Without Extinction to Decrease Self-Injurious Behavior With

Subtype-1 Automatic Maintained Behavior

JORDAN WIMBERLEY (Autism Treatment Center), Leslie Neely (The University of Texas at San

Antonio), and Amarie Carnett (Victoria University of Wellington)

The Effects of a Variable Momentary Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior Procedure on

Reduction and Maintenance of Problem Behavior

KYLE HAMILTON and Casey J. Clay (University of Missouri) and SungWoo Kahng (Rutgers University)

Consecutive Case Series of Problem Behavior Maintained by Social Avoidance

EMILY GOTTLIEB (Marcus Autism Center; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta) and Colin S. Muething

(Marcus Autism Center)

#130 Symposium

4:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

DEV; Basic Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Martha Pelaez, Ph.D.

Relational Frame Theory and Verbal Behavior Development Theory: Moving Forward Together in the

Analysis of Human Language and Cognition

Chair: R. Douglas Greer (Columbia University Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)

Discussant: Martha Pelaez (Florida International University)

Relational Frame Theory and Verbal Behavior Development Theory: Reecting Upon Similarities

and Differences

DERMOT BARNES-HOLMES (Ulster University), Maithri Sivaraman (Ghent University), R. Douglas

Greer (Columbia University Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), Daniel Mark

Fienup (Teachers College, Columbia University), and Herbert Roeyers (Ghent University)

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Causal or Critical? Mutually Entailed Orienting, Joint Attention, and Social Referencing for Word-

Learning

MAITHRI SIVARAMAN (Ghent University), Dermot Barnes-Holmes (Ulster University), Javier Virues

Ortega (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), and Herbert Roeyers (Ghent University)

Joint Attention: A Verbal Behavioral Analysis

GINGER HARMS (Teachers College, Columbia University) and R. Douglas Greer (Columbia University

Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)

Establishment of Increased Stimulus Control for Bidirectional Naming Increased Stimulus Control

for Other Derived Relations in 20- to 40-Month-Old Toddlers

LEAH FRIEDMAN (Teacher's College, Columbia University; Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville), R.

Douglas Greer (Columbia University Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), and

Daniel Mark Fienup (Teachers College, Columbia University)

#131 Symposium

4:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

VRB/AUT; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Michael Miklos, MS

Procedural Implications of the Concept of Joint Control: Research Review, Applied Research and a

Tutorial

Chair: Michael Miklos (Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network)

Discussant: Vincent Joseph Carbone (Carbone Clinic)

A Systematic Review of the Analysis of Joint Control Relevant to Children With Autism and/or

Other Developmental Disabilities

MIGUEL AMPUERO (Berry College) and Michael Miklos (Pennsylvania Training and Technical

Assistance Network)

Using Joint Control to Teach Activities of Daily Living and Vocational Tasks to Students With Autism

WILLOW HOZELLA, Amanda Mahoney, Yors A. Garcia, and Julie A. Brandt (The Chicago School of

Professional Psychology)

Toward Further Applied Empirical Research: A Tutorial on Joint Control Procedures, Part 1

MICHAEL MIKLOS (Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network) and Amiris Dipuglia

(Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network; Autism Initiative)

Toward Further Applied Empirical Research: A Tutorial on Joint Control Procedures, Part 2

AMIRIS DIPUGLIA (Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network; Autism Initiative) and

Michael Miklos (Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network)

#132 Paper Session

4:30 pm–4:55 pm EDT

EDC

Comparing the Minimum Celeration Line and the Personal Best Goal-Setting Approaches During the

Mathematical Practice of Students Diagnosed With Autism

Chair: Athanasios Vostanis (University of Kent)

Comparing the Minimum Celeration Line and the Personal Best Goal-Setting Approaches During

the Mathematical Practice of Students Diagnosed With Autism (Applied Research)

ATHANASIOS VOSTANIS and Ciara Padden (Tizard Centre; University of Kent), Aoife McTiernan

(National University of Ireland), and Peter Langdon (Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal

and Research; University of Warwick)

#133 Paper Session

4:30 pm–4:55 pm EDT

PCH

The Nonequivalence Between Meaning Relations and Stimulus Equivalence Relations

Chair: Elberto Plazas (Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz)

The Nonequivalence Between Meaning Relations and Stimulus Equivalence Relations (Theory)

ELBERTO PLAZAS (Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz)

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#134 Paper Session

5:00 pm–5:25 pm EDT

EAB

An Investigation of the Functional Properties of Relational Contextual Cues

Chair: Martin Finn (Ghent University)

An Investigation of the Functional Properties of Relational Contextual Cues (Basic Research)

MARTIN FINN, Jan De Houwer, and Jamie Cummins (Ghent University)

#135 Paper Session

5:00 pm–5:25 pm EDT

EDC

High-Tech Classroom Management: Effects of the Use of an App on Disruptive and On-Task

Classroom Behaviors for Students With Emotional and Behavior al Disorder

Chair: Gabriel Cohen (Oranim; Academic College of Education)

High-Tech Classroom Management: Effects of the Use of an App on Disruptive and On-Task

Classroom Behaviors for Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorder (Applied Research)

GABRIEL COHEN (Oranim; Academic College of Education)

#136 Paper Session

5:00 pm–5:25 pm EDT

PCH

The Differential Outcome Effect: Exploring Predictive Models and its Relevance to Basic Behavioral

Phenomena

Chair: Russell Silguero (University of North Texas)

The Differential Outcome Effect: Exploring Predictive Models and its Relevance to Basic

Behavioral Phenomena (Theory)

RUSSELL SILGUERO and Manish Vaidya (University of North Texas)

#137 B. F. Skinner Lecture Series

5:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

AUT; Basic Research

PSY/BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Regina A. Carroll, Ph.D.

Beyond Translation: Ethnic Disparities on Early Identication and Access to Services of Children With

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Chair: Regina A. Carroll (University of Nebraska Medical Center Munroe-Meyer Institute)

CECILIA MONTIEL-NAVA (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)

Dr. Cecilia Montiel-Nava, a bilingual child clinical psychologist, holds a Ph.D. in

Clinical Psychology from the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), an MS in

Clinical Psychology from Loyola University Maryland, and a BA in psychology from the

Universidad Rafael Urdaneta (Venezuela). Dr. Montiel-Nava’s research focuses on

three topics: (1) Understanding ethnic disparities among children with autism

spectrum and neurodevelopmental disorders, (2) Evidence-based interventions that

can be carried out by parents of children with developmental delays in underserved

populations, and (3) Validity and acculturation of diagnostic instruments. Since 2015,

she has been involved with Red Espectro Autista Latinoamerica (Latin American Autism Spectrum

Network [REAL]), that aims to foster international collaboration for research in Latin American countries.

She is also a member of the WHO/AS team for the implementation and evaluation of WHO Caregivers

Skills Training (CST) pilot projects in various countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, India, Peru, Trinidad &

Tobago, and Uruguay). Her longer-term goals include developing a package for early identication and

early intervention that could be broadly and freely administered in underserved populations in the valley.

As a clinician, researcher, and human being, she wants parents to feel that their socio-economic status,

ethnicity, or location are not another hurdle to overcome in the road to gain a better outcome for their

child. She is an author of two books and more than 45 research reports, articles, and book chapters.

Abstract: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong disorder that affects children and families in

several ways. A growing body of research has documented the ways in which racial disparities affect

the rate of identication, access and use of services, and relationship with professionals making the

diagnoses. In general, Latino children are diagnosed with ASD later in life; usually with more severe

symptoms, lower IQs, and more health conditions, compared with non-Latino children. Furthermore,

cultural factors can shape how the signs of ASD are conceptualized and how families accept a positive

diagnosis, especially how they are affected by stigma. Diminished access to diagnostic services as well

as having a caregiver with a non-English primary language can act as barriers to identifying children

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with ASD, in particular Latino children. This lecture will review current research in health disparities

in both early identication and access to services of Latino children with ASD. Research with this

underserved population contributes to enhancing diagnosis and identication methods for Latino

children with ASD and assessing the unidentied risk factors and barriers to accessing services, hence

improving their outcomes.

#138 Panel Discussion

5:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

AUT/OBM; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Paula Kenyon, Ph.D.

Development of a Framework to Promote Research Opportunities and Collaboration With Internal and

External Stakeholders in an Applied Behavioral Analytical Organization

Chair: Shannon Luoma (California State University, Sacramento; Kadiant)

FRANCINE HOLGUIN (Kadiant)

ALLISON J. WOMACK (Kadiant)

PAULA KENYON (Kadiant)

#139 Symposium

5:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

AUT; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Catia Cividini-Motta, Ph.D.

Advances in the Treatment of Stereotypy in Persons With Autism

Chair: Catia Cividini-Motta (University of South Florida)

An Evaluation of the Effects of Matched Stimulation on Stereotypy and Skill Acquisition

Catia Cividini-Motta and Natalie Mandel (University of South Florida), Hannah Lynn MacNaul (The

University of Texas at San Antonio), and ALYSSA ROJAS (University of South Florida)

Implementing a Multiple Schedule With Response Interruption and Redirection to Reduce

Stereotypy in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

ASHLEY CALLAHAN, Tina Sidener, Ruth M. DeBar, Meghan Deshais, Heather Pane, and Priya P. Patil

(Caldwell University)

Establishing Stimulus Control of Motor Stereotypy in an Adolescent With Autism

CAROLINE FEARNLEY (The New England Center for Children; Western New England University)

and Cammarie Johnson (The New England Center for Children; Western New England University;

Simmons University)

#140 Symposium

5:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

CSS/OBM; Translational

BACB/NASP CE Offered. CE Instructor: Anthony Biglan, Ph.D.

Building a Coalition to Amplify the Impact of Behavioral Science

Chair: Tiffany Dubuc (University of Nevada, Reno; King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center)

Rationale and History of the Coalition of Behavioral Science Organizations

ANTHONY BIGLAN (Oregon Research Institute)

Rebuilding Opportunity in America

ANDREW C. BONNER (University of Florida)

#141 Panel Discussion Student Committee Event

5:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

EDC; Theory

How to Obtain a Research Grant: Topics of Proposal Writing to Funding

Chair: Rebecca Seward (Southern Illinois University)

WAYNE W. FISHER (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)

CLAIRE C. ST. PETER (West Virginia University)

AMY ODUM (Utah State University)

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#142 Symposium

5:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

EDC/DDA; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Tom Cariveau, Ph.D.

Conditions Contributing to the Effectiveness of Error-Correction Procedures

Chair: Tom Cariveau (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

An Evaluation of Multiple Response Repetition Error-Correction Procedures

ALEXANDRIA BROWN, Julie Hester, and Tom Cariveau (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

Effects of the Onset of Differential Reinforcer Quality on Skill Acquisition

DELANIE FETZNER, Tom Cariveau, and Astrid La Cruz Montilla (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

A Component Analysis of Error Correction Procedures: Effects on Listener Responses

HUI ZHI, Kalie Chan, and Daniel Mark Fienup (Teachers College, Columbia University)

#143 Panel Discussion

5:00 pm–5:50 pm EDT

PCH/DDA; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Ilene Schwartz, Ph.D.

The Role of Principles in Ethical Decision-Making

Chair: Nancy Rosenberg (University of Washington)

ILENE SCHWARTZ (University of Washington)

ELIZABETH KELLY (University of Washington)

KAITLIN MARIE KLOES GREENY (University of Washington)

#145 Symposium

5:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

AUT/OBM; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Kate E. Fiske Massey, Ph.D.

Compassion and Self-Compassion Among Supervising Behavior Analysts and Direct Care Staff

Chair: Kate E. Fiske Massey(Rutgers University)

Discussant: Bridget A. Taylor (Alpine Learning Group)

The Composition of Exemplary Practitioners: Perspectives of Behavior Analysts

ALYSSA R. MCELROY and Jessica E. Frieder (Western Michigan University); Ryan M. Zayac

(University of North Alabama); Thom Ratkos (Berry College); and Madison Williams, Ashton Geiger,

Amber Paulk, and Lily Coleman (University of North Alabama)

Burnout in Providers Serving Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Multi-Method

Examination of Organizational Causes

SUMMER BOTTINI (Binghamton University; Marcus Autism Center), Colin S. Muething (Marcus

Autism Center), and Kaylie Wiseman and Jennifer M. Gillis (Binghamton University)

Evaluating the Effects of Behavioral Skills Training With Behavior Analysts to Increase Essential

Supervisory Skills

Allison Hawkins and KATE E. FISKE MASSEY (Rutgers University)

Effects of Short-Term Self-Care Training on the Well-Being of Staff in an ABA Setting

DEBRA PAONE and Kate E. Fiske Massey (Rutgers University), Margaret Swarbrick (Rutgers

University Behavioral Health Care), Susan Gould-Fogerite (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School), and

Catriona Beauchamp Francis (Rutgers University)

#146 Symposium

5:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

EAB; Basic Research

Persistence and Relapse of Operant Behavior: Experimental and Theoretical Analyses

Chair: Kenneth David Madrigal Alcaraz (Universidad de Guadalajara - CEIC)

Discussant: Eric A. Thrailkill (University of Vermont)

Behavioral Momentum and Stimulus Generalization

PETER KIM, John Y. H. Bai, and Shijue Xue (The University of Auckland); Christopher A. Podlesnik

(Auburn University); and Douglas Elliffe (The University of Auckland)

Separating the Effects of Response Rate and Acquisition Sessions on ABA Operant Renewal

KENNETH DAVID MADRIGAL ALCARAZ (Universidad de Guadalajara - CEIC), Andrew R. Craig (SUNY

Upstate Medical University), and Carlos Javier Flores Aguirre (Universidad de Guadalajara)

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Resurgence and Repeated Within-Session Progressive-Interval Thinning of Alternative Reinforcement

ANTHONY NATHAN NIST and Timothy A. Shahan (Utah State University)

The Effects of Symmetrical Alternative-Reinforcer Magnitude Upshifts and Downshifts on Resurgence

KATE ELIZABETH DERRENBACKER, Charlene Nicole Agnew, William Sullivan, Emily L. Baxter, Henry

S. Roane, and Andrew R. Craig (SUNY Upstate Medical University)

#147 Symposium

5:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

EDC/OBM; Translational

Designing a Progress Monitoring System to Improve Decision Making With Morningside’s Generative

Instruction Model

Chair and discussant: Carl V. Binder (The Performance Thinking Network, LLC)

Designing a Progress Monitoring System to Improve Teacher Decision Making With Morningside’s

Generative Instruction Model

AUSTIN SEABERT (The Performance Thinking Network) and Julian Gire and Andrew Robert Kieta

(Morningside Academy)

Assessment Systems and COVID-19: Rapidly Adapting Morningside’s Measurement Tools to

Ensure Effective Decision-Making

JULIAN GIRE and Andrew Robert Kieta (Morningside Academy)

The Classroom as the Unit of Analysis: Using Morningside’s Progress Monitoring to Inform

Coaching Decisions

ANDREW ROBERT KIETA and Julian Gire (Morningside Academy)

Morningside Model of Generative Instruction’s Multi-Tiered Assessment: Adding and Expanding

Progress Monitoring of Written Expression

BAILEE SCHEUFFELE and Julian Gire (Morningside Academy)

#148 Symposium

5:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

EDC/DDA; Translational

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Kimberly Crosland, Ph.D.

Evidence-Based Practices in Schools: Supporting Students at the Classwide Level, Individual Level,

and via Telehealth

Chair: Kimberly Crosland (University of South Florida)

Discussant: Diana Ginns (University of South Florida)

Development of Modular-Based Consultation Using Evidence-Based Practices for Teachers of

Students With Emotional Disturbance

KIMBERLY CROSLAND (University of South Florida), Rose Iovannone (University of South Florida;

Florida Mental Health), and Diana Ginns and Jennifer Wolgemuth (University of South Florida)

A Modular Approach for Autism Programming in Schools: Coaching Fidelity and Expanding to

Telehealth

ROCKY HAYNES (University of South Florida - Tampa) and Ryan J. Martin (The May Institute)

Using the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce Model to Improve Classroom Behavior

JENNIFER M. HODNETT, Andrea Nicole Zuniga, and Catia Cividini-Motta (University of South Florida)

Choice Versus Reinforcement for Decreasing Disruptive Behavior for Students With Emotional and

Behavioral Disorders

Sara Hordges, Kimberly Crosland, and JESSE DEPAOLO (University of South Florida)

#149A Invited Panel

5:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

DEI; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Carol Pilgrim, Ph.D.

Applying Our Science to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Conversation With the ABAI DEI Board

Chair: Carol Pilgrim (University of North Carolina Wilmington)

SHAHLA ALA'I (University of North Texas)

Shahla Alai received her BS from Southern Illinois University and her MA and Ph.D.

from the University of Kansas. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of

Behavior Analysis at the University of North Texas. Shahla and her students

collaborate with community partners to serve people who are under resourced and

marginalized within current societal structures. Shahla is a member of an

interdisciplinary lab that includes faculty and students from Woman’s and Gender

Studies, Applied Anthropology and Behavior Analysis. Shahla has taught courses on

technology transfer, ethics, autism intervention, parent training, behavioral systems,

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applied research methods, behavior change techniques, and assessment. Shahla has served on several

boards and disciplinary committees, most notably the ABAI Practice Board and the ABAI Diversity, Equity

and Inclusion Board. She has published and presented research on social justice, ethics in early

intervention, play and social skills, family harmony, change agent training, supervision and the

relationship between love and science in the treatment of autism. Shahla has over four decades of

experience working with families and has trained hundreds of behavior analysts. She was awarded an

Onassis Foundation Fellowship for her work with families, was the recipient of UNT’s prestigious “’Fessor

Graham” teaching award, received the 2019 Texas Association for Behavior Analysis Career

Contributions Award, and the UNT 2020 Community Engagement award.

JOVONNIE ESQUIERDO-LEAL (University of Nevada, Reno)

Jovonnie Esquierdo-Leal is the Program Development Specialist for the Diversity and

Inclusion Ofce at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). She received her MA from

California State University, Fresno and is currently a doctoral candidate at UNR.

Jovonnie’s scholarly interests include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); social

justice; Behavioral Systems Analysis (BSA); verbal behavior; and leadership.

ELIZABETH FONG (Pepperdine University)

Dr. Fong has over two decades of experience in the elds of behavioral health,

education and management. Her educational background is in clinical and counseling

psychology and applied behavior analysis. She holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology

with a concentration in forensic psychology. She is currently the associate director of

the MSABA online program and visiting clinical professor at Pepperdine University. In

2011, Dr. Hughes Fong founded Multicultural Alliance of Behavior Analysts (MultiABA)

which was a special interest group of the Association of Behavior Analysis

International (ABAI). The SIG has since rebranded as the Culture and Diversity SIG and

she continues to be a board member of that group. As a doctoral student, she was a "Distinguished

Scholar" with the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. In addition, she was the founder of “Diversity

in Behavior Analysis” a section in Behavior Analysis Research and Practice, and served as an associate

editor for the journal. She has been a reviewer for Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, Behavior

Analysis in Practice, and the National Multicultural Conference and Summit.

Currently, Dr. Fong serves on the Executive Committee for the American Psychological Association's

(APA) Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women), and Division 35 Section 5 Psychology of Asian

American and Pacic Women). She is also a member pf the ABAI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Board. In

addition to Dr. Hughes Fong activities, she is a board-certied behavior analyst and licensed as a behavior

specialist in Pennsylvania, a trainer in the Pennsylvania Bureau of Autism’s Functional Behavior Analysis

training, and has received training certicates in the area of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy

and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy Childhood Traumatic Grief. She received her level one

certication in Pivotal Response Training and Gottman Couples Therapy. Her primary areas of interest are

in the application of ABA to diverse populations, telehealth, social validity, health and behavior analysis, and

examining child custody and parental competency when a child has developmental disabilities.

RICHARD FUQUA (Western Michigan University)

Wayne Fuqua (Ph.D., BCBA-D) is a professor of psychology at Western Michigan

University where he served as the chair of that department for 14 years. Dr. Fuqua’s

research and scholarly interests span a range of topics including autism, health

psychology, gerontology, dissemination of evidence-based practice, ethics, and

behavioral approaches to sustainability and climate change. His contributions have

been recognized with several appointments and awards including: election as a Fellow

for the Association of Behavior Analysis; a Distinguished Service Award at WMU; the

Jacobson Award from New York State ABA; and a term on the Michigan Autism

Council. He has also produced a series of training videos that feature interviews and demonstrations with

leaders in behavior analysis (wmich.edu/autism/resources).

RAMONA HOUMANFAR (University of Nevada, Reno)

Dr. Ramona A. Houmanfar is professor of psychology and the director of the Behavior

Analysis Program at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). She currently serves as

the trustee of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, chair of the Organizational

Behavior Management Section of Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, and

editorial board member of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management and

Behavior & Social Issues. Dr. Houmanfar has served as the editor of Journal of

Organizational Behavior Management, senior co-chair of the Association for Behavior

Analysis International, director of the Organizational Behavior Management Network,

and president of the Nevada Association for Behavior Analysis.

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Dr. Houmanfar has published over seventy peer reviewed articles and chapters, delivered more than

100 presentations at regional, national, and international conferences in the areas of behavioral systems

analysis, cultural behavior analysis, leadership in organizations, rule governance, communication

networks, instructional design, and bilingual repertoire analysis and learning. Her expertise in behavioral

systems analysis and cultural behavior analysis have also guided her research associated with implicit

bias, cooperation, situational awareness, decision making, and value based governance. Dr. Houmanfar

has published three co-edited books titled Organizational Change (Context Press), Understanding

Complexity in Organizations, and Leadership & Cultural Change (Taylor & Francis Group).

JOMELLA WATSON-THOMPSON (University of Kansas)

Dr. Jomella Watson-Thompson is an associate professor in the Department of Applied

Behavioral Science, and the director of the Center for Service Learning at the

University of Kansas. She is also afliated with the Center for Community Health and

Development. She attained a Ph.D. in Behavioral Psychology and a Masters of Urban

Planning from the University of Kansas. She applies behavioral science methods and

interventions to improve how communities address issues related to community

health and development. Her research has focused on behavioral-community

approaches to neighborhood development, substance abuse prevention, and youth

and community violence prevention. Dr. Thompson supports community-engaged scholarship using

participatory approaches to address social determinants or factors that may contribute to disparities,

particularly for marginalized groups and communities. She has researched the effects of community-

based processes and behavioral-community interventions to promote mobilization and change in

communities. Dr. Thompson has received numerous funding awards and co-authored articles on

community capacity-building, youth and neighborhood development, and adolescent substance abuse

and youth and community violence prevention. She is as an associate editor with Behavior and Social

Issues and serves on the ABAI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Board.

Abstract: This panel represents the second annual DEI Board discussion in a series designed to provide the

ABAI membership with: (1) updates on Board activities, (2) opportunities for considering specic topics of

relevance to advancing DEI efforts within ABAI and more broadly, and (3) a mechanism for input and ideas

from the audience. This year’s panel will focus on the potential contributions of behavior analysis theory

and scientic research to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in ABAI and, more generally, in society.

After a brief review of the Board’s actions over the past year by Carol Pilgrim, Chair of the ABAI DEI Task

Force, DEI Board members will share perspectives on how the science of behavior analysis can be brought

to bear in designing DEI initiatives and evaluating their effectiveness. Time for questions and comments

from the audience will be included to allow for sharing relevant experiences and lessons learned.

#149 Symposium

5:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

TBA/AUT; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: SungWoo Kahng, Ph.D.

Methodological Considerations in Applied Behavior Analysis Practice and Research

Chair: SungWoo Kahng (Rutgers University)

Discussant: Marc J. Lanovaz (Université de Montréal)

Comparison of Visual Analysis Outcomes and Simulation Modeling Analysis Outcomes in A-B Designs

NICOLE KANAMAN (University of Kansas), Bertilde U. Kamana (The May Institute), and Claudia L.

Dozier and Derek D. Reed (University of Kansas)

A Review of Visual Analysis Reporting Procedures in the Functional Communication Training

Literature

AARON CHECK, Katie Wolfe, and Meka McCammon (University of South Carolina)

An Analysis of Threats to Internal Validity in Multiple-Baseline Design Variations

TIMOTHY A. SLOCUM, Sarah E. Pinkelman, P. Raymond Joslyn, and Beverly Nichols (Utah State

University)

Interobserver Agreement: A Preliminary Investigation Into How Much Is Enough?

NICOLE HAUSMAN (Full Spectrum ABA), Noor Javed (Kennedy Kreiger Institute), Molly K. Bednar

(Kennedy Krieger Institute), Madeleine Guell (Johns Hopkins University), Erin Schaller (Little Leaves

Behavioral Services), Rose Nevill (University of Virginia), and SungWoo Kahng (Rutgers University)

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#150 Symposium

5:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

VRB/AUT; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Smita Awasthi, Ph.D.

Complex Intraverbals Made Simple: The Many Methods to Teach Convergent and Divergent

Intraverbal Responding to Persons With Learning Disabilities

Chair: Aarti Haresh Thakore (Central Texas Autism Center)

Discussant: Manish Vaidya (University of North Texas)

The Prerequisites to Convergent Intraverbal Responding: A Multiple Baseline Study With Three

School-Going Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

SRIDHAR ARAVAMUDHAN and Smita Awasthi (Behavior Momentum India)

The Effects of a Differential Observing Response on Acquisition of Convergent Intraverbal

Responding in Two Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

SMITA AWASTHI and Sridhar Aravamudhan (Behavior Momentum India)

Acquisition and Generalization of Divergent Intraverbal Responses in Children Diagnosed With

Autism Spectrum Disorder

AARTI HARESH THAKORE (Central Texas Autism Center) and Anna I. Petursdottir (Texas Christian

University)

Complex Intraverbals Made Simple: A Discussion Paper on the Methods to Teach Multiply

Controlled Intraverbal Responses

ANUPAMA JAGDISH, Sridhar Aravamudhan, and Smita Awasthi (Behavior Momentum India)

#151 Paper Session

5:30 pm–5:55 PM

EDC

Increasing Access to Trainings for Disruptive Behavior: Developing and Validating a Virtual Teacher

Training Package

Chair: Odessa Luna (St. Cloud State University)

Increasing Access to Trainings for Disruptive Behavior: Developing and Validating a Virtual

Teacher Training Package (Applied Research)

Odessa Luna (St. Cloud State University) and JESSICA PETRI (Auburn University)

#152 Symposium

6:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

AUT/DDA; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Bryant C. Silbaugh, Ph.D.

Reviews of Recent Research on Behavioral Interventions for Pediatric Feeding Disorders: Across the

Lifespan, Non-Removal of the Cup, and Telehealth

Chair: Bryant C. Silbaugh (Empower Behavioral Health)

Interventions to Support Feeding in People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

BRYANT C. SILBAUGH (Empower Behavioral Health), Becky Penrod (California State University,

Sacramento), Scott Page (Utah State University), and Melissa Moseman (California State University,

Sacramento)

A Synthesis of Research on Non-Removal of the Cup in Children With Liquid Refusal and Brief

Practice Guidelines

KIANA J. WHITLOCK (The University of Texas at San Antonio) and Bryant C. Silbaugh (Empower

Behavioral Health)

Telehealth Behavioral Assessment and Intervention for Pediatric Feeding Disorders

LOUISA A. HUSSEIN (University of Houston-Clear Lake) and Bryant C. Silbaugh, Marilyse Tucker, and

Alexandra Villalobos (Empower Behavioral Health)

#153 Panel Discussion Ethics

6:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

AUT/DDA; Service Delivery

BACB/QABA CE Offered. CE Instructor: Megan Miller, Ph.D.

The Ethical Considerations of Assent in the Development of Instructional Motivation

Chair: Megan Miller (The Do Better Collective)

MEGAN MILLER (The Do Better Collective)

EMILY WILSON (Blossom Behavioral Services)

ROBERT SCHRAMM (Robert Schramm Consulting Knospe-ABA Meridian Rehab)

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#154 Symposium

6:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

CBM/DDA; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Deirdre M. Muldoon, Ph.D.

The Contribution of Qualitative Research to the Understanding of the Application, or Lack Thereof, of

Behavior Principles

Chair: Megan M. Grifn (Whitworth University)

Qualitative Methodology to Inform Applied Behavior Analytic Practices: A Literature Review

TIFFANY OTERO (University of New Mexico)

Understanding Caregivers’ Perceptions of Feeding/Mealtime Interventions for Their Young Child

With a Feeding Difculty

DEIRDRE M. MULDOON (The College of Saint Rose)

Qualitative Research and Contextual Fit

SUSAN R. COPELAND (University of New Mexico) and Megan M. Grifn (Whitworth University)

#155 Symposium

6:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

CSS/DDA; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Sarah Slocum, Ph.D.

Beyond Direct Assessment and Treatment: Addressing the Safety of Individuals Who Engage in

Problem Behavior When First Responders Must Be Called

Chair: Sarah Slocum (Marcus Autism Center; Emory University School of Medicine)

Caregiver Report on the Social and Environmental Impact of Challenging Behavior

AMANDA KAZEE (Marcus Autism Center; Emory University School of Medicine) and Kortney Rist,

Grace Binion, and Mindy Christine Scheithauer (Marcus Autism Center)

Prevalence of Interactions With First Responders: Report From Caregivers of Children Who Exhibit

Challenging Behaviors

Nadratu Nuhu, Summer Bottini, and MADELINE AUGE (Marcus Autism Center; Emory University

School of Medicine); Mindy Christine Scheithauer and Alexis Constantin Pavlov (Marcus Autism

Center); Sarah Slocum (Marcus Autism Center; Emory University School of Medicine); and Nathan

Call and Colin S. Muething (Marcus Autism Center)

Preparing Law Enforcement Ofcers to Engage Successfully With Individuals With Autism

Spectrum Disorder: An Evaluation of a Performance-Based Approach

KARLIE AMELIA HINKLE and Dorothea C. Lerman (University of Houston-Clear Lake)

#156 Symposium

6:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

CSS; Applied Research

Using Behavior Analytic Strategies to Improve Medical Routines and Teach Medical Skills

Chair: Sarah Elizabeth Martinez Rowe (University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute)

Systematic Review of Behavior Analytic Interventions to Address Needle Compliance in Individuals

With Intellectual Disabilities

SETH WALKER, Aaron Christopher White, and Amanda Zangrillo (University of Nebraska Medical

Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute) and Tyra Paige Sellers (Behavior Analyst Certication Board)

Adherence to Medical Routines: Promoting Health and Happiness Without Restraints or Sedation

ANSLEY CATHERINE HODGES (Nemours Children's Hospital; Florida Institute of Technology), David

A. Wilder and Elbert Blakely (Florida Institute of Technology), and Christopher A. Podlesnik (Auburn

University)

Teaching CPR and First Aid to Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities Using Behavior Skills Training

AARON CHRISTOPHER WHITE (University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe Meyer Institute) and

Daniel L. Gadke (Mississippi State University)

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#157 Panel Discussion

6:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

CSS; Service Delivery

BACB/QABA CE Offered. CE Instructor: Estefania Carla Alarcon Moya, MA

Bridging the Gap: The Establishment of Behavior Analysis Professional Associations Across Latin

America

Chair: Amanda Bueno dos Santos (Escuela Laboratorio de la Universidad Interamericana Recinto Metro)

ESTEFANIA CARLA ALARCON MOYA (Florida Institute of Technology; CeABA Chile)

CAROLA SCOLARI (Casita ABA)

GRICEL PEZZOTTI (ABA Dominicana)

#158 Symposium

6:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

DEV; Applied Research

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: JeanneMarie Speckman, Ph.D.

Behavioral Development Special Interest Group Graduate Student Research Award Presentations

Chair: JeanneMarie Speckman (Fred S. Keller School, Teachers College, Columbia University)

Discussant: Jennifer Longano (Fred S. Keller School)

Comparing Two Interventions on Establishing Multiple Stimulus Control

FRANCIS HWANG-NESBIT (Teacher College, Columbia University), R. Douglas Greer (Columbia

University Teachers College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), and Jennifer Weber (Teachers

College, Columbia University)

The Effects of Parent Training During Telehealth Sessions on the Students’ Rate of Learning and

Parents’ Delivery of Accurate Instruction

MANINDER VIRK and Lin Du (Teachers College, Columbia University)

#159 Symposium

6:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

EDC/AUT; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Nicole Hollins, MA

Coaching and Collaboration: Towards Delivering Evidence-Based Services in Public Schools

Chair: Jennifer Ledford (Vanderbilt University)

Remaining Behavior Analytic in School Consultation: A Conceptual Analysis of School

Environments

ROBERT C. PENNINGTON (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)

Multi-Level Coaching: A Behavior-Analytic Approach to Professional Development

CHARLES L. WOOD (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)

A Case Series: Reviewing Effective Components of Coaching Classroom Management

Nicole Hollins and STEPHANIE M. PETERSON (Western Michigan University)

#160 Symposium

6:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

PCH/BPN; Theory

Private Events: A Matter of Threshold, Culture, and Analysis Renement

Chair: Aecio De Borba Vasconcelos Neto (Universidade Federal do Para)

Radical Behaviorism and Deep Neural Network Reconstruction of Perceptual Responses

DANIELE ORTU (University of North Texas)

Private Events: A Good Start, but More to Go

AECIO DE BORBA VASCONCELOS NETO (Universidade Federal do Para)

Making Progress in Our Analysis of Private Events

BRENNAN PATRICK ARMSHAW and Manish Vaidya (University of North Texas)

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#161 Panel Discussion

6:00 pm–6:50 pm EDT

TBA/CSS; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: Dipti Mudgal, Ph.D.

Compassionate Online Education in a Post-COVID-19 World

Chair: Laura L. Dudley (Northeastern University)

DIPTI MUDGAL (Ball State University)

VERONICA J. HOWARD (University of Alaska Anchorage)

ROBYN M. CATAGNUS (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

#162 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

SIG Español

Chair: Mapy Chavez Cueto (Alcanzando)

All Spanish speaking ABAI members are invited to participate, share and exchange information at this

meeting. Join us to learn what is happening in the Spanish speaking community of ABAI.

#163 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Organizational Behavior Management Network and Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Annual Meeting

Chair: Byron J. Wine (The Faison Center)

This joint meeting will present information related to both the OBM Network and the Journal of

Organizational Behavior Management. Founded in 1982, the Organizational Behavior Management Network

exists to develop, enhance, and support the growth and vitality of organizational behavior management

(OBM) through research, education, practice, and collaboration. The Journal of Organizational Behavior

Management, edited by Dr. David Wilder, is the agship journal for the publication of research and

discussion articles related to the practice of behavior analysis in business settings. All attendees interested

in OBM are invited to hear updates and network with practitioners and researchers.

#164 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Nevada Association for Behavior Analysis

Chair: Thomas Wade Brown (Ball State University; Chrysalis)

The Nevada Association for Behavior Analysis is committed to its mission to promote professional

development in the eld of behavior analysis in all its facets to include philosophical, theoretical,

experimental, applied, and practice.

#165 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Student Committee Business Meeting

Chair: Allyson R. Salzer (University of Kansas)

ABAI student members constitute a signicant portion of ABAI's total membership. The ABAI Student

Committee's mission is to provide organizational support for all ABAI student members in order to

promote participation in ABAI, as well as professional growth, and to enable members to contribute to

the science of behavior analysis. The Student Committee business meeting will facilitate conversations

concerning student issues, their involvement, and how we can better serve students with respect to their

professional development. This business meeting will also serve to update students on current activities

and recruit students interested in serving on the Executive Council or other Student Subcommittees (e.g.,

academic engagement, events, and outreach).

#166 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Addiction Special Interest Group

Chair: August F. Holtyn (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

This will be the business meeting of the Addiction Special Interest Group (SIG). The mission of the

SIG is to provide a forum for students, practitioners, and researchers who have an interest in studying

and applying behavior analysis to understand, prevent, and treat addiction. The Addiction SIG is an

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organization for behavior analysts and others who are interested in understanding, preventing, and

treating misuse of licit and illicit drugs and other commodities (e.g., alcohol, nicotine, stimulants,

opioids, internet, smartphones, food) and associated psychosocial problems (e.g., psychiatric

comorbidities, unemployment, poverty). The purpose of this inaugural meeting will be to: (1) provide an

overview of the SIG’s mission, (2) discuss ongoing and future activities of the SIG, (3) develop plans to

increase membership within the SIG, and (4) encourage feedback on SIG activities and future directions.

All interested conference attendees are welcome to attend this meeting.

#167 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Perspectives on Behavior Science Editorial Board and Author Meeting

Chair: M. Christopher Newland (Auburn University)

This is a business meeting Perspectives on Behavior Science. We will discuss issues about the journal

and hear a report from Springer.

#168 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

China Association of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons/Professional Committee of ABA

Chair: Dorothy Xuan Zhang (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology; George Mason University;

ABA Professional Committee of China Association of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons)

The purpose of this meeting is to provide an annual update on the development and growth of the China

Association of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons/Professional Committee of Behavior Analysis.

#169 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Culture and Diversity SIG Meeting

Chair: Robyn M. Catagnus (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)

The business meeting for the rst nonprot multicultural alliance for behavior analysts, established to

support research, growth, and networking about culture and diversity issues in behavior analysis. Our

mission is to increase inclusive practices in behavior analysis research, education, policy, training, and

clinical practice—and in our wider communities. The SIG welcomes everyone and seeks a variety of

backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. This meeting will include introductions of a new Board, as well.

#170 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Behavioral Development Special Interest Group

Chair: Jessica Singer-Dudek (Teachers College, Columbia University)

The Behavioral Development SIG of ABAI was created with the mission to promote and support research

and theory designed to identify environmental variables that establish and interact with behavioral

development and show how these variables relate to behavioral principles and instructional procedures in

other areas, and how they can be manipulated to promote desirable developmental outcomes. Specically,

the organization shall (a) serve as a scientic and professional reference and networking group for

its members, (b) disseminate information to promote its mission to a wider audience, (c) organize an

annual business meeting to provide a forum for discussion of the affairs of the chapter, and (d) recognize

individuals or groups of individuals who have made signicant contributions to further the cause of this

SIG. Conference attendees are invited to come and meet the members of the Dev SIG and learn more!

#171 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Crime, Delinquency and Forensic Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Chair: Timothy Templin (HABA)

The purpose of the Crime, Delinquency and Forensic Behavior Analysis SIG business meeting it to review

the SIG vision, plans for the future and the discuss the best ways to assist the criminal and civil justice

systems using the science of applied behavior analysis. We will focus on communication within our SIG,

including the optimal use of social media to expand our SIG's reach and benet those interested. An

update on the webinar series, "Novel Uses of Applied Behavior Analysis" will also be reviewed. We will

discuss individual positions within the club and how to make our SIG work together to achieve new goals

for the coming year. All those interested in this area are welcome to attend and share some of their own

experiences with the group.

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#172 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Chair: Sophia R. D'Agostino (Hope College)

The NDBI SIG will hold their annual business meeting.

#173 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Applied Animal Behavior SIG Business Meeting

Chair: Steven W. Payne (California State University, Fresno)

The Applied Animal Behavior (AAB) SIG brings together individuals who specialize or have an interest

in the application of behavior analysis to the care, treatment, welfare, and understanding of animals and

their behavior. Our mission is to promote applied animal behavior analytic research, set high standards

in methods and techniques of animal training, support those in the applied animal behavior eld, and

promote the well-being of animals in applied settings wherever they are found. The AAB SIG has many

resources available to our members, and hosts a members’ meeting at the annual ABA convention.

Our members include academics, researchers, practitioners from various elds, and consumers. We

welcome anyone who is interested in learning more about and contributing to this growing eld.

#174 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Dissemination of Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group

Chair: John O'Neill (Contextual Behavioral Science Institute)

A business meeting to provide updates, plan initiatives, and discuss the overall direction and progression

of the Dissemination of Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group (DBA-SIG).

#175 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Teaching Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Chair: Dacia McCoy (University of Cincinnati)

Teaching Behavior Analysis (TBA) special interest group's purpose is to improve the teaching and

learning of the principles and applications of behavior analysis in any setting in which those activities

occur. The purpose of this meeting is to update members and potential members on the activities of

the TBA SIG. We will set goals for the upcoming year and allow time for individuals to network. All are

invited to attend. You do not have to be a member of the TBA SIG. Anyone interested in the teaching of

behavior analysis in all environments is welcome.

#176 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Behavior Gerontology Special Interest Group

Chair: Claudia Drossel (Eastern Michigan University; Center for the Advancement of Neurobehavioral Health)

The Behavioral Gerontology SIG provides an open forum for students, practitioners, and researchers who

have an interest in applying the science, practice, and philosophy of behavior analysis to wellbeing in later

life, typically referring to ages 65 and older. The goal is to promote the development, implementation, and

evaluation of behavior analytic approaches to a wide variety of topics with high public health signicance

in this population, such as self-management for health promotion and disease prevention, and functional

assessments of and interventions for behavioral changes commonly associated with neurocognitive

disorders (e.g., due to Alzheimer's disease). The meeting will explore attendees’ interests and needs

and foster collaborations and the sharing of information, to encourage education, training, practice, and

research. Outreach and organizational issues are central to the meeting agenda.

#177 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

Behavior and Social Issues Editorial Board Meeting

Chair: Mark A. Mattaini (Jane Addams College of Social Work-University of Illinois at Chicago)

This meeting, for editorial board members (and those interested in participating as such), will review

the progress of the journal, outline future plans, and offer opportunities for those interested to offer

suggestions to strengthen the offerings of the journal supporting culturo-behavioral science, social and

environmental justice, and cultural analysis at applied and basic levels.

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#178 Business Meeting

7:00 pm–7:50 pm EDT

New U.S. and Non-U.S. Programs Interested in ABAI Accreditation and VCS

Chair: Jenna Mrljak (Association for Behavior Analysis International)

This is an open meeting to disseminate information to new U.S. and non-U.S programs interested

in pursuing accreditation or obtaining a veried course sequence (VCS) through the Association for

Behavior Analysis International.

#179 Special Event

7:00 pm–8:30 pm EDT

Standing on the Shoulders of a Giant: Remembrances of Jack Michael

Chair: Henry D. Schlinger (California State University, Los Angeles) and Mark L. Sundberg (Sundberg

and Associates)