National Autism Conference
August 3 - 6, 2015
The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel
Participant Agenda
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Registration 3:00 - 6:00
Monday, August 3, 2015
Registration 7:00 - 4:30
Children’s Institute 8:45 - 4:15
Session #
Title (level of instruction - intended audience)
1
9:00 – 10:00
Conference Welcome and Pennsylvania Updates (beginner – all
participants)
Angela Kirby-Wehr,
Mike Miklos
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Presidents Hall
2
10:00 –11:00
3
11:00 - 11:30
Opening Keynote: EIBI, ASD and the Forward March of Behavior
Analysis (beginner – all participants)
Autism Research Updates 2015 (beginner – all participants)
Patrick Friman
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
INF, OT, PT
Presidents Hall
11:30 – 1:00
4
1:00 – 4:00
4a
1:00 – 4:00
LUNCH
Update on Research on Verbal Behavior and Autism
(intermediate - parents, BCBAs, educational professionals)
Bringing Science to the Community: A New System of Healthcare
Delivery for Infants and Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(beginner - parents, BCBAs, educational professionals, educational
professionals in early intervention)
Introduction to the Conference and Applied Behavior Analysis
(beginner - first time conference attendees)
The Role of Behavioral Alphabets in the Emergence of Complex
Behavior (advanced - BCBAs & educational professionals)
Behavioral Analysis of Executive Function (intermediate - parents,
BCBAs, & educational professionals)
What Do We Know about the Genetics of Autism? (intermediate parents, educators, administrators, BCBAs, paraprofessional,
educational professionals, related service providers)
Recent Developments at the Behavior Analyst Certification Board
(beginner - all participants interested in behavior certification)
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, INF,
ASHA, OT, PT
To be announced
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
INF, ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
INF, ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, INF, OT,
PT
To be announced
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
INF, OT, PT
To be announced
5
1:00 – 4:00
6
1:00 – 4:00
7
1:00 – 4:00
8
1:00 – 4:00
9
4:15 – 5:15
Presenter
Exhibit Hall 11:30 - 5:00
Ami Klin
Anna Petursdottir
Ami Klin
Willow Hozella
David Palmer
Jonathan Tarbox
Santhosh Girirajan
Melissa Nosik
Credits
Location
Presidents Hall
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Registration 7:30 - 4:30
Children’s Institute 8:45 - 4:30
Session #
Title (level of instruction - intended audience)
10
9:00 – noon
Meeting the Milestones: Implementing a Verbal Behavior Program
for Children with Autism (intermediate - parents, BCBAs,
educational professionals)
Advanced Treatment Methods: The Generic Power of Behavior
Analysis (intermediate - parents, BCBAs, educational professionals)
Ethics for Behavior Analysts and Other Professionals Serving
Individuals with Autism and Their Families (intermediate - parents,
BCBAs, educational professionals)
Teaching Communication at Home (beginner - parents)
11
9:00 – noon
12
9:00 – noon
14
9:00 – noon
15
9:00 – noon
16
9:00 – noon
The Role of Behavioral Alphabets in the Emergence of Complex
Behavior – repeat (advanced - BCBAs & educational professionals)
Postsecondary Education Transition Considerations for Students
with Autism (beginner - parents, administrators, educational
professionals)
Presenter
Exhibit Hall 8:30 - 5:00
Credits
Location
Mark Sundberg
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Patrick Friman
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
OT, PT
To be announced
Amber Valentino,
Joshua Sleeper
Katrina Mellot,
Heather Forbes
David Palmer
Kim Seymour, Mike
Stoehr
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
1
17
Extended
Session
9:00 – noon
& 1:15 – 4:15
18
9:00 – noon
19
9:00 – noon
20
9:00 – noon
21
9:00 – noon
Noon – 1:15
22
1:15 – 4:15
23
1:15 – 4:15
24
1:15 – 4:15
26
1:15 – 4:15
27
1:15 – 4:15
28
1:15 – 4:15
29
1:15 – 4:15
30
1:15 – 4:15
31
1:15 – 4:15
32
1:15 – 4:15
33
4:30 – 5:30
Evidence-Based Early Identification and Intervention Practices for
Infants and Toddlers with ASD and Their Families (intermediate parents, educational professionals in early intervention) Note: this
extended session involves attending both morning and afternoon
time periods.
Supporting Social Relationships and Learning: The Power and
Practice of Peer-Mediated Interventions (intermediate administrators, BCBAs, paraprofessional, educational professionals)
Teaching Functional Skills to Individuals with Autism and Other
Developmental Disabilities (beginner - parents, BCBAs, educational
professionals)
Technology for Teaching and Learning: Tools You Can Use Right
Now (intermediate - parents, BCBAs, educational professionals)
Teaching Children to Ask Meaningful Questions (intermediate BCBAs, educational professionals)
LUNCH
Meeting the Milestones: Implementing a Verbal Behavior Program
for Children with Autism (intermediate - parents, BCBAs,
educational professionals)
Behavior Momentum: Clinical Applications of the High Probability
Command Sequence (beginner - parents, BCBAs, educational
professionals)
Ethics for Behavior Analysts and Other Professionals Serving
Individuals with Autism and Their Families (intermediate - parents,
BCBAs, educational professionals)
Introduction to Sign Language for Students with Autism (beginner parents, paraprofessional, educational professionals)
Behaviorism: An Essential Survival Tool for Practitioners in Autism
(intermediate - BCBAs, educational professionals)
Workforce Transition Considerations for Students with Autism
(beginner - parents, administrators, educational professionals)
Supporting Social Relationships and Learning: The Power and
Practice of Peer-Mediated Interventions (intermediate administrators, BCBAs, paraprofessional, educational professionals)
Feeding Problems and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Home- and
Community-Based Solutions (beginner - parents, BCBAs,
educational professionals)
Personalized Learning and Competency-Based Education for
Students with ASD (intermediate - parents, BCBAs, educational
professionals)
Early Numeracy and Beginning Math Concepts (beginner - parents,
BCBAs, paraprofessional, educational professionals)
Follow-up Focus Meeting from 2014 Conference for Students
Transitioning to Work or College
Suzanne Kucharczyk
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Erik Carter
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
OT, PT
To be announced
Barry Morgenstern
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
INF, ASHA, OT, PT
To be announced
Janet Twyman
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
To be announced
Mark Sundberg
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Eb Blakely
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Amber Valentino,
Joshua Sleeper
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Laura Yates
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
OT, PT
To be announced
Keith Williams
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Janet Twyman
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
To be announced
Jared Campbell
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
To be announced
To be announced
T.V. Joe Layng and
Joanne Robbins
Jim Johnston
Kim Seymour, Mike
Stoehr
Erik Carter
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Registration 8:00 - 4:30
Children’s Institute 8:45 - 4:30
Session #
Title (level of instruction - intended audience)
34
9:00 – noon
Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior: Basic Methods,
Extensions, and Challenges (intermediate - parents, BCBAs,
educational professionals)
Social Skills: Where to Start and How Skills Streaming Can Play a
Role (beginner - parents, administrators, educational professionals)
Schedules of Reinforcement: Clinical Applications and Issues
(beginner - parents, BCBAs, educational professionals)
The Role of Joint Control in Teaching Complex Listener Responding
to Children with Autism (intermediate - BCBAs, educational
professionals)
Evidence-Based Practices for Preschool Students with Autism
(beginner - parents, educational professionals in early
intervention)
Effective Instruction to Develop Willing Learners (beginner parents, educational professionals)
Charting a Reasonable Dream (beginner - parents, BCBAs,
educational professionals)
BAS Updates and Interagency Transition (beginner - Act 48, Psych,
OT, PT)
Best Practices in Early Intensive Intervention: Guidelines and
35
9:00 – noon
36
9:00 – noon
37
9:00 – noon
38
9:00 – noon
39
9:00 – noon
40
9:00 – noon
41
9:00 – noon
42
Presenter
Exhibit Hall 8:30 - 5:00
Credits
Location
Brian Iwata
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Leigh O’Brien
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
To be announced
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
To be announced
Nina Wall, Roni Russell
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, OT, PT
Ivy Chong
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
To be announced
Eb Blakely
Vince Carbone
Ashlee Lamson, Jessica
Dodge, Ilene Toll,
Elizabeth Downs
Aimee Miller
Patrick McGreevy
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
2
9:00 – noon
43
9:00 – noon
44
9:00 – noon
45
9:00 – noon
46
9:00 – noon
Noon – 1:15
47
1:15 – 4:15
48
1:15 – 4:15
49
1:15 – 4:15
50
1:15 – 4:15
51
1:15 – 4:15
52
1:15 – 4:15
53
1:15 – 4:15
54
1:15 – 4:15
55
1:15 – 4:15
56
1:15 – 4:15
57
1:15 – 4:15
58
1:15 – 4:15
59
4:30 – 6:30
60
4:30 – 6:30
Considerations (beginner - parents, educational professionals in
early intervention)
Introduction to Math Instruction using the CRA Model (beginner parents, BCBAs, educational professionals)
The Big Red Safety Toolkit (beginner - parents, educational
professionals)
Treatment Integrity, Transcription and Supervision Workshop
(intermediate - administrators, BCBAs, educational professionals)
Meaningful IEP and Program Development (beginner - parents,
administrators, BCBAs, educational professionals)
LUNCH
Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior: Basic Methods,
Extensions, and Challenges (intermediate - parents, BCBAs,
educational professionals)
Teaming with General Education Teachers for Optimum Results
(intermediate - parents, administrators, BCBAs, educational
professionals)
A Behavioral Approach to Sensory Challenges (beginner - parents,
BCBAs, educational professionals)
The Role of Joint Control in Teaching Complex Listener Responding
to Children with Autism (intermediate - BCBAs, educational
professionals)
Teaching Verbal Conditional Discrimination: A Framework for
Organizing Language Curricula to Establish Generalized QuestionAnswering in Children with Autism (advanced - BCBAs, educational
professionals)
Advanced Mand Procedures and Protocols (intermediate - BCBAs,
educational professionals)
OBM in Practice: Improving Staff Performance in Human Service
Settings (intermediate - administrators, BCBAs, educational
professionals)
Overview of the Essential Components of Literacy: Connections to
Instruction for Students with Autism (beginner - parents,
educational professionals
Early Intervention: Your first step as an Active and Informed Parent
for Your Child (beginner - parents, educational professionals in early
intervention)
Updates to the PA Alternate System of Assessment (beginner administrators, educational professionals)
ACT Training for Parents (beginner - parents)
Speech Basics for Children with Autism: Strategies for the
Classrooms and Home (beginner - parents, BCBAs, educational
professionals)
Programming and Instruction for Generalization and Generativity
(intermediate - parents, administrators, BCBAs, , educational
professionals)
Poster Session, Reception, and The Art of Expression Exhibit
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Jared Campbell
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
To be announced
Brian Iwata
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Pennsylvania Teacher
Teams
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
OT, PT
To be announced
Amy McGinnis
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
To be announced
Francesca degli
Espinosa
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
David Roth
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, INF,
BACB, OT, PT
To be announced
Karen Grammas,
Nichole Kopco
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
OT, PT
To be announced
Kim Herb and Mary
Mikus
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
INF, OT, PT
To be announced
John Machella,
Sharon Leonard
Mark Dixon
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BCBA,
ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Amiris DiPuglia
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
To be announced
Various presenters
No credits
To be announced
Wendy Fournier & Lori
McIlwain
Mike Miklos
Amiris DiPuglia
Vince Carbone
Dennis Reid
Jaime Baker, Amy Foor
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Registration 8:00 - 9:00
Children’s Institute 8:45 - 5:15
Session #
Title (level of instruction - intended audience)
61
9:00 – noon
Legal Issues for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(intermediate - Parents, administrators, BCBAs, educational
professionals)
Teaching Handwriting to Students with Autism (beginner - parents,
BCBAs, educational professionals)
Teaching Verbal Conditional Discrimination: A Framework for
Organizing Language Curricula to Establish Generalized QuestionAnswering in Children with Autism - repeat (advanced - BCBAs,
educational professionals)
Motivating Operations and Reinforcers: Further Analysis of Effects
and Interaction (intermediate - BCBAs, educational professionals)
Getting Unstuck and On Target: Practical Solutions for Building
62
9:00 – noon
63
9:00 – noon
64
9:00 – noon
65
Presenter
Exhibit Hall 8:30 - 1:00
Credits
Location
Perry Zirkel
Act 48, Psych, ASHA,
INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Amy McGinnis
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
INF, ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
To be announced
Francesca degli
Espinosa
Johnathan Ivy
Laura Anthony, Lauren
To be announced
To be announced
3
9:00 – noon
66
9:00 – noon
67
9:00 – noon
68
9:00 – noon
69
9:00 – noon
Noon – 1:15
70/78
1:15 – 2:15
2:30 - 3:30
71/79
1:15 – 2:15
2:30 - 3:30
72/80
1:15 – 2:15
2:30 - 3:30
73/81
1:15 – 2:15
2:30 - 3:30
74/82
1:15 – 2:15
2:30 - 3:30
75/83
1:15 – 2:15
2:30 - 3:30
76/84
1:15 – 2:15
2:30 - 3:30
77/85
1:15 – 2:15
2:30 - 3:30
86
3:45 - 4:45
87
4:45 – 5:15
Executive Function Skills (intermediate - parents, educators,
administrators, BCBAs, paraprofessional, educational professionals,
related service providers)
Friends and Fitness: Strong Friendships! Strong Bodies! (beginner parents, BCBAs, educational professionals)
Organized Knowledge and Organized Life: How the Science of
Behavior Analysis Provides the Philosophy and Technology to
Provide the Most Effective Treatment for Individuals with Autism
Spectrum Disorders (beginner - parents, educators, administrators,
BCBAs, paraprofessional, educational professionals, related service
providers)
Using Evidence-Based Practice to Develop Speech and Language
Skills (beginner - parents,, BCBAs, educational professionals)
Pennsylvania's Systemic Improvement Plan to Increase School
Completion Rates for Students with Disabilities (beginner administrators, educational professionals)
LUNCH
Programming for Research and Evidence-Based Social Skills
Kenworthy
ASHA, OT, PT
Tamara Kasper
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, INF, OT, PT
To be announced
Debi Finarelli, Heather
Forbes
Tina Lawson, Shanna
Bradfield
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
INF, ASHA, OT, PT
Act 48, Psych, BACB,
ASHA, OT, PT
To be announced
Kristen Powell,
Maureen
Cunningham,
Shelly Mallozzi
Eileen Roberts,
Sharon Kratzer
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
Todd Harris, Richard
Allen
To be announced
To be announced
Accessing Independent Leisure and Social Skills
Elizabeth Kemeny
To be announced
To be announced
Teaching Secondary Students Job Skills
Exemplary
Pennsylvania Teacher
Team
Exemplary
Pennsylvania
Educators
Exemplary
Pennsylvania
Educators
Exemplary
Pennsylvania
Educators
Stacey Martin
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
To be announced
Act 48, Psych, BACB, OT,
PT
No credits
President’s Hall
Successful Implementation of ABA/VB Programming in a
Secondary Classroom: The Challenges and Successes of Developing
a "First Time" ABA/VB Classroom for Learners at the Secondary
Level
Use of a Three-Tiered PBIS Model to Deliver Evidence-Based
Services to Students with Autism
Practices to Promote Social Skills in School Settings
Effective Academic Instructional Practices in School Settings
Natural Environment Training
Closing Keynote: Evidence Knows No Boundary; Collaboration for
Children Across State Lines (all attendees)
Special Closing Music Presentation (all attendees)
Tim Caldwell
Jodi DiPiazza
To be announced
To be announced
President’s Hall
4