Innovations in Autism Treatment and Applied Behavior Analysis
A conference for professionals, teachers, parents, and caregivers of children with autism
Caldwell College
Two consecutive Fridays, April 17 and April 24, 2009
Program Agenda for Friday, April 24, 2009
The conference titles and speakers are listed below. Click on each to view the presentation abstract and speaker biography.
7:45 am – 8:45 am
Check-in and light breakfast
8:45 am – 9:00 am
Opening Remarks and Introductions
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Three Suggestions for Teaching Verbal Skills
Timothy R. Vollmer, Ph.D., BCBA
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Break; Vendor exhibits
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Suggestions for Improving Social Validity Assessments of Behavior-Change Procedures used with Young Children
Gregory P. Hanley, Ph.D., BCBA
11:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch & Dedication Ceremony
1:00 am – 2: 00 pm
Applied Behavior Analysis for Children with Autism: The State of the Science
Tristram H. Smith, Ph.D.
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Securing Third-Party Payment for ABA Services: Some Challenges and Opportunities
Gina Green, Ph. D., BCBA
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Break; Vendor exhibits
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Ten Reasons Kids with Autism (and Their Parents) Deserve ABA
Mary Beth Walsh, Ph.D.
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Functional Assessment of Behavioral Disturbances Related to Diagnostic Features of Autism
Iser G. DeLeon, Ph.D., BCBA
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Book Signing by Presenters