AALZ1520 - 2015 PaTTAN National Autism Conference- ASHA ...
Time/Date August 3, 2015 9:00-9:30 1.5 credit hours
Session # and presenter Session 1 Angela Kirby Wehr Mike Miklos
9:30 -10:00 August 3, 2015 10:00 – 11:00 1 credit hours
Session 2, 11 Patrick Friman
AALZ1520 - 2015 PaTTAN National Autism Conference- ASHA Disclosures Relevant Financial Interest Relevant Non-Financial Interest Ms. Kirby-Wehr is the director of the PA Training Ms. Kirby-Wehr has nothing to disclose and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN). She receives no additional compensation for this presentation. Mr. Miklos is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation
Mr. Miklos has nothing to disclose.
Dr. Friman receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Friman is the vice president of Behavioral Health at Boys Town and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine.
[email protected] August 3, 2015 11:00-11:30 .5 credit hours
August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours
Session 3, 4b Ami Klin [email protected]; [email protected] Session 4 Anna Petursdottir [email protected] Session 5 Willow Hozella [email protected]
August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours
Session 5b Jane Thierfeld Brown
August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours
Session 6 and Session 15 Dave Palmer [email protected]
August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours August 4, 2015 9:00 – 12:00 3 credit hours
August 4, 2015 9:00 – 12:00 3 credit hours
Mr. Klin receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Ms. Petursdottir receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Mr. Klin is the director of the Marcus Autism Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Nothing to disclose
Mr. Hozella is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Willow Hozella is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation. Dr. Thierfeld Brown receives an honorarium for presenting this session. She has co-authored three books on the subject: "Social Behavior and Self-Management: 5-Point Scales for Adolescents and Adults," "The Parent's Guide To College For Students On The Autism Spectrum," and "Students with Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for College Personnel." Mr. Palmer receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Thierfeld Brown is Director of Student Services at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Dr. Brown has three children, the youngest of whom is a 20-year-old son on the spectrum.
Session 7 Jonathan Tarbox [email protected] Session 8 Santhosh Girirajan [email protected] Session 10 and 22 Mark Sundberg [email protected]
Mr. Tarbox receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Nothing to disclose
Dr. Girirajan receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Girirajan, MBBS, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. He is a physician by training and has his medical degree. Dr. Sundberg serves on the Board of Directors of the B. F. Skinner Foundation. He is the author of the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB- MAPP), and co-author of the original ABLLS assessment tool and the book Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Sundberg is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Session 11 Patrick Friman
Dr. Friman receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Sundberg receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Nothing to disclose
Dr. Patrick C. Friman is the current Vice President of Behavioral Health at Boys Town and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine.
August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 12 and 24 Amber Valentino Joshua Sleeper [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. Valentino receives an honorarium for presenting the session. Mr. Sleeper receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
REPEAT from 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Dr. Valentino has served as a guest reviewer for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and currently serves on the editorial board of The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. She has also had recent peer-reviewed publications in the Journal of Behavioral Education, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Behavior Modification, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, and the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Mr. Sleeper is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 13 Beth Malow [email protected]
Ms. Malow receives an honorarium for presenting the session. Ms. Malow receives grant support from Neurim Pharmaceutics.
Nothing to disclose
Session 14 Katrina Mellott Heather Forbes [email protected]; [email protected]
Ms. Forbes is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation. Ms. Mellott receives and honorarium for presenting this session. Ms. Mellott is the owner of Avonbrook Consulting.
Ms. Forbes is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA). Ms. Mellot is Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Ms. Seymour and Mr. Stoehr are employees of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation.
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August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 16, 28 Kim Seymour Mike Stoehr [email protected]; [email protected] Session 17 Suzanne Kucharczyk [email protected]
Ms. Kucharczyk receives an honorarium for presenting the session
Dr. Kucharczk is an Investigator with the Center for the Education of Secondary Students with Autism, an Assessor with the Joint Attention Mediated Learning study, and a Principal Investigator on a collaborative study with Easter Seals/UCP in North Carolina
Continued from 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 18, 29 Erik Carter [email protected]
Dr. Carter receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Carter is an associate professor in the department of special education at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.
Dr. Morgenstern receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Morganstern is the CT Director of Research for the Institute of Professional Practice.
Dr. Twyman receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Twyman is the President of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, and currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School/Shriver Center. Dr. Twynman is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
REPEAT from 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Supporting Social Relationships and Learning: The power and Practice of Peer Mediated Interventions August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 19 Barry Morganstern [email protected]
August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Teaching functional skills to individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities Session 20 Janet Twyman [email protected] Technology for Teaching and Learning: Tools You Can Use Right Now
August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 21 T.V. Joe Layng and Joanne Robbins [email protected]
Dr. Layng receives an honorarium for presenting the session. Dr. Robbins receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Teaching Children to Ask Meaningful Questions
Dr. Layng co-authored a paper on Generative Instruction, which appeared in the American Psychologist. Joe is a Fellow of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. Joe Laying is currently a partner with educational development firm, Generategy. In 1999, he co-founded Headsprout and stayed with the company until 2013. In his capacity as Senior Scientist he led the scientific team that developed Headsprout’s patented Sprout Learning™ technology. Dr. Layng is a Fellow of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and currently a scientific advisor for the DOE supported Center for Innovations in Learning. Dr. Layng is a member of the Board of Trustees of TCS Education System, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Pacific Oaks College Dr. Robbins is Associate Director & Principal of Morningside Academy in Seattle, Washington.
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Session 23, 36 Eb Blakely [email protected]
Dr. Blakely receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Blakely is the vice president of behavioral services for Quest, Inc. and an assistant professor at the Florida Institute of Technology.
Ms. Yates is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Ms. Yates is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Mr. Johnston co-authored Strategies and tactics of behavioral research, now in its third edition, with H. S. Pennypacker. His most recent book is Radical behaviorism for ABA practitioners.
Nothing to disclose
Dr. Carter receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Carter is an associate professor in the department special education at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.
Dr. Williams receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Dr Keith Williams Ph.D BCAB, is the Director of the Feeding Program at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
Ms. Twyman receives an honorariurm for presenting the session.
Dr. Twyman is the President of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, and currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School/Shriver Center. Dr. Twynman is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Mr. Campbell is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Nothing to disclose
Behavior Momentum: Clinical applications of the high probability command sequence August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Session 26 Laura Yates [email protected]
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Introduction to Sign Language for Students with Autism Session 27 Jim Johnston [email protected]
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Radical Behaviorism for ASD Practitioners Session 29 Erik Carter [email protected]
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Session 30 Keith Williams [email protected]
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Feeding Problems in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Home and Community Based Solutions Session 31 Janet Twyman [email protected]
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:14 3 credit hours
Session 32 Jared Campbell [email protected] Early Numeracy & Beginning Math Concepts
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 34 and 47 Brian Iwata [email protected]
REPEAT from 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior: Basic Methods, Extensions, and Challenges Session 35 Leigh O’Brien [email protected]
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Social Skills: Where to start and how Skills Streaming can play a role Session 37 and 50 Vince Carbone [email protected]
REPEAT from 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
The Role of Joint Control in Teaching Complex Listener Responding Session 38 Ashlee M. Lamson, Jessice Dodge, David Mandell, Elizabeth Downs
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Evidence-Based Practices for Pre-School Students with Autism Session 39 Aimee Miller [email protected]
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 40 Pat McGreevy [email protected]
Dr. Iwata receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Ms. O’Brien is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Ms. O’Brien is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Dr. Carbone receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Carbone serves as the director of the Carbone Clinic in Rockland County, a northern suburb of New York City. Additionally, he serves as the director of the Carbone Clinic in Dubai, UAE. Both clinics provide behavior analytic consultation, training and therapeutic services to children, families and their treatment teams.
Ms. Lamson, Ms. Dodge, Ms. Toll and Ms. Downs will not receive an honorarium for presenting the session.
Nothing to disclose
Ms. Miller is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Nothing to disclose
Mr. McGreevy will receive an honorarium for presenting the session.
Charting A Reasonable Dream
August 6, 2014 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 42 Ivy Chong [email protected]
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Best Practices in Early Intensive Intervention: Guidelines and considerations Session 43 Jared Campbell [email protected]
Dr. Iwata is the former chief editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and former president of the Association for Behavior Analysis, the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Division 33 of the American Psychological Association, and the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis.
Dr. Chong receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Mr. Campbell is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Mr. McGreevy is the author of Teaching and Learning in Plain English, an Introduction to Precision Teaching, nine journal articles, a book chapter on teaching verbal behavior, and Essential for Living: A Functional Skills Curriculum, Assessment, Skill-tracking Instrument, and Professional Practitioner’s Handbook for children and adults with moderate-to-severe disabilities.
Dr. Chong is the Director of Autism Services and Training at the Scott Center for Autism Treatment and Associate Professor in the College of Psychology and Liberal Arts at Florida Institute of Technology.
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Introduction to Math Instruction using the CRA Model August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 44 Wendy Fournier
Ms. Fournier receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Ms. Fournier has been appointed to the RI State Commission to study the education of children with autism, and as a consumer reviewer for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for Autism Research through the U.S. Department of Defense. Ms. Fournier’s youngest daughter was diagnosed with autism in 2002.
Mr. Miklos is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Nothing to disclose
Autism-Related Wandering: Strategies for Prevention & Response
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon
Session 45 Mike Miklos
3 credit hours
[email protected]
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Treatment Integrity, Transcription and Supervision Workshop Session 46 Amiris DiPuglia [email protected]
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Meaningful IEP and Program Development Session 49 Amy McGinnis [email protected] A Behavioral Approach to Sensory Challenges
Dr. DiPuglia is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation.
Dr. Dipuglia has a son diagnosed with autism, and is a certified behavior analyst.
Nothing to disclose Ms. McGinnis receives an honorarium for presenting this session. Ms. McGinnis co-founded McGinnis Dean Press, and published Assessing Language and Learning with Pictures, an assessment tool designed to accompany the VB-MAPP.
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours Repeat on August 6, 2015 9:00- 12:00 noon 3credit hours
Session 51 and 63 Francesca degli Espinosa [email protected]
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Session 52 David Roth [email protected]
Mr. Roth is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation.
Nothing to disclose
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Session 54 Karen Grammas Nichole Kopco [email protected]; [email protected]
Ms. Grammas and Ms. Kopco are educational consultants, employed by PaTTAN and they receive no additional compensation.
Nothing to disclose
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Dr. degli Espinosa receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Teaching verbal conditional discrimination: a framework for organizing language curricula to establish generalized question-answering in children with autism
Overview of The Essential Components of Literacy: Connections to Instruction for Students with Autism Session 55 Kim Herb Mary Mikus [email protected]; [email protected]
Ms. Mikus and Ms. Herb are educational consultants, employed by PaTTAN and receive no additional compensation.
Early Intervention: Your first step as an active and informed parent for your child
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15
Dr. degli Espinosa is a private consultant who developed the Early Behavioral Intervention Curriculum (EBIC) as a framework for intervention derived from functional analyses of language.
Session 56 Dr. John Machella Sharon Leonard [email protected]; Session 57 Mark Dixon
Ms Mikus served as Parent Co-Chair of the Philadelphia Interagency Coordinating Council and as Co-President of the Committee for Special Education, a parent group in her school district. Ms. Mikus is the mother of a son with a disability. Mrs. Herb is the parent of a 17 year old on the autism spectrum.
Dr. Machella is an adviser at the PA Department of Education’s Bureau of Special Education and Ms. Leonard is an educational consultant employed by PaTTAN. Neither receive additional compensation. Dr. Dixon has published 6 books, 130 peer-reviewed publications, and presented over 400 research-
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3 credit hours
[email protected]
based studies worldwide, including “ACT for Children with Autism and Emotional Challenges.”
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Session 58 Debi Finarelli Heather Forbes Jaime Baker Amy Foor [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Ms. Finarelli, Ms. Forbes, Ms. Baker, and Ms. Foor are educational consultants employed by PaTTAN and receive no additional compensation.
Mrs. Foor holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA) and is Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA). Ms. Forbes holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA) and is Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA).
Speech basics for children with autism: strategies for the classroom and home August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Session 59 Amiris DiPuglia [email protected]
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
Programming and Instruction for Generalization and Generativity Session 61 Perry Zirkel [email protected]
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
Legal Issues for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Session 62 Amy McGinnis [email protected] Teaching Handwriting to Students with Autism
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
Session 64 Jonathan Ivy [email protected] Motivating Operations and Reinforcers: Further Analysis of Effects and Interaction Session 65 Laura Anthony Lauren Kenworthy [email protected] [email protected] Getting Unstuck and On Target: Practical Solutions for Building Executive Function Skills
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
Session 66 Tamara Kasper [email protected] Friends and Fitness: Strong Friendships! Strong Bodies!
also served as the Director of an SIU initiative (Behavioral Consultant Group) to infuse behavior analysis within schools, alternative education, and residential facilities serving individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities. Ms. Finarelli holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA) and is Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA).
Dr. DiPuglia is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation.
Dr. Dipuglia has a son diagnosed with autism, and is a certified behavior analyst.
Dr. Zirkel receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Nothing to disclose.
Ms. McGinnis receives an honorarium for presenting this session. Ms. McGinnis co-founded McGinnis Dean Press, and published Assessing Language and Learning with Pictures, an assessment tool designed to accompany the VB-MAPP.
Nothing to disclose.
Dr. Ivy receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
In 2013, Dr. Ivy was nominated President of the Pennsylvania Association for Behavior Analysis (PennABA).
Dr. Anthony receives an honorarium for presenting this session. Dr. Anthony will receive a share of the royalties form the purchase of materials.
Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
Dr. Kenworthy is a co-author of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). She is author of a school based executive function intervention for children on the autism spectrum, Unstuck and On Target, recently proven effective in a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded trial of the intervention.
Dr. Kenworthy, PhD, is an associate professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine, and director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children’s National Medical Center.
Ms. Kasper receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Tamara S. Kasper is co-author of the K&K Sign to Talk and Speak with Sign Materials. , Ms. Kasper directs The Center for Autism Treatment and provides consulting services, training, and workshops to treatment teams who serve children with autism in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Ms. Kasper is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA).
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
Session 67 Tim Caldwell [email protected] 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 Session 68 Debi Finarelli Heather Forbes [email protected]; [email protected] Using Evidence-Based Practice to Develop Speech and Language Skills Session 69 Tina Lawson Shanna Bradfield [email protected]; [email protected]
Mr. Caldwell receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Mr. Caldwell is the Director of ABA services at Philhaven Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities (CADD).
Ms. Finarelli and Ms. Forbes are educational consultants employed by PaTTAN and receive no additional compensation.
Ms. Finarelli and Ms. Forbes hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA). Both presenters are also Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA).
The presenters are educational consultants employed by PaTTAN and receive no additional compensation.
Nothing to disclose
Ms. Martin is not paid for this presentation.
Ms. Martin serves as a Missouri Autism Consultant (MAC) for Project ACCESS (Missouri State University) and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
PA's Systemic Improvement Plan to Increase School Completion Rates for Students with Disabilities August 6, 2015 Closing Keynote 3:34-4:45
Session 86 Stacey Martin [email protected] Evidence knows no boundary; collaboration for children across state lines
This course is offered for up to 2.15 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
Session # and presenter Session 1 Angela Kirby Wehr Mike Miklos
9:30 -10:00 August 3, 2015 10:00 – 11:00 1 credit hours
Session 2, 11 Patrick Friman
AALZ1520 - 2015 PaTTAN National Autism Conference- ASHA Disclosures Relevant Financial Interest Relevant Non-Financial Interest Ms. Kirby-Wehr is the director of the PA Training Ms. Kirby-Wehr has nothing to disclose and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN). She receives no additional compensation for this presentation. Mr. Miklos is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation
Mr. Miklos has nothing to disclose.
Dr. Friman receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Friman is the vice president of Behavioral Health at Boys Town and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine.
[email protected] August 3, 2015 11:00-11:30 .5 credit hours
August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours
Session 3, 4b Ami Klin [email protected]; [email protected] Session 4 Anna Petursdottir [email protected] Session 5 Willow Hozella [email protected]
August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours
Session 5b Jane Thierfeld Brown
August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours
Session 6 and Session 15 Dave Palmer [email protected]
August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours August 3, 2015 1:00-4:00 3 credit hours August 4, 2015 9:00 – 12:00 3 credit hours
August 4, 2015 9:00 – 12:00 3 credit hours
Mr. Klin receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Ms. Petursdottir receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Mr. Klin is the director of the Marcus Autism Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Nothing to disclose
Mr. Hozella is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Willow Hozella is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation. Dr. Thierfeld Brown receives an honorarium for presenting this session. She has co-authored three books on the subject: "Social Behavior and Self-Management: 5-Point Scales for Adolescents and Adults," "The Parent's Guide To College For Students On The Autism Spectrum," and "Students with Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for College Personnel." Mr. Palmer receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Thierfeld Brown is Director of Student Services at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Dr. Brown has three children, the youngest of whom is a 20-year-old son on the spectrum.
Session 7 Jonathan Tarbox [email protected] Session 8 Santhosh Girirajan [email protected] Session 10 and 22 Mark Sundberg [email protected]
Mr. Tarbox receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Nothing to disclose
Dr. Girirajan receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Girirajan, MBBS, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. He is a physician by training and has his medical degree. Dr. Sundberg serves on the Board of Directors of the B. F. Skinner Foundation. He is the author of the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB- MAPP), and co-author of the original ABLLS assessment tool and the book Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Sundberg is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Session 11 Patrick Friman
Dr. Friman receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Sundberg receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Nothing to disclose
Dr. Patrick C. Friman is the current Vice President of Behavioral Health at Boys Town and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine.
August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 12 and 24 Amber Valentino Joshua Sleeper [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. Valentino receives an honorarium for presenting the session. Mr. Sleeper receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
REPEAT from 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Dr. Valentino has served as a guest reviewer for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and currently serves on the editorial board of The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. She has also had recent peer-reviewed publications in the Journal of Behavioral Education, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Behavior Modification, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, and the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Mr. Sleeper is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 13 Beth Malow [email protected]
Ms. Malow receives an honorarium for presenting the session. Ms. Malow receives grant support from Neurim Pharmaceutics.
Nothing to disclose
Session 14 Katrina Mellott Heather Forbes [email protected]; [email protected]
Ms. Forbes is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation. Ms. Mellott receives and honorarium for presenting this session. Ms. Mellott is the owner of Avonbrook Consulting.
Ms. Forbes is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA). Ms. Mellot is Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Ms. Seymour and Mr. Stoehr are employees of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation.
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August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 16, 28 Kim Seymour Mike Stoehr [email protected]; [email protected] Session 17 Suzanne Kucharczyk [email protected]
Ms. Kucharczyk receives an honorarium for presenting the session
Dr. Kucharczk is an Investigator with the Center for the Education of Secondary Students with Autism, an Assessor with the Joint Attention Mediated Learning study, and a Principal Investigator on a collaborative study with Easter Seals/UCP in North Carolina
Continued from 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 18, 29 Erik Carter [email protected]
Dr. Carter receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Carter is an associate professor in the department of special education at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.
Dr. Morgenstern receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Morganstern is the CT Director of Research for the Institute of Professional Practice.
Dr. Twyman receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Twyman is the President of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, and currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School/Shriver Center. Dr. Twynman is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
REPEAT from 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Supporting Social Relationships and Learning: The power and Practice of Peer Mediated Interventions August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 19 Barry Morganstern [email protected]
August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Teaching functional skills to individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities Session 20 Janet Twyman [email protected] Technology for Teaching and Learning: Tools You Can Use Right Now
August 4, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 21 T.V. Joe Layng and Joanne Robbins [email protected]
Dr. Layng receives an honorarium for presenting the session. Dr. Robbins receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Teaching Children to Ask Meaningful Questions
Dr. Layng co-authored a paper on Generative Instruction, which appeared in the American Psychologist. Joe is a Fellow of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. Joe Laying is currently a partner with educational development firm, Generategy. In 1999, he co-founded Headsprout and stayed with the company until 2013. In his capacity as Senior Scientist he led the scientific team that developed Headsprout’s patented Sprout Learning™ technology. Dr. Layng is a Fellow of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and currently a scientific advisor for the DOE supported Center for Innovations in Learning. Dr. Layng is a member of the Board of Trustees of TCS Education System, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Pacific Oaks College Dr. Robbins is Associate Director & Principal of Morningside Academy in Seattle, Washington.
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Session 23, 36 Eb Blakely [email protected]
Dr. Blakely receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Blakely is the vice president of behavioral services for Quest, Inc. and an assistant professor at the Florida Institute of Technology.
Ms. Yates is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Ms. Yates is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Mr. Johnston co-authored Strategies and tactics of behavioral research, now in its third edition, with H. S. Pennypacker. His most recent book is Radical behaviorism for ABA practitioners.
Nothing to disclose
Dr. Carter receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Carter is an associate professor in the department special education at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.
Dr. Williams receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Dr Keith Williams Ph.D BCAB, is the Director of the Feeding Program at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
Ms. Twyman receives an honorariurm for presenting the session.
Dr. Twyman is the President of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, and currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School/Shriver Center. Dr. Twynman is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Mr. Campbell is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Nothing to disclose
Behavior Momentum: Clinical applications of the high probability command sequence August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Session 26 Laura Yates [email protected]
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Introduction to Sign Language for Students with Autism Session 27 Jim Johnston [email protected]
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Radical Behaviorism for ASD Practitioners Session 29 Erik Carter [email protected]
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Session 30 Keith Williams [email protected]
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:15 3 credit hours
Feeding Problems in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Home and Community Based Solutions Session 31 Janet Twyman [email protected]
August 4, 2015 1:15 – 4:14 3 credit hours
Session 32 Jared Campbell [email protected] Early Numeracy & Beginning Math Concepts
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 34 and 47 Brian Iwata [email protected]
REPEAT from 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior: Basic Methods, Extensions, and Challenges Session 35 Leigh O’Brien [email protected]
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Social Skills: Where to start and how Skills Streaming can play a role Session 37 and 50 Vince Carbone [email protected]
REPEAT from 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
The Role of Joint Control in Teaching Complex Listener Responding Session 38 Ashlee M. Lamson, Jessice Dodge, David Mandell, Elizabeth Downs
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Evidence-Based Practices for Pre-School Students with Autism Session 39 Aimee Miller [email protected]
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 40 Pat McGreevy [email protected]
Dr. Iwata receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Ms. O’Brien is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Ms. O’Brien is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Dr. Carbone receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Dr. Carbone serves as the director of the Carbone Clinic in Rockland County, a northern suburb of New York City. Additionally, he serves as the director of the Carbone Clinic in Dubai, UAE. Both clinics provide behavior analytic consultation, training and therapeutic services to children, families and their treatment teams.
Ms. Lamson, Ms. Dodge, Ms. Toll and Ms. Downs will not receive an honorarium for presenting the session.
Nothing to disclose
Ms. Miller is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Nothing to disclose
Mr. McGreevy will receive an honorarium for presenting the session.
Charting A Reasonable Dream
August 6, 2014 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 42 Ivy Chong [email protected]
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Best Practices in Early Intensive Intervention: Guidelines and considerations Session 43 Jared Campbell [email protected]
Dr. Iwata is the former chief editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and former president of the Association for Behavior Analysis, the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Division 33 of the American Psychological Association, and the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis.
Dr. Chong receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Mr. Campbell is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Mr. McGreevy is the author of Teaching and Learning in Plain English, an Introduction to Precision Teaching, nine journal articles, a book chapter on teaching verbal behavior, and Essential for Living: A Functional Skills Curriculum, Assessment, Skill-tracking Instrument, and Professional Practitioner’s Handbook for children and adults with moderate-to-severe disabilities.
Dr. Chong is the Director of Autism Services and Training at the Scott Center for Autism Treatment and Associate Professor in the College of Psychology and Liberal Arts at Florida Institute of Technology.
Nothing to disclose
Introduction to Math Instruction using the CRA Model August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Session 44 Wendy Fournier
Ms. Fournier receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Ms. Fournier has been appointed to the RI State Commission to study the education of children with autism, and as a consumer reviewer for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for Autism Research through the U.S. Department of Defense. Ms. Fournier’s youngest daughter was diagnosed with autism in 2002.
Mr. Miklos is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation.
Nothing to disclose
Autism-Related Wandering: Strategies for Prevention & Response
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon
Session 45 Mike Miklos
3 credit hours
[email protected]
August 5, 2015 9:00-12:00noon 3 credit hours
Treatment Integrity, Transcription and Supervision Workshop Session 46 Amiris DiPuglia [email protected]
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Meaningful IEP and Program Development Session 49 Amy McGinnis [email protected] A Behavioral Approach to Sensory Challenges
Dr. DiPuglia is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation.
Dr. Dipuglia has a son diagnosed with autism, and is a certified behavior analyst.
Nothing to disclose Ms. McGinnis receives an honorarium for presenting this session. Ms. McGinnis co-founded McGinnis Dean Press, and published Assessing Language and Learning with Pictures, an assessment tool designed to accompany the VB-MAPP.
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours Repeat on August 6, 2015 9:00- 12:00 noon 3credit hours
Session 51 and 63 Francesca degli Espinosa [email protected]
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Session 52 David Roth [email protected]
Mr. Roth is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation.
Nothing to disclose
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Session 54 Karen Grammas Nichole Kopco [email protected]; [email protected]
Ms. Grammas and Ms. Kopco are educational consultants, employed by PaTTAN and they receive no additional compensation.
Nothing to disclose
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Dr. degli Espinosa receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Teaching verbal conditional discrimination: a framework for organizing language curricula to establish generalized question-answering in children with autism
Overview of The Essential Components of Literacy: Connections to Instruction for Students with Autism Session 55 Kim Herb Mary Mikus [email protected]; [email protected]
Ms. Mikus and Ms. Herb are educational consultants, employed by PaTTAN and receive no additional compensation.
Early Intervention: Your first step as an active and informed parent for your child
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15
Dr. degli Espinosa is a private consultant who developed the Early Behavioral Intervention Curriculum (EBIC) as a framework for intervention derived from functional analyses of language.
Session 56 Dr. John Machella Sharon Leonard [email protected]; Session 57 Mark Dixon
Ms Mikus served as Parent Co-Chair of the Philadelphia Interagency Coordinating Council and as Co-President of the Committee for Special Education, a parent group in her school district. Ms. Mikus is the mother of a son with a disability. Mrs. Herb is the parent of a 17 year old on the autism spectrum.
Dr. Machella is an adviser at the PA Department of Education’s Bureau of Special Education and Ms. Leonard is an educational consultant employed by PaTTAN. Neither receive additional compensation. Dr. Dixon has published 6 books, 130 peer-reviewed publications, and presented over 400 research-
Nothing to disclose Nothing to disclose Dr. Mark R. Dixon, is a Professor and Coordinator of the Behavior Analysis and Therapy Program at Southern Illinois University. For the past five years he has
3 credit hours
[email protected]
based studies worldwide, including “ACT for Children with Autism and Emotional Challenges.”
August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Session 58 Debi Finarelli Heather Forbes Jaime Baker Amy Foor [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Ms. Finarelli, Ms. Forbes, Ms. Baker, and Ms. Foor are educational consultants employed by PaTTAN and receive no additional compensation.
Mrs. Foor holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA) and is Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA). Ms. Forbes holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA) and is Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA).
Speech basics for children with autism: strategies for the classroom and home August 5, 2015 1:15-4:15 3 credit hours
Session 59 Amiris DiPuglia [email protected]
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
Programming and Instruction for Generalization and Generativity Session 61 Perry Zirkel [email protected]
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
Legal Issues for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Session 62 Amy McGinnis [email protected] Teaching Handwriting to Students with Autism
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
Session 64 Jonathan Ivy [email protected] Motivating Operations and Reinforcers: Further Analysis of Effects and Interaction Session 65 Laura Anthony Lauren Kenworthy [email protected] [email protected] Getting Unstuck and On Target: Practical Solutions for Building Executive Function Skills
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
Session 66 Tamara Kasper [email protected] Friends and Fitness: Strong Friendships! Strong Bodies!
also served as the Director of an SIU initiative (Behavioral Consultant Group) to infuse behavior analysis within schools, alternative education, and residential facilities serving individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities. Ms. Finarelli holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA) and is Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA).
Dr. DiPuglia is an employee of PaTTAN and receives no additional compensation for this presentation.
Dr. Dipuglia has a son diagnosed with autism, and is a certified behavior analyst.
Dr. Zirkel receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Nothing to disclose.
Ms. McGinnis receives an honorarium for presenting this session. Ms. McGinnis co-founded McGinnis Dean Press, and published Assessing Language and Learning with Pictures, an assessment tool designed to accompany the VB-MAPP.
Nothing to disclose.
Dr. Ivy receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
In 2013, Dr. Ivy was nominated President of the Pennsylvania Association for Behavior Analysis (PennABA).
Dr. Anthony receives an honorarium for presenting this session. Dr. Anthony will receive a share of the royalties form the purchase of materials.
Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
Dr. Kenworthy is a co-author of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). She is author of a school based executive function intervention for children on the autism spectrum, Unstuck and On Target, recently proven effective in a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded trial of the intervention.
Dr. Kenworthy, PhD, is an associate professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine, and director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children’s National Medical Center.
Ms. Kasper receives an honorarium for presenting the session.
Tamara S. Kasper is co-author of the K&K Sign to Talk and Speak with Sign Materials. , Ms. Kasper directs The Center for Autism Treatment and provides consulting services, training, and workshops to treatment teams who serve children with autism in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Ms. Kasper is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA).
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
August 6, 2015 9:00-12:00 noon 3 credit hours
Session 67 Tim Caldwell [email protected] 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 Session 68 Debi Finarelli Heather Forbes [email protected]; [email protected] Using Evidence-Based Practice to Develop Speech and Language Skills Session 69 Tina Lawson Shanna Bradfield [email protected]; [email protected]
Mr. Caldwell receives an honorarium for presenting this session.
Mr. Caldwell is the Director of ABA services at Philhaven Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities (CADD).
Ms. Finarelli and Ms. Forbes are educational consultants employed by PaTTAN and receive no additional compensation.
Ms. Finarelli and Ms. Forbes hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA). Both presenters are also Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA).
The presenters are educational consultants employed by PaTTAN and receive no additional compensation.
Nothing to disclose
Ms. Martin is not paid for this presentation.
Ms. Martin serves as a Missouri Autism Consultant (MAC) for Project ACCESS (Missouri State University) and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
PA's Systemic Improvement Plan to Increase School Completion Rates for Students with Disabilities August 6, 2015 Closing Keynote 3:34-4:45
Session 86 Stacey Martin [email protected] Evidence knows no boundary; collaboration for children across state lines
This course is offered for up to 2.15 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
