Recorded 8th Annual Conference

In Case You Missed It

The recording of 8th annual conference will be available starting may 16th for gaining CEUs even if you couldn't make the live event.  

This event is for those that did not register for the live event. Registering now means you will receive a link to the recordings and can log CEUs starting May 16th.

If you registered for the live event, you will receive a link to the recordings on the morning on May 16th. 

If you registered for the live event and still need to log CEUs, please contact treasurer@mainebehavioranalysis.org.

Note that CEUs will only be available to log between May 16th and May 29th.  All CEUs must be logged through CEUHelper.

If you need to pay by purchase order or require an invoice, please contact us at treasurer@mainebehavioranalysis.org

Dr. Jonathan  Tarbox will speak on:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and compassion-focused behavior analysis. 

Dr. Camille Kolu will speak on:

• The SAFE-T Model: Toward safer and more ethical treatment of behavior after trauma
• Toward a more individualized approach: how trauma literacy can inform behavioral assessment and treatment, bolster cultural and supervisory competence, and benefit clients, communities and clinicians

CEUs Available

• 6 BACB Learning CEUs (includes 4 ethics, 1 supervision) 
• 6 hrs. CE, Maine Psychologists & Psychological Examiners

Taking ACTion for Compassion: Building a Kinder Future for Applied Behavior Analysis

Decades of research have established the benefits of ABA-based interventions and supports for individuals on the autism spectrum. However, many in the Autistic community and throughout the neurodiversity movement have been calling for a kinder, more compassionate approach to ABA. Previous researchers (e.g., Taylor, LeBlanc, & Nosik, 2019) and families living with autism have expressed concern that ABA professionals do not consistently demonstrate the care and compassion that we feel in our hearts, in the way we interact with those we serve. Members of the neurodiversity self-advocacy community have called on behavior analysts to acknowledge that our procedures can cause harm and have asked that we prioritize the perspectives and values of the individuals we serve. The field of ABA is at a critical point in its evolution, where we have the opportunity to be open and courageous enough to take the next steps in developing a more compassionate approach. In this workshop, we provide practical strategies for infusing compassion into our everyday work as behavior analysts, across our work with the Autistic community, their caregivers, and across our own colleagues and organizations. We begin with a conceptual analysis of how empathy and compassion are part of the science of behavior analysis, and we progress to providing practical tools and approaches for leading with our hearts, while not compromising the science and effectiveness of our field. The tools and practices included in the workshop were developed on the basis of earlier work on compassion in ABA and include strategies based on self-reflection, perspective-taking, relational frame theory, and Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT).

Dr. Jonathan Tarbox is the Co-Founder and Program Director of the Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis program at the University of Southern California, as well as Director of Research at FirstSteps for Kids. Dr. Tarbox is the past Editor-in-Chief of the journal Behavior Analysis in Practice, a Board Member of the ABA Task Force to Eradicate Social Injustice, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Women in Behavior Analysis (WIBA) conference. He has published five books on applied behavior analysis and autism treatment, is the Series Editor of the Elsevier book series Critical Specialties in Treating Autism and Other Behavioral Challenges, and an author of over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters in scientific texts. His research focuses on behavioral interventions for teaching complex skills to individuals with autism, Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT), and applications of applied behavior analysis to issues of diversity and social justice.

The SAFE-T Model: Toward safer and more ethical treatment of behavior after trauma

On one hand, the term “trauma-informed behavior analysis” is redundant, since an appropriate and comprehensive analysis of behavior would already be (and is) trauma-informed. However, the inherent discrepancy between our science’s scope and its clinical application (including our wide-ranging training experiences) leaves many consumers without much-needed support (or worse, at risk of being harmed by treatments that might be contraindicated). From clients to practitioners who work with at-risk populations, we are all affected by trauma. But well-meaning behavior analysts may lack resources and experience necessary to expand our boundaries of competence in order to integrate appropriate documentation of trauma-related experiences into clinical practice, and to translate research from external fields on the effects of adverse experiences on overall health and behavior into action (2.12 Considering Medical Needs)). Ideally, this integration would be done in a way that fully upholds the new Ethics Code (e.g., 2022), both minimizing and mitigating risk to everyone touched by serious adverse experiences, while according dignity by acknowledging the individual’s history and unique needs (see 2.09 Involving Clients and Stakeholders). We will explore the SAFE-T Model, to illuminate a new path: it requires us to expand our competence and our supervision in ways that facilitate risk documentation, address historical functions of behavior, and translate trauma-related risks (2.15 Minimizing Risk of Behavior-Change Interventions) in terms of their functions in an individual’s behavioral environment. This talk also introduces the SAFE-T Assessment, to review, document, and support the mitigation of risks conferred by potentially trauma-related factors, helping behavior analytic clinicians to partner vigorously and more safely with teams that address behavior after trauma.

Toward a more individualized approach: how trauma literacy can inform behavioral assessment and treatment, bolster cultural and supervisory competence, and benefit clients, communities and clinicians

Should behavior analysts be expected to be trauma-literate, and how does that possibility intersect with cultural competence requirements (1.07 Cultural Responsiveness and Diversity)? In this talk, we’ll explore what that means, and why it should matter. Our cultural competence is often lacking when we ignore a piece of what makes up the rich fabric of another’s life and community, whether that "other" person is a client (2.09 Involving Clients and Stakeholders), a supervisee (4.07 Incorporating and Addressing Diversity (see 1.05, 1.06, 1.07, 1.10), or collaborator (2.10 Collaborating with Colleagues). By acknowledging trauma and bringing this piece of experience into practice, we also acknowledge who we (and our clients) are and can be, and honor an important piece of our field’s Ethics code. When we create new experiences to honor true needs and then move past trauma, how do we choose what to focus on? In order to answer that question, we’ll talk about how needs after trauma can be met by selecting cusps for both clients and ourselves as clinicians. Coined by Dr. Jesus Rosales Ruiz with his mentor Don Baer, the term behavioral cusps can refer to changes we make- new skills we can learn- that end up being crucial to what happens next. When used in a constructional way, they have the power to transform our practices and our communities.

Dr. Camille Kolu is a behavioral scientist and BCBA-D in Colorado. She is the owner of Cusp Emergence, a private practice in which she joins families and agencies to engineer behavioral cusps for individuals and their loved ones; and Cusp Emergence University, which provides continuing education to behavior analysts and related disciplines with whom she partners. After training, supervision and work at the University of North Texas during completion of undergraduate and master’s degrees, Dr. Kolu earned a Ph.D. in Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University, where she developed neurobiological animal models of autism and examined olfactory and social contextual conditioning. Dr. Kolu practices behavior analysis across the lifespan with individuals and families affected by autism, foster care or adoption, mental illness, and/or developmental and intellectual disabilities. She has partnered with health and human service agencies, mental hospitals, schools, community centered boards, and the University of Colorado Denver. Dr. Kolu has published in peer-reviewed journals, and serves on the advisory board of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. She is active in local behavior analytic groups. Dr. Kolu explores research interests in verbal communities of reinforcement and stimulus schedules in the everyday interactions of families affected by disruption or trauma, while using her private practice to provide training, education, and behavior analytic mentorship and supervision.

Association for Maine Behavior Analysis (AMeBA)
Continuing Education Units (CEU) Policy 2022

• The Association for Maine Behavior Analysis (AMeBA) uses the CEU Helper app to track and document participant attendance at all of its Continuing Education (CE) events. Assistance will be available at all events for participants who require support to use this app.

• A backup system will be available in the event of technical issues preventing access to CEU Helper. The backup system will only be employed in the case of technical barriers and will not be allowed as a standard means of documenting conference attendance or for the issuing of CEU certificates to participants at AMeBA CE events.

• Participants must sign in within 10 minutes of the start of each event, and may not sign out more than 10 minutes prior to the end of each event in order to obtain credit for attendance at the event.

• In the event of a technical issue, participants who were unable to check in or out of a session must email treasurer@mainebehavioranalysis.org and supply the corresponding check-in and/or check-out code as documentation that they attended. 

Any participant complaints regarding the CE event(s) and/or related requirements must be directed to AMeBA in writing by emailing president@mainebehavioranalysis.org. If a complaint regarding a CE event cannot be resolved with AMeBA, participants may file a formal complaint with the BACB® only after attempts have been made to resolve the complaint directly with AMeBA.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations are not available for this event.