ARKABA 2nd Annual Conference 2017 When? Workshop: October 26th at 4:30pm-7:30pm 3.5 BCBA CEU s 3 Teacher CE s Conference: October 27th at 8am-5:15pm 4.5 BCBA CEU s 6 Teacher CEU s, 7 SLP CE s (NOT ASHA) Registration opens at 7am Lunch Break from 11-1 Where? Workshop: 2418 E Joyce Blvd Fayetteville AR 72703 Conference: 21c Hotel 200 NE A St. Bentonville AR 72712 Who? Gordon Ramsay, Ph.D Vincent J. Carbone, Ed.D., BCBA-D Ryan O'Donnell, MS, BCBA Mark Malady,MS, BCBA How? Register for the conference by visiting arkaba.org WELCOME We are excited to announce our 2nd Annual Conference 2017 taking place at the beautiful 21C Hotel in Bentonville AR. This conference is open to all and we encourage everyone to come and learn from the brilliant speakers we have lined up this year. Abstracts and bio s for speakers are listed below. Be sure to register now to guarantee your spot! BCBA CEU s avaialble. CE s required by Arkansas for SLP s available (NOT ASHA CEU s). CE s for Arkansas Certified Teachers available.
Bio Ryan O'Donnell, MS, BCBA Bio Mark Malady,MS, BCBA Mark Malady resides in beautiful Reno, Nevada after finishing his undergraduate work at the University of Nevada, Reno and his masters program at Florida Institute of Technology in Applied Behavior Analysis. He has a very deep-seeded passion for people with all ranges of disabilities. His core work has been in this area, from direct support staff to now overseeing and managing multiple programs (day programs, job clubs, and inhome supports). As he worked with these populations he began exploring the depths of the field and along the way found many useful gems of behavior analysis that have influenced his practice. His aim is to take these gems and bring them into the mainstream through novel applications of behavior analytic technologies. In his spare time he enjoys life with his loved ones, eating cheese, and enjoying the simple things in life. Ryan O'Donnell hails from northern Nevada in the grungy, yet surprisingly classy, (and newly renovated) Reno, Nevada. He likes his climate like he likes his data: evolving, uncompromising, and progressive. He is a master of science; that is, he has a M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis, however he has since grown to include many other interests, including entrepreneurship and capturing perspectives and stories through various mediums. He has used this degree to work with a lot of great people to help organizations and families in Florida and Nevada that support people with Intellectual Disabilities. Currently he leads product development and distribution for High Sierra Industries as a Learning Systems Development Specialist. His focus outside this role is on building a community of thought leaders and doers to create content that increases the transparency of behavior analytic technologies with the hopes of creating a platform that truly saves the world. His interests are all over, from artificial intelligence and machine learning applications to the theory and philosophy behind Why We Do What We Do (wwdwwdpodcast.com). In his spare time you can find him consuming social media, prepping/climbing a giant mountain, or walking around with his camera in his hand (and, occasionally, all simultaneously). Connect with him on most all social platforms via Ryanodonnell23 and let him know what drives you to pursue the Behavior Analysis vision.
ABSTRACT Thursday Workshop 2418 East Joyce Blvd. Fayetteville, AR Thursday Workshop: Empowering Autonomy: A hands on workshop work 3.5 BCBA CEU s Mark Malady, MS, BCBA & Ryan O'Donnell, MS, BCBA Applied Behavior Analysis has demonstrated a strong technology referred to as Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention and one of the hallmarks of this technology is the ability of learners to demonstrate verbal behavior and readiness skills for learning in natural environments (Smith,1999). Although EIBI has demonstrated success in creating complex skills sets for a range of learners there have also been some concerns on rigid repertoires, some unwanted side effects such as rote learning approaches, and prompt dependency or failure to transfer control. Since EIBI is a technology of the branch of Behavior Analysis referred to as ABA it can be difficult to pinpoint the theoretical underpinnings of the approach other than generic behaviorism. The participants will be able to: Name the concerns and "unwanted side-effects" that have plagued the technology of EIBI and generate solutions to these perceived issues for varied perspectives and stakeholders. Name characteristics of alternative theoretical perspectives of behaviorism based on elements of functional contextualism, Israel Goldiamond s non- linear approach to behavior analysis, and Inter- behaviorism, including the role they play in the scientist- practitioner model. Generate an alternative approach to the technology of self-management that can immediately be used in practice with learners of various ages.
Bio Gordon Ramsay, Ph.D. Director, Spoken Communication Laboratory Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine Core Faculty, Center for Translational Social Neuroscience, Emory University Dr. Ramsay completed a Ph.D. in electronics and electrical engineering at the University of Southampton in England and received an M.Phil. from Cambridge University in speech and language processing after undergraduate studies in engineering. He was a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Institut de la Communication Parlae in Grenoble, France for two years, and also worked at the University of Waterloo, Canada and the Universita Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. He has held visiting positions at the University of Western Sydney, Australia and Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Before coming to Emory and Marcus Autism Center, he was an Associate Research Scientist in the autism program led by Ami Klin, Ph.D., at the Yale Child Study Center, Fellow of Saybrook College at Yale University, and Senior Scientist at Haskins Laboratories. At Marcus Autism Center, he directs the Spoken Communication Laboratory. He is also Principal Investigator for Project 2, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Autism Center of Excellence grant, and Director of the Data Analysis & Management Core on the NIH Autism Center of Excellence. His research focuses on mathematical models of speech production and perception, which he is currently applying to developmental profiling of vocal behavior, spoken communication, and social interaction in infants at risk of autism.
ABSTRACT Friday Presentation, 21 C Hotel Bentonville, AR Out of the mouths of babes: Vocal production in infant siblings of children with ASD Gordon Ramsay, Ph.D. Director, Spoken Communication Laboratory In collaboration with Drs. Jones and Klin, his research helps to show how earlyemerging mechanisms of social engagement are potentially derailed in ASD in the first year of life. This will eventually lead to evidence-based technologies for early detection and intervention to address the social communication deficit in autism.
Bio VINCENT J. CARBONE, Ed.D., BCBA-D Vincent J. Carbone is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral with over 35 years of experience educating and treating persons with autism and development disabilities. He received his graduate training in applied behavior analysis (ABA) at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. He serves as an adjunct faculty member at Penn State University. He currently holds teaching appointments in the medical school at the University of Salerno, Salerno Italy, and the European Institute for the Study of Human Behavior (IESCUM) in Parma, Italy. His teaching responsibilities include courses in Applied Behavior Analysis and Verbal Behavior. His behavior analytic research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders and others. He has served on the editorial review boards of several behavior analytic journals. He is the developer and presenter of a series of workshops on teaching language and other skills to children with autism and developmental disabilities. He has provided the requisite university training and supervision to hundreds of board certified behavior analysts in the U.S. and overseas. Currently, he serves as the director of the Carbone Clinic in New York and Boston. Additionally, he serves as the director of the Carbone Clinic in Dubai, UAE. All clinics provide behavior analytic consultation, training and therapeutic services to children, families and their treatment teams.
ABSTRACT Friday Presentation, 21 C Hotel Bentonville, AR Inclusion of B.F. Skinner s Analysis of Verbal Behavior in Treatment Programs for Children with Autism Vincent J. Carbone Ed.D., BCBA-D Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) methodology has proven to be one of the most effective forms of treatment for children with autism. This method involves the application of science-based procedures to the learning needs of children. The application of these behavioral principles to the development of language was thoroughly described in a book titled Verbal Behavior written by B.F. Skinner (1957). During the last 40 or more years a line of research examining Skinner s basic assumptions of language development has been conducted with persons with developmental disabilities and autism. As a result of this research a technology for teaching verbal behavior to persons who do not acquire it typically is emerging. The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of this approach and to provide rationales for including this analysis in programs for children with autism. Video illustrations of the clinical applications of this approach will be provided.
ABSTRACT Friday Presentation Empowering Autonomy: Transferring Instruction Control to Self- Management Skills Mark Malady, MS, BCBA, & Ryan O Donnell, MS, BCBA Applied Behavior Analysis has demonstrated a strong technology referred to as Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention and one of the hallmarks of this technology is the ability of learners to demonstrate verbal behavior and readiness skills for learning in natural environments (Smith, 1999). Although EIBI has demonstrated success in creating complex skills sets for a range of learners there have also been some concerns on rigid repertoires, some unwanted side effects such as rote learning approaches, and prompt dependency or failure to transfer control. Since EIBI is a technology of the branch of Behavior Analysis referred to as ABA it can be difficult to pinpoint the theoretical underpinnings of the approach other than generic behaviorism. The current presentation will present an alternative theoretical perspective of behaviorism based on elements of functional contextualism, Israel Goldiamond s non-linear approach to behavior analysis, and Inter-behaviorism. This alternative approach leads to a strong technology of selfmanagement. The early stages of developing self- management will be outlined and strategies for clinical practice and future research will be shared.