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Meet our Extraordinary ABAI Conference Participants!

04/20/26


Please be sure to come by our booth and visit with our staff, clinicians and leadership. We would love to meet you.

We are proud to have such a big presence at this remarkable conference including:
  • May staff are making 15 presentations at ABAI
  • Individual papers (6)
  • Posters (6)
  • Workshops (3)
  • There are 27 May staff as co-authors on presentations
  • Presentation topics include the following:
  • Promoting healthy eating in ASD
  • Interprofessional practice and collaborations
  • Food selectivity in ASD
  • Class-wide interventions and supports
  • Translational research on reinforcer stability
  • Functional behavior assessment
  • Community law enforcement engagement with autistics
  • May staff are chairing two symposia (See listing below)

Individual Presentations/Papers (May staff in BOLD)
  1. Contois, K., Levy, M., Hozella, W. M., & Juban, B. A. (2026, May). From selectivity to success: Promoting healthy eating across settings for individuals with autism [Conference presentation]. In K. Tackitt (Chair), From selectivity to success: Promoting healthy eating across settings for individuals with autism [Symposium]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  2. Crosland, K., Iovannone, R., & Baton, E. (2026, May). A modular-based approach for teachers to deliver class-wide interventions for students with emotional disturbance [Conference presentation]. In R. Iovannone (Chair), Applications of applied behavior analysis (ABA)-based multi-tiered interventions in schools: Three research projects addressing specific tiers [Symposium]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  3. Hozella, H., Levy, M., & Flaherty, R. (2026, May). Interdisciplinary collaboration: An analysis of examples of successful partnerships in applied settings [Conference presentation]. In J. Ricciardi (Chair), Interprofessional practice: How behavior analysts achieve collaboration with other disciplines [Symposium]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  4. Kerwin, C. R., & Thompson, R. H. (2026, May). Identifying least restrictive interventions for food selectivity in a school setting [Conference presentation]. In K. Tackitt (Chair), From selectivity to success: Promoting healthy eating across settings for individuals with autism [Symposium]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  5. Rader, A. (2026, May). No such thing as a reinforcer: On the stability of reinforcement [Conference presentation]. In N. Migliaccio (Chair), Preferred, reinforcing, or both? Recent advancements in preference and reinforcer assessments [Symposium]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  6. Ricciardi, J., Almarzooqi, J., Viega, M., deFreitas, M., & Saade, S. (2026, May). The single-case experimental design as opportunity for interprofessional collaboration: Concept and case exemplar [Conference presentation]. In J. Ricciardi (Chair), Interprofessional practice: How behavior analysts achieve collaboration with other disciplines [Symposium]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Workshops (May staff in BOLD)
  1. Perrella, M., & Rader, A. (2026, May). Implementing a universal “Tier 1” behavior support plan: Effects on classroom staff fidelity scores [Workshop]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  2. Putnum, R., & Perrella, M. (2026, May). Improving classroom behavior support practices through applied behavior analysis [Workshop]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  3. Rader, A., Nuzzolilli, A., & Anderson, B. A. (2026). Model for efficient and effective functional behavior assessments (FBA): Systematic decision-making from hypothesis to treatment [Workshop]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Posters (May staff in BOLD)
  1. Drew, L., Markovits, R., Rader, A., Ly, L., & Ratliff, S (2026, May). The use of continuous vs. delayed prompting for building an imitative repertoire [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  2. Gunnlaugsdóttir Nielsen, S., Demeo, A., & Hozella, W. (2026, May). Using a DRO procedure and a discriminative stimulus to decrease perseverative talking of a 21-year-old student [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  3. Perrella, M., & Rader, A. (2026, May). Implementing a universal “Tier 1” behavior support plan: Effects on classroom staff fidelity scores [Poster]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  4. Ricciardi, J., Phillips, J., & Potoczny-Gray, A. (2026, May). Potentially traumatic event exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder in students with brain injury and neurodevelopmental disorders [Poster]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  5. Saltzman, E., Demeo, A., & Hozella, W. (2026, May). Assessment and treatment of episodic problem behavior in vehicles [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  6. Tackitt, K., & Ricciardi, J. (2026, May). Exploratory survey of law enforcement officers’ experiences with individuals with autism spectrum disorder within the community and group home settings [Poster]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.

Symposia chaired by May staff:
  1. Tackitt, K. (2026, May), From selectivity to success: Promoting healthy eating across settings for individuals with autism [Symposium). Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  2. Ricciardi, J. (2026, May), Interprofessional practice: How behavior analysts achieve collaboration with other disciplines [Symposium]. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference, San Francisco, CA, United States.

 

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