KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Mary Jane Weiss

Effective Collaboration: Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers, and Enhancing Outcomes

Presentation topic: Autism is a complex disorder, necessitating comprehensive care.  To meet the complex needs of individuals with ASD, multiple professions must work collaboratively and in an interdisciplinary framework. Working with individuals from other disciplines involves addressing differences in worldview, in the definition of evidence, and in the concept of evidence-based practice.  This can make decisions about assessment and intervention discrepant, and the gulfs in view can be difficult to close. The successful navigation of these challenges leads to more effective team processes and thus improved outcomes for clients.  Some flexibility and interpersonal skills are needed, and clinicians need to appreciate the expertise of allied professions. Understanding differences of perspective and treatment requires openness to the process and recognition of the improved outcomes that stem from successfully integrated treatment. Resources that can assist in collaboration include position statements on interventions, evidence-based categorizations of treatments, and decision making tools and trees. This presentation will highlight the resources and skill development that can prepare behavior analysts for successful interprofessional collaboration that will maximize outcomes for individuals served, for practitioners, for organizations, and for the field.

Tamara Kasper

Better Together: Accelerating Progress Through Applied Models of Interprofessional Collaboration

Presentation topic:  Collaboration can be the engine that drives ethical & effective practice, yet most clinicians have never been explicitly taught how to collaborate in a structured, ethical, and aligned way. Be ready to be inspired and equipped to collaborate with confidence, and to experience firsthand the extraordinary impact that effective collaboration can have on client progress.

Lina Slim

From Words to Action: Bringing Teams Together for Meaningful and Culturally Responsive Outcomes
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Presentation topic:  Dr. Lina Slim will introduce the AICRe-Collaboration and Cultural Reflective Feedback Loop (CRFL) frameworks, a dynamic iterative, reflective, practice-oriented framework that transforms the principles of collaboration, cultural humility, and contextual fit into observable, actionable team behaviors. Grounded in the science of behavior, communication, and interprofessional collaboration (e.g., IPEC competencies, cultural reciprocity, and the Cultural Reflective Loop), this session offers strategies to align our verbal behavior, our words, with our committed value-driven actions.

Nicole Hollins-Mosley

Delivering Quality Services Across Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports: A Guide for School-based Behavior Analysts

​Presentation topic:  School-based BCBA’s are uniquely trained to disseminate behavior analytic principles throughout MTSS. MTSS may proactively keep students in the least restrictive environment and sustain workload capacity for school personnel. Navigating service provision in school settings is complex & the quality of services across each tiered level of support may vary due to competing contingencies. Dr. Hollins-Mosley will discuss collaborative practices that will support school-based BCBA’s and why it is so essential.

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