Provisional Agenda
The conference is a two-day event, Friday and Saturday from 9 to 6 pm.
9.00 – 9.45
9.00 – 9:30 – Intro
9.30 – 10.45 Aspirations for adulthood: Autism, family, and society – Karolla Dillenburger, Board Certified Behaviour Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D), clinical Psychologist (HCPC)
11.00 – 13.00
11.00 – 12.00 ABA Parent training: Essential tools for Behavior Analysts and ABA providers – Lilyan W.J. Campbell, MFT, BCBA
12.00 – 13.00 How to Give Feedback as a Supervisor – Ellie Kazemi, tenured-professor and researcher at CSUN
Break
14.00 – 16.00
SESSION 1
14.00 – 14.50 When Autism is a Delay in Skill Acquisition and When it’s Not – Patrick McGreevy, Ph.D.
15.00 – 15.50 The use of video technology for the enhancement of a number of skills in children with ASD – Christos Nikopoulos, BCBA-D
SESSION 2
14.00 – 14.50 – Procedures used in order to reduce the fear of certain stimulus and eliminate disruptive behaviors, in the case of people with ASD – Alexandra Comarniceanu, BCBA
15.00 – 15.50 – Instructional control – what is it, how we use it and how much represents too much – Andreea Vînturache, BCBA
16.00 – 18.00
16.00 – 16:45 – Special speaker intervention by Dr. Temple Grandin. Moderated by Eugenia Foarfecă
SESSION 1
16.45 – 18.15 Employment opportunities for adults with autism: developing strategies and facing challenges. Panelists: Nathalie Vanheusden (Executive Director, Global Head, Executive and Administrative Services – Oliver Wyman), Marjorie Madfis (founder and president of Yes She Can), Oana Constantin (Andriciuc) (Financial Analysis Senior Advisor and True Ability Ambassador – Dell Technologies Romania)
SESSION 2
16.45 – 18.00 – Implementing a supervision structure for center and home-based services – William Edwards, Ph.D., BCBA
9:00 – 10:45
SESSION 1
9.00 – 10.00 PEAK evaluation – what is it and how do we use it? – Veronica Sîrbu, clinician psychologist specialized in applied behavior analysis
10.00 – 10.45 Motivation and its role in ABA therapy – Miriam Ghețea, psychologist
SESSION 2
9.00 – 9.30 Help Home – a programme designed to attain skills for an independent life – Elena Alexandra Nicolae & Andreea Tatiana Mihalcea, psychologist
09.30 – 10.15 How can I determine my child to play? – Ioana Horez, psychologist
SESSION 3
9.00 – 9.30 The world needs all kinds of minds, Cristian Buică Belciu, Ph.D. University of Bucharest, Romania Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
9.30 – 10.15 ABA ONLINE, opportunities in crisis and isolation – Camelia Crîșmariu, BCaBA
10.15 – 10.45 Integration of the Body Moves the Brain method in the therapy of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders – Irina Bujor, psychologist
11.00 – 13.00
SESSION 1
11.00 – 12.30 Next Year is Now – William Heward, BCBA
12.20 – 13.00 The Professionalization of Applied Behavior Analysis in Romania – Neil Martin, BCBA
SESSION 2
11.30 – 13.00 Can my child talk? Evidence for the Emergence of Vocals in Non-Vocal Children with Autism – Smita Awasthi, BCBA
14.00 – 16.00
SESSION 1
14.00 – 15.45 Teaching Social Skills to Children with Autism – Caroline Peters, BCBA
SESSION 2
14.00 – 14.50 Difficult cases in logopedics – Laura Radu, psychologist
14.50 – 15.45 The impact of mastication and swallowing disorders on speech abilities – Amalia Lupu, psychologist and Anné-Marie Sterian, psychologist
SESSION 3
14.00 – 14.50 Practical applications in the psychotherapy of the child with ASD – Ana Bogdan, psychologist, ABA consultant and Andreea Cosmaciuc, psychologist, ABA consultant
14.50 – 15.45 ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Concrete tools for living a life with meaning – Adriana Boriceanu, psychologist
16.00 – 18.00
SESSION 1
16.00 – 17.00 Practical Strategies for Helping Children with Autism Learn to Love Eating a Healthy Variety of Foods – Jonathan Tarbox, BCBA
17:00 – 18:00 Fulfilling Skinner’s Vision with Entrepreneurship – Todd A. Ward, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
SESSION 2
16.00 – 17.00 Comorbidities that appear in adolescence, in the case of young people diagnosed with ASD – Ramona Octaviana Gheorghe, Primary physician specialized in pediatric psychiatry, adlerian psychotherapist
17.00 – 18.00 The role of parents in adjusting feeding behaviors at the child with autism – Lăcrămioara Petre, anthropologist, scientific researcher grade III, doctor
SESSION 3
16.00 – 17.00 Integrating children with autism in the mass education system and group contingencies – Ionela Ferucă, BCBA
17.00 – 18.00 The transformative process of a family with one or more children diagnosed with ASD: challenges, oppositions and possible solutions – Iulia Octavia Mukbel, psychologist
18:00 – 18:30 Closing session