Association for Behavior Analysis International

The Association for Behavior Analysis International® (ABAI) is a nonprofit membership organization with the mission to contribute to the well-being of society by developing, enhancing, and supporting the growth and vitality of the science of behavior analysis through research, education, and practice.

17th Annual Autism Conference

Cultivating an Evidence-Based Practice

Preconference Workshops: Sunday, February 19, 2023

(6 total possible CE credits; separate registration required)

 

Conference: Monday, February 20–Tuesday, February 21, 2023

(11 total possible CE credits)

 

Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel; San Diego, California

Next stop—sunny San Diego! We are pleased to announce ABAI’s return to San Diego, California for the 17th Annual Autism Conference! The event will be held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, overlooking the San Diego Bay, and surrounded by alluring ocean views and downtown skylines.

 

Within steps of the hotel, conference attendees will find exciting attractions, dining, shopping, and nightlife. The San Diego Zoo, Birch Aquarium, and Legoland are popular destinations for attendees of all ages.

 

The Hilton San Diego Bayfront provides a complimentary beach bus every weekend to the iconic Coronado Island Beach and has a heated swimming pool onsite.

 

The very walkable Historic Gaslamp Quarter has shopping, dining, and nightlife in a quaint and picturesque setting. The Seaport Village is also a nearby cultural hub which showcases eclectic retailers, art galleries, and cafes, all right near the harbor. Petco Park is home to San Diego’s MLB team, the Padres, and the USS Midway Museum is nearby at the Navy Pier and boasts a collection of historical naval aircraft carriers. No matter your interest, San Diego is sure to have something fun for all conference attendees.

 

San Diego International Airport is the second-busiest single-runway airport in the world. The airport's landing approach is well known for its close proximity to the skyscrapers of downtown San Diego. The San Diego Airport (SAN) is approximately 4 miles, a 15-minute taxi ride, away from the Hilton San Diego Bayfront where the conference will be taking place.

 

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Current Exhibitors

 

Caravel Autism Health
Premier Package Exhibitor
 Booth #12
Caravel Autism Health specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of children on the autism spectrum. Caravel offers research-based programs using the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis, helping children living with autism reshape their development and embrace new ways of interacting with the world. Caravel operates 21 locations across Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington and Idaho, providing individualized treatment programs designed to help children develop skills, create connections and build confidence.
CentralReach, LLC
Premier Package Exhibitor
 Booth #10
CentralReach is a leading provider of end-to-end practice management and clinical solutions that enable applied behavior analysis (ABA) clinicians and educators to produce superior outcomes for people with autism. The company is revolutionizing the ABA space with cutting-edge solutions, including precision teaching, clinical data collection, scheduling, billing, learning management, fully digital evidence-based programming, and more. For more information, please visit CentralReach.com.
Kadiant
Premier Package Exhibitor
 Booth #8
Attain ABA and Kadiant deliver the highest quality Applied Behavior Analysis therapy and related critical services to children, adolescents, teens, and adults on the autism spectrum. Our treatment programs are always individualized, and keep each client’s abilities and goals in-focus to reach milestones that matter and achieve long-term outcomes.
Little Leaves Behavioral Services
Premier Package Exhibitor
 Booth #51
Little Leaves is an organization dedicated to helping people with social, communication, and behavioral challenges grow and succeed so that they can participate as fully as possible in their families and communities. Using evidenced-based practices based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), our professionals partner with each family to develop and implement an individualized therapeutic plan.
Booth #22
QABA was established in 2012 to meet professional credentialing in ABA. QABA offers the internationally accredited QBA, QASP-S, and ABAT certifications. Exams are online with remote proctoring. QABA establishes the highest standard of care and empowers all professionals providing behavioral intervention services to those with ASD and related disabilities. Through access, transparency, and dedication to best practice, we provide everyone opportunity for consistent high-level care.
Therapy Brands
Premier Package Exhibitor
 Booth #21
Our full-featured software is designed by BCBAs for BCBAs—people who understand your need for fast, easy, mobile data collection, a full-featured and modern parent portal, and solid billing functionality. Solve complex group-scheduling puzzles instantly, access and customize notes templates, scalable insurance billing and payments support, and send reminders to decrease no-shows. Additional functionality available for greater in-depth reporting, HIPAA-certified telehealth solutions and earning CEUs.
Think LLP
Premier Package Exhibitor
 Booth #3
Our firm consists of former Big-4 partners from the national tax practices, attorneys, CPAs, engineers, and other professionals. We team with corporate tax departments and regional/local CPAs in delivering specialized tax services yielding significant tax savings and refunds. Over the last 15 years, we’ve served hundreds of small and medium size businesses as well as over 250 Fortune 500 companies.
ACE ABA Software System
Premium Exhibitor
 Booth #2
The Autism Curriculum Encyclopedia® is the premier, ABA educational software system for learners with autism. The ACE® includes a challenging behavior module, multiple assessments, data entry, and automated graphing features as well as more than 1,900 customizable programs. This all in one solution for autism education also includes a direct data entry app for your iOS devices. Designed by the world-renowned New England Center for Children® the ACE utilizes the principles of applied behavior analysis to help you ensure maximum progress.
Booth #20
The Autism Commission on Quality (AGO) is a mission-driven non-profit accreditation body for organizations offering applied behavior analysis services to individuals and families impacted by autism. ACQ's mission is to continuously improve the impact of applied behavior analysis services for the autism community through education and accreditation of provider organizations. Learn more and download a free copy of our Standards and Guide at https://autismcommission.org.
Booth #24
Easterseals offers indispensable resources to individuals and families living with a disability. Our best in class, inclusive services are provided through a network of 73 local Easterseals in communities nationwide, along with four international partners in Australia, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Canada. Easterseals offers hundreds of home and community based services and supports—categorized into five distinct support areas: Live, Learn, Work, Play and Act. Easterseals Southern California is the largest non-profit provider of ABA based Autism Services in California, providing ABA based services to over 5000 families in the region. Join our growing team!
Endicott College
Premium Exhibitor
 Booth #44
The programs at Endicott College's Department of ABA include the Master of Science in ABA, with concentrations in Autism, Child Clinical, Mental Health, and Organizational Behavior Management, the Certificate in ABA for post-masters students, freestanding certificates in the concentration areas, and the Ph.D. in ABA. The doctoral program is a scientist-practitioner model that focuses on developing skills in applied research and higher education instruction. The Institute for Applied Behavioral Science also sponsors an annual DEI conference, an annual parent autism conference, and an annual ABA Ethics Conference (with the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.)
Booth #9
Measure Practice Management is an innovative, comprehensive, effective and paperless suite of HIPAA-compliant tools delivering Practice Management, Data Collection, Scheduling, and Revenue Cycle Management for ABA Therapy providers. Whether your practice needs to be more efficient, more profitable, or both, Measure Practice Management has the solution you're seeking.
Office Puzzle, LLC
Premium Exhibitor
 Booth #6
Office Puzzle is a practice management solution. Our platform includes a suite of tools for office management, document templates, activity, billing and payroll reports, data collection, calendar, online chat support, and mobile app. All this is behind a secured, HIPAA-compliant system with the capacity to be tailored to the specific needs of out clients.
Booth #34
Given the growing need to provide specialized, high-quality intervention for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the Progressive Behavior Analyst Autism Council™ provides credentialing programs that preserve and promote a progressive approach to applied behavior analysis (ABA) as a treatment method for ASD. These programs use a rigorous and defensible combination of assessment formats to recognize individuals who meet a high standard of practice.
Booth #5
Quality Behavioral Solutions (QBS)—a leading national behavioral training company—offers Safety-Care™ Behavioral Safety Training. Much more than the typical “crisis prevention course,” Safety-Care is founded upon the principles and procedures of applied behavior analysis and positive behavioral interventions and supports. QBS trains staff in evidence-based practices toward the prevention, minimization, and management of behavioral challenges. QBS offers a variety of other behaviorally based training and consulting.
Raven Health
Premium Exhibitor
 Booth #35
Raven Health provides best-in-class, intuitive data collection tools for ABA therapy providers, empowering them to seamlessly and rapidly collect data at the point of care.
Verbal Beginnings
Premium Exhibitor
 Booth #7
Verbal Beginnings is a BCBA-owned Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy provider serving children ages 2-18 diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder through a variety of programs including our Field, Early Intervention Centers, Social Skills, Feeding, and Diagnostic programs. Verbal Beginnings is based in Columbia, MD and currently provides ABA services throughout Maryland, DC, Northern Virginia, Delaware, and Pittsburgh, PA. Our philosophy of changing lives and commitment to our core values has been the driving force that has allowed us to make an impact for over a decade. It's the same commitment to care with an expanding footprint that allows us to serve even more amazing kiddos and their families than ever before!
ABA Technologies
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #45
ABA Technologies delivers premier online academic products, as well as incorporating behavior-based learning solutions for corporate clients. ABA Technologies, in addition to its academic work, provides a robust, science-based learning methodology for each company, solutions to ensure investments in training lead to significant results, measured by desired performance. Utilizing ever-evolving technologies, the company works with clients worldwide to pinpoint needs and build high-impact skills.
Ascend Behavior Partners
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #50
Ascend is an early intervention autism care company providing diagnostic testing, ABA therapy and family mental health services. Our unique approach to ABA addresses the underlying needs of the child’s environment through embedding targeted goals and mental health supports to assist the entire family with ABA treatment. We believe that the best ABA includes care for the entire family for the best long term outcomes.
Centria Healthcare
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #11
Centria Autism is a national ABA Therapy company working to inspire change within the industry. We support our BCBAs to deliver Values-Directed Therapy that achieves socially valid outcomes. Supporting our staff is critical to the vision; all BCBA’s receive a one of a kind Mentorship Program as we make Practical Functional Assessment and Skills-Based Treatment our standard model of starting care and treating interfering behavior.
Booth #33
Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOC), a pediatric healthcare system based in Orange County, California, is committed to being a leading destination for children’s health by providing exceptional and innovative care. CHOC’s growing community includes two state-of-the-art hospitals in Orange and Mission Viejo and a regional network of primary and specialty care clinics serving children and families in four counties. CHOC offers several clinical programs of excellence providing the highest levels of care for the most serious pediatric illnesses and injuries, physical and mental. CHOC’s research and innovation institutes are focused on translating real patient needs into real-world treatments so every child can live the heathiest and happiest life possible.
Booth #41
The Council of Autism Service Providers (CASP) is a non-profit trade association of organizations committed to providing evidence- based care to individuals with autism. CASP represents the autism provider community to the nation at large, including government, payers, and the general public. We provide information and education and promote standards that enhance quality of care.
Booth #54
Founded in 1970, Family Health Centers of San Diego is dedicated to providing caring, affordable, high-quality health care and supportive services to everyone, with a special commitment to uninsured, low-income and medically underserved persons.
Hope
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #52
Hope is the premier provider of services for individuals with disabilities. We now impact thousands of individuals who represent a broad spectrum of learning styles and abilities. Today, Hope serves individuals with disabilities and their families by providing educational, residential, and clinical services across six states, as well as community education and training. Annually, we impact over 5,000 individuals through our vast network of services offered in Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, Massachusetts and coming soon, in Texas.
Huntington Insurance
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #53
Huntington Insurance, Inc. has partnered with ABAI to offer member pricing on professional liability insurance. This protection is needed by all professionals to guard individuals and companies from attorneys’ errors, omissions, and lawsuits, and is separate from a standard general liability policy. An insurance policy is just the beginning; Huntington Insurance, Inc. agents take it a step further, passing along our knowledge of employee benefits and risk management to help you identify ways to lower risk. ABAI members receive a special discount. Stop by our booth for more information.
Maxim Healthcare
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #23
Maxim Behavioral Health provides high quality behavior analytic in-home programs for children and adults as well as intensive behavior support and classroom consultation for school districts. We provide services throughout the greater Seattle area, Southern California, Sacramento, Colorado Springs, and other locations. Maxim Healthcare gives team members the clinical freedom to create truly individualized programs for a wide variety of clients.
May Institute
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #1
May Institute is a nonprofit organization providing educational, rehabilitative, and behavioral healthcare services to individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental and intellectual disabilities, brain injury, and behavioral health needs.
Booth #4
Meridell Achievement Center is a residential treatment center that specializes in behavior and neurobehavioral programs for adolescents. We strive to help youths find successful outcomes and continued success after discharge.
Mightier
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #32
Mightier is the fun, proven method way to help kids develop and grow their emotional strength. Using the Mightier Heart Sensor and biofeedback kids learn coping skills in a play-based, fun approach, and can practice these strategies so they can apply them to everyday life. Developed at Boston Children's Hospital, Mightier helps build emotional strength through play.
Motivity
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #31
The most versatile and flexible clinical data collection system in ABA. What makes Motivity unique? We guarantee no downtime, no data loss, and no screen refreshes. Funded by the NIH research grants. Dedicated customer success Behavior Analyst. Set up programs your way (e.g. PEAK, Functional Analysis, SBT, EFL). No implementation fees or long-term contracts. Partnership with AlohaABA for Practice Management.
National University
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #42
National University is a growing network of nonprofit educational institutions, we’re united in our mission to build a better future for our students. We offer 75+ career-relevant degree programs with four-week courses and meaningful support services designed to help our students succeed. Our holistic, whole-human approach means we provide the academic, emotional, career, financial, and family support needed to succeed in today’s fast-paced world.
Booth #61
At Patterns, we intend on bringing our full arsenal of behavior change tactics and strategies to every situation that we encounter, with every family that we serve. We love what we do, and you will notice this difference immediately. At Patterns, we know that our compassion will enable us to thrive and grow as we support families. We truly look forward to working with and serving our clients. We aim to be different. Service and integrity of our clients is our utmost concern and priority. We maintain a culture of relentless optimism as we do what we’ve been called to do.
Rethink Behavioral Health
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #43
Rethink Behavioral Health is a technology company that has a wealth of experience in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). We have designed and developed their platform specifically for the behavioral health industry, working closely with providers from across the country. Rethink recognizes that every provider is different and has created our platform to be highly flexible and able to meet the specific needs of each individual provider
Booth #55
Sunny Days is a nationwide provider of early intervention services and home-based behavior therapy for children ages 2–18. Our services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and behavior therapy are provided in children's homes and community locations. Our ABA teams work with parents and children with the goal of teaching and supporting the family. We are seeking ABA therapists interested in a team approach!
Talk To Me Technologies
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #61
We bring speech to life, with technology that helps improve communication! ttmt360 - our all-inclusive service, support, funding, and training makes it easier and faster for you to choose, fund and learn how to use a speech-generating device, so you can focus on communication. Get started with a FREE consultation!
University of West Florida
Standard Exhibitor
 Booth #40
The Center for Behavior Analysis at the University of West Florida offers online verified course sequences and degree options for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing, RBT, BCaBA, BCBA, ABAT, QASP-S, and QBA certification. Tuition is affordable and courses start every semester. We also offer online CEUs on-demand in collaboration with the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.

 

 

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