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ACT's 6th Annual Focus on B.C. Research
In Celebration of April - Autism Awareness Month!
MAIN EVENT
(For information about the pre-conference event click here for details > )
* Continuing Education Credits -
BC-ABA will be providing
Continuing Education Units for the presentations marked with a *. See www.bc-aba.org for more info.
15 Presentations on BC Autism Research Projects
Keynote
To be announced
1. Policy Pathways to Better Outcomes for Children with ASD
Presented by: Charlotte Waddell & Cody Shepherd (SFU)
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2. Family-Centred Positive Behavior Support for Children with ASD *
Presented by: Joe Lucyshyn (UBC)
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3. Moving Forward: Conducting Autism Research in BC Schools
Presented by: Georgina Robinson (UBC & POPARD), William McKee (UBC),
and POPARD Consultants
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4. Clinical Genetic Clues to the Origins & Outcomes of ASD
Presented by: Suzanne Lewis (UBC & BC Children’s & Women’s Health Centre)
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5. Video Modeling for Children with Autism: From Research to Practice *
Presented by: Pat Mirenda, Liana Maione, and Vickie Kleeberger (UBC)
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6. Positive Behavior Support for Deaf Persons with Additional Disabilities:
Staff Training & Family-Centered Intervention *
Presented by: Brenda Fossett (UBC)
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7. Pathways in ASD: A Longitudinal Canadian Study of Children and Families
Presented by: Steve Wellington, Vikram Dua, Karen Kalynchuk, and Pat Mirenda (UBC/BCAAN)
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8. Factors Affecting Student-Teacher Relationships for Students
with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Presented by: Jacqueline Brown and Kent McIntosh (UBC)
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9. Predictors of Language Development in Autism: Implications for Intervention
Presented by: Karen Bopp (UBC/MCFD)
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10. Inclusive Real Work for Real Pay
Presented by: Paul Malette (CBI Consultants), co-presenter: Nicole Dunning
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11. Promoting Social Interactions Between Students with Autism and
Their Peers Using
Augmentative Communication *
Presented by: Lorraine Kamp (SET-BC) and Nadine Trottier (UBC)
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12. Social Attention, Perception and Competence in Autism
Presented by: Grace Iarocci, co-presenters: Elina Birmingham, Adrienne Rombough and Krista Johnston (SFU)
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13. Expanding the Unit of Analysis & Intervention for Young Children with Autism
& Food Refusal
Behavior *
Presented by: Lauren Binnendyk (Coast Behavior Analysts)
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14. Breakthrough Interventions in Autism: The Let’s Face It! Program
Presented by: Jim Tanaka (University of Victoria)
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15. Formative Evaluation of Group Self-Determination/Self-Advocacy Training for Adolescents with
High Functioning
Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome
Presented by: Brooke Myers (UBC)
Panelists:
Howard Chen, Ben Glasgow, Brian Lin, Eric Forbes, Eric Guzman Skotnitsky, and Aaron Fagerlund
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For more details & presentation times > View Registration Form (.pdf)
Continuing Education Units
BC-ABA will be providing
Continuing Education Units for the presentations marked with a *.
See www.bc-aba.org for more info.
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