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Conference Program & Schedule (see overview below)
(Subject to revision -- check this site and errata at conference registration desk for changes.)

Dec. 18: Use our program search tool to quickly find presentations and create/save/print your own personal conference program from the over 120 addresses, panel discussions, posters, symposia, and workshops. Includes abstracts for all presentations. More than 60 general sessions and workshops have been approved for BACB CEUs, and a number of sessions have been approved for BBS and SLPAB CEUs. Approval for MCEP is pending at this time. Just click here to get started. Jan. 27: Room locations have been finalized; search results include room location of each event.

PDF program guide is now available for download. Click here to download (4 MB) (need Adobe Reader?). TIP: Right-click on link, select "Save Target As..." (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link Target As..." (Netscape Navigator).

Important note on continuing education: CalABA is accredited as a provider of continuing education (CE) by the following organizations: Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB); California Board of Psychology Mandatory Continuing Education Program for Psychologists (MCEP); California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS); California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board (SLPAB). Each of these organizations has specific criteria regarding events and instructors that can be offered for CE. If a prospective presenter at the CalABA conference wishes to have her/his address, symposium, or workshop considered for CE (posters are not eligible), s/he must indicate that when the presentation is submitted, and submit additional materials, such as the vitae of the proposed CE instructor. The CalABA Professional Standards Committee then reviews each of those submissions and determines if the event and instructor meet the CE criteria of the relevant organizations. In short, not all presentations in this conference program could be offered for CE. If a presentation is not offered for CE, it is either because the submitting author did not request CE review or did not submit the necessary materials, or because the event and/or instructor did not meet CE requirements.


Continuing Education (CEUs):

  • BACB: Behavior Analyst Certification Board
  • MCEP: Mandatory Continuing Education Program for Psychologists
  • BBS: Board of Behavioral Sciences
  • SLPAB: Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board

    • Program Area:

  • AUT: Autism
  • CM: Clinical and Medical
  • DD: Developmental Disabilities
  • ED: Education
  • EXP: Experimental
  • HDG: Human Development & Gerontology
  • OBM: Organizational Behavior Management
  • PEL: Professional, Ethical, & Legal
  • TCP: Theoretical, Conceptual, & Philosophical
  • VB: Verbal Behavior

    • Levels:

  • Intro: Introductory
  • Intermed: Intermediate
  • Adv: Advanced

    • Schedule Overview    (top)

    Wednesday, February 20, 2008
    3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set-Up
    5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Conference Registration; Hospitality Suites
    8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CalABA Board of Directors Meeting - Open session for CalABA members

    Thursday, February 21, 2008
    7:30 a.m. Conference Registration Opens
    8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. President’s Welcome and Conference Introduction
    9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Keynote Address: Tristram Smith, PhD
    10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
    12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. Lunch On Your Own
    1:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
    4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. Glenda Vittimberga Memorial Lecture: John R. Lutzker, PhD, BCBA
    6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Poster Session and Social --- Job Fair, Graduate Program Expo
    ALL DAY Exhibits Open

    Friday, February 22, 2008
    7:30 a.m. Conference Registration Opens
    9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Keynote Address: William L. Heward, PhD, BCBA
    10:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
    11:30 a.m. – 1:20 p.m. Luncheon, Awards, and B.F. Skinner Foundation Auction
    1:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
    4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. Outstanding Contributor Address: Philip N. Hineline, PhD, BCBA
    ALL DAY Exhibits Open

    Saturday, February 23, 2008
    7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Workshop Registration
    9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Workshops
    12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch On Your Own
    1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Workshops
    ALL DAY Exhibits Open