Conference Events

April 25, 2025

10:30 – 11:30 AM
SIMLAB Tour

Conference Day Agenda

April 26, 2025

8:00 – 8:50 AM
AKABA Meeting

9:00 – 9:30 AM
Registration

9:30 – 10:00 AM
Presidential Address – Phillip Tafs

10:00 – 10:50 AM
Keynote Speaker – Kris Kielbasa
Accelerating and Accepting Mental Health: A Synthesis of ACT and Precision Inners

10:50 – 11:10 AM
Break & Social Event

11:10 – 11:50 AM
Presenter – Libby Allman
The Impact of Behavioral Science on Aging Adults

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch Provided

1:00 – 1:50 PM
Presenters

• Bethany Lee – Functional Assessment of Challenging Behaviors: Behavioral Severity as a Potential Predictor of Assessment Tool Selection

• Samantha Wyanski – An Examination of the Blocking Effect Using Similar and Different Stimulus Modalities of Conditioned Stimuli

• Discussant: Mychal Machado

1:50 – 2:20 PM
Posters & Dessert Session
Using Video Modeling to Improve Swimming in Athletes with Intellectual Disabilities

• Mark McArthur, Isaac Richardson, Kristin Riall

2:30 – 3:20 PM
Presenter – Brittney Ditto
Pathways to Violence: The FBI Behavior Analysis Unit’s Studies on Active Shooters

3:30 – 5:00 PM
Networking Engagement Session

6:00 – 8:00 PM
Social Night – 49th State Brewery