Positive Behavior Treatment Inc.

03/21/2026

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03/21/2026

03/14/2026

One week until Strength-Based Resilience: The Protective Power of Talents and Special Interests.

On March 18 at 12 pm ET, in partnership with Resilience Across Borders, ADAA Members Mary K. Alvord, PhD, Lindsay Myerberg, PhD, and Rachel Weinstock, PhD, will explore how nurturing talents and special interests can help children and teens build confidence, self-worth, and real-life coping skills.

Parents and educators will gain practical strategies for using small, intentional investments in personal interests to support emotional well-being, restore balance, and model resilience in everyday life.

Save your spot today: https://adaa.org/webinar/consumer/strength-based-resilience-protective-power-talents-and-special-interests

03/14/2026

🍽️ Feeding Challenges in Autism: What 30 Years of Research and Practice Reveal

19th Annual Conference on Autism: Research-Based Solutions
📅 Friday, April 24, 2026

Join Keith E. Williams, PhD, BCBA, Director of the Penn State Health Children’s Hospital Feeding Program and Professor of Pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, for a practical and research-informed look at feeding challenges among individuals on the autism spectrum.

📘 Helping Persons on the Spectrum Expand Their Diets: Thirty Years of Lessons Hard Learned
Drawing on decades of clinical work and research, this presentation examines the development of behavioral feeding interventions, their limitations, and how these approaches can be expanded or re-envisioned to improve outcomes for individuals with chronic feeding difficulties.

🎓 Earn BACB® Learning CEUs and/or Psychology CE Credits.

📅 Conference information:
https://behavior.org/event/19th-annual-conference-on-autism-research-based-solutions/

Register for in-person or virtual attendance: https://behavior.org/product-category/conference/

AutismConference

03/14/2026

ABA assessment isn’t just intake paperwork. It’s the foundation for ethical, individualized, care. It’s so much more than filling out a checklist of skills. It’s about determining what treatment is medically necessary to improve someone’s functioning and quality of life.

A few reminders this document reinforces:
• Treatment intensity should be based on individual clinical need, not age or diagnostic label.
• Strong assessment draws from multiple sources (caregiver report, records, standardized tools, and direct observation).
• The focus should always be functional impact—how behavior affects safety, independence, participation, and daily life.

…and assessment is only the beginning.

Download the document here:https://assets-002.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/casp/asdassessmentguidelines_caspapba_march162026.pdf

03/14/2026

Attention Behavior Technicians!! Our first behavior technician conference in February was a huge success. Make sure to save the date for next year!

03/11/2026

When we over-identify with emotions, we suffer more. But mindfulness and self-compassion help us relate to our feelings without becoming them—holding them with care.
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Next time a strong emotion comes up, pause and say: “This is a moment of suffering. May I be kind to myself. And then rest in the kindness.” Notice the shift.
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