Four members of the Department of Educational Psychology presented six times at the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) in May 28-30, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Professor Jennifer McComas was invited to present a symposium on “Dismantling Ableism in Your Practice” as well as a workshop on “Acceptance and Commitment Training for Applied Behavior Analysts: This is Great, But How Would I Do This?” She also presented her paper, “Brief Acceptance and Commitment Training Functional Analysis for Graduate Students: Controlling for Sensitivity, Specificity, Discriminant, and Predictive Utility.”¹ Another paper presented by a co-author was, “Preference for High- and Low-Tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Modalities: A Review of the Literature and Current Outcome Data.”² Professor McComas is the program lead for the master’s in special education with an emphasis in applied behavior analysis program and lab director of the Collaborative Action for Radical Equity in Applied Behavior Analysis Lab (CARE ABA Lab).

Shawn Girtler, PhD student in the special education program, presented her paper, “Using Behavior Skills Training to Promote Caregivers’ Generalized Skill Instruction With Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disorders.”³

Emily Unholz-Bowden, PhD student in the special education program, presented her paper, “Using Behavior Skills Training to Promote Caregivers’ Generalized Skill Instruction With Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disorders.”⁴

Alexandria Robers, alumni of the special education MA with an emphasis in ABA program and PhD candidate in the school psychology program, presented her poster, “Using Behavior Skills Training to Promote Caregivers’ Generalized Skill Instruction With Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disorders.”⁵

1. JENNIFER J. MCCOMAS (University of Minnesota), Thomas G. Szabo (Touro University), Yukie Kurumiya (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology)
2. ALEX PAULS (University of Iowa), Matthew O’Brien (The University of Iowa), Joel Eric Ringdahl (University of Georgia), Kelly M. Schieltz (University of Iowa), Jennifer J. McComas (University of Minnesota)
3. SHAWN NICOLE GIRTLER (University of Minnesota), Jennifer J. McComas (University of Minnesota)
4. EMILY KATRINA UNHOLZ-BOWDEN (University of Minnesota), Jennifer J. McComas (University of Minnesota), Rebecca Kolb (University of Minnesota )
5. ALEXANDRIA C. ROBERS (University of Minnesota), Bethany Schwandt (Ball State University), Jennifer J. McComas (University of Minnesota)