Conferences

alphabeePRO hosts professional conferences for the ABA community annually! Our trainers strive to learn and grow beyond their current abilities to continue to provide quality service in an ever-evolving field. By bringing experts in the field of ABA from around the world to local clinicians in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), alphabeePRO demonstrates a passion for clinical excellence.

Past conference presenters include: Dr. Greg Hanley, Dr. Francesca degli Espinosa, Dr. Justin Leaf, Dr. Patrick McGreevy, Dr. Thomas Szabo, Dr. Mark Sundberg, Tamara Kasper, Dr. Evelyn Gould, Dr. Judah Axe and more!

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Past Conferences

  • 2023 – Fear and Flexibility: Understanding and supporting young people with OCD from a behaviour analytic perspective; ACT from the Inside Out: Introduction to psychological flexibility at the heart of what we do as behaviour analysts (Dr. Evelyn Gould, PhD, BCBA-D) & Ethical and Practical Considerations When Teaching Verbal Behaviour to Children with Autism; Teaching Problem Solving to Address Complex Repertoires with Students with Autism (Dr. Judah Axe, PhD, BCBA-D)
  • 2022 – Teach-Play-Say: Strategies to Improve Assent, Engagement, and Shape Speech Production Skills in Children with Autism (Tamara Kasper, MS, CCC-SLP, BCBA, LBA)
  • 2021 – Early Social Responding and Higher Social Cognition: A behavior analysis and sequence of skills (Dr. Francesca degli Espinosa, PhD, BCBA-D)
  • 2019 – Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Behaviour Analysts (Dr. Thomas G. Szabo PhD., BCBA-D, ACT Trainer)
  • 2018 – Verbal and Social Behaviour: From conditioning eye contact to conversation (Dr. Francesca degli Espinosa, PhD, BCBA-D)
  • 2017 – Advanced Verbal Behaviour and Perspective Taking (Dr. Francesca degli Espinosa, PhD, BCBA-D) and Social Skills (Dr. Justin Leaf, PhD, BCBA-D)
  • 2016 – Practical Functional Assessment: Understanding Problem Behaviour Prior to its Treatment (Dr. Gregory Hanley, PhD, BCBA-D)
  • 2015 – Using Developmental & Functional Skills Curriculums as Part of Lifelong Planning and Instruction for Children and Adults with Moderate-to-Severe Disabilities (Dr. Patrick McGreevy, PhD, BCBA-D)
  • 2014 – Teaching Verbal Behavior: Hands on Training for Tutors & Therapists, Workshop #4 (Godwin & Kasper, Associates of Dr. Vincent Carbone)
  • 2013 – Beyond the Basics: Advanced Topics in Language Instruction for Children with Autism (Dr. Mark Sundberg, PhD, BCBA-D)