Guidelines for Paper Presentation
  • Presentations will be 50 minutes in duration
  • Preference will be given to presentations that highlight themes relating to contemporary and compassionate approaches to supporting people with inellectual and developmental disabilities
  • Preference will be given to presentations that include any of the following:
    • Larger scale outcome data
    • Data involving multiple participants that demonstrate experimental control
    • Small sample sizes that contain unique contributions to the area of research
  • Submissions must be data based
  • The data do not need to be complete at time of submission; however the data must establish that there is a functional unit
  • Conference attendees are largely practitioners; therefore, presentations should emphasize meaningful areas of application
  • Within your presentation, please identify and describe any conflicts of interest or any relationship that could reasonably be constructed as a conflict of interest.

Thank you for your submission! Please contact us at submissions@upstatecp.org if you have any questions.

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* 1. I have read and understood the criteria for submission. I confirm that my proposal meets the criteria for submission. I understand that I must submit a PDF of at least a partial data set, or this proposal will not be reviewed.

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* 2. Presenter Name:

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* 3. Email Address:

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* 4. Organization Affiliation:

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* 5. Phone Number:

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* 6. Country:

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* 7. Province/State:

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* 8. Option that best describes you:

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* 9. Please upload CV for CEU instructor:

To qualify as BACB Continuing Education, a presentation must:

-Cover behavior analysis theory, methodology, or practice. 


-Be designed to further or maintain the skills or knowledge of BCBAs or BCaBAs (i.e., the instruction must be at least post-master's level—a target audience of undergraduates or parents are not appropriate for CE).


-Adhere to the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts during the event (available at bacb.com). 


-Be presented or co-presented by an individual who meets BACB ACE instructor requirements (for multi-presenter events, only the proposed CE instructor must meet the criteria listed below).

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* 10. Please upload PDF of presenter bio:

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* 11. Please list additional author names and affiliations below:

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* 12. Presentation Title:

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* 13. Objectives (3-5):
For each learning objective, complete the following statement—“The participant will be able to [measurable verb]...”

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* 14. Presentation Abstract (200 word limit):

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* 15. Please upload a pdf of partial or complete relevant data.

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* 16. Please enter additional comments, questions, concerns.

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