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BABAT is excited to announce a day of invited, advanced level workshops, taught by internationally recognized experts in ABA. Each of these 3 hour workshops, offered on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, will be limited to 50 attendees. Click Register Now to sign up!

Wednesday, October 2:

• 12:30 PM- 3:30 PM — Working with Staff to Overcome Challenging Behavior among Adults with Severe Disabilities: Strategies and Pitfalls. DENNIS REID (Carolina Behavior Analysis and Support Center).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA and PSYCH CEUs
  This workshop will describe evidence-based ways of working with staff to overcome challenging behavior among adults with severe disabilities, with a particular focus on ensuring quality implementation of behavior support plans (BSPs). Topics to be covered include assessing and structuring environments that reduce the likelihood of problem behavior, initiating and maintaining staff "buy in" for carrying out BSPs, preparing BSPs that facilitate staff implementation, effectively and efficiently training staff in BSP implementation, monitoring staff implementation of BSPs in a manner acceptable to staff, and practical strategies to support and correct implementation performance of staff. Additionally, common pitfalls that impede effectively working with staff will be described, with an emphasis on how to avoid the pitfalls using alternative strategies.  
  
  
• 12:30 PM- 3:30 PM — The Evolution of a Science: A Brief History of Behavior Analysis in the Twentieth Century. A CHARLES CATANIA (Professor Emeritus, UMBC); NANCY NEEF (Professor Emerita, The Ohio State University).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  This history of our science reviews its origins and the co-evolution of its basic and applied research. Major events include: Precursors through the 19th century: Darwin, Thorndike and others; The 1900s: Behavior emerges as a subject matter; The 1910s: Watson's *Behaviorist Manifesto*; World War I; The 1920s: Learning theorists; the Great Depression; The 1930s: Skinner joins Keller at Harvard and later writes *The Behavior of Organisms*; The 1940s: World War II leads to shaping, Walden Two, the Aircrib, other innovations; The 1950s: The Cold War and Sputnik provide context for *Science and Human Behavior*, *Verbal Behavior*, *Schedules of Reinforcement*; SEAB and JEAB are founded; The 1960s: The science grows despite cognitive-behavioral culture wars; JABA is founded; we develop our own organizations; applications grow alongside basic work (“psychotic children,” time out, teaching machines); The 1970s: Various applications aid in the founding of programs; international extensions grow; the field, with roots in psychology, sees a viable future outside it; The 1980s: Treatments of autism and other developmental issues establish conditions for credentialing and other professional extensions; The 1990s: Behavior analysis thrives only in cultural niches, nut an explosion of applications brings increasing recognition; The 21st Century: Where do we go from here?  
  
  
• 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM — Understanding the Basics of RFT & ACT, and How-to Apply Them as a Behavior Analyst. MARK DIXON (Southern Illinois University).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA and PSYCH CEUs
  This workshop is designed for the practicing behavior analyst in a wide range of clinical settings that is looking for a better understanding of Relational Frame Theory and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The presenter will be move from the origins, the research, and the implications these post-Skinnerian approaches have on everyday practice. Benefits include a more comprehensive account of language, how that language can be taught to persons with disabilities, as well as the troubles language can get clients into as they begin to move from pure contingency control towards rule governed dominance. By the end of this workshop the attendee will be able to: Describe how RFT and ACT originated, the key research findings, and the overlap and uniqueness with prior behavioral accounts of language. Describe the key elements of what a relational frame is and the six processes used in ACT. Provide examples of tools that behavior analysts can use to enhance their practice based on RFT and ACT. 
  
  
• 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM — An Overview of Assessment and Treatment Options to Address Problem Behavior Maintained by Automatic Reinforcement. JOEL RINGDAHL (University of Georgia).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA and PSYCH CEUs
  The functional analysis of self-injurious behavior (SIB) developed by Iwata and colleagues provided researchers, clinicians, and practitioners a basis for developing treatments based on the reinforcers demonstrated to maintain SIB, and other challenging behavior. Based on epidemiological data, automatic reinforcement maintains SIB for roughly one-quarter of individuals for whom data are reported, highlighting the importance this category of challenging behavior, even before considering non-injurious, disruptive behavior also maintained by automatic reinforcement. Thus, the assessment and treatment of problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement represents important endeavors, likely to be undertaken in clinical practice for those behavior analysts who engage in programs designed to reduce behavioral excesses. The current workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of the assessment and treatment process, related to problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement. As this process differs in some respects when compared to assessment and treatment of problem behavior maintained by socially mediated reinforcers, particular attention will be paid to additional steps taken during the functional analysis process, additional assessments that are used to inform treatment, and how the collective information obtained during the assessment process can help identify the most likely-to-be-effective intervention.  
  
  
• 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM — Creating Sustainable Business Practices for ABA Organizations through the Analysis of Key Performance Indicators. CHARNA MINTS (Caravel Autism Health).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  As behavior analysts operating in a clinical world, we rely on the use of objective data to evaluate the success of our interventions and to drive our decision making. However, when it comes to the development of private practices and agencies, it is too common for leaders to bypass proper operational data collection and analysis, leaving them vulnerable to subjective or poorly formulated decisions. This workshop will present a series of metrics that can be used to objectively evaluate the operational health of your agency with the specific goal of establishing data based decision making. At the conclusion of the workshop you will be able to identify relevant metrics, methods for collecting and analyzing these data and some potential strategic solutions specific to data based decision making and contingency alignment.
  
  
• 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM — Conversations: The Only OBM Intervention You Will Ever Need. JOHN AUSTIN (Reaching Results).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA and PSYCH CEUs
  In this interactive workshop, attendees will learn how to effectively lead and manage employees through regular conversations. In short conversations, leaders have the opportunity to develop rapport, agree on expectations, sample work, assess, and deliver feedback and reinforcement. Getting better at having effective and strategic conversations can reduce the need for add-on intervention plans. During the workshop, attendees will explore the facets of effective conversations and how they enable behavior change and employee development. Research and case study data will be shared to support each facet. Attendees should bring 2-3 examples of recent conversations with employees as well as one business result they wish to change. Attendees will leave with an action plan for having better conversations with employees and for improving their selected business result.
  
  
• 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM — Using an Evidence-Based Practice Model to Teach Behavior Analytic-Supervisees Advanced, Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills. LAURA TURNER (University of Saint Joseph).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  Board Certified Behavior Analysts supervising those pursuing certification by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) are required to develop and maintain competency in evidence-based supervisory skills (BACB, 2018). Supervisors are responsible for developing supervisees who are competent, flexible, and independent in their practice abilities. The purpose of this workshop is to provide considerations for teaching the skills needed to practice independently, such as advanced skills (e.g., writing clear behavior intervention plans), subjective skills (e.g., collaboration), problem solving skills (e.g., conducting risk-benefit analysis), and decision making skills (e.g., identifying the most appropriate intervention when several may be effective). Considerations include, but are not limited to, developing appropriate assignments and practice opportunities, selecting measurable learning outcomes, and individualizing feedback for advanced supervisees, etc. These skills will be discussed within a practice model (e.g., Turner, 2017) based on empirical research, the BACB Supervisor Training Curriculum Outline 2.0 (BACB, 2018), and the BACB Ethical and Professional Compliance Code (BACB, 2014). Participants will be exposed to a variety of learning modalities, including lecture, structured discussion, and group activities.
  
  
• 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM — The VB-MAPP and Generative Learning Repertoires. MARK SUNDBERG (Sundberg and Associates).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA and PSYCH CEUs
  A typically developing child acquires several different generative repertoires that allow for the seemingly effortless acquisition of more advanced language. Children with autism often fail to acquire these specific skills. The VB-MAPP is a criterion-referenced language, learning, and social skills assessment that contains a number of milestones that can be identified as measures of generative learning. Following a brief overview of the VB-MAPP, these measures will be described, along with ways to read a child’s existing VB-MAPP in terms of generative verbal learning scores. Suggestions will be offered for how and when to establish the various missing generative repertoires identified for a child with autism.
  
  
• 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM — Ensuring Cultural Competence and Sensitivity among Behavior Analysts: Integrating Multiculturalism and Diversity into Service Provision. MARY JANE WEISS (Endicott College).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA and PSYCH CEUs  
  Behavior analysts are just beginning to operationally define cultural competence and sensitivity in service provision. It is important for behavior analysts to understand the ways in which cultural variables broadly and specifically impact the development of collaborative relationships with families. In this talk, we will review how the Professional and Ethical and Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts guides practitioners in this important realm. In addition, the skills needed for successfully navigating these challenges will be discussed. Implications for teaching, training, and supervision will be highlighted. Resources from multiple disciplines will be reviewed for content and to review how behavior analysts might identify, define, and measure the demonstration of these skills. Sample scenarios will be reviewed to highlight decision making issues and core skills needed to navigate these contexts.
  
  
• 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM — Abstraction and Articulation of the Problem Behavior Treatment Process. JASON BOURRET (The New England Center for Children).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA and PSYCH CEUs
  In this workshop, we will cover the design and implementation of problem behavior treatment programming. Treating problem behavior entails arranging an environment that will select more appropriate response patterns. We will discuss the process by which the information needed to generate those programs can be obtained, the design of the program including fading steps, the implementation of the program across staff, methods for monitoring the client’s progression through treatment, and problem solving when challenges arise. The published literature contains empirical demonstrations of methods for parts of this process; this workshop focuses on combining them into a coherent treatment strategy. Attendees are encouraged to bring examples of existing programs that we will work on during the meeting.
  
  
• 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM — Using the Performance Diagnostic Checklist – Human Services to Address Issues Related to Interpersonal and Communication Skills. TYRA SELLERS (Behavior Analyst Certification Board).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  Supervisors and leaders are responsible for evaluating the performance of individuals with whom they work. Despite our best efforts to provide high quality training and supervision, individuals in supervisory positions are likely to encounter some staff who exhibit persistent performance issues. Supervisors might struggle when attempting to address performance issues related to more complex skills, such as interpersonal and communication skills. This workshop focuses on applying the Performance Diagnostic Checklist – Human Services, an evidence-based functional assessment tool to identify functional barriers to desired performance and function-matched performance management interventions, to these complex performance issues. Attendees will practice using the PDC-HS with provided and self-generated scenarios.
  
  
• 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM — Incorporating Observational Learning into Autism Treatment: From Conceptual Analysis to Applied Practice. BRIDGET TAYLOR (Alpine Learning Group); JAMIE DEQUINZIO (Alpine Learning Group).
  BABAT Members: $100     Non-BABAT Members: $115
  Approved for BCBA and PSYCH CEUS
  It is commonly recognized that children with autism present with significant deficits in imitation and observational learning. Most contemporary curricula for children with autism incorporate instruction in a variety of imitative response topographies. Less common in applied research and practice, however, are procedures to ensure that children with autism learn to acquire novel responses through observational learning. Observational learning encompasses generalized imitation, yet exceeds it, requiring subtle discriminations about observed actions and their outcomes. To shift from learning in a one-on-one context to a group setting, for example, a child must identify contingencies as applied to another, and then incorporate into their own repertoire novel responses related to that contingency without directly contacting it themselves. While complex, observational learning is essential for the child with autism to learn more intricate social and academic repertoires. This workshop will outline empirical research in the area of observational learning and instructional programs that move beyond direct imitation to the skills essential for observational learning. Specific procedures to increase observational learning in children with autism across a variety of responses will be reviewed.
  
  

If you are interested in attending one or more of these invited workshops be sure to register now as space is limited and seats will fill quickly!

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The workshops below will take place on Thursday, October 3, 2019. All workshops are limited so early registration is strongly recommended: click Register Now to sign up! Please note: workshop participants must also register for the conference itself: the fees below are in addition to the registration fee required to attend the conference.

Thursday, October 3:

• 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM — Updates on Licensure and Legislation for Applied Behavior Analysts. WILLIAM H. AHEARN (The New England Center for Children).
  BABAT Members: $45     Non-BABAT Members: $65
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  This workshop will describe the status of licensure and oversight of applied behavior analysts in MA. Currently, applied behavior analysts are licensed and overseen by the Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions Board of Registry. Licensure application processing has been a stated concern by many behavior analytic service providers. Application are currently being processed in approximately one month for qualified applicants who submit a complete application. The process from submission of the application to approval or rejection will be reviewed. Licensed Applied Behavior Analysts (LABAs) are also subject to oversight. This workshop will also review the disciplinary process from the submission of a complaint against a licensee to a board decision on a complaint. Ethical considerations relative to the behavior of LABAs will be discussed. Finally, legislation that may affect the practice of applied behavior analysis will be discussed. Currently there are at least 5 bills in the MA state legislature that LABAs should be aware of and these will be discussed as well as their current status. One piece of federal legislation, the "Keep All Students Safe Act" could also have a significant impact on the practice of behavior analysis and will be reviewed. 
  
  
• 10:00 AM - 12:50 PM — Outside the Box and Across the Spectrum: Strategies for Obtaining Employment for Individuals with ASD. JULIE WEISS (The New England Center for Children); JULIE LEBLANC (The New England Center for Children); CHRISTINE PELLERIN (The New England Center for Children).
  BABAT Members: $65     Non-BABAT Members: $85
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  Inclusion in the workplace continues to be an important topic for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, caregivers, and employers. Individuals with severe deficits and needs may have difficulty obtaining or maintaining employment due to a limited repertoire of vocational skills and interfering behaviors. Presenters will discuss successful outcomes and creative strategies used when developing new job placements, representing job-seeker’s abilities, and how to assess skills and preferences to ensure an appropriate job match. Job-seeker profiles will be discussed, including the steps that were taken to obtain employment for the specific individual. Samples of interview presentations and resumes that have been used in obtaining employment will be shown. Many employers have limited experience working with a diverse population or understand accommodations that can be made to include individuals across the spectrum in their workplace. Examples of how to communicate with employers about an individual and needed supports will be given. On-going assessment is critical to maintaining employment. Presenters will discuss how to build an individual’s repertoire of vocational skills to increase job responsibilities, duration of work, and independence in the workplace.
    
• 1:00 PM - 3:50 PM — Trauma Informed ABA. SAUNDRA BISHOP (BASICS ABA Therapy, LLC).
  BABAT Members: $65     Non-BABAT Members: $85
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  Applied Behavior Analysis is an effective science to target behaviors in many populations. However, as a field, ABA does not meet the clinical needs of the children we support that also have a history of "trauma events". Because ABA does not target thoughts or emotions, best practices around Trauma Informed Care have been difficult for our field to adopt. However, by looking at trauma events as a setting event, we can create interventions that are Trauma Informed and can better support our clients who may be in foster care, in family preservation programs, and who have experienced other trauma events. In this advanced workshop, we will learn to recognize what a trauma event is, how trauma events can function as a setting event, and what interventions can be put in place to address these events.  
  
  
• 1:00 PM - 3:50 PM — Clinical Understanding, Assessment, and Behavioral Intervention for Neurobehavioral Challenges Following Brain Injury. JOSPEH RICCIARDI (Seven Hills NeuroCare).
  BABAT Members: $65     Non-BABAT Members: $85
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  Neurobehavioral challenges are one of the late-emerging complications of an acquired brain injury (ABI) that impede rehabilitation and are a source of stress for survivors and their families. Additionally, challenging behaviors place limits on community integration, increase the risk for care in restrictive settings, and directly interfere with quality of life. Behavior analysis has much to contribute toward alleviating these problems by developing effective treatment and support of individuals with an ABI. This workshop will provide an introduction to functional neuroanatomy, brain-behavior relationships, the basics of ABI (including TBI) for behavior analysts, and a review of research on the prevalence and forms of challenging behaviors observed in people with ABI, and the behavioral interventions that are most effective. Participants will learn how behavioral and neuropsychological data are integrated into a neurobehavioral formulation and functional behavior assessment. Participants will learn principles of multicomponent intervention design, identifying individualized rehabilitation goals, and the role of behavior analysts in rehabilitation. Examples of comprehensive behavior support plans, goals selection, skills development, and outcomes monitoring with this population will be reviewed as well.
  
  
• 1:30 - 2:50 PM — Providing Effective Training and Oversight: A review of Evidence Based Supervision Practices. CHRISTINA KING (RCS Learning Center); TIFFANY REMY (RCS Behavioral & Educational Consulting ); MEGAN BREAULT (RCS Learning Center); COLLEEN YORLETS (RCS Behavioral & Educational Consulting).
  BABAT Members: $45     Non-BABAT Members: $65
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  The majority of BCBAs provide consultative, rather than direct behavior analytic services. As a result, the person developing intervention procedures must transfer this technology to others who are implementing the protocol, often requiring these individuals to acquire new instructional skills. Effective training of Behavior Technicians is critical and an ethical responsibility. Despite evidence based training protocols being documented in the literature, application of these procedures is often lacking, with BCBAs often resorting to verbal trainings. Once a Behavior Technician meets training competency or is determined to be trained to implement a protocol, there is the challenge of assessing and maintaining the integrity of the application of the intervention. BCBAs are then challenged with assessing procedural drift and remedying. Behavior Analysts may find themselves in a cycle of training, observing, assessing integrity, and re-training the same skills to Behavior Technicians, taking valuable time from client progress. This workshop will provide a review of recent literature in the areas of evidence based training, the characteristics, types, and effect of performance feedback, as well as, the challenges to maintaining procedural integrity and strategies for overcoming such barriers.

If you are interested in attending one or more of these workshops be sure to register early: space is limited and seats will fill quickly!

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The workshops below will take place on Friday, October 4, 2019. All workshops are limited so early registration is strongly recommended: click Register Now to sign up!
Please note: workshop participants must also register for the conference itself: the fees below are in addition to registration fee required to attend the conference.

Friday, October 4:

• 10:00 AM - 12:50 PM — Using Organizational Behavior Management to Maximize Leadership and Performance. CRESSE MORRELL (Milestones Behavioral Services); SUZANNE LETSO (Milestones Behavioral Services); NICHOLAS WEATHERLY (Milestones Performance Innovations).
  BABAT Members: $65     Non-BABAT Members: $85
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  The role of a practicing behavior analyst often starts in the direct provision of services. Once a practitioner gets so good at this service provision s/he will often get promoted, responsible now for supervising others. However, specific training and support in becoming an effective and efficient leader is often not provided for early career behavior analysts as they advance into roles of management, senior leadership, and into business operations. These roles offer unique challenges to those practitioners and to the field of behavior analysis that are often not formally addressed. The science that can impact the behaviors that make an exemplary leader is the same science behind the exemplar front-line practitioner. This workshop will provide a rationale for the use of Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) and illustrate the great value in using this science to maximize performance as well as offer strategies for the development and implementation of tools to aid behavior analysts in their use of OBM in their respective organizations.
  
  
• 10:00 AM - 12:50 PM — Teaching Complex Verbal Behavior under Multiple Control: Theory and Application. OLGA MELESHKEVICH (Simmons University, ABA Consulting); JUDAH B. AXE (Simmons University).
  BABAT Members: $65     Non-BABAT Members: $85
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  With early learners, behavior analysts often teach the basic verbal behavior operants, such as mands, tacts, echoics, and intraverbals. Once these repertoires are developed, programming should incorporate multiply controlled verbal behavior, such as answering questions about pictures and answering multi-part questions. Sundberg and Sundberg (2011) defined a verbal conditional discrimination (VCD) as: “two or more components of a verbal stimulus where one verbal stimulus alters the evocative effect of another verbal stimulus (or vice versa) in the same antecedent event” (p. 26). The presenters will define and provide examples of two types of VCD: (1) auditory–visual (i.e., answering questions about pictures [tact-intraverbals]) and (2) auditory–auditory (i.e., multiply controlled intraverbals). They will describe and illustrate research-based strategies to teach each type of VCD and overcome restricted stimulus control (Axe, 2008; Grow & LeBlanc, 2013; Kisamore et al., 2013; Lowenkron, 2006; Sundberg & Sundberg, 2011). The presenters will discuss how procedures based on multiple control may produce generalization within verbal operants. Finally, the presenters will integrate the concepts of joint control, naming, echoic/self-echoic behavior, and autoclitic frames into the workshop.
  
  
• 10:00 AM - 12:50 PM — Creating Systemic Change Through the use of Drivers. TAMARA SHOOK (IPPI Learning Academy); VICTORIA GOMEZ (IPPI Learning Academy).
  BABAT Members: $65     Non-BABAT Members: $85
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  Drivers are commonly used by businesses to improve outcomes such as profits and output. This workshop will expose participants to these strategies & how they can be applied in a private special education setting to improve client and staff outcomes. The example highlighted specifies (a) how drivers were chosen, (b) how teams were formed and (c) progress was monitored over time. Data were collected and analyzed in the areas of (a) on-boarding procedures, (b) data-based decision making and (c) staff performance assessment and feedback.
  
  
• 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM — Utilizing Behavior Contracts in a Private Special Education Setting. CATHERINE TRANQUILLO (IPPI Learning Academy); KRYSTAL JACKSON (IPPI Learning Academy); APRIL RIBAS (IPPI Learning Academy); TAMARA SHOOK (IPPI Learning Academy.
  BABAT Members: $45     Non-BABAT Members: $65
  Approved for BCBA CEUs
  Behavior Contracts are a tool that can be used in most any classroom, home, or other environment, and are effective behavior change tools for clients of all ages. These binding agreements use the Premack Principle and rule governed behavior principles to shape behavior, increase motivation, provide structure, and promote responsibility and accountability. This workshop will show participants how using Behavior Contracts in their environment can significantly change a range of client behavior. Real case examples will be explored, and step by step development procedures will be shared with participants. 
  

If you are interested in attending one or more of these workshops be sure to register early: space is limited and seats will fill quickly!

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BCBA and Psych CEUs
Continuing education is available for Board Certified Behavior Analysts attending approved workshops and events only. BABAT is an approved continuing professional education provider. 

Continuing education is available for psychologists attending approved workshops and events only. Orlando Behavior Health Services, LLC, is an APA Approved CE sponsor organization. OBHS, LLC, maintains responsibility for this program. 

During registration please select the option to pay a flat fee for Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

How to Earns CEUs

Before the conference:
Please visit https://ceuhelper.com (a web/mobile application for obtaining and tracking CEUs) to sign up for an account and download the app. This is particularly helpful if you plan to collect CEUs for multiple types of certifications (e.g., BACB and PSYCH).

**Note: Internet connection will not be provided by the conference; however, CEUHelper will work offline for the duration of the conference. Just join the conference at home before you arrive.

Check out this video for more information. 

At the conference:
Check your conference receipt after registering to make sure you paid for CEUs. If you have paid, you are ready to start collecting CEUs. Just use your device to scan the codes in each room on your way in and out of each event.

After the conference:
Make sure you choose to “Leave the Conference” after you are done attending events. This will make sure all your CEUs are synced. You should receive a CEU certificate via email (remember to check junk email folders).

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Conference Location  
The 40th annual BABAT Conference will be held on October 2, 3, and 4 at a new venue - the DCU Center in Worcester, MA! The DCU Center is located at 50 Foster Street in Worcester, MA 01608. Click here to view a map of the area. 

Parking   
The DCU Center does not own or operate parking facilities. However, there are several garages and lots located within walking distance. Rates vary.

• Mercantile Center Garage: 201 Commercial Street, 508-791-7689. Click here for more information or to pre-purchase parking.
• Dwight Foster Parking: 27 Waldo Street, 508-757-2703
• Exchange Street Parking: 10 Exchange Street, 508-791-8586
• First American Realty Parking: 100 MLK Jr. Boulevard, 508-798-8844
• Major Taylor Boulevard Municipal Garage: 30 Major Taylor Boulevard, 508-792-0314
• Pearl-Elm Municipal Garage: 20 Pearl Street, 508-799-1463 
• Worcester Common Garage: Eaton Place 

Click here for more information and to view a Worcester Parking Map.

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Conference Location  
The 40th annual BABAT Conference will be held on October 2, 3, and 4 at a new venue - the DCU Center in Worcester, MA! The DCU Center is located at 50 Foster Street in Worcester, MA 01608.

By Car
The DCU Center is located at 50 Foster Street in Worcester, MA 01608. Click here to get directions from your location! Please note: the DCU Center does not own or operate parking facilities. However, there are several garages and lots located within walking distance. Click "Location + Parking" to learn more.

By MBTA Commuter Rail
The MBTA Commuter Rail can be taken to Union Station, located at 34 Washington Square in Worcester, MA. Union Station is located less than a half mile from the DCU Center. For commuter rail rares and schedules visit www.mbta.com or call 617-222-5000.

From Union Station, attendees may walk to the DCU Center:

• Exit Union Station and take a left
• Take a right onto Foster Street, following Foster Street for about 0.2 miles
• After you pass St. Vincent Hospital on your right, cross the street to the DCU Center plaza
• Bear right and proceed down the plaza to Door #1 (revolving doors) or Door #2 to enter the Convention Center on Major Taylor Boulevard

From Local Airports
Worcester Regional Airport, Worcester, MA
Turn left onto Airport Drive and follow to the end, bearing right at the bottom of the hill. Take a right onto Pleasant Street. Travel for about 3 miles until you come to a rotary, taking the 3rd exit onto Highland Street. Follow Highland Street for approximately 1.5 miles. Turn right onto Major Taylor Boulevard and follow for approximately 0.1 miles. The DCU Center will be on your right.

Logan Airport, Boston, MA
Take the Sumner Tunnel to Rt. 93 South, to I-90 West (the Mass Turnpike West). Get off at Exit 10 - Auburn. After going through the tollbooth, bear left at the fork. Take Rt. 290 East, exiting at  Exit 16. Take a left at the light at the bottom of the ramp. At the third set of lights (Major Taylor Boulevard) you will see the DCU Center on your left.

Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT
Take Rt. 91 North to I-90 East (the Mass Turnpike East) to Exit 10 - Auburn. After going through the tollbooth, bear left at the fork. Take Rt. 290 East, exiting at Exit 16. Take a left at the light at the bottom of the ramp. At the third set of lights (Major Taylor Boulevard) you will see the DCU Center on your left.

Manchester Airport, Manchester, NH
Take Rt. 3 South to Rt. 495 South to Rt. 290 West. Get off at Exit 16 and take a right at the end of the ramp. At the third set of lights (Major Taylor Boulevard.) you will see the DCU Center on your left.

TF Green Airport, Warwick, RI
Take Rt. 95 North to Rt. 146 North to Rt. 290 East. Get off at Exit 16 and take a left at the end of the ramp. At the third set of lights (Major Taylor Boulevard) you will see the DCU Center on your left.

By WRTA Bus from Union Station
Attendees may park at Union Station and take advantage of the free WRTA Downtown Shuttle Loop. Click here for a map of the WRTA Downtown Hub Loop. Click here for schedules.

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If you wish to participate in the conference, click here to learn more about live streaming. Note no additional in-person registrations are being accepted.

Area Lodging
Lodging is not included in registration, so remember to complete a separate booking for lodging if needed! Click here for more information on area lodging. All attendees are encouraged to book at the AC Hotel Worcester (see below).

• AC Hotel Worcester: 125 Front Street, Worcester MA 01608. 774-420-7555.
  ** A discounted group rate is available at AC Hotel Worcester (last day to book 9/4/2019). Click here to book your group rate for BABAT 2019! **
  

Thank you for your interest in this event! Online registration has now closed.
If you have already registered and need to edit and/or pay for your registration, contact 413-577-8102 or  registration@umass.edu.
If you wish to participate in the conference, click here to learn more about live streaming. Note no additional in-person registrations are being accepted.

Questions? Contact Us!

For questions regarding the conference in general please visit the BABAT website.

For questions regarding registration or payment please contact the UMass Comference Services Registration Office at registration@umass.edu or 413-577-8102.