Everything You Need to Know Before You Attend
What you’ll gain
Information Guide
For AttendeesEvery event ticket includes an Information Guide with exclusive details from each organization. The guide is designed to give attendees the kind of insight you typically wouldn’t get until after starting a position. Making it easier to compare organizations side by side and find the best fit for your goals. It will also highlight key factors that impact pay, benefits, supervision opportunities, and more, including markers for USF approved practicum sites for students.
The Attendee Database gives organizations access to candidate information you’d normally gather during a first interview. Even if you don’t hire that day, you’ll have a valuable recruiting tool with details like availability, preferred work areas, experience, settings worked in, and more to support future hiring needs.
For ExhibitorsAttendee Data Base
Workshops
“Build your RBT Toolkit”
This interactive one hour workshop provides participants with 1 PDU. You will build practical, ABA based strategies to strengthen sessions with clients and caregivers beyond the clinic setting. Learn how to bridge the gap between behavior principles in theory and real world application.
“The Art of Feedback”
This interactive one hour workshop provides participants with 1 CEU. The focus will be on effective strategies for delivering feedback to team members and stakeholders in professional settings. Giving feedback is a skill that can be difficult to master, it is an art that goes beyond what you say, but also how and when you say it.
Paula Petit-Frere MA BCBA
Paula has over ten years of experience as a BCBA working in group homes, DJJ settings, and traditional ABA services. She trains direct care staff, RBTs, and BCBAs, and also mentors first year BCBAs.
She is skilled at taking ABA concepts and making them easy to understand and use in real life situations. Paula focuses on practical strategies that professionals can actually apply right away, helping them feel more confident after training.
Her goal is to make sure people leave feeling prepared, supported, and motivated to do their best work and continue improving their skills.
Q & A Panel: “Building a Meaningful ABA Career”
Building a Meaningful Career is a candid Q&A panel focused on the real journeys behind professional growth in the ABA field. Beyond titles and positions, this discussion will explore the risks, transitions, challenges, and opportunities that helped each panelist get from where they started to where they are today. These conversations are often not spoken about enough.
Samantha Fuesy MA BCBA
Samantha Fuesy is a behavior scientist and the founder of The OBSI Project, where she works to improve education and youth serving systems through data driven, outcome based approaches. With a background in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of South Florida and experience working within child welfare and juvenile justice systems, she is passionate about creating meaningful change for underserved youth and families.
Her perspective on building a meaningful career is rooted in stepping beyond traditional paths, taking risks, and using behavior science to influence systems on a larger scale. She brings valuable insight for professionals interested in leadership, innovation, and creating impact beyond direct clinical work.
Rachel Riccardo BS BCaBA
Rachel is a newly graduated Master’s student from the in person ABA program at the University of South Florida. Her thesis focused on Caregiver-Implemented Functional Analysis of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity in Children, reflecting her interest in applying behavior science in meaningful and innovative ways.
Throughout her practicum experiences, Rachel has worked across a variety of settings, including traditional clinical ABA, residential facility supporting children with ASD and severe behaviors, and being in a BCaBA role during her practicum as a student.
Rachel is passionate about exploring new possibilities within the field and using Functional Analysis to deliver quality services. Her perspective on the panel will focus on how choosing a practicum site can be a pivotal part of mentorship and professional development, as well as how to navigate the transition from student to BCBA while following your own path in ABA.
Coral Meir MS BCBA
Coral Meir is the Founder and CEO of Mindful ABA, an organization built on compassion, dignity, and meaningful connection. With over a decade of experience supporting individuals with diverse abilities, Coral is passionate about blending evidenced based ABA with mindfulness, naturalistic learning, and relationship centered care.
Her journey from student, to clinician, to business owner has been guided by a belief that how services are delivered matters just as much as the science behind them. Coral brings valuable insight for professionals exploring leadership, entrepreneurship, and creating a meaningful career path that aligns with both ethical care and personal values.
Thank you to our Sponsors
As we introduce our inaugural event, your support and belief in our shared mission make this possible.
