Association for Maine Behavior Analysis

By Rebecca Watson

Over the past year, the Association for Maine Behavior Analysis’ (AMeBA) has concentrated on implementation of our strategic plan in an effort to continue evolving our organization. Utilizing a process improvement strategy to establish and achieve goals, we have been able to increase member engagement through virtual networking and continuing education events. Other goals identified by our Board of Directors include further developing our website to be a more robust resource for AMeBA members, community members or other stakeholders, strengthening our partnerships with local universities, and improving our transition process for onboarding new board members. AMeBA’s membership committee has offered several virtual events. These events have been open to members and non-members in order to increase participation, provide opportunities to connect with other behavior analysts in the state and disseminate information to interested persons.

AMeBA’s public policy committee has continued to educate AMeBA’s members on legislative initiatives occurring throughout the state which impact consumers and providers of behavior analysis. The committee worked diligently to share current events in policy and professional issues, and advocated for policies and practices that are consistent with the science of behavior analysis.

AMeBA held an in-person conference this year in Portland, Maine. We welcomed esteemed speakers Dr. Shahla Alai-Rosales and Dr. Peter Gerhardt. The conference was an invigorating day of connection for our members and topics presented were insightful and highly relevant to our community and state.