Maryland ABA – 2025 Annual Report
By Sarah Haney McDevitt
The Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis (MABA) held its 27th Annual Meeting on December 5- December 6, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. Our conference is devoted to the dissemination of behavior analysis, both basic and applied, to our members from the Mid-Atlantic area. We were fortunate to have fantastic attendance at our conference this year. We welcomed workshops presented by Calandra “Callie” Plattner (Mosaic Pediatric Therapy) and Cody Morris (Salve Regina University). Our conference included presentations from Vivian Ibañez (University of Florida), Nicole Rodriguez (University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe Meyer Institute), Faris Kronfli (University of Florida), Daniel Cymbal (Georgia Southern University), and Nate Call (Marcus Autism Center).
We had an expo and poster session for sponsors and poster presentations. Poster presenters included staff and students from organizations such as University of Maryland Baltimore County, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Mount Saint Mary’s University, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Sheppard Pratt Schools, Amigo Care ABA, Helping Hands Family, Little Leaves Behavioral Services, and Ivymount School. We are happy to announce that over 50% of the posters were from students this year. We are lucky to have a wonderful community of sponsors and would like to thank our sponsors for continuing to support the efforts of MABA. We would also like to welcome our new sponsors to the MABA community!
At the conclusion of the conference, Michelle Frank Crawford (Kennedy Krieger Institute) stepped down as president, Jessica Becraft (Kennedy Krieger Institute) assumed the office of President, and Justin Boyd (Kennedy Krieger Institute) was elected President-Elect. Nathalie Fernandez (Kennedy Krieger Institute) was elected as Member-at-Large, and Kate Pudpud (University of Maryland Baltimore County) was elected as the Student Representative. We would like to thank our executive committee for their time and dedication. We would also like to thank our volunteers who helped us throughout the conference.
Plans are currently underway for the 28th Annual Meeting to be held December 4-5, 2025 in Baltimore, MD. For more information about our upcoming conference, please go to www.mdaba.org.
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