Oregon ABA – 2025 Chapter Update – Inside Behavior Analysis

By Miriam Arellano

Oregon ABA (ORABA) Joint Board Meeting

February 2025 Agenda

1. Membership Updates

2. Fundraising/budget Updates

3. Committee Updates

4. 2025 Events

5. Discussion Points

Current Membership Numbers:

There are currently 32 listings in the Directory.

Financial Updates

Income for this Quarter:

Sales from On-Demand CEUs $247.90
Membership income $
- Meghan still is the account holder; this number has not been identified yet. We will follow up on this next Quarter.

Fundraising Income –

$301.44 earned from 2024 Conference raffles.

Ambassadors Committee Updates

Co-Chairs: Camille R W Silva & Sarah Cooper

Last quarter (Oct-Dec): ORABA Conference BINGO Game to get attendees involved
- Lots of responses/involvement
- Winners received a free membership to ORABA
This quarter (Jan-March):
- Outgoing Co-Chairs Committee Members: Shaun Goodman and Nirvana Kowlessar
- Committee and Board Member System Details Doc (Camille)
  - Creating a Relational Frame for each position and committees
    - Interests related to the role
    - Responsibilities (Time Commitment (MM/DD/YY))
- Within Committee and Board Member communication system (what’s the most practical and non-invasive route of communication (Sarah)
  - Suggestion: Google Chat (Public Policy is currently utilizing it—We can see the updates that are going on in real time without overwhelmed inboxes and responding from members
    - Benefit: Members can focus on the actions
    - Work investment: Co-chairs maintenance with up-to-date info
Next quarter (April-June):
- Outreach Planning?
- Ambassador Committee Communications Systems finalized?
  - Gathering prospects for a specific outcome
  - Talking with prospects (ABA companies (BCBAs RBT***), Community (Parents), Schools (BCBAs & Professional Staff—teachers, SEAs, School Psychs, School Counselors, Social Workers)
Long-Term:
- A well-oiled machine to help grow the ORABA organization that is sustainable for members who are involved and that reinforces a culture that promotes growth in all areas (professional career, community within our field in Oregon, and high-quality organizational structure).

Conference Committee Updates

FORGING CONNECTIONS: Fostering Lasting Change Through Collaboration

Dates: Friday November 8th- Saturday November 9th

Friday- ½ day workshop + social event
Saturday- full day 2 track conference

Keynote Speaker: TBD- awaiting board approval (announcement coming soon)

Invited Speaker: collaboration panel (OT, SLP, Dev. Ped, Psych, parent?)

Key Dates:

Call for Papers- Open May 1

Sponsors Store- Opens June 15

Early Bird Registration– Opens Aug 1

Public Policy Committee Updates

Chairs: Kiel Rotarious & Miranda Drake
Meeting Schedule: 2nd Wednesday of the month, 5pm-6pm
Current initiatives or activities
- In a long legislative session: What does this mean? More bills going through rapidly.
- HB 2023: The org did an amazing job of supporting HB 2023, thank you to our members and E-board for supporting. The response from ORABAs presence at the HB 2023 hearing, HERC requested more information on medical necessity of
- ABA for people that have intellectual disabilities. Kiel, Miranda, and Dr. Larsson provided research, information, and testimony to HERC.
- PPC members/attendance: Haven’t had any members attend meetings so far this year.
  - Sam and Amanda have expressed interest in the chair role; however, nothing has come of that yet. The E-board has not received any nominations.
  - Need more engagement on the PPC, could we funnel student reps to provide support/attend PPC meetings?

Meeting Dates

Conference Committee-1st Monday of the month 12-1 pm
DEI Committee- N/A
Ambassador Committee- 1st Tuesday of every month 11:30-12:30
Public Policy Committee- 2nd Wednesday 5-6pm
School committee – N/A

Upcoming Events (Mackenzie)

Winter Quarterly event – March 14, 2025 5-6:30pm (BehaviorLive)

Presenter: Our newly appointed VP Miriam Arellano M.S., BCBA, LBA

Title: ¿Cómo se Dice Behavior?”: Exploring Best Practices for Providing Culturally Responsive Supports for Spanish-Speaking Families

Description: The field of ABA has recently seen a long overdue increase in the racial and ethnic diversity of its practitioners and of families eligible to receive ABA services. To support families with increasingly diverse needs, researchers and practitioners have taken positive steps in the development of culturally responsive and sustaining practices for English-speaking clinicians serving diverse populations. However, the body of ABA literature on culturally responsive practices for Latino clients with limited English proficiency (LEP) pays strikingly little attention to the need to support the cultural and professional competencies of Spanish-English bilingual clinicians. This presentation aims to provide practical guidance for clinicians serving LEP families, as well as

considerations for Spanish-English bilingual clinicians on best practices for providing services in Spanish.