HABA Meeting Minutes (unapproved)

Date: June 20, 2007

Location: Manoa Innovation Center, 2^nd floor meeting room, 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822

Attendees: Fred Attard; Christine Walton; Kim Meyer; Jessie Mitchell; Justin Kyriannis; Cheryl Ebisui

Agenda:

Review minutes from 5/23/07 meeting

Local Conference

Tax exempt status

Topic: Review of minutes

Discussion: Minutes were reviewed and minor corrections were made to minutes.

Conclusions: Minutes approved

Topic: Local Conference
Discussion: Cost of conference room was $258.69 for the day and includes the cost of a janitor (state reg). Discussion about details of the conference.
Conclusions: HABA Conference Scheduled for August 4, 2007. The theme is REINFORCEMENT. Time: 8 am to 4:30 pm The Format for the conference is as follows: 8 am to 9 am – Registration 9 am to 9:05 - Welcome 9:05 am to 10:05 am - 1st session – Primer on Reinforcement (Foundations and Principles) – Christine Walton, Ph.D. 10:15 am to 11:45 am - 2^nd session –Application of Reinforcement – Service providers and services animals – Tiffany Hamaguchi, OTD 11:45 am to 1:15 pm - Lunch – ON your OWN 1:15 pm to 2:15 pm - 3^rd session – Application of Reinforcement – Kim Meyer, Ph.D. 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm - 4^th session – Theoretical overview and panel discussion Cost - $50.00 at the door $40.00 – early registration $30.00 – HABA member $10.00 – HABA membership fee
Actions items	Responsible Person:	Deadline
Develop flyer	Kim Meyer	Attached to minutes
Advertisement of the conference: Jean Johnson – Center for Disabilities Studies – offered to advertise via her forum Susan Rocco – SPIN -would address information about the conference in The SPIN newsletter DDD providers and Case Managers should be targeted – Justin Kyrannis could get information out to DDD Providers. There is a waiver provider organization that should be targeted. DOE – Send information to Marilyn Jakeway to disseminate to DOE personnel Autism Society of Hawai’i – get information to Naomi Grossman Tri-Care Managers – Joyce Uyehara – would be a good contact person	All HABA members Once Flyer is available	July 10
Snacks and Refreshments	Jessie Mitchell	August 4
Note card to provide to audience to write down questions for panel discussion	Jessie Mitchell	August 4
Conference day support Registration (2 people) Participant certificates for attendance (2 people) Collect note cards to discussion (1 person – make box) Conference Evaluation (2 people) Set up (3 people) Clean up (3 people)	Need volunteers	August 4
Conference Registration form	Jessie Mitchell	Draft attached to minutes

Topic: Newsletter
Discussion: July 2007 – target date for first newsletter.
Need to put it together – everyone has turned stuff in!
Actions items	Responsible Person:	Deadline
Proof read the newsletter	Fred Attard	6/25/07
Distribute Newsletter	Jessie Mitchell	7/1/07

Topic: Tax exempt Status
Discussion: Need information and up-date. This is very important to the growth of HABA.
Actions items	Responsible Person:	Deadline
Christine and Flavia to meeting next Friday to discuss	Christine Walton and Flavia Ploog
Request information is available for presentation at next meeting.	Flavia Ploog	7/?/07

Next meeting:

July 18, 2007 – Club House 45-995 Wailee Rd, Kane’ohe HI (entrance pass code 111) – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Minutes Respectfully submitted to HABA members in attendance via e-mail for feedback and clarification. Minutes to be posted on the Web site once approved.

Jessie Mitchell, MA, BCBA

Meeting minutes to be reviewed at next meeting

Meeting minutes approved at meeting held

HABA 3rd Annual Behavioral Conference

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Presented by: Hawai’i Association for Behavior Analysis

Mail form and payment to: HABA 95-982 Wika’o St L204 Mililani HI 96789

Name (Last, first, middle initial)

Mailing Address

City, State, Country, Postal/Zip Code

Telephone (please include area codes)

Fax (please include area codes)

E-Mail

Payment

Make checks payable to HABA -in US dollars (on site registration available)

HABA member (2007) HABA Membership Early Registration (must be received by 8/1/07) Registration (at the door)

$30 $10 $40 * $50

Total Payment Enclosed $_______

McKinley School for Adults

634 Pensacola St. Room #110

Honolulu, HI

8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Conference Agenda

8:00 – 9:00 am Registration

9:00 am Welcome Kim Meyer Ph.D. – HABA President

9:05 – 10:05 Christine Walton, Ph.D., BCBA – Primer on Reinforcement

10:15 – 11:45 Tiffany-Joy Hamaguchi, OTD/R – Reinforcement and Animal Assisted Therapy

11:45 – 1:15 lunch on your own

1:15 – 2:15 Kim Meyer Ph.D. - Ways to Use Reinforcement

2:30 pm to 4:00 pm – Panel Discussion

Kim Meyer, Ph.D. is the Director of Rehabilitation at the Hawai’i State Hospital. His interests include the functional analysis of behavior, constructional approaches to treatment, and the generality of behavior analytic principles and methodologies across populations and systems.

Christine Walton, Ph.D., BCBA, is the Behavior Consult Team Coordinator for people with co-occurring Mental Illness and Developmental Disabilities at the Hawai’i State Hospital.

Tiffany-Joy Hamaguchi, OTD/R, is part of the Occupational Therapy team at Hawai’i State Hospital and has introduced the animal assisted therapy program there. She is also a faculty with the Assistance Dog Institute.

Hawai’i Association for Behavior Analysis

HABA

2007 Conference Evaluation

	Strongly Disagree	Somewhat Disagree	Undecided	Somewhat Agree	Strongly Agree
My knowledge of applied behavior analysis increased	1	2	3	4	5
The presentations were relevant to my work	1	2	3	4	5
The presenters demonstrated mastery of their topic	1	2	3	4	5
The presenters were prepared	1	2	3	4	5
The handouts assisted my learning	1	2	3	4	5
The registration process was efficient	1	2	3	4	5
The cost was reasonable for this conference	1	2	3	4	5
I would recommend to others to attend this conference	1	2	3	4	5

Additional topics that I would like to see at future conferences:

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