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ABACLive Webinar with Dr. Catherine Williams
Presented through the ABACLive Cambridge Center Series. Helping those who help others, one live webinar at a time.
CCBS Advisor Catherine Williams, PhD, BCBA-D, presents “Applying the Science of Conceptual Learning to Teach Adults in Clinical and Academic Settings”
Friday, October 17, 2025
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Eastern/NY)
Recordings available until 11/02/25
This event is FREE for the general public. Or available for a discounted price with:
This Program is Approved for the Following CE Credit Types:
- 0.3 IACET CEUs
- 3.0 BACB CEUs: Learning
- 3.0 QABA CEUs
- 3.0 IBAO CEUs: General
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Abstract
Conceptual learning is the discrimination between new examples and nonexamples and generalization to new examples. Many of the skills listed on task lists or training curricula for behavior analysts and technicians, and thus many of the skills behavior analysts teach are concepts. Therefore, designing instruction that helps us teach concepts quickly and reliably will enable us to better support our learners. During this workshop, we will discuss how to identify whether a learning objective is a concept, how to analyze the concept to inform instruction, how to create that instruction, and how to evaluate and update that instruction based on learner outcomes. We will focus on the application of these strategies in post-secondary education and supervision, although they can be applied anytime a concept is being taught.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this event, participants should be able to:
- Identify learning objectives related to class instruction and supervision that involve teaching concepts.
- Select can-have and must-have features related to a given concept.
- Identify a sequence of examples and nonexamples that can be used to teach a concept.
- Identify what modifications they should make to a sequence based on the responses of those who were taught.
Presenter Bio:
Dr. Williams is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and a BCBA-D. She received her Ph.D. in psychology with an emphasis on behavior analysis from West Virginia University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical and translational research at the Marcus Autism Center. Her passion is disseminating the tactics of behavior analysis to promote high-quality instruction for teaching concepts and problem solving. In pursuit of this goal, she’s worked with numerous school systems as a behavior consultant and teacher coach. She also supervises master’s and doctoral students as they conduct research to inform instructional practices and the basic science on the principles underlying these skills. She facilitates the dissemination of research in this area by serving as a reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals and is a co-editor of the Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin.
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This event is being offered at the discounted ABACLive Cambridge Center Series price for CEUs (Learning). Behavior Analysts may earn continuing education for viewing the live event or recording. Behavior Analysts: 3 CEUs (Learning) Register on ABAC Website to Earn Continuing Education
The ABACLive Cambridge Center Series of webinars are presented by Board of Directors, Trustees, Advisors, Senior Fellows of the prestigious Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
The ABACLive Cambridge Center Series is the result of a collaboration between The Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies (CCBS) and The Applied Behavior Analysis Center, Inc (ABAC) designed to make behavioral health education accessible to the global community of professionals working to make a positive difference in the lives of others.
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