Unlimited Potential !
The initiative, known as “The Do Better Movement,” revolves around teaching topics of clinical relevance, providing continuing education courses and community involvement opportunities. Our goal is to help you break free from the chains of rigid, cookie cutter commercial assessments and programs, and grow your skillset as an analyst who fluently makes moment to moment decisions based on the current context and learner responding.
Inspired from The Do Better Movement’s strong resonance in the behavior analysis community we have passionately created an experience like you’ve never known, where industry innovation meets expert-led education on developing as holistic humans; where unadulterated fun & games connects and bonds us with our peers and the best versions of ourselves; and where leaders go to get s’more perspective to fuel our campfires all year long.
We invite you to Camp!
The curriculum’s culmination at an un-conference of sorts…a retreat where we do things differently…where you can focus on doing better for yourself so you can do better for your clients.
At an upscale summer camp in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, exclusively ours for 4 days, we’ll gather curious and compassionate behavior analysts for a wildly FUN combination of industry innovation and expert-led education on developing as holistic humans.
We’ll have unadulterated fun & games that connects and bonds us with our peers and the best versions of ourselves; and Campfire Chats: an opportunity for attendees to submit an online presentation prior to camp about an area of interest/expertise
Join us at Do Better Couch to Camp, where leaders go to get (and give!) s’more perspective to fuel our campfires all year long.
We invite you to Camp!
Have a group of 5 or more? DISCOUNTED registration is available until March 1st, contact [email protected] for info
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Where & When
- Camp is April 14th-17th, 2023 (Fri, 2PM-Mon, 12PM) at Lake Bryn Mawr Camp in the Pocono Mountains (Honesdale, PA)
Who
- 40+ current/aspiring behavior analysts
- Led by Dr. Megan DeLeon Miller
- Supported by teachings and facilitation of inspiring Campowerment experts Caitlin Peterson, LCSW, Certified Hypnotherapist, Founder: The Soul School; and Gabbi Johnson, Yoga Instructor, Wellness + Happiness Coach
Why
- Color the white space in a booming field to educate, innovate, and do better, together
- Create resonant growth opportunity that positively bridges the work/life divide
- Offer meaningful networking and intentional collaboration to wrap up the online learning experience
- 12 CEs total – 2 Ethics and 4 Supervision
Organizers & Presenters
Megan Miller, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
PRESENTER/"CAMP DIRECTOR"
Megan Miller, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA (pronouns she/her/hers) is Chief Clinical Officer of LifeTribe. Megan earned her Ph.D. in Special Education and Behavior Analysis at The Ohio State University in 2015. Dr. Miller’s early training in behavior analysis occurred at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism as a volunteer/intern in 2003. Since that time, she has provided services to over 100 children diagnosed with autism and other disabilities. Dr. Miller has taught courses in behavior analysis and special education as an adjunct professor for several universities. She has co-authored journal articles published in the Journal of Developmental Physical Disability, Behavior Analysis in Practice, and Teaching Exceptional Children. She also co-authored “The 7 Steps to Earning Instructional Control” with Robert Schramm, BCBA. Megan has provided over 40 presentations to numerous professional organizations around the globe. In 2018, Dr. Miller started the #dobetter professional development movement to improve access to training in best practices in the field of behavior analysis via a free online community, webinars, and a podcast. Megan’s favorite camp activities include talent shows, karaoke, and campfires.
Amy L Evans, MEd, BCBA
PRESENTER/"LEAD COUNSELOR"
Amy L Evans, MEd, BCBA (pronouns she/her/hers) is a Senior Clinical Strategist for PrecisionX at CentralReach LLC. Amy has been a practitioner of Precision Teaching and Applied Behavior Analysis since 2008, and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst since 2014. Amy earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada, Reno and a Masters in Special Education from the Pennsylvania State University. Amy has worked in private learning centers, public school classrooms, home-based intervention and homeschool settings, combining the principles of Behavior Analysis, Precision Measurement, and Direct Instruction to solve educational and behavioral challenges for students from 4 to 18 years old, with and without learning or developmental disabilities. Amy’s current work includes designing and implementing training programs for autism providers who are looking to accelerate behavior change and learning outcomes with precise measurement, fluency-based instruction, and data-based decision making.
Dr. Corinne Gist
PRESENTER/"LEAD COUNSELOR"
Dr. Corinne Gist (pronouns she/her/hers) earned her PhD in Special Education and Applied Behavior Analysis from The Ohio State University. Prior to earning her doctorate, she earned an Educational Specialist Degree in School Psychology, a Master’s in Educational Leadership, and a Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education. Dr. Gist is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP). She has more than twelve years of experience in the fields of education and behavior science, working with students, staff, and families in public and private schools as well as day treatment centers. She is the owner and director of Fit Learning Cleveland, an academic learning lab. Dr. Gist publishes in peer-reviewed journals, teaches at the university level, and regularly presents at local, regional, and international conferences. Her professional approach synthesizes scientific rigor with years of applied practice to fulfill her lifelong commitment to helping kids succeed.
Kathy Fox
"COUNSELOR"
Kathy (pronouns she/her/hers) attended The Ohio State University and graduated with a BA in psychology in 2003. After several years working with children with autism in home and school settings until 2009 when she began working in the ASPIRE program at Haugland Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio. In July, 2010 she attended Morningside's Summer School Institute for the first time and was inspired to work toward effective educational programming for all students. She also attended SSI in 2012 and 2013. She completed her Master's degree in 2012 and is a Senior Director at HLC. In addition to overseeing programs at HLC, Kathy has been working in a consultant role with Morningside Teacher's Academy and HLC since 2013 and has worked with programs and schools in the US and abroad. Her professional areas of interest include behavior analysis in education, direct instruction, precision teaching, reading instruction, and performance management.
In her spare time, Kathy enjoys cheering on The Ohio State Buckeyes, spoiling her nieces and nephews, reading, and exploring local parks with her dog, Bosa. She loves to travel and visit new places and meet new people.
Emily Wilson, M.A., BCBA, LBA
"COUNSELOR"
Emily Wilson, M.A., BCBA, LBA (pronouns she/her/hers) earned her bachelors degree in Sociology with a minor in Religion in 2011 from James Madison University. In 2012 she acquired her first position providing ABA therapy to developmentally disabled children. Emily graduated from Florida Tech’s masters program with a degree in Professional Behavior Analysis in 2016 and became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst later that year. Emily is the Co-owner & Clinical Director of Blossom Behavioral Services. She’s pursued training and gained experience in a variety of treatment areas, including Precision Teaching, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, TAGteach, Practical Functional Assessment, Organizational Behavior Management, special education advocacy, treatment of severe self injury, and has in-depth training on several behavior analytic assessment tools. She is committed to continuously improving her own clinical skill repertoire and to supporting clinicians who want to do the same.
Jennifer Phelps, M.S., BCBA
"COUNSELOR"
Jennifer Phelps, M.S., BCBA (pronouns she/her/hers) founded Engage Behavioral Health in 2008 and Learning for Life Academy in 2012, as CEO and founder, she specializes in the assessment and treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and related disabilities. Over the past decade, Jennifer has turned her passion to help children and families into a successful company that has helped thousands of children. Engage has six clinics in Florida and Virginia, over 150 employees and has been on the Inc 5000 list three years in a row.
Jennifer obtained her Master’s in Applied Behavior Analysis from Florida State University and found her passion for helping children at a young age. At age 12, she began working with individuals with disabilities and drew the floor plan for the clinic she hoped to open. When she was a teenager, Phelps read Catherine Maurice’s “Let Me Hear Your Voice” and it was this and a family member that motivated her to dedicate herself to helping those with developmental disabilities.
In June 2019 Jennifer partnered with Invo Health Care. Engage Behavioral Health is now an Invo Health Care Company. Jennifer is continuing her passion for Applied Behavior Analysis and helping others as the Co-Founder and CEO of LifeTribe.
Jennifer enjoys giving back to her community and helping others become an entrepreneur. She sits on the board of The Glazer’s Children Museum and Shorecrest Preparatory School. Jennifer has been named Tampa Bay Business Journal 2017 Businesswoman of the Year finalist, is a Founding member of St. Petersburg KNOW Tribe, has been featured as a Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine’s Extraordinary Women and in Best of the Bay St. Petersburg/Clearwater. Jennifer has also presented on being an entrepreneur and CEO at Florida State University, University of South Florida, SharpHeels, and TBBJ Elite Young Professionals.
Dr. August Stockwell, BCBA-D
Invited Break-out Session Presenter, UpSwing Advocates
"PRESENTER"
August Stockwell, PhD, BCBA-D (pronouns they/them) is the Founder and Executive Director of Upswing Advocates: a nonprofit organization that provides education and research opportunities that focus on the LGBTQ2IA community and promote culturally sensitive, community-centered clinical practice. Over the past 13 years, August’s research has focused on topics including effective skill building strategies, gender, sexual behavior, communication in relationships, private events, and mindfulness meditation. They have a vision of using precise measurement and an individualized approach to connect people to affirming, accessible interventions that create meaningful change. August is also the Associate Director of Research in the Applied Behavior Analysis Department at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
Breakout Session Title: Assent Withdrawal, Compliance, and Preventing Client Abuse
Breakout Session Description: Unpublished Justice Department data suggest that individuals with intellectual and learning disabilities are at least seven times more likely to experience sexual assault than their neurotypical peers, and that 86% of these assaults are committed by a non-stranger (Shapiro, Anderson, Benincasa, & Van Woerkom, 2018). Because of this, behavior analysts and other helping professionals have a crucial role in supporting client development of self-advocacy skills, which involve giving and removing of assent. We also have a responsibility to help create environments in which client autonomy and preferences are respected. This training reviews the BACB ethical codes relevant to client autonomy and assent and outlines ways to address these skills from an instructional design perspective. Empirically supported literature and data will be presented where applicable and available, and questions and discussion will be welcomed throughout the training. Clinical scenarios and other active response opportunities will be provided.
Instructional Objectives:
- State examples of both vocal and non-vocal responses indicating assent and removal of assent.
- Describe the ways in which training over-compliance can be harmful for clients.
- State or select the key elements of an assent withdrawal instructional program.
- Given a scenario, state or select a response in line with BACB ethical codes and promotes client autonomy and choice.
LEARN MORE ABOUT CAMP
Join us at Do Better Couch to Camp, where leaders go to get (and give!) s’more perspective to fuel our campfires all year long.
photos provided by Lake Bryn Mawr Camp
SAMPLE SCHEDULE (EST)
Fri, April 14th
- Arrival: Check In with Welcome Snacks
- Unpack
- Arts + Crafts
- Opening Ceremony + Game to Melt the Ice
- Opening Circles
- Bunk Time: Rest + Shower Hour
- Dinner
- Bonding Game
- Expert Workshop Block
- Campfire with Worry Wall + S'mores
Sat, April 15th
- Fitness (Yoga or Hip Hop)
- Breakfast
- Expert Workshop Block
- Option 1: Arts+Crafts
- Option 2: Journaling with Tammi
- Option 3: Boating (weather permitting)
- Lunch
- Rest Hour
- Camp Olympics
- All-Camp Picture
- 3 Circles (led by the Campowerment Crew)
- Shower + Bunk Time
- Dinner
- #DoBetter Share
Sun April 16th
- Fitness (Yoga or Hip Hop)
- Breakfast
- Expert Workshop Block
- Option 1: Ropes
- Option 2: Expert Workshop Block
- Lunch
- Intro letters to self
- Option 1: Ropes
- Option 2: Expert Workshop Block
- 3 Circles (led by the Campowerment Crew)
- Shower + Bunk Time
- Dinner
- Prep for Cabin Karaoke Jam Sesh
- Jam Sesh
- Ice Cream Bar!
- Last Call for Arts + Crafts!
Mon, April 17th
- Breakfast
- Closing Circles
- Ask/Offer
- Closing Ceremony + Love Lines
- Grab -n- Go Lunch
- Snack + Departure
Online Fireside Chats Start Feb 14th – 2 CEs/Chat (included w/camp):
- Trauma-Informed Ethics: How our code of ethics aligns trauma-informed care practices (Ethics CEs)
- What you doing?, Where you at?, you got plans? Lets talk about that! (Supervision CEs)
- Blazing a Trail: Improving Behavior Analytic Assessment by using a strengths based and person centered focused
- Integrating Co-regulation into Practitioner Responses
- Fostering Agility: A Fireside Discussion on Innovative Approaches to Behavior Analyst Training (Supervision CEs)
- Fired Up for Solutions: A Business Problem-Solving Webinar with Experts in Behavior Analytic Business Operations
Learn More About Conference Recordings
These conference recordings provide applied practice in conducting behavior analytic skills assessments and program development that is flexible, responsive to the learner, and focused on the WHY. Break free from the chains of rigid, cookie cutter commercial assessments and programs, and grow your skillset as an analyst who fluently makes moment to moment decisions based on the current context and learner responding. Not ready to sign up for camp but interested in accessing the conference content? Purchase here!
Camp Experts
In addition to workshops led by our Camp Director and Lead Camp Counselors, campers will attend workshops and activities by these experts from outside the field of behavior Analysis:
Megan Miller, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
PRESENTER/"CAMP DIRECTOR"
Megan Miller, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA (pronouns she/her/hers) is Chief Clinical Officer of LifeTribe. Megan earned her Ph.D. in Special Education and Behavior Analysis at The Ohio State University in 2015. Dr. Miller’s early training in behavior analysis occurred at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism as a volunteer/intern in 2003. Since that time, she has provided services to over 100 children diagnosed with autism and other disabilities. Dr. Miller has taught courses in behavior analysis and special education as an adjunct professor for several universities. She has co-authored journal articles published in the Journal of Developmental Physical Disability, Behavior Analysis in Practice, and Teaching Exceptional Children. She also co-authored “The 7 Steps to Earning Instructional Control” with Robert Schramm, BCBA. Megan has provided over 40 presentations to numerous professional organizations around the globe. In 2018, Dr. Miller started the #dobetter professional development movement to improve access to training in best practices in the field of behavior analysis via a free online community, webinars, and a podcast. Megan’s favorite camp activities include talent shows, karaoke, and campfires.
Caitlin Peterson, LCSW, Integrative Psychotherapist, CHT, Founder: The Soul School
PRESENTER
About Caitlin: Caitlin Peterson obtained her Masters in Social Work from Fordham University, and is currently a practicing LCSW, Certified Heart-Centered Hypnotherapist and Certified Warrior Goddess Facilitator with 13-years of experience in nonprofit leadership and clinical social services. Her life’s work is to support others as they cross the bridge from a place of self-doubt, victimization and crises to lives full of awareness, personal responsibility and universal compassion.
Caitlin has the pleasure of utilizing both her organizational leadership and therapeutic skills for the greater good of the community. While collaborating with a network of like-minded practitioners, Caitlin developed a team approach to client care through Evolve: The Soul School, which stands on the principle that each human is intrinsically whole and is connected to a higher power. Located in Short Hills, NJ, The Soul School teaches that there is nothing new offered that you don’t already “know” or “have” deep within. Students are simply invited to “unlearn” the limited beliefs you’ve come to accept about yourself and your world around you. It is their mission to reflect back the beauty and truth within each student.
Caitlin will bring her holistic approach to well-being, physical, mental and spiritual health to Campowerment. She’ll help Campers learn that something magical happens when a group of individuals gather together all looking for answers outside: they seem to reflect back the answers they see in others.
Gabrielle Johnson - Registered Yoga Teacher and Holistic Wellness Coach
PRESENTER
About Gabrielle: On August 3, 2020, a few months after she graduated from college, Gabbi began her spiritual journey when she bought herself a journal. Some of her first words read, “I had a long upsetting evening last night realizing my life was changing before me and I am growing fearful.” She continued, ” I witness that I’m out of alignment with my power and choose to see peace instead of this.” Gabbi’s story, in her words:
Becoming a Registered Yoga Teacher and Holistic Wellness Coach had never been part of my plan. For most of my life I have been struggling to live in my truth. I have always changed to fit my surrounding norms, shrinking myself to make others comfortable. Living as a minority in predominantly white neighborhoods and schools for my whole life has shaped me to modify myself. Being a mixed girl, I couldn’t be too black, too white, too loud, too sensitive, etc. My feelings or actions where never valid. But I became comfortable conforming. Since I was also juggling with anxiety, depression, and learning disabilities, I did what I thought would make my life easier and just fit in, walked the walk and talked the talk. I did it for so long that I lost my way.
It wasn’t until spring 2020 when COVID-19 hit, that I was forced to face my true self…my suppressed emotions, fears, and traumas that I had been running from my whole life. Being quarantined for months, my thoughts were taking a negative toll on my mental health.
I chose to rediscover myself.
Instead of running, I chose to turn inward and face my struggles head on, to hold my-self accountable, so I created my Pursuit of Happiness; a social account to consistently check in to update on my journey, my progress and my setbacks. 365 days of committing to do one thing every day to build my joy, realign with my truth, and/or stimulate my mind to expand for the better. Daily activities included meditations, roller skating, reading, exploring new recipes, yoga and more. Within this journey, I had extremely blissful highs and pain aching lows. Within it all, I was able to peel back the layers I have been given, unlearning habits & biases that do not serve my highest good.
I have been blessed with the opportunity to become a Certified Holistic Wellness Coach and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200), to teach yoga and lead at retreats and with groups, on and offline. I feel called to share this knowledge and experience with you, as we could all use more resources to heal physically, mentally + emotionally.
May your truth find you happiness.
Tammi Leader Fuller - Founder Campowerment, Emmy Award Winning TV Producer
PRESENTER
Activity: Journaling - Building your Legacy
Description: Living a life that matters. Who doesn’t want that? Are you proud of the life you led, the work you did, the difference you made for your family, your clients, your friends, and/or the world? What can you do NOW to start building and preserving the pieces of your life to live on, long after you’re gone?
Talking, or even thinking about end of life stuff can be very uncomfortable. But how you want to be remembered is a topic that can’t explored once you’re gone (and we’re all going!), and while some call it morbid, Tammi calls it mortal. And she believes the time is NOW to start thinking about the legacy you want to leave.
In this session, she creates an intimate group connection, through some interactive exercises, including a journaling prompt inspired by the poem, “The Dash” by Linda Ellis. It’s all about your story: the one that represents that little line that outlives us all: the one between our date of birth and the day we take our last breath. Why think now about what will happen once we die? Because it reminds us if we’re not living the life we want to be remembered for, there’s no reason to wait one more day to start!
About Tammi (pronouns she/her/hers): After more than 30 years as a Television Producer, Tammi took a leap of faith to re-create her childhood happy place, summer camp. Only this time, it’s studded with experts, and produced for grown-ups, with a game-changing program that’s helping people get real, connect and, ultimately, re-ignite their lives to build their legacy...to live a life that matters. Tammi embarked on this journey to help propel others forward in 2005, when she partnered with five accomplished South Florida business women — known as the “Miami Bombshells” — to co-author “Dish and Tell” (Harper Collins), a book of anecdotes to help women understand they are not alone in their struggle to juggle all that life throws their way. Back then, Tammi had no idea that all roads would lead her to build Campowerment (from scratch!), and when the time was right to shift gears, she jumped.
After three decades as a Journalist for The TODAY Show, NBC News, CBS News, America’s Most Wanted, and EXTRA TV, Tammi dipped into her rolodex and put her pedal to the metal, building Campowerment’s transformational programming in collaboration with nearly 100 leaders across many disciplines, to wrap the expert-led curriculum in PLAY.
Tammi’s Website
Sarah Trautman - BCBA, Co-Founder of Defy Community and Team on Location
PRESENTER
Activity: Some Epic Shit
Description: Sarah will lead campers through experiential activities relating to the mentorship activity she did for the Do Better Collective on creating your own personal board of directors. We all recognize how important it is to have a support system in our personal lives. This is JUST as important for our professional lives. Think of it like this – you’re the CEO of your career! And any good CEO ensures that they have access to a trusted group of individuals to help support them in every aspect of their work. We need the perspectives and feedback from others to help us think critically, identify issues that we might not see and to be a sounding board.
About Sarah (pronouns she/her/hers): Sarah has been in-love with Behavior Analysis since she took her first intro to ABA class as an undergraduate student at Gonzaga University. Sarah has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst since 2004 (she even took the exam using real paper and a pencil). Sarah founded and was President of an ABA services business, STE Consultants, from 2004-2019. During that time STE Consultants worked to provide quality ABA services to individuals with ASD and developmental disabilities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento and Washington state. Sarah is the past-president of the California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA) and was a founding Board Member of the Council of Autism Service Providers (CASP). Sarah has presented at over 30 professional conferences throughout the United States. Sarah has provided consultative services for ABA providers in Belize, Kenya and Brazil. Sarah currently works as a Development Consultant for the CalABA, is a founding partner of On Location, a media company, is co-founder of the Defy Community, and provides consultation to ABA associations and businesses throughout the United States. Sarah loves to workout, drinks far too much coffee and enjoys public speaking (really).
Have a group of 5 or more?
DISCOUNTED registration is available until March 1st, contact [email protected] for info
DISCOUNTED registration is available until March 1st, contact [email protected] for info
Highlights from 2020-21 Camp
A bit of peace at an important time, and a better understanding of my fellow BCBAs.
I would call this event both restorative and transformative.
Campowerment provided a framework for us to break out of our behavior analytic bubble. The Campowerment staff was always attentive, available, and focused on our growth and experience. Their organization made everything run seamlessly. I also appreciated the mix of behavior analytic content, networking, and Campowerment sessions.
It’s the thing you don’t know you need.
It’s a time to come back to yourself as a person while finding a community of people who understand the work you do.
It is a life-changing experience and the amount of knowledge that you will walk away with is unbelievable.
This community is affecting meaningful change within our field in how we practice our science, how we interact with one another as colleagues and friends, and how we can lead more meaningful, authentic lives.
REFUND POLICY
Sorry, no refunds available due to nature of camp reservations. Emergency situations will be considered on an individual basis.
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