March 12–13, 2026

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Program

Two days of evidence-based learning designed to strengthen real-world practice and expand your impact across autism and I/DD care.

The Elevate Your Impact program may be adjusted to reflect speaker availability and CEU considerations.

Thursday, March 12th
Friday, March 13th
ON-DEMAND

Thursday, March 12

8:00 AM to 8:15 AM

Welcome

8:15 AM to 9:45 AM

Speaker

LeeAnne Green Snyder, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist

Speaker

Aviya Litman

Ph.D. Candidate

60 Minutes | Live

Toward Understanding Individual Differences: Data-Driven Decomposition of Autism at the Phenotypic, Clinical and Genetic Levels

9:50 AM to 10:50 AM

Coming Soon

10:55 AM to 11:55 AM

Speaker

Sandra Burkhardt, Ph.D., ABPP

Therapist at Children’s Resource Group and Parenting Consultant for Neurodiverse Families

Speaker

Anna Merrill, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor at Indiana University School of Psychology, Clinical Director at the Learning and Developmental Evaluation Clinic

60 Minutes | Live

Speaking Spectrum: Assessment and Treatment Strategies to Better Serve Autistic Adults

12:10 PM to 12:40 PM

Lunch Table Talk – Public Policy

12:45 PM to 1:45 PM

Speaker

Anthony Osuna, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychologist and Acting Assistant Professor at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Research Institute

60 Minutes | Live

SELFI 2.0: Co-Designing an Internet Safety Intervention for Adults with I/DD

1:50 PM to 2:50 PM

Speaker

Viridiana Breinig, M.Ed., BCBA

Care Team Manager at Easterseals Northern California

60 Minutes | Live

Achieving Sustainability Through Wellness and Evidence Based Practices

2:55 PM to 3:55 PM

Plenary Speaker

Liz Angoff, Ph.D.

Licensed Educational Psychologist

60 Minutes | Live

Explaining a Diagnosis to Kids (And Their Parents, Too!)

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Keynote Speaker

David Trembath, Ph.D., BaAppSc, MAppSc

Head of Autism Research and Senior Principal Research Fellow at CliniKids, The Kids Research Institute Australia

Keynote Speaker

Rachelle Wicks, Ph.D.

Research Fellow at Griffith University and Honorary Research Assistant at CliniKids

60 Minutes | Live | symposium

How Much Support is Enough? Individualizing Evidence to Optimize Outcomes for Autistic Children and their Families