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Happy Holidays to everyone! 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Topic: Delivering Mentorship & Support to Develop Leadership Skills and Board Participation in ABA Presenters: CalABA President, Sarah Trautman-Eslinger, MA, BCBA of STE Consultants; CalABA Conference Chair, Rachel Taylor, PhD, BCBA-D of Center for Applied Behavior Analysis; and Stephen Johnson, PhD, BCBA-Dof Alpine Learning Partners Time: 11:00am - 3:00pm Location: Autism Behavior Consultants 2909 Oregon Court, #A-1 Torrance, CA 90503 CEUs Offered: Type 2, 3.0 CEUs available ______________________________________________________________ Latino Association for Behavior Analysis (LABA) was founded in 2015 by Jose D. 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Holiday Cheer at Brookdale Alhambra

We were so very happy to visit the residents at the Brookdale Senior Living Center in Alhambra again this year.  Along with our sister agency, CBC Education, we spent time visiting with the residents, singing carols and rounded out the day by running the Bingo game!  We had some special gifts for the winners as […]

Giving Back To Our Community

Every year we choose a specific cause to help our community. This year the focus was on the needs of the homeless. We joined with the staff of our sister agency, CBC Education, to collect donations all month and create care packages for Thanksgiving. Both companies contributed all the personal care items for each bag. […]

Autism Speaks Sensory-Friendly Santa

Santa welcomes children of all ages and abilities. Autism Speaks is partnering with Cherry Hill Programs again this holiday season to provide sensory-friendly Santa Experiences for families across the country! All families with children with autism and other special needs can enjoy the time-honored tradition of a visit with Santa, in a more subdued and […]

LABA November Tutorial & Presentation

The Latino Association for Behavior Analysis is holding their next presentation and tutorial on November 10th in Torrance.  General details are below and you can find additional information about CEUs and register to attend via Eventbrite. AGENDA Topic: Delivering Mentorship & Support to Develop Leadership Skills and Board Participation in ABA Presenters: CalABA President, Sarah Trautman-Eslinger, MA, BCBA of STE […]

NTRCS Workshop Series in Pomona

We just finished up our five-week workshop series, Navigating the Regional Center System, in both English and Spanish in Pomona. This was the final presentation of this series presented for the San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center in 2017 and 2018. Participants who completed all five weeks of the series received a certificate. We want to thank […]

Safety Month October, 2018

It’s that time  of year again! We will be conducting random building evacuation drills during the month of October. We will also be participating in the Great Shakeout Eearthquake Drill during the week of October 15 – 18.  For information about earthquake preparedness for your family, visit Shakeout.org. Our office staff will guide parents and […]