ABA C.A.R.E.S.

💙 Thank You, EllaOla 💙 A confession from Holli Beth: she gets sick at almost every conference. The travel, the handshakes, the crowded rooms, it catches up with her every time. Except the one where she had EllaOla. She's not saying it's magic. She's just saying she's a believer, and that's exactly why she had to get this into the hands of our attendees. So we're thrilled to have EllaOla as our Wellness Sponsor. They make clean, sugar-free, pediatrician-developed vitamins, and they'll have wellness care packages waiting for you at registration in Boston. Conferences ask a lot of your body, long days, early mornings, more coffee than sleep. A little something to help you take care of yourself while you take care of everyone else is exactly the kind of thoughtful that makes this Summit feel like home. Grab your care package at registration, and take care of you. Thank you, EllaOla, for looking after this community. Give them a follow. 💙 #CARES26 #ABACARESSummit #ABA #BehaviorAnalysis #BCBA #RBT

💙 Thank You, Sidekick Learning 💙 Every great hero needs a sidekick, and this year, Sidekick Learning is ours. They're our Badge Sponsor, which means the badge that welcomes you in, says your name, and tells the room who you are is courtesy of them. A fitting role for a company whose whole purpose is being right beside the people doing this work. And we have to give a special shout-out to their owner, Dr. Allyson Wharam, who has guest-hosted so many of our Inside ABA C.A.R.E.S. podcast recordings. She's been a true friend to this community, lending her time and voice again and again, and we're grateful for her. Sidekick Learning builds training, supervision, and RBT curricula for behavior analysts and ABA organizations, with one goal we love: closing the gap between training that checks a box and training that actually makes someone confident and competent on the floor. That's the people side of ABA, exactly the work this Summit exists for. So wear your badge proudly in Boston, and know there's a Sidekick behind it. Thank you, Sidekick Learning, and thank you, Allyson. Give them a follow. 💙 #CARES26 #ABACARESSummit #ABA #BehaviorAnalysis #BCBA #RBT

💙 Thank You, We Clean ABA 💙 Our speakers spend the Summit answering questions. Three days of sharing what took them years to learn. The Speakers' After Party is the part where they get to put it down. Out on Boston Harbor, no slides, no questions. That night is made possible by We Clean ABA, and we're grateful. We sail Thursday, August 6th and are wicked excited. And if you’ve ever considered sharing your voice at CARES, take this as your sign. The After Party is just one of the many moments that make being part of this community so special. Be sure to give We Clean ABA a follow. 💙 #CARES26 #ABACARESSummit #ABA #BehaviorAnalysis #BCBA #RBT

If you geek out on human behavior, clear your calendar for this one. Damona Hoffman spent time behind the scenes at OkCupid — what she calls one of the largest real-world studies of human behavior ever run. A dating app became a goldmine of how people actually behave, not how they say they do. As a plenary speaker, Damona pulls out the insights that matter. One piece of a much bigger conversation. We’re less than a week out. The full session is available on demand the moment you register, and yours for a full year: [https://lnkd.in/gzkGZ4ia]. In-person seats are sold out, but online you’re right in it — asking questions live as it happens. Podcast links: https://lnkd.in/gW3KraGc https://lnkd.in/d9uWq6XY #CARES26 Damona Hoffman

💙 Thank You, Deliberate Coaching International 💙 A milestone for us this year: for the first time, the ABA C.A.R.E.S. Workforce Summit, the only HR-focused conference in our field, and a proudly woman-owned and autistic-owned one, offers SHRM professional development credits, with support from Deliberate Coaching International. It means the HR and people-operations professionals in our field can finally earn credit toward their own credentials, right alongside our BCBAs. Three years in, we're still the only ones building a home for the people side of ABA, and still growing what that home can offer. Thank you, Deliberate Coaching International, for being part of this year's Summit. #CARES26 #ABACARESSummit #SHRM #BCBA #RBT

Some of your people treat their time with you as an investment. They show up thinking about where they're headed, not just what's due today. That mindset is your next leader, already raising their hand. This one gets into how to notice the people who see their own role as something they're growing, and how to invest right back in them. One thread of a much larger conversation on building culture. The full session is on demand now, and yours for a full year when you register: [https://lnkd.in/gzkGZ4ia]. At the end, change out the session on demand part to say available to listen for free via https://lnkd.in/gW3KraGc or https://lnkd.in/gJ9u6tjK Show less #CARES26 Joe Burst Viventium Apploi

Your conference doesn't end when the session does. Every session. Every insight. One place. Use the digital C.A.R.E.S. Companion Journal to: 👉 Capture what matters 👉 Build your action plan 👉 Track commitments 👉 Take networking notes 👉 Stay accountable long after Boston Included with every registration in the BehaviorLive app. Start your journal on Day One or before your flight lands in Boston. ✈️ #CARES26

“Approved” doesn’t always mean approved. A payer signs off, then quietly trims the hours — you asked for 30 a week, and you’re delivering 25. Small enough to miss, but big enough to disrupt the consistency a child’s care depends on. Sagar breaks down how AI can catch those silent gaps the moment they happen, so you can decide in real time — accept it or appeal — instead of discovering it months later. A small slice of a much larger conversation about protecting your practice. No badge needed for this one. Watch the full breakdown free right now: [https://lnkd.in/giXWrZG3 and https://lnkd.in/gW3KraGc]. Then come find even more at the Summit. #CARES26 Sagar Jajoo Silna

An MBA isn’t always the next step. A degree can open doors and unlock reinforcement, but it’s far from the only path to growth. Mellanie Page makes the case for starting with clarity — define your vision first, then identify the exact skill gaps between where you are and where you want to be. One piece of a much larger conversation. You can learn from her in less than a week. The full session is available on demand the moment you register, and yours for a full year: [https://lnkd.in/gzkGZ4ia]. #CARES26

Ask an ABA leader what's keeping them up and you'll hear about reimbursement. Dr. Ellie Kazemi thinks the bigger cost is somewhere else, and it's not on any spreadsheet. It's friction. Clinical pulling one direction. Operations pulling another. And the leader often caught in the middle. Leadership making calls without the full picture. Everybody working hard. Nobody working together. Ellie is back on the CARES stage, thanks to the sponsorship of Motivity, to give leaders a framework for finding that friction and reducing it. How to hold cross-functional teams together when priorities compete. How to have the hard conversation. How to build trust when nobody can promise what next year looks like. See you in soon or if you haven't booked yet virtual passes are still available until next Wednesday! #CARES26 #ABACARESSummit #ABA #BehaviorAnalysis #BCBA #RBT