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Call for Reviewers
Why Become a Reviewer?
Reviewing a proposal to the Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS) Annual Conference can be beneficial for several reasons.
- Contribute to advancing positive behavior support (PBS) by evaluating cutting-edge research.
- Engage with the latest trends and developments in the field of PBS.
- Expand your professional network by connecting with scholars and experts worldwide.
- Enhance your research and critical evaluation skills.
What are the conference strands for APBS 2025 Annual Conference?
- Early Childhood: The Early Childhood strand includes presentations about systems change efforts, research, evidence-based practices, and case study presentations related to young children (birth through age 5) and positive behavior support implementation.
- Integration and Alignment: Presentations in this strand provide frameworks for integrating and aligning systems of support (e.g., academic and behavior MTSS supports, positive behavior supports and mental health systems, juvenile justice) to enhance student success and interagency collaboration and cooperation.
- Individual Students and Tier 3: This strand emphasizes the use of positive behavior support principles and technology to support individual students within a school setting. The focus is on one or more specific students, rather than the school system.
- Classroom: Presentations in this strand focus on how the principles and technology of positive behavior support are implemented within classroom settings for students with or without disabilities.
- Tier 2: Presentations in this strand focus on delivering interventions to individuals who require targeted supports in addition to universal supports and are at risk for developing more serious challenging behavior.
- School-Wide Systems (Tier 1): Presentations in this strand highlight current work in school-wide positive behavior support. Emphasis is placed on efforts to “scale-up,” implement and sustain positive behavior support principles and technology across multiple schools in districts and states.
- Equity: Presentations in this strand focus on applying positive behavior support principles and technology to support a fair and inclusive educational system that results in higher student achievement, increased quality of instruction, improvement of low-performing schools, and/or better outcomes for students from diverse circumstances.
- Home and Community: Presentations within the home and community strand focus on how the principles and technology of positive behavior support are implemented across the lifespan in a variety of settings such as home, community centers, adult employment, residential settings, eldercare facilities, etc.
- IDD: Presentations in this strand will highlight the application of positive behavior support principles and technology to support children and/or adults with IDD in settings outside of school (e.g., home, community). An intellectual disability is characterized by limitations in intellectual functioning and difficulties in a variety of everyday social and practical skills. A developmental disability is attributed to a cognitive or physical impairment that results in limitations in areas such as self-care, language, and mobility. The term IDD covers a broad range of disorders and syndromes.
- Families and Parent Supports: Presentations in this strand highlight working in partnership with parents and other family members when implementing positive behavior support in school, home, and community settings. Presentations may be focused on how professionals can understand, support, and include the family perspective when serving families, or, be aimed at helping parents and family members learn to understand and implement positive behavior support with their family members and in their community.
- Mental Health: The presentations in this strand focus on physiological or neurological issues, health, quality of life, and well-being. They also include presentations that describe how positive behavior support principles and technology are implemented within mental health settings.
What does Reviewing Involve?
As a reviewer, you can evaluate submissions in your areas of expertise. This may include research, panel proposals, interactive sessions, and more. Your feedback helps improve the submitters’ work and contribute to the conference’s overall success. All Conference Reviewers will be recognized at the meeting.
How to Get Involved:
If you want to become a reviewer for the APBS Annual Conference for 2025, please fill out the reviewer application. The Continuing Education and Training Committee accepts and assigns reviewers based on areas of expertise.
IMPORTANT DATES
Critical Dates for the Review Process | |
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June 2024 | Invited Reviewers |
July 2024 | Reviewer Sign-up Opens |
July 16, 2024 | Call for Proposals Site Open |
Late July | Conference Registration Opens |
Early August 2024 | Brief Training for Conference Reviewers |
September 6, 2024 | Submission Deadline (11:59 p.m. ET) (Late submissions won’t be accepted.) |
September 13-September 30, 2024 | Review period |
Late October | Decision notifications sent to presenters |
Helpful Resources:
- Download APBS 2025 Conference Scoring Rubric
FAQs:
When is the APBS Annual Conference Review process, and how do I sign up?
You can sign up to review proposals now. Reviews will occur between September 13-September 30,2024.
Do I need to be an APBS member to review proposals?
APBS membership is necessary to review proposals, and all reviewers and submitters should plan to register for the conference.
Can I serve as a reviewer if I plan to submit a proposal?
Yes, you can sign up to review proposals even if you plan to submit a proposal for the upcoming conference.
How Can reviewers access the Reviewer Portal?
In early August, all reviewers will receive brief, recorded training to ensure they are aware of how to use the platform.
How many proposals would I have to review?
The goal is to establish expert reviewers to evaluate approximately 10 to 20 session submissions per person, depending on the number of submissions. It should take approximately 15-20 minutes to read, consider, and complete the online feedback form for each proposal.
Am I required to write comments?
Yes, reviewers should provide comments on the proposals that they are reviewing. It helps give the Committee and Workgroup additional insight as they build out the conference program.
Can I edit my comments in the proposal site as a reviewer?
Yes, reviewers can edit their reviews in the proposal site; however, they must be completed by the review period’s deadline September 30, 2024.
Can I review more than the number of applications provided to me?
The Committee Chairs have identified a group of reviewers for each conference strand. Each conference strand reviewer will have a certain number of submissions to review, and those
What if I like the content of a proposal, but I believe it should be presented in a different format?
Suppose a reviewer believes a proposed session should be presented at the Annual Conference but needs to be reformatted. In that case, they can explain their recommendation on the Reviewer Submission Form.
Questions or Concerns?
Contact conference@apbs.org if you have problems submitting the reviewer form or the reviewer portal.
Contact the Committee Chairs for questions regarding your acceptance and assignments at committeechairs@apbs.org.