Assessment and Programming for Play, the ABA Way. In Assessment and Programming for Play, the ABA Way, is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of case conceptualization, intervention design, staff training, and literature-informed problem solving.
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Join Free →Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) show marked deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships. This leads to difficulties with developing pretend play skills. This puts children with ASD at a disadvantage, considering that pretend play serves an important role in childhood development. Pretend play skills help teach children to problem solve, to understand emotions, how to interact with peers, as well as how to understand a variety of life events. This presentation will provide an overview of assessment tools that can be utilized to assess play skills. Furthermore, effective research-based interventions will be reviewed for teaching play skills the ABA way!
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 2 | General |
| COA | 2 | — |
Grace is a bilingual Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She started her career in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis back in 2005 shortly after graduating from UCLA with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Child Development. Grace completed her Masters in Education from California State University, Long Beach in 2008. She pursued her BCBA certification through Florida Tech. Since then she has fulfilled many roles from a therapist, senior therapist, clinical supervisor and clinical director. She has worked with clients between the ages of 18 months to 17 years of age in a variety of settings such as in-home, clinic, school and community. Changing the lives of children with Autism is her passion. She gains reinforcement from helping to improve the lives of her clients as well as helping to shape the professional careers of the staff she oversees. Fun Fact: Enjoys painting in my free time, as well as spending time trying out new restaurants with my family.
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