Behavioral Approaches to Safety: Community Applications matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in community routines and natural environments. In Behavioral Approaches to Safety, for this course, the practical stakes show up in stronger conceptual consistency and better translational decision making, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Community safety skills are critical for learners as acquisition of these skills can increase a person's independence and quality of life as well as decrease the risk of injury or other deleterious outcomes. In this symposium, presenters will describe areas of research related to safety skills in the community. The first presenter will describe a study in which consent skills were taught to children using behavioral skills training, video modeling, and in-situ training. The second presenter will discuss drowning prevention and the need for inclusion and research in this area for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The third presenter will describe a study examining the use of generalization strategies for teaching crosswalk safety.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
| COA | 1.5 | — |
| FL MH/PSY | 0 | — |
Leah Koehler in an Associate Teaching Professor and the Program Coordinator for the ABA graduate program at Florida State University, Panama City.
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