Bridging Affirming Perspectives: Parents, Professionals, and Self-Advocates is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of community routines and natural environments. In Bridging Affirming Perspectives: Parents, Professionals, and Self-Advocates, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better alignment between intervention and the family context in which it must survive, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via New York State Association for Behavior Analysis
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Join Free →This panel brings together diverse voices: an autistic trans-fem self-advocate and sibling-advocate, academic researchers and BCBAs, and a parent advocate, to explore what it truly means to implement neuro-affirming practices in behavior analysis. With perspectives spanning higher education, neurodivergent stigma reduction, family advocacy, profound autism, and lived experience, panelists will challenge traditional narratives and highlight practical steps toward more inclusive and affirming care. Discussions will address the balance between celebrating strengths and supporting profound needs, culturally responsive practices, centering autistic voices, and bridging gaps between neuro-affirming research and everyday life. You will be inspired, informed, and ready to foster real acceptance and neuro-affirming action.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
| COA | 1.5 | — |
Bobbi Rogers is the Sr. Director of Community and Industry Relations for Proud Moments Therapy. She is the founder of Families FIRST. Families FIRST is a nonprofit agency that has provided support and services for families of children with Autism for 20 years. She is a board member of the NY State Association for Behavior Analysis (NYSABA) and co-chair of NYSABA Parent, Family and Advocate. She is the co-creator of the Harmony in the Home Project, which provides intensive support for Autistic children and their families in Central NY. She created multiple new programs and support options over the last decade across the Upstate New York area including a crisis intervention program that has been helping families since 2006. She speaks nationally on providing compassionate support options for Autistic children and families. She lives in Central NY with her three children and husband. She is the proud parent of a 23 year old Autistic young adult. Bobbi has published in Behavior Analysis in Practice and has been an invited speaker at State Autism and ABA conferences.
Dig into the research behind this topic — plain-English summaries written for BCBAs.
280 research articles with practitioner takeaways
279 research articles with practitioner takeaways
258 research articles with practitioner takeaways
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