Bridging the Gap between Parents and Professionals belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter caregiver coaching, home routines, team meetings, and values-sensitive decision making. In Bridging the Gap between Parents and Professionals, 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.
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Join Free →The trajectory of a child with autism may involve a myriad of therapies over the course of childhood. A child on the spectrum could see numerous therapists across many varied modalities in a short time span; some families experience a revolving door of different therapists entering and leaving in their life. Often, the one static variable in this child's life is their parents or caregivers. In this presentation, Dr. Jon Bailey and Megan Harris will be answering questions aimed at bridging the gap between the world of parents, who live autism everyday and professionals who aim to improve the lives of individuals on the spectrum. We are seeking to bring out the incongruencies often experienced by professionals when trying to teach parents ABA methodology, concepts and programming. Megan will also share insight on the reality of being a parent of a child with autism as well as welcoming questions which may not be acceptable to ask other parents. Our purpose is to provide supplemental information to strengthen your parent training game and improve your ability to impact parents of individuals on the autism spectrum.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
Megan is first and foremost a mother of a child with autism; her son, Gage, is now 21 years old, she describes her journey as starting in the “dark ages” of autism. As a child, Gage was non-verbal with many high intensity behaviors (diagnosed Level 3 autism); after taking Gage to speech therapy at the age of 5, Megan left the business world and went back to school to pursue her bachelors degree in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. Upon graduating in 2012, Megan worked as a Speech Therapist in the heart of Dallas, Texas until 2017.After watching patients with high intensity, non compliant behaviors get passed around from therapist to therapist, Megan decided she needed more tools and applied for a program in Applied Behavior Analysis at Ball State University. Shortly after moving her family from Dallas to Maui, Hawaii in 2017, Megan graduated with a masters degree in Applied Behavior Analysis as well as a masters certification as an Autism Specialist and her BCBA in 2021. Megan, a single mom, currently lives on the island of Maui with her three children. Her son Gage is now doing amazing, he is very verbal and even had part-time jobs within the community. Megan is also neurodivergent and specializes in working with the non-verbal population. She is a passionate advocate for people of all abilities.
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