General CEU: CEU: Building Soft Skills - Collaboration and Culturally Responsive Practices

Building Soft Skills - Collaboration and Culturally Responsive Practices becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside busy classrooms and teacher-managed routines. In Building Soft Skills - Collaboration and Culturally Responsive Practices, for this course, the practical stakes show up in clearer roles, fewer duplicated efforts, and better coordinated intervention, not in abstract discussion alone.

Provider: Special Learning

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Course Description

In her current professional role, she is Dean of Career Readiness and Workforce Solutions for a national nonprofit healthcare educational institution. In that position she supports the cross-departmental development of workforce and career engagement content, cultural and mental health initiatives, and authoring thought leadership communications. As a practicing Behavior Analyst, Her professional focus is helping practitioners apply the science of behavior pragmatically, meaningfully and with sustainability. Her two current publications, Happy Class: The Practical Guide to Classroom Management and Happy Student: The Practical Guide to Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Planning emphasize her ability to make ABA more accessible for educators. Her most recent book, Manifesting Happy: How to Maintain Self-Care Amidst Challenging Behaviors and Challenging Times highlights how educators can use ABA to develop effectiveself-care strategies. Ms. Manya Ralkowskihas been practicing in the field of applied behavior analysis for over 25 years. Her training began under direct education and training from consultants from the Lovaas Clinic in Los Angeles while completing her bachelor of arts in Communication Disorders with endorsements in special education and psychology at Western Washington University. Ms. Ralkowski continued her education and training with a master's degree in Education from Lesley University and a graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of Washington while working as an assistant teacher on the Project DATA grant at the Haring Center-Professional Training Unit. She also possesses a doctorate degree in Instructional Leadership. Ronnie Detrich, Ph.D., has been providing behavior analytic services for over 50 years. His work can be characterized as thorough-going behavior analysis drawing from the conceptual, experimental, and applied branches of our discipline. In recent years, Ronnie's work has focused on the challenges of achieving adequate levels of treatment integrity in large systems, the role of the evidence-based practice movement in behavior analysis, and the large-scale implementation of effective practices in public schools. He is a trustee of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies and is on the editorial boards of Perspectives in Behavior Science and Exceptional Children. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Positive Behavior Intervention. Ronnie has also served on the editorial board of Behavior Analysis in Practice and was the Coordinator of ABAI's Practice Board.

What You'll Learn

1. List professional competencies as they align with the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and the Ethics Standards for Healthcare Professionals.
2. Define the target skills of two professional competencies as it relate to the quality of care and maximize employability.
3. Analyze theinclusivenessof situational examples of how staff behaviors impact client, employee, and organizational outcomes and the correlation to ethical code.

CEU Credits Earned

Certification Body	Credits	Type
BACB	2	General
QABA	2	General
IBAO	2	General
APA	2	General