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General CEU: Compassionate Care - Beyond the Buzz Words

Compassionate Care - Beyond the Buzz Words becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside caregiver coaching, home routines, team meetings, and values-sensitive decision making. 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 Illinois Association of Behavior Analysis

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Course Description

Join Jasmine Williamson, BCBA to concretely apply the abstract concept of compassion in multiple facets of parent interactions and training. In this 50-minute session, we'll discuss best practices and tips for initial interactions with families and stakeholders, review strategies that establish and maintain parent buy-in, and talk about the realities of being a parent with a newly diagnosed Autistic child and the importance of compassionate care in parent training.

What You'll Learn

  1. Identify strategies for compassionate family and caregiver training beginning with your initial parent interview.
  2. Discuss ways to communicate with parents in ways that are affirming and demonstrate your investment as a stakeholder in their child's development.
  3. Analyze parent goals and resources that will be meaningful and support parent buy-in.

CEU Credits Earned

Certification BodyCreditsType
BACB® 1 General
COA 1

About the Instructor

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Jasmine Williamson
MAT, BCBA

Jasmine Williamson has spent the past 10 years working with and learning from children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families. She began her career in Chicago Public Schools, then transitioned to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), where she thrived in 1:1, evidence-based settings. She earned a Master’s in Teaching in 2018 and an Autism Certification from Ball State University in 2019. After working in several ABA organizations at every level, Jasmine was tasked with building an ABA program at a pediatric therapy clinic in 2021. In 2024, Jasmine set out to found her own practice in Lake Zurich, Illinois, Autism Planet ABA. There she established an ABA program built on the foundations of her research into Practical Functional Assessment, Skill Based Treatment, Relational Frame Theory, and above all else, ABA therapy that simply feels good to implement and to observe. She has worked with dozens of families focusing on implementing progressive, individualized interventions that value each child’s preferences and focus on socially significant goals while identifying and honoring signs of assent and assent withdrawal. As a business owner, Clinical Director, and BCBA, she hopes to contribute to the application of the science of ABA in meaningful ways that challenge the field and enable the growth of her clients, families, RBTs, and practicum students. 

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Clinical Disclaimer

All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.

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