Focusing on the Medical Aspects of Behavioral Problems in Non-Verbal Individuals matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in home routines, treatment sessions, interdisciplinary consultation, and health-related skill support. In Focusing on the Medical Aspects of Behavioral Problems in Non-Verbal Individuals, for this course, the practical stakes show up in safe, humane intervention that respects health variables and daily-life feasibility, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Profound Autism Summit
Take This Course →Including ethics, supervision, and topics like this one. New live CEU every Wednesday.
Join Free →Although multiple factors affect behaviors in non-verbal individuals, underlying medical conditions are a major concern. This is especially so with changes in behavior patterns. This session will cover behaviors commonly occurring due to medical issues. We will discuss developing a plan to evaluate behavioral change. Therapies aimed at supplementary support will be discussed.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
| NASW | 1 | — |
| PSY | 1 | — |
Dr. Timothy BuieSenior Physician and Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Co-Director GI-Autism Clinic, Boston Children’s HospitalAssistant Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolTimothy M. Buie, M.D. is a Senior Physician in the Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Hepatology Department at Boston Children’s Hospital and Co-Director of the GI-Autism Clinic. Prior to that position, he worked in the pediatric gastroenterology department for 18 years at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children based in Boston, MA. He also served as the Director of Gastrointestinal and Nutrition at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Lurie Center for Autism. Dr. Buie is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He completed his training in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Yale University School of Medicine.Dr. Buie is the Course Director for the Managing Medical Issues in Autism video series, which he developed and produced with foundational support. These 5 presentations by experts discussing various topics are currently offered as CME/CE self-paced video courses on the Boston Children’s Hospital Department of Medical Education website. The video series will soon be available on the Boston Children’s Hospital YouTube channel.Dr. Buie has served on the Interagency Coordinating Committee for Autism advisory board for the National Institutes of Health. He has also served on the Harvard Medical School TEAMS clinical advisory board (Targeted Education Autism for Management across Medical Specialties), which aims to teach all Harvard clinical providers autism management strategies.Dr. Buie has been honored for his work in medicine and was awarded Attending of the Year by the Harvard Medical School Fellowship/Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is a two-time recipient of the Margaret Bauman Award for Autism Care. He was also named Professional of the Year by the Autism Society of America. Dr. Buie’s list of published articles and links to his presentation videos are available on www.DrTimBuie.com
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