School-based ABA services present a unique set of challenges that distinguish them from clinic and home-based settings in clinically significant ways. In a school, the BCBA is a guest — one professional among many, operating within an institutional culture that was not designed around applied behavior analysis, serving a student whose educational goals are defined by a multidisciplinary team and governed by federal law.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Bridge Kids of New York
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Join Free →Many ABA professionals provide services in school-based settings, whether as a BCBA providing guidance to teachers, or as a direct support professional assisting a child in the classroom setting. Depending on the school and their experience or lack thereof of ABA, this position can be isolating, whether as a BCBA or provider in-training. Join Supervision Reimagined and Bridge Kids for this thoughtful discussion on providing push-in services in classroom settings. We will share how we have overcome resistance from other professionals and how to make this role a pivotal one for your student and the classroom. Additionally, we will tie it back to providing fieldwork supervision – how do you pass all of this knowledge along to your trainees effectively to empower them in their classroom roles, especially if you are not there every single day?
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Supervision |
Samantha Harrison is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and Licensed Behavior Analyst (LBA) in the state of New York. She earned her Master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) from Teachers College at Columbia University. She has experience working in the field of behavior analysis since 2012 with children and adults ranging from ages 3 to 21 years old providing support in the home, school and community settings. Samantha is passionate about creating meaningful, client-specific goals and expresses her creativity through designing highly individualized programs and materials.
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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.