From Tool Time to Go Time: Bridging the Gap between Clinical Decision-Making Tools and Fidelity with Training is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of clinic sessions and day-to-day service delivery. In Bridging the Gap between Clinical Decision-Making Tools, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better performance, lower drift, and more sustainable team development, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Decision-making tools are increasingly used in applied behavior analysis to support quality in clinical practice. Such tools have been developed for selecting prompt strategies (Cowan et al., 2022), measurement systems (LeBlanc et al., 2016), a functional analysis risk tool (Deochand et al., 2020), and identifying and selecting treatments for escape-maintained behaviors (Geiger et al., 2010). However, the mere presence of a tool does not guarantee its effective use. This symposium explores the intersection between decision-making tools and the training required to implement them with fidelity. The first presentation will provide a systematic literature review identifying existing tools within behavioral analytic practice, examining their intended use, recommendations on training before use, and whether any empirical evaluations of tool effectiveness have been conducted. The second presentation will share findings from a group design study evaluating whether access to training improved practitioners' fidelity when completing the Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services (PDC-HS). The final presentation will introduce a quality appraisal tool designed to support practitioners in evaluating the methodological rigor of single-subject research, highlighting how such tools can guide evidence-based decision-making.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
| COA | 1.5 | — |
Dr. Candice Colón serves as the Director of Research and oversees peer review and continuing education at LEARN Behavioral. She received her doctoral degree from Western New England University and a Master of Science degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Northeastern University. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of severe behavior for children and adolescents and has experience providing and overseeing clinical and training practices in insurance-based home and community settings as well as private school and residential settings. In addition, Dr. Colón has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Bay Path University and is a Co-Founder of Resilience Skill Building, an ABA-based executive function skills coaching company. Her research interests include treatment/procedural integrity, training, and professional development practices, the assessment and treatment of interfering behavior, executive function skills, health related skills (e.g., toileting and sleep hygeine) and designing such procedures to be efficient, socially valid, and practical across settings. Her research is published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) and Behavioral Interventions. She has presented at national and regional conferences and also serves as a reviewer for journals such as The Analysis of Verbal Behavior (TAVB), Behavioral Interventions, and JABA. Since 2017, Dr. Colón has also served on the BABAT Board of Directors to support Massachusetts Professionals in Behavior Analysis. In her spare time, she enjoys running, coaching track & field, reading, coloring, and spending time with her husband, daughters, and their dogs.
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