How Behavior Analysts Can (and should) Consider Executive Function Skills in their Practice matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in classrooms, school meetings, data review, and staff consultation. In How Behavior Analysts Can (and should) Consider Executive Function Skills in their Practice, for this course, the practical stakes show up in feasible school-based support, stronger collaboration, and better student participation, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →This CE event will provide behavior analysts with an understanding of executive functioning skills. As behavior analysts, it is important to consider and assess executive functioning skills to better support our client's quality of life via meaningful interventions. By attending this workshop, behavior analysts will gain a better understanding of how executive functioning relates to behavior and how to incorporate this knowledge into their practice to improve outcomes for their clients.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
| COA | 0 | — |
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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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.