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General CEU: ILABA Legislative Panel: Our Illinois Legislative Champions: A Panel Discussion

ILABA Legislative Panel: Our Illinois Legislative Champions: A Panel Discussion is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of clinical documentation, payer communication, supervision records, and leadership review. In Our Illinois Legislative Champions: A Panel Discussion, for this course, the practical stakes show up in service continuity, accurate reporting, and defensible clinical decisions, not in abstract discussion alone.

Provider: BehaviorLive — via Illinois Association of Behavior Analysis

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Course Description

The theme of the panel is to listen, learn and celebrate our Illinois Legislative Champions. These Legislators have a shared interest and passion around childhood issues, access to treatment, education, and mental health/behavioral health. We will get to know each of them and their work on behalf of constituents, children, and families of Illinois.

What You'll Learn

  1. Identify effective advocacy strategies for improving policies, research, and resources for individuals with autism.
  2. Describe the legislative process and practical steps for communicating with policymakers about autism-related needs.
  3. Apply advocacy tools and frameworks to effectively represent the interests of individuals with autism and their families.

CEU Credits Earned

Certification BodyCreditsType
BACB® 1 General

About the Instructor

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Jana Sarno
BCBA, LBA

Jana Sarno is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) with extensive educational, clinical, and professional development experience in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Western Michigan University (WMU). Following graduation from WMU, Jana attended The University of Southern Mississippi, for her PhD., in school psychology. During her time at USM, she worked with children enrolled in Head Start/Early Head Start, local school districts, a multi-disciplinary setting for children with communication and developmental disorders, and the USM School Psychology Clinic.After her time at USM, Jana completed a year-long internship at the Marcus Autism Center, a NIH Autism Center of Excellence in Atlanta, GA. While at Marcus, Jana received intensive clinical experience in the assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior, verbal behavior, and feeding disorders. Jana has held clinical leadership positions at several in-home, school, and clinic-based ABA organizations. Along with her work at Hopebridge Autism Therapy Centers and AIM Clinics, Jana has authored publications on assessment use in ABA, ethics, and collaboration in schoos, among other topics.

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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.

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