Interprofessional Collaboration to Support Persons with Profound Autism: Examples of Successes and Recommendations for Practitioners belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter clinic sessions and day-to-day service delivery. In Interprofessional Collaboration to Support Persons with Profound Autism, for this course, the practical stakes show up in clearer roles, fewer duplicated efforts, and better coordinated intervention, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →The complex needs of individuals with profound autism often require support from multiple clinical disciplines (Matson & Burns, 2019). While it is common for disciplines to deliver services independently, better outcomes may be achieved when disciplines work collaboratively, with each specialty open to sharing and receiving expertise and guidance from the other (Bowman, et al., 2021; LaFrance et al., 2019). A recent survey found that while individuals from different disciplines strongly desire to work together, they unfortunately report their experiences have been less than satisfactory (Bowman, et a., 2024). This panel presentation will focus on examples of successful collaboration between allied health specialists (speech-language pathology, occupation therapy) and behavior analysts. The aim will be to describe successful collaboration and the specific interpersonal and interprofessional strategies that facilitated effective collaboration, and how to overcome some of its known barriers (LaFrance et al., 2019; Wei et al., 2022).
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
| COA | 1.5 | — |
Dr. Hozella is responsible for overall delivery and integration of behavior analytic services into learning and behavioral programming within every program setting at May Institute. This includes supervising and coaching to support the development and implementation of universal and individual programming within an Applied Behavior Analytic (ABA) framework. Prior to joining the May Institute in 2021 as a Clinical Director, Dr. Hozella served as an educational consultant for the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network’s Autism Initiative and School Wide Positive Behavior Support Initiative for 12 years, consulting in public school classrooms to train staff to utilize the concepts and principles of ABA in their instructional practice. Dr. Hozella received his Board Certification in ABA (BCBA) in 2012, and his Ph.D. in ABA in 2020. He has also presented at local and national conferences on a wide array of topics ranging from strategies to reduce problem behavior to teaching complex verbal behavior to individuals with autism.
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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.