Leadership in ABA is often acquired rather than trained. BCBAs are promoted to supervisory and managerial positions based on clinical excellence — their skill in functional assessment, program design, and direct service delivery — and then discover that leading a team requires a substantially different behavioral repertoire than the one that earned the promotion.
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Join Free →Being an effective supervisor has become a growing interest and need within the ABA field. However, leadership skills is an area that is not usually taught with course work. Yet, so many of us are promoted to positions that push us into being a leader not just a supervising BCBA. But what makes someone a leader? How do we become good, no, a great leader? Through Leadership: Define your Style!; we will look into different leaderships and the behaviors that are associated with these styles, how to identify those leadership styles in yourself, your strengths and areas of growth in leadership, and how to measure your own leadership behaviors.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| COA | 2 | — |
| BACB® | 2 | Supervision |
Grace is a bilingual Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She started her career in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis back in 2005 shortly after graduating from UCLA with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Child Development. Grace completed her Masters in Education from California State University, Long Beach in 2008. She pursued her BCBA certification through Florida Tech. Since then she has fulfilled many roles from a therapist, senior therapist, clinical supervisor and clinical director. She has worked with clients between the ages of 18 months to 17 years of age in a variety of settings such as in-home, clinic, school and community. Changing the lives of children with Autism is her passion. She gains reinforcement from helping to improve the lives of her clients as well as helping to shape the professional careers of the staff she oversees. Fun Fact: Enjoys painting in my free time, as well as spending time trying out new restaurants with my family.
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280 research articles with practitioner takeaways
279 research articles with practitioner takeaways
258 research articles with practitioner takeaways
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