Families with children who have special needs experience marital stress and divorce at rates that exceed the general population. For behavior analysts working with these families, the reality of marital dissolution is not a rare edge case but a common clinical scenario that directly affects service delivery, treatment planning, and professional conduct.
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Join Free →Families with children with special needs are at greater risk for marital stress and divorce. As such, the likelihood that behavioral health care providers will be working with families at some point in their career where marital dissolution is occurring or has occurred. This webinar examines the bidirectional impact of marital stress and divorce on children and their parents within the context of applied behavior analytic intervention settings. Learn about consent, parental participation and involvement, and legal and ethical pitfalls of which practitioners should be aware in their behavioral work with families experiencing these stressors.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | Ethics |
| QABA | 1.25 | General |
| IBAO | 1.5 | Ethics |
| BICC | 0 | — |
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