Code and Connect: Working with Families and Practitioners to Build Better ABA Programs becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside caregiver coaching, home routines, team meetings, and values-sensitive decision making. In Code and Connect: Working with Families and Practitioners to Build Better ABA Programs, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better alignment between intervention and the family context in which it must survive, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Building Better ABA Programs Through Caregiver Input: Development of Safety Inventory Karen Nohelty Caregiver input in their child's ABA program is vital to meaningful, socially significant outcomes. Thus, social validity data should be gathered regularly from caregivers, both at an individual family level and across ABA organizations more broadly. This presentation will share the results of a caregiver survey (n = 93) that was conducted to better understand what caregivers value in their child's ABA program. Three specific areas were examined in terms of caregiver's priorities regarding: 1) what is targeted in their child's ABA program, 2) how the program is implemented, and 3) how the clinical supervisor approaches the family. The survey was presented in both English and Spanish, and demographic data were collected to allow for consideration of the diversity of the caregivers in the sample. Results of the survey indicated that families highly prioritized teaching their child safety, executive functioning, and communication/self-advocacy skills. These findings informed a continued focus on safety in the organization, including the development of a safety inventory. The creation of the safety inventory will be detailed, along with examples of how the inventory can be used with caregivers to guide treatment for individuals. The procedures described in this presentation can serve as a methodology of how to gather social validity data and respond to caregiver's needs at an organizational level, as well as with individual families. A special thanks to Marcy Fibrow for her authorship and collaboration on this project. Code and Connect: Enhancing Social Skills and Coding Fluency in Children with IDD Jessica DeMarco This presentation will be catered to BCBA's looking to find creative, fun, and interactive ways to target social and communication skills for learners with ASD/ID during sessions. This presentation will reveal the recent uptick in using robots to teach social skills, provide an introduction on how to embed STEM instruction (i.e., coding) into their social communication programs. Presenters will provide a demonstrations on how to embed these aforementioned two skills together within sessions.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
Karen Nohelty is the Director of Research and Development at 360 Behavioral Health and has been in the field of ABA since 2003. A BCBA since 2007, she specializes in compassionate care and caregiver support, helping ensure treatment is meaningful, client-centered, and values-aligned. Karen has co-authored multiple research publications and book chapters. Her work bridges research and practice to empower clinicians, clients, and caregivers to achieve outcomes that truly make a difference.
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