Compassionate Care in ABA: Assessing and supporting family needs for intensive cases belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter caregiver coaching, home routines, team meetings, and values-sensitive decision making. In Compassionate Care in ABA: Assessing and supporting family needs for intensive cases, 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.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Florida Association of Behavior Analysis
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Join Free →The field of ABA is currently making an essential shift in understanding and providing more compassionate care. Often, families with children that have more intensive behavioral needs do not receive the full extent of support and resources required. This can occur for many reasons. This speech will discuss common barriers to the typical ABA family model within intensive cases. Data will be provided from a poll of local parents with children diagnosed with ASD and a brief personal account from Kerry Jones, BCBA and mother to ASD high needs child. A review of potential assessment tools and support solutions will be provided.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
| FL MH/PSY | 1 | — |
Linda Meckler has worked in various settings throughout the state of Florida as a behavior analyst, first starting as a BCaBA in 2004 and then continued after finishing her master's degree in 2009 as a BCBA. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology with a focus on Applied Behavior Analysis at University of Florida and Master degree in ABA at Florida Institute of Technology. She has worked with both children and adults with disabilities in community, home, school, and group home settings. Staff and parent training on behavior analysis skills are her specialty. She has worked with severely aggressive individuals with varying levels of disabilities, including individuals with mental health diagnoses. She has experience working in home settings with children providing verbal behavior therapy to teach communication skills. Her current role at PBS is Clinical Safety Manager, where she supports clinical teams on navigating crisis cases, as well as, creating systems for training safety for staff and caregivers. Linda enjoys the opportunity to help improve the lives of others through the use of applied behavior analysis.
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