School settings represent one of the most common and most challenging environments for behavior analysts to practice. BCBAs working in schools must navigate a complex landscape of professional relationships, institutional cultures, and disciplinary perspectives that differ significantly from the clinical environments where many behavior analysts receive their training.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Women in Behavior Analysis
Take This Course →Including ethics, supervision, and topics like this one. New live CEU every Wednesday.
Join Free →Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential for creating effective support systems that enhance student success and well-being. The Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts specified the expectations and calls for strong collaboration (BACB, 2022). Yet the setting of a school, where professionals bring different backgrounds, philosophies about behavior, and areas of expertise, can often create challenges for meaningful and authentic collaboration. Furthermore, while many professionals within school settings value behavior analysts' expertise, many have negative perceptions of their experiences working with behavior analysts (Bowman et al., 2024). This session explores skills needed for school-based behavior analysts to foster better collaboration with professionals across disciplines — including educators, school psychologists, counselors, speech-language pathologists, and social workers - to enhance the collective capacity of school teams to address complex student needs. Participants will examine real-world applications of collaboration, such as integrating behavior analysis with mental wellness initiatives. This session will offer an example of how one state network of behavior analysts provided supports to their members to improve interdisciplinary collaboration in school districts across that state. By the end of the session, participants will leave with practical strategies for building strong interdisciplinary partnerships, fostering open communication, and leveraging diverse professional expertise to create more inclusive, supportive, and effective learning environments.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Ethics |
| COA | 1 | — |
Daria Lorio-Barsten, Ph.D., BCBA, LBA, is a clinical assistant professor in Curriculum & Instruction at William & Mary. Dr. Lorio-Barsten supported students and teachers in PK-12 public schools across a variety of roles. She has previously worked in the school districts as a project specialist with the Training and Technical Assistance Center, instructional specialist, assessment and compliance coordinator, special education teacher, and general education teacher. Her areas of interest include applied behavior analysis in school settings, building inclusive learning communities, behavior management, data-driven decision making, systems-change, and effective teacher preparation.
Dig into the research behind this topic — plain-English summaries written for BCBAs.
279 research articles with practitioner takeaways
258 research articles with practitioner takeaways
225 research articles with practitioner takeaways
You earn CEUs from a dozen different places. Upload any certificate — from here, your employer, conferences, wherever — and always know exactly where you stand. Learning, Ethics, Supervision, all handled.
No credit card required. Cancel anytime.
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.