Behavior Analytic Strategies for Promoting Variable Responding in Children on the Autism Spectrum is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of case conceptualization, intervention design, staff training, and literature-informed problem solving. In Behavior Analytic Strategies for Promoting Variable Responding in Children, for this course, the practical stakes show up in stronger conceptual consistency and better translational decision making, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Many children on the autism spectrum have a tendency to engage in repetitive play and verbal behavior. In this presentation, a series of studies looking at antecedent- and consequence-based behavior analytic strategies for promoting variable verbal and play behavior will be presented and discussed. The implications of this body of research for our conceptual understanding of behavioral variability will also be discussed. Learning Objectives: 1. Participants will be able to describe why invariable behavior in children on the autism spectrum can inhibit the development of appropriate social behavior. 2. Participants will be able to describe behavior analytic strategies for promoting varied manding behavior in children on the autism spectrum. 3. Participants will be able to describe behavior analytic strategies for promoting varied play behavior in children on the autism spectrum.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
Dr. Thomas S. Higbee is Professor and Department Head in the Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Department at Utah State University, where he has worked since 2002. He is also the Executive Director of the Autism Support Services: Education, Research, and Training (ASSERT) program, an early intensive behavioral intervention program for young children on the autism spectrum that he founded in 2003. He is a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D) and a Licensed Behavior Analyst in the state of Utah. The primary focus of his research is on the development of effective supports for children on the autism spectrum and with other developmental disabilities. His secondary research focus is on the development of effective strategies for supporting the parents and professionals who love and support these children. He is a former associate editor for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) and the European Journal of Behavior Analysis. Dr. Higbee is committed to the broad dissemination of evidence-based supports for students on the autism spectrum and with related disabilities and has helped to create intensive behavior analytic preschool and school programs for these children in Brazil, Russia, Portugal, and throughout his home state of Utah. He is the past president of the Utah Association for Behavior Analysis (UtABA) and has served as a member of the Practice Board of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and the Utah Psychologist Licensing Board.
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