Teaching Caregivers & Therapists to Play Effectively belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter clinic sessions and day-to-day service delivery. 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 Verbal Beginnings
Take This Course →Including ethics, supervision, and topics like this one. New live CEU every Wednesday.
Join Free →A common obstacle many BCBAs that work with children with autism spectrum disorders face is teaching adults (both parents/caregivers and behavior technicians) to play with children, and taking advantage of learning opportunities within play. While play comes naturally to some, others have more difficulty contriving or joining in a play scheme. When working with children, play is a pivotal component of pairing with reinforcement and creating learning opportunities. It's important that those on a client's clinical team understand the significance of play and how to use it as an effective teaching strategy. This presentation will provide an overview of naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions, natural environment teaching, and how to use behavioral skills training to support therapists and caregivers implement these teaching models with clients.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 2 | General |
| COA | 2 | — |
Taylor is located in Maryland, and is currently a BCBA working with Verbal Beginnings clients in the field. Before she became a BCBA, she worked as an RBT for 4 years and an RBT Training Coordinator for 1 year. Being a BCBA is amazing because 1) She gets to spend her time helping others acquire skills that give them more opportunities to access experiences available in their environment and 2) She gets to spread her love for ABA to her supervisees!
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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.