Through the Right Lens: Scoping Out Competence and Practice in Mental Health and Behavior Analysis matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in adult services and community participation. For this course, the practical stakes show up in safe, humane intervention that respects health variables and daily-life feasibility, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Association of Professional Behavior Analysts
Take This Course →Including ethics, supervision, and topics like this one. New live CEU every Wednesday.
Join Free →Individuals with developmental disabilities are 5 times more likely to experience mental health concerns, with a 30 - 40% of co-occurrence of mental health disorders (Eapen, 2014; Tomić et al., 2011). In addition, adults with disabilities report mental distress 4.6 times more often than adults without disabilities (CDC, 2020). Given that a significant proportion of behavior analysts work with individuals with developmental disabilities it is crucial to understand the elevated mental health challenges within this population and the importance of how to take mental health disorders into account during behavior analytic service provision, while understanding scope of practice and competence in mental health and behavior analysis. This webinar will focus on differentiating scope of practice and competence while also reviewing best practices of increasing scope of competence (Broadhead et al., 2018; LeBlanc et al., 2012). We will also discuss important factors related to mental health disorders, effective communication approaches, and ethical considerations (AAP, 2021; BACB, 2020; OSG, 2021; WHO, 2008). Participants will learn practical strategies and resources for referral and interprofessional collaboration (AHRQ, 2014; NIMH, 2019; RWJF, 2015; SPSTF, 2022).
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 0 | — |
Dr. Becca serves as the Executive Director of Del Mar Center for Behavioral Health, a multidisciplinary clinic in southeastern North Carolina near Camp Lejeune. She has formal training in school and clinical psychology, psychopharmacology, and behavior analysis. She is licensed as a psychologist, as a medical (prescribing) psychologist, and as a behavior analyst. She has worked in a variety of settings from schools to hospitals and military installations and also provides consulting to organizations. Her clinical practice focuses on diagnostic testing, medication management, maternal mental health, treatment of trauma and anxiety-based disorders, and providing supervision for future behavior analysts and psychologists.
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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.