Trauma-Informed ABA becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside caregiver coaching, home routines, team meetings, and values-sensitive decision making. In Trauma-Informed ABA, 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 Jade Health
Take This Course →Including ethics, supervision, and topics like this one. New live CEU every Wednesday.
Join Free →Applied Behavior Analysis is an effective science to target behaviors in many populations. Behavior analysts focus on observable and measurable behavior and direct function. This can make it difficult when trauma informed strategies seem counter to our assessments. However, if BCBAs look at trauma events as setting events, the functions become more apparent. This allows behavior analysts to create sensitive and effective interventions, which support our clients, including those who may be in foster care, school programs, or even simply living through COVID-19. In this interactive workshop, attendees will explore the definition of trauma (and trauma events), how these events function as setting events, as well as how our understanding of these events can help us create trauma-informed interventions.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
| QABA | 1.25 | General |
| IBAO | 1.5 | — |
| BICC | 0 | — |
Saundra Bishop, MS, BCBA, LBA CCTP is the founder, Clinical Director, and Executive Director of the DC-based BASICS ABA Therapy. She is also the Past President of DCABA. She has over 22 years of experience working in Applied Behavior Analysis(ABA) and with people with Autism/Autistic people and has been a BCBA for 16 years and is licensed in Virginia and Maryland. She is especially passionate about Trauma-Informed Behavior Management and on using teaching models that focus on self advocacy rather than compliance. She is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and also certified to give trainings that qualify for Type-2 CEUs and DC Public Schools CEUs. She has experience in many roles as a BCBA. She has worked in homes, schools, clinical settings, group homes, hospitals, and also testifying as an expert witness. She has presented at conferences, workshops for organizations and parents, webinars, and as a keynote speakers on various topics including Trauma Informed ABA and reform in ABA. Additionally, she was written a handbook called the Trauma Informed Behavior Management Handbook which walks providers step by step through creating a Trauma Informed Behavior intervention. She enjoyed being a foster parent for 7 years and now has 4 wonderful daughters with and without special needs. She enjoys biking and competitive storytelling.
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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.