Working Effectively with Teachers: Top Tips for Maximizing Effectiveness when Consulting in Schools belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter school teams and classroom routines. In Working Effectively with Teachers: Top Tips for Maximizing Effectiveness when Consulting in Schools, for this course, the practical stakes show up in feasible school-based support, stronger collaboration, and better student participation, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Current statistics regarding problem behavior and academic attainment confirm that schools need behavior analysts more than ever. However, our enthusiasm for helping schools enact meaningful changes in student and teacher behavior may cause us to miss some important contingencies that might impact our effectiveness as behavioral consultants. This presentation will identify some tips for "opening the school doors" for behavior analysts, as well as identifying common mistakes that behavior analysts might make that ultimately undermine their effectiveness. Further, it will suggest some ways to avoid these pitfalls, as well as identifying some important skills that might be useful in improving our efficacy in both mainstream and special education settings. Learning Objectives Participants will be able to identify common mistakes that behavior analysts might make when working in schoolsParticipants will be able describe some solutions to common mistakesParticipants will be able will be able to identify interpersonal skills that may affect school personnel's willingness to use behavior analytic strategiesParticipants will be able to describe some strategies for gaining access to schools that might benefit from behavior analytic services
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
Dr. Jennifer L. Austin has worked as a behavior analytic researcher and clinician for over 25 years. Her research and clinical interests have focused primarily on behavior analytic applications in education, as well as applying our science to populations that are relatively underserved by the field, including prisoners, children in mainstream education, and children who have experienced trauma. Dr. Austin received her Ph.D. from the Florida State University and was formerly Professor of Psychology and Head of Behavior Analysis at the University of South Wales in the United Kingdom. In 2020, she received the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis award for her contributions to the international development of behavior analysis. She joined the behavior analysis faculty at Georgia State University in 2022. She is a former president of the UK Society for Behaviour Analysis, the current president-elect of the Georgia Association for Behavior analysis, a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, and a current Associate Editor of Behavior Analysis in Practice.
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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.