2/2021- Severe Behavior Problems: Advanced Instruction and Problem Solving – A 4-part Course
$400.00
Presented by Professor Peter Sturmey
Course Overview
Behavioral and mental health practitioners, special education teachers, SLPs and child study team members often work with individuals with severe behavior problems such as aggression, tantrums, self-injury, pica and rumination. Although graduate classes provide some basic training, application to practice is challenging, even for experienced practitioners. The purpose of this webinar series is to provide advanced instruction and problem solving in developing, writing and using Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs), Behavior Support Plans (BSPs) and solving common challenges in implementation. The materials will be delivered by both lecture-type presentations and interactive on-line exercises. We encourage individuals to attend all sessions live so they can contribute throughout the series during the live discussions by commenting, sharing, and/or asking questions and receive feedback on their own performance in on-line exercises. The presenter will provide instruction on how to frame questions asked during this event in a confidential way and all questions will be entered in an anonymous chat box to provide an additional layer of privacy.
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General Information
Webinar #1–Workload Management, Ethics and Professional Standards for FBAs and BSPs
Professor Peter Sturmey
Thursday February 11, 2021
12:00 pm-3:00 pm eastern (New York)
Recording Availability: 2/12/21 – 2/22/21 11:59 pm eastern (NY)
Abstract
Learning Objectives
1. Identify the impact of caseload size on service delivery.
2. Identify priority cases caseload (Attendees will be encouraged to discuss their caseload priority list with their supervisor)
3. Identify the ethical concerns related to caseload size, consent, incremental assessment, and timing of service delivery.
Credit Hour Information
- Behavior Analysts: 3 (learning) CEUs which includes 1 ETHICS
- Psychologists: 3 CEs which includes 1 ETHICS
Only behavior analysts and psychologists may view ABAC recordings for continuing education credit (If eligible).
For ABAC’s continuing education approvals statements please view our Continuing Education page
Schedule
12:05 pm: Webinar begins
1:30 pm: 10 minute break
1:40 pm: First Q&A session
1:50 pm: Webinar resumes
2:45 pm: Second Q&A session
3:00 pm: Evaluation, post-test and code submission forms
General Information
Webinar #2–Writing Adequate FBAs
Professor Peter Sturmey
Thursday, February 25, 2021
12:00 pm-3:00 pm eastern (New York)
Recording Availability: 2/26/21 – 3/7/21 11:59 pm eastern (NY)
Abstract
As part of this session, Professor Sturmey will review assessment procedures including Interviews, ABCs, questionnaire, brief FAs, and trial-based FAs for high frequency behavior, and how to identify functions of low frequency target behavior and when an inpatient hospital or clinic-based assessment may be required or preferred.
Learning Objectives
1. Identify what to do when you cannot observe the target behavior.
2. Distinguish escape from attention.
3. Find and select replacement behaviors.
4. Apply Floyd and Farmer criteria to bad and good examples of FBAs.
5. Score bad examples of FBAs and rewrite insufficient pieces from examples.
Credit Hour Information
- Behavior Analysts: 3 (learning) CEUs
- Psychologists: CEs
Only behavior analysts and psychologists may view ABAC recordings for continuing education credit (If eligible).
For ABAC’s continuing education approvals statements please view our Continuing Education page
Schedule
12:05 pm: Webinar begins
1:30 pm: 10 minute break
1:40 pm: First Q&A session
1:50 pm: Webinar resumes
2:45 pm: Second Q&A session
3:00 pm: Evaluation, post-test and code submission forms
General Information
Webinar #3–Translating FBAs to Treatment Recommendations
Professor Peter Sturmey
Thursday, March 11, 2021
12:00 pm-3:00 pm eastern (New York)
Recording Availability: 3/12/21 – 3/21/21 11:59 pm eastern (NY)
Abstract
As part of this session, Professor Sturmey will review interventions with an emphasis on functional communication training and reinforcement-based procedures.
Learning Objectives
1. Identify communication responses and match with functions.
2. Select an intervention for selected behavior.
3. Program for maintenance and generalization.
4. Identify correct and correct BSP components from several good and bad examples.
5. Rewrite insufficient pieces from examples.
Credit Hour Information
- Behavior Analysts: 3 Type II CEUs (learning)
- Psychologists: 3 CEs
Only behavior analysts and psychologists may view ABAC recordings for continuing education credit (If eligible).
For ABAC’s continuing education approvals statements please view our Continuing Education page
Schedule
12:05 pm: Webinar begins
1:30 pm: 10 minute break
1:40 pm: First Q&A session
1:50 pm: Webinar resumes
2:45 pm: Second Q&A session
3:00 pm: Evaluation, post-test and code submission forms
General Information
Webinar #4–Training Caregivers To Implement FBAs and BSPs
Professor Peter Sturmey
Thursday, March 25, 2021
12:00 pm-3:00 pm eastern (New York)
Recording Availability: 3/26/21 – 4/4/21
Abstract
This webinar will identify the general strategies practitioners should use to teach caregivers and common specific skills that practitioners should teach to caregivers including: data collection, collecting ABC data, conducting trial-based functional analysis, functional analysis, preventive strategies, and BSP implementation.
Learning Objectives
1. The skills that many caregivers need to successfully implement functional assessments, functional analyses and BSPs.
2. General strategies of staff training using BST.
3. How to design role plays effectively based on general case training.
4. Applications to data collection, collecting ABC data, conducting trial-based functional analysis, functional analysis, preventive strategies, and BSP implementation.
Presenter Bio and Disclosure Statement
He gained his PhD at the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom and subsequently taught at the University of the South West (Plymouth) and University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. He then worked for the Texas Department of Mental Retardation from 1990-2000 as Chief Psychologist, first at Abilene then San Antonio State Schools during a Federal class action lawsuit. There he supervised behavioral services and master’s level psychologists, providing behavior support plans for severe behavioral and psychiatric disorders in adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities, and implementing large-scale active treatment and restraint reduction programs.
Professor Sturmey has published 25 edited and authored books, over 210 peer reviewed papers, and over 60 book chapters. He provides webinars on ABA to qualified professionals and others on a regular basis. He has made numerous presentations nationally and internationally, including recent presentations in Canada, Brazil, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy. He has an active lab of graduate and undergraduate students working on developing and evaluating effective and efficient ways of training caregivers using modeling and feedback to use applied behavior analysis with children and adults with autism and other disabilities. He provides training and consultations widely.
Disclosure Statement:
Peter Sturmey is co-author or editor of books mentioned during the presentation. He receives royalties from the sale of the books. He also receives speaker and consultation fees for this and other related presentations.
Credit Hour Information
- Behavior Analysts: 3 CEUs (learning)
- Psychologists: 3 CEs
Only behavior analysts and psychologists may view ABAC recordings for continuing education credit (If eligible).
For ABAC’s continuing education approvals statements please view our Continuing Education page
Schedule
12:05 pm: Webinar begins
1:30 pm: 10 minute break
1:40 pm: First Q&A session
1:50 pm: Webinar resumes
2:45 pm: Second Q&A session
3:00 pm: Evaluation, post-test and code submission forms
