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“I think having 50 million students as a target for impact is by definition a socially important setting.” Ronnie Detrich, PhD

 … but to have serious, open, honest discussion about human sexuality, it’s something most of us would rather not do. Peter F. Gerhardt, EdD

All the behavioral training in the world is pretty useless if you can't get yourself together enough to make yourself a cup of coffee. Dana Gadaire, PsyD 

There is often training that is required to be given. Byron Wine, PhD, BCBA-D 

By far the most common form of maltreatment in the United States is neglect . . . Side effects of neglect, short term, and long term, are actually as serious as those of physical abuse and sexual abuse.

The organizational benefit is the alignment of pay/effort of employees to the company.  Byron Wine, PhD

As mental health professionals, we’re often invited into the courtroom, into the playground of lawyers, and it’s important that we understand that we must play by the rules. Understanding the rules allows us to play and enjoy the time that we might be spending in the courtroom.

I have been fortunate to be in a position to help execute his vision, and I am not done because his vision was quite expansive. We will be rolling out some of Jerry’s plans for years to come.

A ‘free for all type of social group does not benefit children with autism. Most children with autism in these ‘free forall’ social groups appear to be very lost.

Important:   This course fulfills the 8-hour training requirement and is based o

The issue of modality can become really critical. Obviously, when we start with pictures or any other augmentative system, whether it’s sign languages or a device, everybody is concerned that when they use the pictures, they will learn to rely on them and never learn to speak.

We start knowing our work is important when other people tell us. Janis Allen, BA   

“Functional Assessment refers to a variety of data collection, analysis and interpretive procedures that vary widely with regard to the procedural detail but share the same goal of producing a hypothesis about what evokes and reinforces occurrences of problem behavior.” Iser DeLeon, PhD, BCBA 

This course introduces how the Pyramid Approach in education can be beneficial for learners with autism or related developmental disabilities. The Pyramid Approach describes how to create an effective learning environment through the applications of data collection and data analysis. It systematically implements key elements from applied behavior analysis emphasizing functional communication.

In unit 1 of this 3-unit course, Dr. Heather McGee defines behavioral systems analysis (BSA) and discusses how BSA fits into the context of the field of behavior analysis. Dr. McGee then introduces the three levels of systems analysis and presents various analysis tools and organizational intervention strategies as described by Rummler and Brache (1995)