Bringing HRE to School

Description

“Bringing HRE to School” offers 1.5 general CEUs and takes a deeper dive at using Practical Functional Assessment (PFA) Skill-Based Treatment (SBT) in the school environment. Explore key topics such as how to get buy-in from a school and/or district, managing limited resources, optimizing practice time, programming for generalization, utilizing the Universal Protocol, providing staff training, and navigating the challenges specific to implementing PFA/SBT in a school setting. Your instructors for this course are Hillary Laney, Bethany Creech, K. Lee Geer, and Nicky Schneider. We would like to thank Koomal Kaur and Lindsay Grainger for their contributions.

About Your Presenters…

Hillary Laney, BCBA, is passionate about providing services to clients with significant behavioral needs which prioritizes dignity, safety, rapport, and assent. She received her M. Ed from the University of Washington and has extensive experience as a practitioner and in supporting practitioners, agencies, and schools to provide more comprehensive services to those who need them most. Hillary currently serves as the Vice President of Functional Assessment and Treatment at Centria Autism. She is responsible for staff development and training oversight across the agency in the implementation of assent-based interventions including; Universal Protocols, Practical Functional Assessment, and Skill-Based Treatment. In the past year, Hillary has overseen the training of over 300 supervising clinicians and her team has supported over 300 successful Practical Functional Assessments. In her free time, she volunteers moderating the PFA & SBT Community, an online group of over 20,000 members, which provides free content for members to learn and grow in assent-based practice.  

Bethany Creech has been working in the field of ABA since 2005 and has been a BCBA since 2014. The focus of her work as a behavior analyst has been with students with disabilities in private day and public schools since 2016. She is passionate about building positive relationships between staff and students through assent-based assessments and interventions including Practical Functional Assessment & Skill Based Treatment and Collaborative Problem Solving.

K. Lee Geer, BCBA, first began working in the field in early 90s. He received his Master’s degree from Southern Illinois University in 2013 under Mark Dixon. He has worked in alternative school settings, hospital settings, private home settings and currently works in the public school setting. He has primarily worked with individuals with severe/complex problem behaviors. After being introduced to the PFA/IISCA SBT way of viewing and treating complex behaviors, he never looked back.

Nicky Schneider is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with over fifteen years of experience working with neurodivergent individuals of all ages and skill levels. Nicky holds a bachelor’s degree in Special Education and a master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis. Additionally, she holds a NJ Principal and Supervisor certification. Nicky has served as a special education teacher, behavior analyst and supervisor in private and public schools, as well as for insurance-based agencies. Nicky’s passion lies in empowering those she trains to encourage, support and learn from the individuals they serve. She believes that through genuine interaction, we can intrinsically create a foundation of mutual respect and cooperation. When Nicky is not supporting students, teachers or the PFA & SBT Community Facebook page, you can find her outside camping and shaping the behavior of her kitty, Goosey, who now plays fetch!

Learning objectives

Participants will be able to:

1. 1. Explain how to get buy-in within the district/school
   2. Identify the key features of an open-door policy
   3. Understand how to address the limited resources within a school
   4. Identify the amount of time spent in practice or business as usual
   5. Understand how to program for generalization
   6. Understand how to utilize the Universal Protocol across settings and classrooms within the school building
   7. Identify the training that staff should receive
   8. Identify the challenges specific to implementing PFA/SBT in a school setting

The PFA & SBT Community is an Authorized Continuing Education Provider for the BACB® and IBAO®. Our BACB® provider ID is OP-23-10256. For concerns regarding CEUs, you can contact us here. 

Accessibility information: This course is closed captioned in English and provides a transcript for all video content. For any other accessibility questions or concerns, you can contact us here.