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Description
“Got Boundaries?” offers 4 general learning CEUs. Within the Skill-Based Treatment (SBT) process, BCBAs create a “yes space” of synthesized reinforcement for their learners. However, many BCBAs struggle to balance their learner’s HRE and set limits and boundaries. What happens when a learner “voting with their feet” is dangerous? What about learners actively seeking boundaries that are hard no’s or engaging in dangerous behavior seemingly for negative reactions from us?
In “Got Boundaries?”, participants will learn to use the RIE parenting philosophy as a framework and scaffold to set up boundaries in a caring and compassionate way to meet the needs of their learners. Participants will be able to identify who needs boundaries, why boundaries are necessary, when to set a boundary, and how to set a boundary. Additionally, learn about how to be clear and open about boundaries and expectations as well as the steps to provide compassionate denial.
The family of the clients discussed have given written consent for the details shared in this presentation. Your instructors are Hillary Laney, Megh (Crowley) Moloney, Melisa Santacroce, Nicky Schneider, Penny Holloway, Brit Bauerle, and Cindi Kennedy. Stars of the video clips are Cindi Kennedy and Emily Ward.
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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.
Meghan (Crowley) Moloney is a Neurodivergent Clinician who believes that teaching to people’s strengths is what truly builds confidence. After completing her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Developmental Disabilities, Meghan completed her Master’s Degree in Severe Special Education with teaching licensure in 2013, and continued her education in ABA at Endicott College. Meghan received her Board Certification in Behavior Analysis (BCBA) in 2013 and is a licensed Behavior Analyst. Meghan is a board member of Caribbean Association for Behaviour Analysis, and has served as a Member of the Clinical Review Board at numerous agencies. She is a certified Special Education teacher in the U.S. Virgin Islands and was a Special Education Teacher at Pearl B. Larsen School. Meghan assisted in developing the first adult ABA program on St. Croix. With over 14 years of experience working with autistic children, teens and adults, Meghan looks forward to continuing to provide ABA services to children, adults, and families within the territory and disseminate values based services.
Melisa Santacroce, M.S. CCC-SLP, BCBA, is the owner of Balance and Speech Behavior. Melisa completed her Masters of Science in Communication Disorders from California State University at Northridge in 2011 and worked as a Speech Language Pathologist. She then completed coursework and fieldwork to become a Board Certified Behavior Analyst in 2014, joining a group of fewer than 400 professionals in the world who have both as SLP and BCBA credential. Melisa has worked in ABA centers in New Mexico since 2014 across all ages. She has utilized Skills Based Treatment (SBT) with individuals with severe and dangerous problem behavior and is currently conducting research on this method.
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!
Penny Holloway, MA, BCBA is a PFA/SBT Trainer at Behavior Interventions Inc, a company dedicated to serving families, supporting fellow team members, and collaborating with organizations that work with the families. Penny has worked in the autism field for 12 years, has owned a private school in the Netherlands for autistic individuals aged 7-18. Penny has been practicing Applied Behavior Analysis since 2017, earned her MA in Applied Behavior Analysis at Rider University and graduated in 2020 and also passed her board exam in 2020. She has worked in homes for 6 years and is passionate about providing compassionate, effective, socially valid treatment while empowering clients and their families. The main focus of Penny’s work is disseminating safe, compassionate, dignified, trauma assumed, assent based, effective treatment in which rapport, bringing joy and building skills are key elements in treating target behavior.
Brittany Bauerle is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with a master’s degree in Education, with a specialization in Early Childhood and Autism. Brit has spent the last 15 years working in homes, clinics, schools, and communities with a variety of diagnoses, neurodiversities, and across a wide variety of ages (birth through early adulthood). Providing mentorship to clinicians in the field has become a passion of hers over the past several years, especially in the areas of Practical Functional Assessment (PFA) / Skills Based Treatment (SBT) and Universal Protocols. Brit is an active moderator of the PFA/SBT Community, an online community that offers support to practitioners for PFA/SBT. At Centria, Brit is able to combine both passions of providing mentorship and coaching clinicians through a company-wide clinical shift in PFA/SBT and Foundations of Care.
Cindi Kennedy is a native Floridian who currently works with a large scale organization mentoring clinicians in neurodiverse affirming practices focused on uplifting individuality and promoting assent-based therapy. Her passion for ensuring all autistic recipients of ABA services are uplifted and have a voice in their own treatment decisions drives her to be active as a moderator in the PFA and SBT Community. Cindi has worked as a Director of Clinic-based services at an early intervention clinic in Florida where she also has experience as an in-home and telehealth clinician.
Learning objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Define how to safely set up an environment
- Facilitate active (rather than passive) participation
- Define clear boundaries and expectations
- Identify who needs boundaries
- Identify why boundaries are important
- Define social and non-social mediation of boundaries
- Identify “unavailables” and the different types of unavailables
- Explain why boundaries are an act of love and respect for all people
- Identify why boundaries connect and empower
- Explain what considerations to take into consideration prior to setting a boundary
- Explain and utilize the boundary rating scale
- Identify which boundaries to set
- Identify the steps to compassionate denial
- Identify when boundaries are needed
The PFA & SBT Community is an Authorized Continuing Education Provider from the BACB® and IBAO®. Our provider BACB® ID is OP-23-10256. For concerns regarding CEUs, you can contact us here.
Accessibility info: This course is closed captioned in English and provides a transcript for all video content. For any other accessibility concerns or questions, you can contact us here.
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