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Effective Professional Development for Educators

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Dr. Pennington describes effective personal development for educators.

  1. 1

    A Good Transition Plan

  2. 2

    Administrator's Role in Transition

  3. 3

    Approaching Employers

  4. 4

    Autism Expert Interviews

  5. 5

    Behavior as a Form of Communication

  6. 6

    Best Practices for Following Up

  7. 7

    Broadening Horizons

  8. 8

    Can only Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) use Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Strategies?

  9. 9

    Collaborative Teaming

  10. 10

    Connecting Students to Life

  11. 11

    Creating environments for neurodiverse learners

  12. 12

    Critical Conversations: Importance of Safety

  13. 13

    Daniel on Employment and Independent Living

  14. 14

    Daniel on Recreation and Leisure

  15. 15

    Daniel on Self-Advocacy

  16. 16

    Effective Professional Development for Educators

  17. 17

    Ensuring Educators are Managing Their Own Behavior

  18. 18

    Everyone Must Work

  19. 19

    Expectations Matter

  20. 20

    Family Consortium

  21. 21

    Futures Planning: Aiming for Best Case Scenario

  22. 22

    How detailed should Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) be?

  23. 23

    How do I implement a sensory area?

  24. 24

    How do we introduce Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to administrators?

  25. 25

    How do you address compulsive behaviors in the classroom?

  26. 26

    How is Fidelity Accomplished?

  27. 27

    How to Fade Reinforcers

  28. 28

    How to Use Reinforcement

  29. 29

    Identifying Student Needs and Strengths

  30. 30

    Important Concepts for Students with Unique Needs

  31. 31

    Large Team Strategy to Support Students

  32. 32

    Learning from your Inappropriate Responses

  33. 33

    Medicaid Programs in Texas

  34. 34

    More Paperwork?

  35. 35

    Parent-Professional Relationships

  36. 36

    Personal Networks

  37. 37

    Planned Ignoring

  38. 38

    Self and mutual regulation

  39. 39

    SSI: Medicaid Eligibility

  40. 40

    Supported Decision-Making and Guardianship: Parent Perspectives

  41. 41

    Training as a Behavior Change Procedure

  42. 42

    Transition Assessment

  43. 43

    Transition is a Life-Long Process

  44. 44

    Transition Services will Look Different

  45. 45

    What are causes of problem behaviors?

  46. 46

    What are some key behavior principles to use in class?

  47. 47

    What behavior is communication?

  48. 48

    What behavior is functional?

  49. 49

    What Expecatons Should I Have for My Student with Autism?

  50. 50

    What is a preference assessment?

  51. 51

    What is a Replacement Behavior?

  52. 52

    What is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)?

  53. 53

    What is the difference between reinforcement and bribery?

  54. 54

    What is the three-term contingency?

  55. 55

    Why is emotional memory important?

  56. 56

    Why is Fidelity Important?

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