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What is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)?

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What is applied behavior analysis? Rob Pennington, Ph.D. BCBA briefly breaks ABA down.

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    A Good Transition Plan

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    Administrator's Role in Transition

  3. 3

    Approaching Employers

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    Autism Expert Interviews

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    Behavior as a Form of Communication

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    Best Practices for Following Up

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    Broadening Horizons

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

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    Collaborative Teaming

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    Connecting Students to Life

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    Creating environments for neurodiverse learners

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    Critical Conversations: Importance of Safety

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    Daniel on Employment and Independent Living

  14. 14

    Daniel on Recreation and Leisure

  15. 15

    Daniel on Self-Advocacy

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    Effective Professional Development for Educators

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    Ensuring Educators are Managing Their Own Behavior

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    Everyone Must Work

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    Expectations Matter

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    Family Consortium

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    Futures Planning: Aiming for Best Case Scenario

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    How detailed should Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) be?

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    How do I implement a sensory area?

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

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    How do you address compulsive behaviors in the classroom?

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    How is Fidelity Accomplished?

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    How to Fade Reinforcers

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    How to Use Reinforcement

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    Identifying Student Needs and Strengths

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    Important Concepts for Students with Unique Needs

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    Large Team Strategy to Support Students

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    Learning from your Inappropriate Responses

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    Medicaid Programs in Texas

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    More Paperwork?

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    Parent-Professional Relationships

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    Personal Networks

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    Planned Ignoring

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    Self and mutual regulation

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    SSI: Medicaid Eligibility

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    Supported Decision-Making and Guardianship: Parent Perspectives

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    Training as a Behavior Change Procedure

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    Transition Assessment

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    Transition is a Life-Long Process

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    Transition Services will Look Different

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    What are causes of problem behaviors?

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    What are some key behavior principles to use in class?

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    What behavior is communication?

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    What behavior is functional?

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    What Expecatons Should I Have for My Student with Autism?

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    What is a preference assessment?

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    What is a Replacement Behavior?

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    What is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)?

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    What is the difference between reinforcement and bribery?

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    What is the three-term contingency?

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    Why is emotional memory important?

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    Why is Fidelity Important?

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