"Education Designers has a strong behavior consultation model, and I decided to decrease my hours with other agencies so I can spend more of my time working for EDD." Amber Wunder, BCBA Supervisor
Meet Amber!
Amber began working as a Therapeutic Staff Support in 2010 in an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) classroom, supporting students with Autism. While working as a student’s 1:1 support, Amber was in a Child and Family Counseling Masters Program. Amber soon realized that she was meant to work with children with special needs. She withdrew from …
Research Says
Challenging behavior can be defined as "any repeated pattern of behavior or perception of behavior that interferes with or is at risk with optimal learning or engagement in pro-social interactions with peers and adults" (Dunlap, Strain, Fox, Carta, Conroy, Smith, & Sailor, 2006, 29-45). A startling fact: 40% of students are said to engage in …
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Dr. Rick Kubina teaches data-driven decision making: Supercharge Your ABA Program with the Power of Precision Teaching Get a personal invitation PLUS 1 free CEU! -http://www.chartlytics.com/BACB-Pittsburgh Spinning your wheels as you work on behavior change? Precision Teaching helps by precisely measuring, displaying, and interpreting progress—so you can accelerate learner outcomes. We’re offering a two-pronged crash …
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Dr. Rick Kubina teaches behavior reduction: Resolving Challenging Behaviors in Half the Time (or less)Get a personal invitation PLUS 1 free CEU! -http://www.chartlytics.com/BACB-InvitationSpinning your wheels as you work on problem behaviors? Precise measurement and data-driven decision making can help you reduce problem behavior more quickly and exactly. We’re offering a two-pronged crash course to get …
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School Consultation
What is School Consultation? An integrated model of school consultation includes providing psychological and educational services via a specialist (consultant), to a team member (consultee), to help facilitate progress and improve outcomes (learning or adjustment) for a student (client) or group of students (clients) (Erchul & Martens, 2006). The goal of consultation is to empower …
Memories!
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Role of the School Counselor | American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
Learn more about the changing roles of school counselors and the need for counselors in our schools when you visit: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/administrators/role-of-the-school-counselor
What we knew almost 30 years ago.
"In-service training may be available to prepare teachers for individual and group interventions that have a counseling theme, yet even the best of workshops does little to insure that applications of concepts and techniques are consistent with training received. Indeed a major failing and source of frustration with in-services is the lack of follow-up with …
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