Care-Providers Are People Too: Using Daily Routines to Embed Opportunities to Support and Learn

Session Dates

Wednesday April 30, 2025 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Webinar

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People who care for individuals with Autism, Developmental Disorders, and/or Intellectual Disabilities (i.e., care-providers) are frequently under a great deal of stress. Despite this stress, they are often asked to adhere to procedures for which they may have no formal training including behavioral interventions, medical interventions, speech/language interventions, occupational and physical therapy, and many others. It is often assumed that care-providers are well positioned to implement this wide range of interventions without coaching, support or feedback.

The presenter, who is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst, will make a case that expectations for care-providers can and should be managed (at least in the area of behavioral interventions) such that expectations are much more reasonable, without compromising the learning and well-being of the child. He will cite and explain the vast literature base supporting simplified, fun, healthy, and engaging activities that consider the well-being of care-providers along with the well-being of individuals we serve.

Objectives

Participants will be able to:

1. List and describe at least two features of behavioral interventions that may be difficult or even impossible to implement in many settings.
2. Describe at least two reasons that care-providers may experience challenges to their own personal well-being, which may in turn affect their implementation of interventions, teaching strategies, support and adaptations.
3. Identify the core features of differential reinforcement of alternative behavior and describe why this procedure can successfully be implemented with coaching and is potentially less stressful to implement in comparison to other strategies used to address behaviors.

Target Audience

Infant Toddler and Preschool Early Intervention and Family Support/Home Visiting Staff Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate individuals who have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and who need assistance at this event. Contact: Molly Martz, at 717-901-2151, or mmartz@pattan.net.