Understanding Behavior
Practical Strategies to Build Engagement in Therapy Sessions and Classrooms
COMING SOON!
Do you ever feel like you spend half your session just trying to get a child to participate—before you can even begin your intervention? Do you struggle to understand why some students refuse to engage, act out, or seem to shut down during therapy or classroom activities? If so, this course is for you.
In this seminar, Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, MD, MPH, FAAP, will demystify student behavior by guiding you through a practical Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) framework. You will learn to recognize the four functions of behavior—escape, attention, sensory, and tangible reward—and identify the specific reason (“why”) a behavior is occurring. The course will also explore how factors such as the child’s temperament, trauma history, learning disabilities, and medical conditions influence behavior and regulation.
Crucially, this course emphasizes a 360-degree view of behavior, prompting practitioners to examine not only the child, but also their own role as the adult, as well as task demands and environmental factors that contribute to behavior and participation.
Building on this assessment framework, Dr. Spinks-Franklin will share strategies for improving student–adult, student–task, and student–environment goodness-of-fit, along with evidence-informed approaches for shaping behavior through reinforcement and thoughtful task design across each function of behavior. Case vignettes will illustrate how these strategies can be applied in real-life contexts. Finally, Adiaha will address when behaviors exceed the scope of OT, PT, or SLP practice and require referral back to the team for a coordinated, formal behavior plan.
Leave this course with practical tools and strategies you can apply the very next day—so students are better able to engage, and you can deliver your services more effectively and productively.
Closed Captioned in English.
BONUS: Practical Toolkit: Worksheet: Functional Behavior Analysis; Cheat Sheet: 4 Functions of Behavior; Cheat Sheet: Managing Behavior
Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, MD, MPH, FAAP is a board certified Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician. She has more than 20 years’ experience in caring for children and adolescents with developmental disabilities and behavior disorders, and in training pediatric health care professionals in the US and abroad. She holds leadership positions in many national pediatric professional organizations. She identifies as Wonder Woman.
Disclosures: Dr. Spinks-Franklin receives a speaking fee from Apply EBP, LLC. She has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
At the completion of the course, you are expected to:
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- Identify the 4 functions of behavior that influence student participation during sessions and in classroom routines
- Determine 4 key child, adult, task, and environmental factors that affect goodness-of-fit and behavioral responses.
- Apply 3 strategies for managing behaviors to support student participation and learning on given case studies.
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1.5 hours of lecture
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- Behavior: History and Important Terms (16 minutes)
- Temperament (4 minutes)
- 3 Steps of Behavior Management
- Assessing Behavior: FBA, Using a 360-degree Lens (26 minutes)
- Managing Behavior: Goodness-of-Fit, Reinforcement (39 minutes)
- Monitoring Outcomes (2 minutes)
- When Behavior is Severely Disruptive (5 minutes)
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1.5 CE hours of training are awarded after:
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- watching the video, passing the post-test (with a score of 70% or higher), and completing the course evaluation.
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For OTs and OTAs
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- Apply EBP, LLC is an AOTA-approved provider of CEUs (see imprimatur below for details).
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For PTs and PTAs
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- Apply EBP, LLC is an approved provider of CEUs for PTs and PTAs in IL, NM, NY, OK (#BAP202310011), and TX (APS #: 2703055TX)
- This webinar is approved for PTs and PTAs in CA.
- These PT state boards accept approval by other states boards, other state associations, or AOTA: AK, AZ, DE, FL, HI, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MT, NC, ND, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, UT, VT, VA, WI, WY and DC.
- These states do not require pre-approval of courses or have no CE requirements for PTs and PTAs: AL, CO, CT, GA, IA, ME, MO, NE, NH and WA.
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For ASHA CEUs
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- 0.15 ASHA CEUs | Intermediate Level
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- ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures
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For Teachers
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- Apply EBP is an approved sponsor of CTLE for educators in New York State (#23827)
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If you would like to obtain CEUs for another state, please email carlo@applyebp.com.
Learners must watch the video and complete course requirements, including scoring 70% or higher in the post-test to receive a certificate. Three (3) post-test retakes are allowed; if you exceed this limit, please email carlo@applyebp.com.
Webinar Price: $65 for 1-year access to watch and re-watch
Payment Options
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- Pay via Credit Card or PayPal: You are registered instantly!
- Pay via Purchase Order: Email vicki@applyebp.com
Cancellation Policy
There is no cancellation once webinar is purchased. You will have access to this course for at least 1 year. If the webinar becomes unavailable before the learner has had access, Apply EBP, LLC will refund the full amount to the learner. Please email or call us if you have any questions.
Accommodations Request
Please email or call us before registering for the course with any questions or requests for accommodations. We will make every effort to provide reasonable accommodations.
Complaints Resolution
We welcome all feedback. Please email or call us if you have any complaints so that we may work with you towards a resolution.
Contact Info:
Carlo Vialu
646-269-90391 year
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Testimonials
“Phenomenal presenter! Such useful information pertaining to ADHD in schools and especially executive function which is coming up more and more in schools and as questions for OTs.” – OT with 7 years experience, on Adiaha’s “Boosting Impact of OT, PT, and Speech Services for Children with ADHD“
“The course was straight to the point with lots of applicable information. The instructor was very knowledgeable and clear, organized and very engaging.” – SLP with 17 years experience, on Adiaha’s “Boosting Impact of OT, PT, and Speech Services for Children with ADHD“
“I appreciated the practical suggestions that were given. The instructor was also very engaging. “ – PT with 7 years experience, on Adiaha’s “Boosting Impact of OT, PT, and Speech Services for Children with ADHD“
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