The Autism Helper Professional Development Membership provides ongoing training, resources, and consultation. In this episode, learn the 5 positive impacts that joining this membership can have on your classroom. Enrollment is only open from 1/24 - 1/31. This is the last time this membership will open this school year. When you join the membership, you will get access to the new, upcoming Data Course as a part of the group. https://theautismhelper.com/membership/ -------------- The Autism Helper Professional Development Membership is now OPEN for enrollment from 1/24 - 1/31! Sign up here: htt ..read more

Schedules with moveable pieces are great to provide substantial support and visual prompting for how to navigate the classroom. Once students are successful with this type of schedule, move towards a paper schedule. These schedules provide more options for generalization. You can more readily incorporate these schedules into new settings leading to more independence. Resources: https://theautismhelper.com/picking-the-right-schedule-type-for-each-student/ Schedule resources: https://shop.theautismhelper.com/search?type=product&options%5Bprefix%5D=last&q=schedule -------------- The Autis ..read more

Heather Cacioppo is a former special education teacher and currently a Special Education Curriculum and Assessment Facilitator. In this episode, Heather breaks down how to overcome the common obstacles that teachers face to collect consistent data within the classroom. She shares tips on scheduling, goal prioritization, and staff collaboration. Heather also explores digital data collection with google forms and gives actionable strategies for embedding this within the classroom. More from Heather: https://www.fullspedahead.com/ Google Forms: https://www.fullspedahead.com/data-collection/ htt ..read more

Saundra Bishop, MS, BCBA is the founder, CEO, and Clinical Director of the DC based BASICS ABA Therapy. She has over 18 years of experience working in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and with people with Autism/Autistic people and has been a BCBA for over 11 years and is licensed in Virginia and Maryland. She is especially passionate about Trauma-Informed Behavior Management and on using teaching models that focus on self-advocacy rather than compliance.   In this episode, Saundra breaks down what trauma-informed ABA and why this approach is essential and ethical when working with our stu ..read more

In this episode, BCBA Dr. Ariana Boutain shares what Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions are and why these are extremely beneficial for learners. Ariana is the Vice President of Clinical Services with KGH Autism and has supported implementation of NDBI at KGH Clinics. NDBI represents the merge of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and developmental science. This empirically supported approach to treating young children with autism involves learning through play! Ariana breaks down what this looks like in practice and some of the key strategies to use during these interventions ..read more

The Autism Helper Professional Development Membership provides ongoing training, resources, and support to help create the best educational outcomes for learners with autism. The membership gives you a plan. The membership gives you a community. -------------------- Sign up for the Autism Connection Conference now! Early bird pricing ends 11/19/22: https://events.zoom.us/e/view/EZ_y1AGdRayth6lIHOSPbg The Autism Helper Curriculum is already utilized by thousands of teachers all over the world. Now, we have created an option for schools to get access to the entire curriculum through our Curricul ..read more

When co-teaching or collaborating with a general education teacher, work together to create a structured environment for the learners who need it. In this episode, I share tips and strategies to apply structure to a general education classroom to help students be successful in this setting. -------------- Our newest line of VB-MAPP products are available now in The Autism Helper Store! https://shop.theautismhelper.com/collections/vb-mapp-1 Find information about The Autism Helper Professional Development Membership & join the waitlist here: https://theautismhelper.com/membership/ Want ..read more

Dominique Shorter-Taylor, BCBA is the CEO of Shorter-Taylor Behavior Consulting and Co-Founder of Beyond ABA, LLC. Dominique shares her perspective on being a working behavior analyst, business owner, and autism mom. In this interview, we discuss the challenges of starting a business, how to diversify your experiences and revenue streams,  and why sharing this information is important. Dominque shares some of the challenges with finding supervision and getting started as a new BCBA. More from Dominique: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN3IdekN-tUvx-cm252w5zA https://www.stbc-llc.com ..read more

The Autism Helper Professional Development Membership is OPEN for enrollment from 1/25 - 2/1. We only open enrollment twice a year so now is the time to join. In this episode, I share 5 ways current members are utilizing the membership content: 1.        Members learn new strategies and refresh/reinvigorate their teaching. Gain access to training videos in 4 categories: Staff Training, Academics, Classroom Structure, and Behavior. This summer members will get access to the new Executive Functions Masterclass as a part of their membership! 2.   &nbs ..read more

Mallory Anderson-Macy, BCBA, is passionate about sharing the positive impacts of Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT). She currently works on helping parents and clients by focusing on Clinician Training around ACT and Life Balance. Mallory believes intervention starts with people who are at their best. When clinicians are supported they will better support parents and the staff they supervise- leading to better clinical outcomes. In this episode, Mallory discusses caregiver burnout, the role that this plays on our interventions, and how addressing this will lead to better learner outcomes and ..read more