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48th Annual Convention; Boston, MA; 2022

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Paper Session #192
CE Offered: BACB
Behavior Analysis in Child Welfare: An Innovative Approach to Restoring Parental Protective Capacities and Decreasing Risk Factors for Child Abuse and Maltreatment and Recidivism Rates for Re-Abuse
Sunday, May 29, 2022
9:00 AM–9:25 AM
Meeting Level 1; Room 156B
Area: CSS
Instruction Level: Intermediate
Chair: Karin Torsiello (Behavior Basics, Incorporated)
CE Instructor: Paula Antonelli, M.S.
 

Behavior Analysis in Child Welfare: An Innovative Approach to Restoring Parental Protective Capacities and Decreasing Risk Factors for Child Abuse and Maltreatment and Recidivism Rates for Re-Abuse

Domain: Service Delivery
KARIN TORSIELLO (Behavior Basics, Incorporated), PAULA Antonelli (Behavior Basics, Inc)
 
Abstract:

An exploration of the application of ABA based intensive parent education programs in the child welfare population. This talk will encompass a review of outcome data in child welfare program developed and managed by Board Certified Behavior Analysts, revealing socially significant impacts to child abuse recidivism rates in Florida. A review of the program history, development, curriculum and methodology will be presented. A call to action and road map for replication of the project in other states will be presented as well.

 
Target Audience:

ABA practitioners with a BCBA or BCaBA certification, who are actively practicing in the applied setting.

Learning Objectives: 1. How ABA can have widespread impact on the child welfare system of care; 2. Identify Parental Competencies, how to teach and measure; 3. Become familiar with the identified outcome measures, why they were chosen and how to present the data; 4. Learn about the proactive parenting and positive discipline techniques that make up this program; 5. Review outcome data from the first 8 years of program implementation in Florida
 

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