Hosted by:  FTF Behavioral Consulting, Inc.

Application Support: Senior and Lead Consultants

FTF Credentialing: Levels 1 and 2 (Education and Application)

CEUs: 21 BACB CEUs (19 General, 1 Ethics, 1 Supervision)

*On-demand content that must be completed prior to the workshop’s scheduled synchronous events.

**An email with instructions on how to access your on-demand content, including coupon codes will be issued via email and according to the workshop’s schedule. The access period per course begins from the date and time of code usage.

Workshop Details and Description:

Asynchronous Events 

Prior to the scheduled synchronous events, attendees will complete a 10-hr On-Demand CEU training presented by Dr. Hanley on Practical Functional Assessment and Skill-Based Treatment OR a 12-hr On-Demand CEU Training on PFA-SBT for Implementors presented by Drs. Hanley, Ruppel, and Cammilleri at their convenience prior to the scheduled synchronous events. An email with instructions on how to access your on-demand content, including coupon codes, will be issued via email and according to the workshop’s schedule. The access period varies per course and begins from the date and time of code usage.

PFA-SBT (10 CEUs/10 hours): In this presentation, Dr. Hanley introduces the attendees to the latest iteration of the practical functional assessment process (PFA) that allows for the development of skill-based treatments (SBTs) capable of producing socially valid outcomes. Next an effective and parent-validated treatment process for problem behavior is described, with an emphasis on the generally applicable process for teaching contextually appropriate behavior following the shaping of a communication and toleration repertoire. The relevance of an “enhanced choice” model for minimizing risks and expanding practitioner’s scope of practice, and the logistics of implementing the assessment and treatment processes under various practice constraints and resources are also discussed.

A Training on PFA-SBT for Implementors (10 CEUs/12 hours): The roles of implementors in functional assessment and treatment processes vary widely. In this training, implementors will gain a clear understanding of the values and priorities underlying the Practical Functional Assessment (PFA) and Skill-Based Treatment (SBT) processes, as well as their multiple roles in these processes. Through a combination of lectures, active responding, video models, and computer-based differential feedback, they will learn how to talk about and implement the PFA and SBT processes with diverse client populations. Implementors will learn specific skills such as setting up analyses, collecting and graphing data, how to bring the joy, progress an establishing operation, prompt a skill, differentially reinforce, respond to both mild and severe forms of problem behavior, and extend the skills to new evocative situations. They will also learn the more general skills of supporting and responding to parents and becoming an effective supervisee.

Attendees will also complete a recorded 2-hr On Demand CEU of the follow-up Q&A session at their convenience. An email with instructions on how to access your on-demand content, including coupon codes, will be issued via email and according to the workshop’s schedule. The access period varies per course and begins from the date and time of code usage.

Commonly Asked Questions about the PFA-SBT Process (2 CEUs): This complementary Q&A session will include answers to questions that were raised during Dr. Hanley’s presentation as well as additional questions about this process that are often asked of our consultants.

Following successful participation in the scheduled synchronous events, attendees will complete a 1-hr On-Demand CEU training presented by Dr. Hanley on Tips for Expediting the Skill-Based Treatment Process at their convenience. An email with instructions on how to access your on-demand content, including coupon codes, will be issued via email and according to the workshop’s schedule. The access period begins from the date and time of code usage.

In this course, Dr. Hanley presents  tips for expediting the SBT process and discusses how to achieve socially meaningful outcomes faster. Knowing how to uphold the core values of safety, rapport, and televisibility while progressing expeditiously through SBT is important because slow processes are simply less reinforcing for the student or client, sometimes insufficiently reinforcing for the implementor, and sometimes excruciating for the parent or school-based colleagues who are wondering why the child always seems to be in that “damn” context in which they are simply getting their way!

Attendees will also complete 1-hr advance On-Demand CEU course from the following list: 

1. Advancing the Complexity of Communication During FCT
2. Beyond FCT: Avoiding Delay-Induced Resurgence of Problem Behavior
3. Skill-Based Treatment Extension: Generalization and Maintenance
4. Prompting, Shaping, and Differential Reinforcement

OR

5. The Language of PFA/SBT Taught Through a Case Presentation

An email with instructions on how to access your on-demand content, including coupon codes, will be issued via email and according to the workshop’s schedule. The access period varies per course and begins from the date and time of code usage.

Synchronous Events

Part 1: FTF’s Introductory PFA-SBT Design Session

Planning for the IISCA and initial steps of SBT (i.e., up to CAB2)

Description:

These sessions are for professionals who have already completed the 10-hr On-Demand CEU training presented by Dr. Hanley on PFA-SBT OR the 12-hr On-Demand CEU Training on PFA-SBT for Implementors presented by Drs. Hanley, Ruppel, and Cammilleri and are ready to design a PFA and SBT plan for a client in their care.

These sessions will be conducted via zoom in small groups with an FTF Senior or Lead Consultant. This is an additional capacity-building opportunity with one of our skilled consultants who will model backward designing the analysis informed by the terminal goals of treatment for a client in your care. Attendees will learn to:

1. Extract unique synthesized reinforcement contingencies from interviews
2. Design safe and effective functional analyses from the interviews
3. Design the initial steps of a skill-based treatment (i.e., up to CAB2) based on the analysis and the terminal goals of treatment for a client
4. Revise analysis and treatment steps based on client performance

The focus of these sessions will be on the foundations of identifying individualized reinforcement and evocative contexts for a learner. While individual questions and problem-solving is encouraged, unique cases may be better addressed via an individualized consultation. Attendees will be provided with updated implementation support materials. Successful completion of the Introductory PFA-SBT Design Session will yield 4 BACB CEUs (General).

Pre-requisites & Requirements:

• Completed FTF’s 10-hr On-Demand CEU training presented by Dr. Hanley on PFA-SBT OR the 12-hr On-Demand CEU Training on PFA-SBT for Implementors presented by Drs. Hanley, Ruppel, and Cammilleri
• Completed an open-ended interview for one client.
• Group sharing of PFA-SBT workbook via Zoom Group Chat

Agenda:

10:00 – 11:00 AM EST:  Consultant reviews an example with design tips.

11:00 -11:30 AM EST:  Attendees work individually on PFA-SBT workbook to design analysis and initial steps of SBT

11:30 – 12:00 PM EST: Attendees join zoom breakout rooms with other attendees to review completed workbook.

12:00 PM EST:  Attendees upload their completed PFA-SBT workbook to zoom chat.

12:00 – 3:00 PM EST: Attendees rejoin consultant on zoom meeting to review completed designs. Each attendee will have a dedicated opportunity to ask questions and receive feedback from the consultant and other attendees on their specific case using their completed workbook.

Part 2: FTF’s Intermediate PFA-SBT Design Session

Designing CAB Branches informed by the IISCA (i.e., CAB3-6)

Description:

These sessions are for professionals who have already completed the 10-hr On-Demand CEU training presented by Dr. Hanley on PFA-SBT OR the 12-hr On-Demand CEU Training on PFA-SBT for Implementors presented by Drs. Hanley, Ruppel, and Cammilleri, have designed and implemented an IISCA for a client in their care and are ready to design an SBT CAB Branch up to CAB6.

Note. Attendees must hold Level 2 or higher credentials or have certificate of completion of both the education component of the process (through either the 10-hr on-demand PFA/SBT training, the 12-hr on-demand Implementor course, or live FTF workshop) and the application components (an FTF-led Introductory PFA-SBT Design Session).

FTF’s Intermediate PFA-SBT Design Session will be conducted via zoom in small groups with an FTF Senior or Lead Consultant. This is an additional capacity-building opportunity with an FTF Senior or Lead consultant who will model the use of backward design in building a treatment branch. Attendees will learn to:

1. Describe a variety of suitable replacement behavior chains for different clients and settings
2. Refine treatment goals based on PFA results
3. Use backward design to plan shaping steps toward those treatment goals
4. Individualize decision-making about what to prioritize based on client strengths, needs, and values.
5. Maximize safety, televisibility, and rapport throughout skill building

Successful completion of this design session yields 5 BACB CEUs (General). While individual questions and problem-solving is encouraged, unique cases may be better addressed via an individualized consultation.

Pre-requisites & Requirements:

• Minimum of Level 2 Credentials OR certificate of completion for the education and application components of the PFA-SBT Process (i.e., PFA-SBT on-demand course and FTF Introductory Design Session)
• Completed PFA for one client
• Group sharing of PFA-SBT workbook with at least one completed branch via Zoom Group Chat

Agenda:

10:00 – 11:00 AM EST:  Consultant reviews an example with design tips.

11:00 -11:30 AM EST:  Attendees work individually on PFA-SBT workbook to design analysis and initial steps of SBT

11:30 – 12:00 PM EST: Attendees join zoom breakout rooms with other attendees to review completed workbook.

12:00 PM EST:  Attendees upload their completed PFA-SBT workbook to zoom chat.

12:00 – 3:00 PM EST: Attendees rejoin consultant on zoom meeting to review completed designs. Each attendee will have a dedicated opportunity to ask questions and receive feedback from the consultant and other attendees on their specific case using their completed workbook.

This workshop features the opportunity to receive 21 BACB CEUs, including 1 in supervision and 1 in ethics, as well as meet the requirements for Level 1 and Level 2 PFA-SBT Credentials. Meeting invitations and Zoom links for the synchronous events will be sent at least one week prior to the scheduled event. Participants are encouraged to accept these meeting invitations so as to ensure FTF’s synchronous events populate your time zone. Only registered attendees may attend FTF’s synchronous events. Full attendance with video is necessary to obtain the allocated CEUs. CEU certificates for the synchronous events will be provided via email within one week of the event.

For questions, please email abeckwith@ftfbc.com.