Live and On Demand BCBA Professional Development
Audience | Paraprofessionals and Behavior Specialists |
Presenter Name(s) | Lisa Gurdin MS, BCBA, LABA |
Presenter Bio(s) | For over 20 years, Lisa Gurdin MS, BCBA, LABA, (she/her) has been working with students, families, and school-based professionals with students from preschool to age 22 with a range of special needs and complex profiles. Ms. Gurdin supports educational professionals through consultation, student evaluations, and staff training. She works collaboratively with parents and school professionals to facilitate integrated supports across settings thereby maximizing behavior change and skill development. Ms. Gurdin also provides parent coaching to help parents implement behavioral strategies to improve behavior, encourage independence, and build stronger family relationships. Prior to starting her own private practice, she worked as the Clinical Coordinator for LABBB Collaborative in Massachusetts. In this role, she supervised a team of BCBAs, provided clinical oversight, managed home-based programming, consulted with school teams on complex cases in area school districts, conducted staff training, and provided ongoing consultation to classrooms across the collaborative. Ms. Gurdin is also a Part-Time Lecturer at Northeastern University. Before becoming an ACE Provider, she was the ACE Coordinator for the BCBA Roundtable at EDCO Collaborative in Massachusetts. As an ACE Provider, she coordinates and presents continuing education workshops for local school-based behavior analysts. When she is not working, she is taking care of her three children, ages 19, 17, and 13, and two dogs. |
Description | This 3-part training series is designed for behavior support specialists (i.e., teaching assistants and behavior technicians) who support students in both special education and inclusive classrooms. Attendees will learn foundational information about how best to help students with different diagnoses and learning profiles to do academic tasks, transition between activities, have more positive interactions with peers and adults, self-advocate, become more independent, and use coping strategies. Topics covered will include (but are not limited to):
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Synchronous / Asynchronous | Asynchronous |
Location | Online |
Dates & Times | Asynchronous and On Demand; Each module will take approximately 2 hours to complete |
PDPs | A certificate of completion will be awarded. |
Credit | n/a |
Cost | $110 ACCEPT members/$140 non-members Group Rates for 20 or more participants: $90 ACCEPT members / $120 non-members |
Registration Deadline | Rolling registration |
