Practical Functional Assessment (PFA) and Skill-Based Treatment (SBT) of Severe Problem Behavior This course is for professionals who are new to the PFA and SBT process, as well as those who already use it in their daily practice. The course is designed to meet you at your personal level of skill and then extend your…
Dear friends and colleagues, FTF is offering a live PFA/SBT design session (3 CEUs, 2 ethics, 1 supervision) on January 28th, 12-4 PM EST. This is an ideal next step for those professionals who have completed the 10-hr On-Demand PFA/SBT course and are looking for additional support with a specific case. This unique hands-on capacity-building…
Effective Treatment for Interfering Stereotypy Drs. Hanley and Ruppel present: Developing Effective and Preferred Treatment for Stereotypy (3 CEUs) Click here to learn more.
Una prospettiva sull’ABA contemporanea See below for an Italian translation of Dr. Hanley’s essay on Today’s ABA. Please also find a PDF of this translation here. We would like to thank Morena Mari for translating this article into Italian and for helping us disseminate the values and technology associated with PFA/SBT. To read the original…
See below for a Russian translation of Dr. Hanley’s essay on Today’s ABA. Please also find a PDF of this translation here. We would like to thank Daria Brazhenkova, Katia Krylova, Lyubov Ostrovskaya, and Toma Solomatina for translating this article into Russian and for helping us disseminate the values and technology associated with PFA/SBT. To…
(Live via Zoom) This course will allow a professional-caregiver dyad the opportunity to learn about a behavioral approach to understanding and treating sleep problems. Each dyad will have the opportunity to conduct a sleep assessment and design a personalized sleep treatment, begin implementing the plan, and receive feedback and problem solving assistance as the plan…
Please click here for a German translation of the Sleep Assessment and Treatment Tool. Special thanks are extended to Sabrina Liebich for translating the document.
Tradewinds Education Center, the school-aged residential and education program of Upstate Cerebral Palsy in Utica, NY, has provided access to more videos depicting the Practical Functional Assessment (PFA) and Skill-based Treatment (SBT) process with a variety of learners in their care. See once such example below, which includes testimonial from the student’s parent. You can…
In this video Upstate Cerebral Palsy’s Clinical Department provide an overview of their work with adults using the Practical Functional Assessment and Skill-based Treatment to address severe challenging behaviors for individuals with complex developmental disabilities. This team has worked with Dr. Hanley and the FTF Behavioral team for several years, working hard to improve their…
Please enjoy this infographic that illustrates the Skill-based Treatment and the branching of Contextually Appropriate Behaviors (CAB). FTF Behavioral Consulting recently developed the infographic with Trade Winds Educational Center in Utica, NY. All teaching trials, in which CAB is targeted, involve the client first communicating, tolerating, relinquishing reinforcers, and transitioning to a context in which…
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