Ethical Coaching in Schools: Improving Buy-in and Implementation of School-Based Behavioral Interventions using Practice-Based Coaching (1 BACB Ethics CEU)
This session will describe how to use the research-supported coaching framework, practice-based coaching, to strengthen the implementation of behavioral interventions in school settings. Participants will examine how the core components of practice-based coaching align with key BACB ethics codes related to stakeholder involvement, collaboration, continual evaluation, and addressing conditions that interfere with service delivery. Attendees will learn how to co-develop implementation goals with educators, use focused observations to collect fidelity data, and deliver supportive, actionable feedback. The session will highlight strategies for promoting teacher buy-in and improving contextual fit across diverse school environments. Attendees will leave with practical tools they can immediately apply to enhance ethical, collaborative coaching that improves implementation outcomes.

Practical Strategies for Including Students With Extensive Support Needs in Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Planning

Students with extensive support needs, such as Level 3 autism, intellectual disabilities, and multiple disabilities, are more likely to engage in challenging behavior and are often excluded from decisions about the behavior supports they receive. Although function-based interventions are known to be more effective, students with significant communication, motor, or sensory needs are frequently left out of the functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and behavioral intervention planning (BIP) process. This presentation focuses on practical strategies for meaningfully including student voice by improving accessibility during student interviews and preference assessments. We share concrete, realistic strategies, backed by current research, to adapt student interviews and direct preference assessments for students with communication needs, orthopedic impairments, and sensory disabilities, with an emphasis on adjusting materials, response formats, environmental setup, and data-collection procedures. This session is ideal for school personnel who want to make FBAs and BIPs immediately more inclusive, effective, and student-centered.

Panel: Let's Talk About It: Tackling Your Toughest Questions About School-Based ABA (1.5 BACB Learning CEUs)
The school setting brings up some big challenges for behavior analysts. This live panel dives into the hot topics we all face: collaboration, caseloads, burnout, ethics, and what happens when the plan doesn’t work. We’ll unpack the most common challenges shared by attendees and answer your toughest questions live. No fluff, no filters, just real talk about what it takes to make ABA work in schools.

Available on-demand until 5/7/26