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Tips for working in the natural environment with high functioning adults with special needs that exhibit problem behaviors.

Working in the natural environment comes with many challenges. In addition to having many confounding variables that may affect treatment when working with adults additional problems occurs when trying to get the adult to agree to work with you. In particular when the adult is high functioning. Other barriers to effective treatment include lack of data collection and inability to utilize extinction protocols due tot he potential lethality in having severe problem behaviors increase in intensity when the extinction burst occurs. This course will provide several real life examples on how ABA strategies can be applied when working in the natural environment with adults who are employed, living at their family home or living in a group home environment.

HI, I'm Christy Carbonell MS TESOL, BCBA

I’m a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), Behavioral Consultant and Coach. I am the Owner of Behavioral Resources and Innovations (BRI) which I founded in 2016 but have been in the field of helping others lead meaningful lives for over 20 years. I have dedicated my life to helping people make positive life changes. My approach to changing lives is always based on positive means. Which I’m often told is not typical of what they are used to doing.

I’ve worked in public and private schools and have started several autism schools and programs for children and adults. Early on in my career I also specialized in social work, counseling and psychological services where I conducted anger management groups for teens, provided family and individual counseling services, and conducted psychosocial assessments.

I later began my focus on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) during my time working on a project funded by the University of South Florida (USF). Another passion of mine is working with persons with autism and other special needs from children to adults, in particular those who have severe behavioral problems. But I also love teaching new skills to others as I am also an educator. My minor in communication has made it so that a goal in all my courses is to make you the best communicator you can be to help nurture the positive life changes you want to attain.

I am lucky to have been given the opportunity to pursue such a wide range interests in my life and I want to share my knowledge with you. This is why I decided to start our e-learning academy so I can help as many people as possible. I am also a board approved supervisor and CEU provider for behavior analysts and those pursuing board certification. Hope you will let us join you on your journey of positive life changes!