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Live Workshop: Applied Behavior Analysis and TGNC Affirming Care
This presentation will be an ONLINE VIRTUAL LIVE broadcast on November 16, 2023, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET. While this activity is LIVE and can only be viewed during the time specified, the evaluation will be available online until December 14, 2023. Go to the Register tab above to learn how to participate for continuing education credit, watch the broadcast and download the slides.
The views and opinions expressed by this presenter in this lecture are their own, and do not represent the views of Sheppard Pratt.
Many Autistic adults, adolescents, and children identify as LGBTQIA+. Furthermore, research shows that transgender and gender diverse individuals are 3 to 6% more likely to be diagnosed with autism. Professionals in the field of applied behavior analysis are in a unique position to offer support and affirming services to transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) clients, students, supervisees, and colleagues, given the multiple barriers that TGNC people in the United States experience overall. Participants will gain an understanding of the purpose of engaging in affirming care serves, learn general best practices for Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming (TGNC) clients and learn ways to assess one’s own practices toward cultivating affirming practices.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for psychologists, social workers, counselors, behavior analysts, and other mental health professionals.
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, registrants will be able to:
- Describe the purpose of engaging in affirming care serves.
- Recognize general best practices for Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming (TGNC) clients.
- Identify ways to assess one’s own practices toward cultivating affirming practices.
There is no commercial support for this activity.
About The Speaker
Megan Anders has over 15 years of experience working in the Special Education field. Ms. Anders began her career as a special education teacher, receiving her master’s degree in special education with a concentration in severe disabilities from Johns Hopkins University in 2012. She continued to hone her skills working with students with severe behavioral needs by enrolling in a post master’s certificate program, also from Johns Hopkins, and moved into the position of School Behavior Specialist at Sheppard Pratt. Ms. Anders eventually obtained her board certification in behavior analysis in 2015 and became a licensed behavior analyst in the state of Maryland. Ms. Anders currently oversees the behavioral programming across 5 Sheppard Pratt Schools and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis.
Disclosure Statement
Sheppard Pratt holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest. In accord with Sheppard Pratt's Disclosure Policy, as well as standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Medical Association (AMA), all planners, reviewers, speakers and persons in control of content have been asked to disclose any relationship he /she has with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. All planners, reviewers and speakers have also been asked to disclose any payments accepted for this lecture from any entity besides Sheppard Pratt, and if there will be discussion of any products, services, or off-label uses of product(s) during this presentation.
Megan B. Anders, MS, BCBA, L-BA, reports that she has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients during the past 24 months. She will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation.
Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months: Todd Peters, MD, Deepak Prabhakar, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, Louis Marino, MD, Ehsan Syed, MD, Devi Bhuyan, PhD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, Tom Flis, LCPC, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene.
Psychologist Statement: Sheppard Pratt is authorized by the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists as a sponsor of continuing education. Sheppard Pratt takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this continuing education activity. Sheppard Pratt designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour for Psychologists.
Social Worker Statement: Sheppard Pratt is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners of Maryland to offer continuing education for Social Workers. Sheppard Pratt takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this continuing education activity. This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour in Category I credits for Social Workers.
Counselor Statement: Sheppard Pratt has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5098. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Sheppard Pratt is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This activity is available for 1.0 NBCC clock hour.
Behavior Analyst Statement: Sheppard Pratt has been approved by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board as an Authorized Continuing Education (ACE) Provider, Provider Number: OP-22-0390. Sheppard Pratt is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This activity is available for 1 contact hour.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACEP NBCC clock hours
- 1.00 Behavior Analyst Certification BoardSheppard Pratt has been approved by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board as an Authorized Continuing Education (ACE) Provider, Provider Number: OP-22-0390. Sheppard Pratt is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
- 1.00 Category I credits for Social Workers
- 1.00 Psychologists
- 1.00 Participation
This presentation will be an ONLINE VIRTUAL LIVE broadcast on November 16, 2023, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET. While this activity is LIVE and can only be viewed during the time specified, the evaluation will be available online until December 14, 2023. Go to the Register tab above to learn how to participate for continuing education credit, watch the broadcast and download the slides.
WATCH THE BROADCAST
The codeword will be announced during the live event. The codeword is used to prove you attended the event. You will not need it to access the broadcast.
The broadcast cannot be accessed through cme.sheppardpratt.org. You will need to use the link provided below to watch the broadcast.
On November 16, 2023, at 12:00 pm ET, please click on, or copy and paste this link into your web browser to view the lecture online. This link is LIVE at 11:30 am ET. An email address is required to log into the broadcast.
https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/Event/ShowKey=239782
DOWNLOAD THE HANDOUT.
Use this link to download the handout. This handout will be available for download on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 12:00 pm ET.
Handout- 1 Slide Per Page (55 pages): Handout 1xPg
Handout- 3 Slides Per Page (19 Pages): Handout 3xPg
Generic ABA Intake Form: Intake
TGNC Self Assessment Tool: Assessment
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Optimal System Configuration
Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player 10.1+
Browser: Firefox 3+, Internet Explorer 8.0+, Safari 4.0+, or Google Chrome 7.0+
Operating System: Windows XP+ or Mac OS X 10.4+
Internet Connection: 1 Mbps or higher
Minimum Requirements
Windows PC: 500-MHz Pentium II; Windows XP or higher; 128 MB RAM; Video Card at least 64MB of video memory; Sound Card at least 16-bit; Macromedia Flash Player 10 or higher, audio playback with speakers for programs with video content; Firefox 1.1+, Internet Explorer 7.0+, Safari 1.0+, Google Chrome, or Opera
Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.3 or higher with latest updates installed; 1.83MHz Intel Core Duo or faster; RAM: 128MB or more; Video Card: at least 64MB of video memory; Sound Card: at least 16-bit
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