Expert Speaker Course: Paula Braga-Kenyon-No_CEUs

Abstract:

Organizations providing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services are faced with the challenge of standardizing clinical services. Clinical treatments are designed by board certified behavior analysts (BCBAs) who receive training  from various universities and have different experiences related to the vast range of evidence-based treatment options (e.g., discrete trials x naturalistic teaching).  The lack of standardized practices could lead to clients having different experiences depending on the team assigned to the case, and it could create barriers to evaluating the quality of the clinical services. The field of ABA has not yet published clinical standards and payors have yet to standardize ways to evaluate the quality of the services they are funding. The current presentation will describe the steps to building a clinical framework in which clinical standards are developed and implemented, and will present a tool for evaluating the quality of the services delivered.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to describe the steps to building clinical framework for new organizations providing ABA services
2. Participants will be able to describe the process for developing clinical standards
3. Participants will be able to list indicators of quality clinical services

Biography

Dr. Paula Kenyon is a doctorate-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst since 2001. Dr. Kenyon is the Chief Clinical Officer for Kadiant. She currently serves as guest reviewer for a variety of peer-reviewed Journals (JABA, JEABA, EJOBA, BAP and Psychological Records). Dr. Kenyon’s publications can be found in peer reviewed journals with focus in Behavior Analysis (e.g., EJOBA, JABA and Psychological Records) as well as journal in other areas (e.g., Nature and Autism Research). Her research interests include stimulus control and discrimination learning, amongst others. Dr. Kenyon is an Adjunct Faculty at Northeastern University. With more than 20 years of professional experience, Dr. Kenyon has held various positions in the field of ABA, from Program Coordinator at Spectrum Center (NPS), Program Specialist for the Staff Intensive Unit and Director of Residential Programs at The New England Center for Children (NECC), Assistant to the CEO at Melmark New England, and Chief Clinical Officer at Trumpet Behavioral Health.