Addressing Escalation in Dangerous Behaviors and Meltdowns: Proactive and Reactive Strategies for Home Supports
With Guest Speaker, Joshua Jessel, PhD, BCBA-D, RBA (Ont.)
Tuesday, November 12th, 2024. 7:00 pm -8:15 pm EST via ZOOM.
1.5 BACB ethics CEUs available for attendees.
Title: Addressing Escalation in Dangerous Behaviors and Meltdowns: Proactive and Reactive Strategies for Home Supports
Abstract: Autistic children often exhibit dangerous behavior that can pose a risk to their safety or the safety of others and can be difficult to manage. Waiting for any challenging behavior to become severe and interfere with daily life before intervening may result in the need for relying on intrusive and overly restrictive supports. In this talk I am going to introduce strategies for anticipating, preventing, and addressing challenging behavior. The goal is to establish a baseline of happiness before creating an environment in which child-led play is balanced with adult-led activities. For those of whom dangerous behavior has already developed, supports focusing on building skills can be implemented in a compassionate and trauma-informed framework.
Learning Objectives
The learner will be able to…
1. Understand critical features of universal protocols
2. Understand critical features of the balance program
3. Understand critical features of practical functional assessment/skill-based treatment
Presented by: Joshua Jessel, PhD, BCBA-D, RBA (Ont.)
Dr. Joshua Jessel completed his master’s degree at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he worked with individuals who exhibited severe problem behavior on the neurobehavioral inpatient unit of the Kennedy Krieger Institute. He went on to earn his doctoral degree at Western New England University with his primary research focusing on the assessment and support of challenging behavior among Autistic children. Dr. Jessel continued to extend this line of research as a postdoctoral fellow at a clinic in Texas. He has since directed research-based outpatient clinics and has held multiple professorial positions, both of which have been across the world including the United States, Canada, and Brazil. Dr. Jessel has currently authored over 70 research articles and chapters and continues his scholarship as an assistant professor at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.