Autism Spectrum Disorders Assessment and Treatment of Self Injury
These training materials were created for the Autism Center of Excellence at Western Michigan University. This course has been developed to provide insight and information for those behavioral health professionals working with clients that are on the spectrum. This course is focused on providing information on those clients that are more apt to cause self-harm as a result of their behavioral health disorder.
Understanding Injury and Autism Spectrum Disorder
This course provides research and visual examples of the prevalence of self-harm or injury in those clients with Autism or other behavioral health disorders. The course expert provides information on the biology and psychological principles that may affect cognitive ability and lead to harm.
Assessment and Treatment
This course aims to provide behavioral health professionals with evidence-based best practices for the assessment process and development of treatment plans for these clients. It is important to note that these are best practices, but it is known that each client is different. Participants of this course should use these assessment tools to best determine the level of care.
Dr. Brian Iwata
Dr. Brian Iwata received his Ph.D. in psychology from Florida State University and subsequently held positions at Western Michigan University and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is Distinguished Professor in Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Florida, where he also has directed the Florida Center on Self-Injury and the Prader-Willi Syndrome Program. Brian is the former chief editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and former president of the Association for Behavior Analysis, the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Division 33 of the American Psychological Association, and the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis. His primary areas of interest are disorders of learning and behavior and research methodology. He has published over 240 articles and chapters on these topics, and he has received $7 million in research grants to support that work. Much of Iwata's research has focused on the functional (experimental) analysis of severe behavior disorders. This approach to assessment and treatment is one of the most significant advancements in behavior analysis over the past 30 years and is now considered the standard in the field for both clinical research and practice.
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