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Improving Parent Engagement

Krista Clancy, PhD
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Improving Parent Engagement is a presentation designed to provide support to clinicians working with parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other developmental disabilities. In ABA, parent involvement is a key component in obtaining optimal outcomes. This course introduces clinicians to variables that often interfere with a parents’ ability to participate with their child’s treatment. Parent stress, self-efficacy, and treatment acceptability will be discussed as constructs that can moderate engagement and how to provide support to improve care in each area. Learning objectives focus on strategies to assess barriers to parent engagement, identification of parent concerns, and creating goals and selecting strategies to improve engagement when it is low.

The presentation will discuss the following sections from the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts and how they apply to parent engagement barriers: 2.14 Selecting, Designing, and Implementing Behavior-Change Interventions, 2.16 Describing Behavior-Change Interventions Before Implementation, and 2.19 Addressing Conditions Interfering with Service Delivery.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Assess family variables that might impact parent involvement in treatment.

  • Identify when there is a parent concern related to treatment.

  • Create goals for clients and their parents to overcome concerns with parent engagement.

Educational Goal

The educational goal is to examine parent variables to improve support for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other developmental disabilities to encourage improved engagement with their child's therapy.

Target Audience

  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Krista Clancy, PhD
Dr. Krista Clancy, PhD. is a licensed in psychologist and behavior analyst. She earned her bachelor degree in psychology from Western Michigan University in 1997, her master degree in Clinical Behavioral Psychology in 2000 from Eastern Michigan University and her PhD. in Educational Psychology from Wayne state University in 2017. She has been practicing in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and autism for the last 25 years as a consultant, ABA business owner, and center director. Dr. Clancy is the program coordinator for the Masters of Science ABA program at WSU where she oversees curriculum, staff and students in the program. She also consults with ABA agencies on staff training and supervision issues, program development, and the clinical oversight; as well as; on legal cases related to ASD. Additionally, Dr. Clancy has served on the State of Michigan Autism Council and the advisory board of the Black Applied Behavior Analyst organization. Dr. Clancy’s interests and research are in the areas of ASD early identification and treatment, capacity building and staff training, interprofessional training, parent training, coordination of care, and supervision.

Financially Sponsored By

  • TPN.health
  • Wayne State University College of Education