ABA in Schools - Module 1: Effective Collaboration
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For behavior analysts navigating competing school priorities, Ronnie Detrich and Noor Syed examine collaboration with educators, administrators and families. Their recorded discussion considers school culture, stakeholder definitions of success and the practical work of developing plans with the staff who will carry them out.
Catalogue presenter credits: Ronnie Detrich, Noor Syed.
The presenters trace collaboration from the reason for a referral to the different ways adults define success. They discuss cultural humility, professional boundaries and the use of everyday language when working across disciplines.
The planning examples cover when and where a step occurs, its frequency and duration, likely barriers and brief guides for school routines. Although the objectives name IEP stakeholder roles, the session emphasizes collaboration and offers limited detail on those roles.
What does this recording cover?
- School, classroom and district cultures shape the context for consultation.
- Referral reasons and stakeholder priorities frame the session's discussion of success and social validity.
- Implementation planning considers timing, location, frequency, duration and anticipated barriers.
- Everyday language and portable plan summaries feature in the discussion of making recommendations usable.
- The presenters discuss limits of professional competence and the need for relevant consultation.
Recording context: The recording date is not supplied. Research, professional requirements and examples reflect the discussion at the time of delivery.
Three selected learner comments
The six-item evaluation mean was 4.38/5 across 41 complete responses, from 195 recorded rating responses. This mean includes only complete six-score responses. Source: Special Learning's course evaluation records, snapshot October 11, 2026.
Three selected anonymous responses appear below, with the wording and spelling retained. They describe learners' experiences and requests; they are not a guarantee of results or a claim that these comments represent every learner.
I enjoyed this specific webinar and work in a school setting so I found it to be very relatable and informative.
Course evaluation response, 2023
I like it as is - maybe add some case examples of working with school teams. Discuss how to handle situations where the stakeholders indicate that they don't have time to sit down with you to explore needs and solutions.
Course evaluation response, 2023
Provide more examples of how to address educator concerns
Course evaluation response, 2024
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Meet the Presenters
Ronnie Detrich, Ph.D., has been providing behavior analytic services for over 50 years. His work can be characterized as thorough-going behavior analysis drawing from the conceptual, experimental, and applied branches of our discipline.
In recent years, Ronnie’s work has focused on the challenges of achieving adequate levels of treatment integrity in large systems, the role of the evidence-based practice movement in behavior analysis, and the large-scale implementation of effective practices in public schools. He is a trustee of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies and is on the editorial boards of Perspectives in Behavior Science and Exceptional Children. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Positive Behavior Intervention. Ronnie has also served on the editorial board of Behavior Analysis in Practice and was the Coordinator of ABAI’s Practice Board.
Dr. Syed is currently with Lehigh University’s Special Education Department as Professor of Practice and Clinical Director for Lehigh University Autism Services. Previously, Dr. Syed was an Assistant Professor of Special Education at Manhattanville College.
Dr. Syed has over 10 years experience in the field of applied behavior analysis, general and special education, autism, and developmental disabilities as a classroom teacher, Special Education Itinerant Teacher, ABA home based therapist, and behavioral supervisor for center and home based services. Dr. Syed has worked in early intervention, preschool, and school aged settings, as well as with adults.
In 2018, Dr. Syed was selected as a Top Tier International Partnership Discovery Fellow in the Inaugural Fellowship Class of the Global Autism Project, a nonprofit organization that provides training for local international practitioners in the utilization of evidence-based practices when working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Her research interests lie in verbal behavior, ethical practices in behavior analysis, and the implementation of behavior analysis to curriculum and teaching.
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