ABA in Schools - Module 2: Must-Have Skills for BCBAs
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For behavior analysts moving into schools, Ronnie Detrich, Shawn Kenyon and Jennifer Rumfola examine how to earn staff buy-in and plan within classroom routines. This April 2020 panel connects collaboration with behavioral principles, implementation planning and teacher data collection.
Presenter biographies: Ronnie Detrich, Shawn E. Kenyon.
The discussion follows four school cultures: district leadership, special education, the school site and the classroom. Panelists connect each stakeholder's priorities with shared goals, familiar communication routines and language educators can use.
Detrich and Kenyon discuss contextual fit and an implementation protocol covering staff roles, time, resources and barriers. The panel then examines behavior functions and brief teacher rating scales for tracking specific classroom behaviors.
What does this recording cover?
- The panel traces buy-in across district, special education, school-site and classroom cultures.
- Detrich and Kenyon examine how contextual fit and implementation planning relate to staff use of behavior plans.
- The discussion considers jargon and stakeholder priorities in professional communication.
- The panel connects behavior functions and skill deficits with classroom context.
- Detrich discusses brief Direct Behavior Rating scales and the limits of teacher-collected ABC narratives.
Recording context: This April 2020 recording includes uneven presenter audio.
What did learners say?
The six-item evaluation mean was 4.47/5 across 54 complete responses, from 305 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.
I really enjoyed the training...I am just having trouble with the surveys!
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This training gave me more information than the last one. Thank you
Course evaluation response, 2023
There are often technical difficulties, recording could be improved
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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. Shawn Kenyon, BCBA-D has been in the fields of Applied Behavior Analysis and Special Education since 1995. Throughout his career he has been a Program and Clinical Director in private schools as well as public schools and non-public special education schools in Massachusetts and California while also working and consulting nationally across several states and internationally in Brazil. In his current position, he directs behavioral services in the special education department for a large public school district in southern California.?
Dr. Kenyon is the founder and owner of a small behavioral consulting company, also located in southern California. He has been an instructor in the graduate program in Applied Behavior Analysis at Northeastern University, located in Boston MA., since 2007. Dr. Kenyon has also held faculty positions at Simmons University and Endicott College, both also located in Massachusetts and he currently serves as a reviewer for the journal Behavior Analysis in Practice.
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