ABA in Schools - Module 1: Effective Collaboration

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.

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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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