Multidisciplinary Collaboration Series- Module 3: EDUCATORS & ABA

For school teams clarifying classroom responsibilities, this recorded panel examines educator, paraprofessional and behavior-analyst roles, tiered supports and shared goals. The catalogue credits Ann Beirne and Juliette L. Riordan; the transcript introduces the speakers as Ann and Julie.

Catalogue presenter credit: Ann Beirne, Juliette L. Riordan.

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The session distinguishes multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work by how professionals share goals and coordinate their contributions. Classroom examples include seating options, movement breaks and a discussion of comparing attention measures with and without a fidget.

The case discussions revisit a paraprofessional cleaning during instruction, assumptions that a student should know better, and self-injury without a behavior intervention plan. The presenters also discuss school-wide positive behavior supports and why successful accommodations need documentation across staff changes.

What does this recording cover?

• The session compares collaboration models through shared goals and coordination.
• The role discussion covers educator, paraprofessional and behavior-analyst responsibilities.
• Tiered-support examples include classroom-wide adaptations and more individualized modifications.
• The behavior intervention plan discussion covers baseline data, antecedent strategies, alternative behaviors and evaluation schedules.

Recording context: The recording date is unknown, and its discussion of IDEA, FAPE and Section 504 has not been independently verified in the supplied source review.

Three selected learner comments

The six-item evaluation mean was 4.27/5 across 25 complete responses, from 245 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.

sound quality was bad in some sections

Course evaluation response, 2023

More concrete examples of issues and potential solutions.

Course evaluation response, 2023

The answers by the speakers should have been screened before the live event. Unfortunately, I don’t believe any of the three case scenarios were answered with clarity and never drove home the point of how you can collaborate with educators.

Course evaluation response, 2023

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