How The Enhanced Choice Model Changed Our Relationship
What to Expect
Melisa Santacroce was an attendee of the Upstate Cerebral Palsy 2022 conference and graciously sat down to share her passion. Melisa is the founder of Balance Speech and Behavior, which specializes in providing high-quality services for individuals who may not be adequately served by other common approaches to ABA therapy in New Mexico. Her story of her son Gabe was shared with consent and assent. Resources are linked below!
Links for Today:
This video was captured thanks to Upstate Cerebral Palsy during their Contemporary and Compassionate Approaches to Support People with Developmental Disabilities conference in Utica, NY which was ideated by both UCP and FTF Behavioral Consulting. I've worked with UCP to compile videos about their services and for those interested in working with others who implement various PFA/SBT models you should consider learning more about UCP at: https://www.upstatecp.org/ or their job openings at: https://upstatecpjobs.org/
Balance Speech and Behavior https://balancespeechandbehavior.com
PFA/SBT Community facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/403556143453216 Enhanced Choice Model resources within the PFA/SBT community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sbtcommunity/learning_content/?filter=1097678377549214
Dithu's article mentioned: https://practicalfunctionalassessment.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/rajaraman-et-al-2021.pdf
Melisa also recommends that viewers look into training out there available regarding assent in treatment such as this one by Central Reach: https://institute.centralreach.com/courses/assent-in-practice
and this one on BehaviorLive: https://behaviorlive.com/courses/supervision-a-360-perspectivecopyf01132c7-cff2-44a5-910a-17303550b353
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Hey, I'm Ryan. I usually go by Ryan O or RYANO. I hail from northern Nevada in the grungy, yet surprisingly classy, (and newly renovated) Reno, Nevada. I like my climate like I like my data: evolving, uncompromising, and progressive. I am a master of science; that is, I have an M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis, however, my interests have grown to include many other interests, including entrepreneurship and capturing perspectives and stories through various mediums. These interests and skills have allowed me to work with a lot of great people. I've started three businesses, started numerous active joint venture agreements, a behavioral think-tank, a podcast, a professional development movement, helped organizations that support people with Intellectual Disabilities, to list a few. Currently, I lead product development and distribution for High Sierra Industries as a Learning Systems Development Specialist. I focus outside this role on building a community of thought leaders and doers to create content that increases the transparency of behavior analytic technologies with the hopes of creating a platform that truly saves the world. My interests are all over, from artificial intelligence and machine learning applications to the theory and philosophy behind Why We Do What We Do (wwdwwdpodcast.com). In my spare time you can find me consuming social media, prepping/climbing a giant mountain, or walking around with my camera in my hand (and, occasionally, all simultaneously). Connect with me personally on most all social platforms via @TheDailyBA and let me know what drives you to pursue the Behavior Analysis vision.