Course Description

This presentation explains how to measure treatment fidelity and track both individual and group outcomes within community-based ABA therapy to maintain the integrity of a manualized Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) and drive client success.


Learning Objectives

1. Identify key components of a manualized treatment model to support meaningful client outcomes

2. Describe methods for measuring treatment fidelity in community practice

3. Learn strategies to measure individual and group outcomes in autism therapy.

Presenter

Will Martin, M.Ed., BCBA

Will is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and a Certified ESDM Therapist & Trainer with over 10 years of experience in early intervention and autism therapy. Will earned a Master of Education degree in Early Intervention with a specialization in Autism Spectrum Disorder from the University of Pittsburgh. After starting his career in community-based practice, Will joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and began working on a research study comparing the effectiveness of ESDM therapy to other approaches. Before joining the team at Soar, Will served as the Vice President of Clinical Quality and Outcomes for a multisite ABA provider. His clinical specialties include Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBIs), compassionate, communication-focused approaches to challenging behavior, and building meaningful models for caregiver involvement in ABA therapy. He is passionate about building high-quality early intervention programs for children with autism and their families. 

*Please note: We experienced some technical difficulties during the live webinar, however those sections have been edited out and re-recorded. You will hear references to these technical issues in the recording, but you can disregard those. The entire content of the presentation is included in the video.