In this PDU, Dr. Jamie Hughes-Lika explores how social motivation impacts communication, engagement, and learning opportunities for autistic learners. RBTs will learn how social motivation influences attending, interaction, reinforcement, and participation during teaching sessions.
The training reviews the three behavioral components of the social motivation model: social orienting, social seeking, and social maintaining. Practical examples and strategies are provided to help RBTs increase learner engagement, support social communication opportunities, strengthen pairing, and create more meaningful interactions during naturalistic teaching and play-based sessions.
This training is especially relevant for RBTs supporting autistic learners in early intervention, NET, communication-focused teaching, and relationship-based ABA sessions.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the importance of social motivation with regards to communication for young autistic children
- Identify the three behavioral components of the social motivation model
- Utilize strategies to increase social motivation and support to social communication opportunities
Presenter Bio
Jamie Hughes-Lika, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA, IBA is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst at the doctoral level (BCBA-D), an International Behavior Analyst (IBA), a licensed behavior analyst (LBA), and an Early Start Denver Model-certified therapist and trainer. She has been providing evidence-based services for children with autism and related disorders for over 29 years, specializing in naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBIs) for infants and toddlers with ASD.
She has been certified as a BCaBA (2001), BCBA (2004), and BCBA-D (2015). She is an international speaker, researcher, and published author. She has taught both undergraduate and graduate levels in the US and abroad. She is passionate about the dissemination of behavior analysis. She presents her research at national and international conferences and her research studies are published in peer-reviewed journals. Her current research interests and publications are focused on the use of technology to disseminate evidence-based behavioral training to parents and caregivers of children with ASD (OPT-In-Early) and the implementation of Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBIs) for infants and toddlers with ASD.
She is the founder of The NDBI Navigator, an organization dedicated to disseminating NDBI content to professionals..
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Course Includes
- 4 Lessons
- Course Certificate
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