NAVIGATE FUNCTION FIRST INTERN TRAINING

You know FBAs. They know the student.
Here's how you do the evaluation together.

Content on demand

Virtual Voice

Human-created content, delivered through advanced text-to-speech technology.

Intermediate

Expands on basic knowledge with practical applications and more complex concepts.

4 CEUs

Your certificate of completion will be for 4 learning CEUs, including 0.5 ETH and 0.5 SUP.
MICRO CREDENTIAL
In the program's first year, the challenges that came up most often were practical ones. School teams came in with different levels of experience conducting FBAs, some referrals arrived with little time before a scheduled meeting, and some teams had trouble collecting and submitting enough data. The checklist, the meeting talking points, and the standardized data sheets in this training grew out of those cases.

That's why this training is organized around the work itself. Each module prepares you for a specific stretch of the checklist, and the documents you practice with are the same ones you'll send to school teams. The goal is that when your first case arrives, you recognize each step, know which tool it calls for, and know who reviews your work.
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Interested in learning more about The Navigators?

The Navigators is for school teams who have reinvented their FBA evaluation process and forms countless times, but still struggle conducting consistently valid assessments. We contribute structure, analysis, and expert review of every evaluation. Your team contributes the local knowledge and the direct observation, because the people in your building every day have access to context no outside evaluator ever gets in a few hours onsite. The evaluation runs about twenty-five school days and your team finishes it able to do more themselves.
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What would this mean for you as a Navigator?

Before your first case, you'll probably wonder a few things. Are you expected to know all of this already? What happens if you get something wrong in front of a school team? How much of the work actually lands on you? Those are the perfect questions to bring into a new role!


This training is built around those questions. You'll see every step of a case before you take it. You'll also know which pieces are yours and which belong to your colleagues. Your case review summary, your target behavior and prosocial skill definitions, and your FBA are all reviewed and approved before a school team relies on them.


This is not a course in behavior analysis. It teaches how the Navigators carry out a co-implemented FBA: the steps, the documents, and who does what, so you can put what you already know to work with a real school team. That means listening in both meetings, writing what staff reported rather than what you assume, and speaking up early when something isn't adding up.

What will I learn?

Objectives

Participation

 Audience

  • Combine independent indirect responses into one coherent narrative that reports what staff shared
  • Write names, operational definitions, examples, and non-examples for target behaviors and prosocial skills
  • Set up direct observation data sheets for a school team and recognize early when data isn't coming in
  • Lead school team meetings with templates, agendas, and explicit outcomes for each
  • Analyze team data and check it against interview and interval data before drawing conclusions
  • Draft hypothesis statements and practice scoring an FBA's technical adequacy
This learning opportunity is relevant for:
       Special Educators
       Specialists (psychologists)
       Behavior Analysts
       District Administrators
  • This training is a self-guided, on-demand learning opportunity for on-the-job professional learning.
  • The entire training includes 210 minutes of video learning in addition to multiple templates, swipe files, and downloads.
  • Assessments include a pre-test of current knowledge, embedded learning checks within modules, and a post-test.
  • The certificate of completion is automatically generated following a passing post-test score.

Who am I learning from?

Katie Graves, PhD

Katherine Graves is a researcher specializing in the safety, well-being, and rights of children and adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (EBD). She has been a classroom teacher and university lecturer in the education sector. Outside of her professional work, she enjoys nannying and fostering local youth. Katie is the Expert in Residence for Navigate Function First with her Bachelor of Science in Cross-Categorical Special Education, Master of Education in Special Education with a concentration in Behavior Disorders, and Doctor of Philosophy in Special Education with an emphasis in Social Work.

Jordan Husa, MS

Jordan Husa transitioned from a third-grade general education teacher in a Title I elementary school to a Behavior Interventionist. Earlier in her career, she worked with children as a nanny, daycare provider, au pair in the Czech Republic, and substitute teacher. Outside of her professional life, Jordan enjoys gardening, home improvement projects, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. Jordan is the Program Director of Navigate Function First with her Bachelor's in Elementary Education with a minor in Child and Family Development and her Master's in Applied Behavior Analysis. She is Crisis Prevention certified, has completed her BCBA fieldwork hours, and is currently preparing for the Behavior Analysis Certification Board exam.

Eryn Van Acker, PhD

Eryn Van Acker was a school-based academic and behavioral consultant specializing in MTSS, academic skill acquisition, reinforcement strategies, social skills programming, FBAs/BIPs, and local systematic crisis response development, including monitoring and observation. She was been a general education teacher, special education teacher, academic and behavioral education specialist, and researcher in resource, collaboration, co-taught, and higher education settings. Outside of her professional work, she enjoyed dog behavior training and sports with her two Border Collies. Eryn was an educational consultant with her Bachelors in Elementary Education, Masters in Special Education, Doctorate in Special Education, and was the founder of the Navigate Function First internship program.

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