Psychologists working with autistic clients sit at the intersection of diagnostic, therapeutic, and behavioral care. When a psychologist understands ABA, the whole team works better. Behavior intervention plans make more sense. Data from ABA sessions contextualizes psychological assessment findings. Co-treatment handoffs lose less.
Special Learning was founded in 2010 by Karen Chung because evidence-based resources for professionals serving autistic individuals were fragmented and hard to find. 32,000+ customers in more than 140 countries have trained with us — building the cross-disciplinary fluency that makes care coherent.
Autism care is rarely delivered by one discipline. A psychologist may assess and diagnose, then hand off to a behavior-analyst-led ABA team, an SLP, an OT, and a school-based specialist. Without shared vocabulary and shared frameworks, coordination breaks down.
ABA training helps licensed psychologists:
This isn't about replacing behavior-analytic expertise. It's about the psychologist being a stronger interdisciplinary partner.
Special Learning's courses are video-based with embedded knowledge checks. Content covers functional assessment, behavior intervention design, supervision principles, ethics in behavior analysis, and specialty topics including early childhood, school-based practice, and adult services.
Every video course includes downloadable slides and action tools. The All Access Annual Library lets you draw from the full course catalog, 12 months of access at $299/year. (Special Learning is not an APA CE provider, so for psychologists the training is professional development in ABA, not APA CE credit.)
Cross-disciplinary ABA fluency helps psychologists communicate with behavior teams, interpret behavior intervention plans, contextualize ABA session data within psychological assessments, and provide more integrated care. It reduces errors at team handoffs and makes co-treatment plans more coherent.
Yes. Psychologists working with autistic clients, supervising ABA teams, or providing co-treatment alongside behavior analysts use Special Learning's training to build ABA literacy. The courses cover functional behavior assessment, behavior intervention principles, and evidence-based ABA techniques.
All Access Annual ($299/year) gives access to over 100 hours of ABA video training. You choose the topics. Each video includes downloadable slides and action tools. Access runs 12 months. Browse the library here.
No. Special Learning's training is used by licensed psychologists, social workers, educators, OTs, SLPs, and other allied professionals. For psychologists without a behavior-analyst credential, the training counts as professional development in ABA.
The free ABA Glossary covers over 150 behavior analysis terms. The For Parents Hub is a resource you can direct clients and families to. An overview of ABA is at What Is ABA Therapy.
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