Psychopharmacology and Autism: Clinical Applications Workshop (Recorded)

How can behavioral observations help a team have a clearer conversation? In this recorded discussion, Deborah P. Coehlo and Manya C. Ralkowski connect ABC records, caregiver interviews and teaching examples with communication among families, schools and medical professionals.

What the workshop discusses

• ABC records: describing what happened before a behavior, the observable behavior and what happened immediately afterward. The discussion also covers making a scatter plot readable by adding the activities happening at those times.
• Caregiver and team interviews: gathering information about when a behavior occurs, when it does not and what is working in successful parts of the day.
• Teaching examples: first–then schedules, ways to initiate attention, responding to directions and accepting a different available choice. The speakers discuss the tools rather than read every step of each protocol.
• Screening and school transitions: a discussion of screening versus diagnosis, parent conversations and the differences between medical diagnosis and educational eligibility.
• Multidisciplinary communication: organizing baseline observations, goals and time-of-day patterns for discussion with the family, school and prescribing clinician. A medical consultation is distinguished from a request for a prescription.
• Adolescent and adult services: participant questions about transition resources, job skills, hygiene and social skills, including acknowledged gaps in locally available services.

This is a recorded discussion of clinical applications and tools, including historical screening and medication examples. It does not establish a diagnosis, medication choice or intervention plan for an individual. Medical decisions remain with the person's qualified medical professional.

Format, price and access

Includes one recorded workshop, listed as one hour. Price: $59 for one user, with 30 days of active access for the individual purchase. The forms discussed in the recording are not included as downloadable files with this individual purchase.

Certificate: This recording issues a certificate of completion after the training quiz is passed. It does not currently issue BACB continuing-education credit.

Recording presenters: Deborah P. Coehlo and Manya C. Ralkowski. These are the names in the recording credits; the linked biographies describe their work at the time.

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Two anonymous written responses from the October 11, 2026 comment extraction. The first answered "How can we make this training better?"; the second answered the follow-up for a rating lower than 4. Each response keeps its original wording.

include downloadable materials for the clinical workshop

Training improvement response, 2023

The forms that were discussed looked like wonderful resources; however, I was not able to locate them on the recorded webinar.

Low-rating follow-up response, 2025

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