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Overview

Children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and intellectual or developmental disabilities are more vulnerable to adverse and stressful experiences. However, trauma in this population often manifests in the form of behavior or challenging behavior.

This professional program equips Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) practitioners with trauma-informed and culturally responsive principles that promote emotional regulation, preserve dignity, and prevent re-traumatization, without abandoning the foundations of behavioral science and its values within Arab contexts.

Participants will learn how to integrate trauma awareness into assessment, intervention, data collection, and collaboration with caregivers in ways that align with family systems.

Target Audience

• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapists.
• Board Certified Behavior Analysts and related credentials (BCaBA, BCBA, QBA, IBA, QASP).
• Registered behavior technicians (RBT, IBT, ABAT).
• Special education teachers.
• Clinical supervisors.
• Professionals working in autism centers.
• Specialists working with children and adolescents with autism and intellectual or developmental disabilities in Arab contexts.

Features

Continuing Education Hours: 3 hours, including:

• 2 hours: Trauma-Informed Care (TIC)
• 1 hour: General (ABA)

Learning Objectives

• Understand how trauma may present differently in individuals with autism and intellectual or developmental disabilities.
• Distinguish between trauma responses and skill deficits within a behavioral analytic framework.
• Identify common intervention practices that may unintentionally trigger or re-evoke trauma in clients.
• Apply trauma-informed care principles in assessment, prompting, reinforcement, extinction, and crisis response.
• Integrate cultural humility and family-centered values into trauma-informed ABA practice.
• Recognize the role of adult emotional regulation in shaping a child’s emotional regulation.
• Implement simple yet impactful environmental modifications that enhance a sense of safety during therapy sessions.
• Align trauma-informed care with safeguarding responsibilities and safety protection.