COE Faculty Member Leads Behavior Technician Training for North Louisiana

Dr. Rich Mancil is delivering registered behavior technician training to Behavior Developmental Services in Monroe and Ruston and Holy Angels in Shreveport. The training is beneficial for any direct line personnel working directly with individuals with autism or other developmental disorders. The training involves weekly classes where participants are taught the necessary skills for effective practice through lecture, video modeling, role play, and in vivo training with clients/ students. Following successful conclusion of the training the participants will be nationally recognized by the Behavior Analysts Certification Board (BACB) as registered behavior technicians (RBT).The sessions consist of an intensive 40 hour training that includes the core tasks to be performed by behavior technicians, organized in the following areas: Measurement, Assessment, Skill Acquisition, Behavior Reduction, Documentation and Reporting, and Professional Conduct and Scope of Practice. Behavioral Developmental Services, LLC specializes in treating children with Autism, Asperger's, PDD, and other Developmental Delays. Holy Angels is a residential and training campus for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

More about Dr. Rich Mancil at:http://guiceblog.latech.edu/2014/07/29/dr-richmond-mancil-making-autism-a-focus-of-research/