A.I.M. Training
presented by Lake Ridge Community Support Services
Participate live with the author of AIM, Dr. Mark R. Dixon, as you are learning about ACT and AIM. Get questions answered and be part of a dynamic learning environment. Move between larger workshop-style training and small breakout rooms where you work together and build and practice ACT lessons. Talk about the scope of competency and practice. You will have conversations on the successes and challenges of implementing AIM at individual, classroom and entire school levels.
Modality: Virtually (ZOOM). The link will be provided.
12 BACB Learning CEUs issued by Emergent Learning Academy.
+ Get a 30% off the curriculum book when you purchase this training. (a coupon code will be provided with your confirmation email)
$250.00 per participant - Only 30 Seats are available
Learning Objectives:
In this AIM training, participants will be able to:
Describe the general history of mindfulness and how it evolved in the Western world.
Explain how a behavioural conceptualization of mindfulness can be operationalized.
Describe some of the physical and psychological health benefits of mindfulness, the distinctions between objective measurable dependent variables relevant for behaviour analysts, and constructs that should be avoided.
Provide a detailed description of the ACT model and its roots in empirically-based work on derived relational responding.
Explain the 6 core ACT processes and how a behaviour analyst can operationally define and gather data on each process.
Understand the basic theoretical foundations of the AIM Curriculum.
Provide detail on how AIM incorporates contingency management into its intervention process.
Describe the role of functional assessment and functional consequences that are necessary for utilization in 1:1 intervention protocols, classroom-based interventions, and adaptations necessary for full-school interventions.
Implement AIM Curriculum therapeutic exercises in a group setting.
Develop behaviour management and social-emotional interventions individualized for specific service delivery settings.
Complete and interpret various AIM Curriculum data collection forms, treatment integrity evaluations, and progress monitoring assessments.
Explain clearly how to integrate mindfulness, ACT, and ABA intervention in service delivery for children and adolescents.
*Emergent Learning is an Approved Continuing Education provider. The BACB does not warrant, endorse, sponsor, or approve or partner with the event, organization, or instructor.
$250.00 per participant - Only 30 Seats are available
Day 1
9-12 am session
12-1 Lunch Break
1-4 pm session
Day 2
9-12 am session
12-1 Lunch Break
1-4 pm session
End of program survey & claim CEUs
Your Instructor Dr. Mark Dixon
Dr. Dixon is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst – Doctorate and a clinical professor at the Department of Disability and Human Development. Dr. Dixon has published 12 books, over 230 peer-reviewed journal articles, and delivered 1000s of presentations around the globe. His research and/or expert opinions have been featured in Time Magazine, Newsweek, The New York Times, National Public Radio, This American Life, and Netflix’s series Bill Nye Saves the World. Dr. Dixon cares for individuals and their families impacted by autism and other developmental disabilities through his innovative research that guides practice. He has generated millions of dollars of funding to infuse behaviour analysis within local schools and treatment facilities and created multiple clinics for persons diagnosed with autism and related conditions.