LSGurdin Consulting BCBA Series: How Behavior Analysts Can (And Should) Consider Executive Functioning (Jun. 6, 2025)

For this webinar series, participants will automatically be enrolled in all 8 LSGurdin Consulting BCBA webinars.

June 6, 2025 @ 12:00 – 1:30 pm

Registration closes June 4, 2025 @ 12:00 pm

Speaker

 Candice Colón, BCBA-D

Description

This CE event will provide behavior analysts with an understanding of executive functioning skills. As behavior analysts, it is important to consider and assess executive functioning skills to better support our client’s quality of life via meaningful interventions. By attending this workshop, behavior analysts will gain a better understanding of how executive functioning relates to behavior and how to incorporate this knowledge into their practice to improve outcomes for their clients.

About the Speaker

Dr. Candice Colón (she/her) serves as the Director of Research and oversees peer review and continuing education at LEARN Behavioral. She received her doctoral degree from Western New England University and a Master of Science degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Northeastern University. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of severe behavior for children and adolescents and has experience providing and overseeing clinical and training practices in insurance-based home and community settings as well as private school and residential settings. In addition, Dr. Colón has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Bay Path University and is a Co-Founder of Resilience Skill Building, an ABA based executive function skills coaching company. Her research interests include the treatment of automatically maintained behavior, treatment/procedural integrity, training and professional development practices, the assessment and treatment of interfering behavior and designing such procedures to be efficient, socially valid and practical across settings. Her research is published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) and Behavioral Interventions. She has presented at national and regional conferences and also serves as a reviewer for journals such as The Analysis of Verbal Behavior (TAVB), Behavioral Interventions, and JABA. Since 2017, Dr. Colón has also served on the BABAT Board of Directors to support Massachusetts Professionals in Behavior Analysis. In her spare time, she enjoys running, coaching track & field, reading, and spending time with her husband, daughter, and their two dogs.

About LSGurdin Consulting CE Program

LSGurdin Consulting is an ACE Provider with an on-demand library on professional development topics including ABA and mental health, social validity, mindfulness, cultural humility, compassionate school ABA, neurodiversity, assent-based treatment, and ABA superpowers. Each event is presented live and also offered on-demand through Behavior Live. 

About LSGurdin Consulting

LSGurdin Consulting also offers behavioral consultation to parents and school teams, school and home assessments, staff training and professional development workshops, educational consultation, and program evaluations.  

Membership Information

Most MPY webinars are available ONLY to current staff from member districts and organizations. Public school memberships include police and fire personnel. Former and retired employees and members of committees, including but not limited to, PTO/PTA, PAC, School Improvement Councils, Health Councils, Drug/Alcohol Councils, and school volunteers, are not considered MPY members.

Event Cancellation Policy

This program is being offered in partnership with LSGurdin Consulting. You will be receiving an email with instructions on how to view the training on Behavior Live. All cancellations or request for information should be directed to Lisa Gurdin at lsgurdin@lsgurdinconsulting.com.