Jumpstart Joint Attention! | 2 RBT PDU CEU Credits - 40 Hour RBT® Online Training

Jumpstart Joint Attention! | 2 RBT PDU CEU Credits

This engaging course provides behavior analysts and educators with practical, evidence-based strategies to teach and strengthen joint attention skills in children, particularly those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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This engaging course provides behavior analysts and educators with practical, evidence-based strategies to teach and strengthen joint attention skills in children, particularly those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Participants will explore the developmental foundations of joint attention, its role in communication and social cognition, and its critical connection to language, learning, and perspective taking.

Through naturalistic, play-based approaches, Dr. Georgio demonstrates how to foster both Responding to Joint Attention (RJA) and Initiating Joint Attention (IJA) using motivating, child-led strategies. The course integrates the four-term contingency model, motivation-based teaching, and ethical practices such as assent-based learning and avoiding forced eye contact.

Real-world examples, video demonstrations, and easy-to-implement activities illustrate how to create meaningful “shared experiences” that promote engagement, imitation, and social connection.

While this course reinforces core RBT competencies in skill acquisition, motivation, and ethical practice, it extends well beyond the scope of the RBT Task List by deepening conceptual understanding of developmental, cognitive, and social underpinnings of early communication. The RBT Task List focuses on implementation-level skills; this course expands those competencies by exploring why joint attention is a pivotal developmental milestone and how its absence shapes language, learning, and social outcomes in autism.

 

Delivery

Asynchronized Online Course
Length

1 hour and 40 minutes
RBT CEUs

2 Credits

Author/Speaker

Trudy Georgio is an Assistant Professor of Applied Behavior Analysis at Bay Path University. She began her career in ABA in 2010 and has held every role within the service delivery system, from Behavior Technician to Board Certified Behavior Analyst Supervisor, across various settings, including home, school, clinic, and community. Trudy is committed to disseminating the science of behavior to the next generation of behavior analysts, drawing on her extensive clinical experience to enhance student learning. She earned her doctorate from Texas A&M University, where her work focused on teaching language to students with autism spectrum disorder. Her research interests include behavior-analytic strategies for complex verbal behavior, assent-based instruction, and joint attention training.

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Define and differentiate between responding to and initiating joint attention.
  2. Describe the relationship between joint attention, communication, and social development.
  3. Identify early indicators of impaired joint attention in autism spectrum disorder.
  4. Apply naturalistic and behavioral teaching strategies to strengthen joint attention skills.
  5. Integrate motivating operations, social reinforcement, and assent-based learning into intervention design.
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