Discharging & Discontinuing Clients
Now available on demand.
Live Webinar February 28, 1 PM EST/ 10 AM PST
In response to our recent survey of providers, we offer a panel of experts to discuss the ethical considerations on discharging and /or discontinuing client services. Questions were collected from providers around the country based on cases they have struggled with in their practice.
Dr. Tyra Sellers, Dr. Sarah Lichtenberger, and Emily Patrizi are our esteemed panelists, sharing their years of experience and offering thoughtful ideas on how to consider the ethical questions that show up in decision making.
See below for the learning objectives for this course.
What you’ll learn
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Describe ethical considerations in discussing discharging a client who is not making sufficient progress.
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Describe ways to advocate for continuing services when parents are resisting new learning goals and/or requesting discharge.
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Describe examples of appropriate preparation for a successful transition from clinical ABA to school settings.
Meet our panelists
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Meet our panelists ✳
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Sarah Lichtenberger earned a B.A. in English and Psychology from the University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis from Western Michigan
University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in the
Neurobehavioral Unit Outpatient Clinic. She has 10 years of clinical experience, specifically
with a focus on early intervention and severe problem behavior. She has held positions as a
senior clinician at Trumpet Behavior Health, as the Director of Clinical Standards at Verbal
Beginnings, and as the Ethics Education Manager and Assistant Director of Ethics at the
Behavior Analyst Certification Board®. She has been a guest reviewer for Behavior Analysis in
Practice and is an Ethics Subject Matter Expert for the Association of Professional Behavior
Analysts (APBA). She has served as a director on the Colorado Association for Behavior
Analysis (COABA) board and as the co-chair of the Professional Development Committee
(PDC). She is currently a volunteer for the COABA PDC and is a conference advisory
committee member for APBA. She is also a member of the Behaviorists for Social
Responsibility Sustainability work group.
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Emily Patrizi earned a B.S. in Elementary and Special Education from East Stroudsburg University, a M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism from Sage Colleges, and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst ®. She held a teaching degree within an autism support program prior to serving across multiple clinical and operational roles within the field. She most recently held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Trumpet Behavioral Health. She has served as a BACB Ethics Subject Matter Expert and established a behavioral program within an interdisciplinary treatment model. Her most important and valued role is being a mom.
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Tyra P. Sellers is the CEO of the Association of Professional Behavior Analysts. She
earned a B.A. in Philosophy and M.A. in Special Education from San Francisco State
University, a J.D. from the University of San Francisco, a Ph.D. from Utah State
University, and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst®. Her professional and research
interests focus on professional ethics, training and supervision, assessment and treatment
of severe problem behavior, and variability. Dr. Sellers has over 20 years of clinical
experience working with individuals with disabilities in a wide variety of settings. She
has held positions as an Assistant Professor at Utah State University and as the Director
of Ethics at the Behavior Analyst Certification Board®. She has published several journal
articles, four co-authored book chapters, co-authored the book titled Building and
Sustaining Meaningful and Effective Relationships As A Supervisor and Mentor and the
workbook titled pair titled The New Supervisor Workbook and The Consulting
Supervisor’s Workbook. She currently serves on the editorial boards for several journals.