Join the American Autism Association and Achieve Beyond for a virtual parenting workshop on teaching social skills. This workshop will discuss the types of developmental play and strategies for teaching appropriate skills to children and adolescents.
A Q&A session will follow the panel. We recommend submitting your questions in advance when you register. You will also have the opportunity to submit questions throughout the webinar. If you’re unable to attend, register anyway and we’ll send you a link to the recording.
Our presenter:
Tara Karen, M.S. Ed, BCBA, LBA, Regional Clinical and Operations Director
Tara Karen is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Licensed Behavior Analyst (CT, MA, MD, NY, TN) who has worked in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis and Special Education since 2009. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from SUNY Stony Brook, a Master’s degree in Childhood education from Dowling College and completed her BCBA coursework at SUNY Stony Brook. Tara is a New York State certified teacher, holding multiple certificates in children with special needs. Before joining Achieve Beyond, Tara worked in public and private schools, as well as performing home-based instruction and ABA therapy. Tara began at Achieve Beyond in 2013 as a BCBA, becoming a clinical supervisor, clinical director, and operations director. Tara’s passion for learning and teaching has guided her journey at Achieve Beyond, and she utilizes ABA principles with her, clinical, and administrative staff to encourage each individual to perform at their best. Tara believes in creating a supportive, motivating, and caring environment to ensure that all services provided are of the highest quality and benefit each and every child and family
Hosted in collaboration with:
Achieve Beyond
Achieve Beyond was founded in 1995 to meet the needs of developmentally delayed and disabled children and their families, particularly children with bilingual needs. Achieve Beyond had a modest beginning in a small office in Long Island. Two years later, the company expanded its presence to the five boroughs of New York City. The first New York office consisted of a small room in a medical office building. Within one month, the staff outgrew the office space. We now provide pediatric therapy and educational services to children, students and families throughout the United States including the greater Los Angeles & San Francisco, California (CA) area, Virginia (VA) / Maryland (MD) / DC area, Delaware (DE), Connecticut (CT), New Jersey (NJ), Nashville (TN), West Palm Beach Florida (FL), Long Island, Hudson Valley, Albany and the entire New York (NY) metropolitan area.
We provide Early Intervention (EI), Preschool (CPSE), and School-age Services (CSE) such as service coordination, evaluations, speech, occupational, physical, and special education services. Our ABA through insurance program allows for children with Autism to receive high-quality ABA therapy at home, in the community, and/or in our clinic (slated to open in Melville Sept 2020) through medical insurance. We ensure that Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) create individualized treatment plans and supervise our talented and caring ABA therapists. BCBAs provide supervision and family meetings to guarantee a team approach to assisting your child reach their potential.
Learn more about Achieve Beyond on their website.