Lola Plucer-Rosario, a board certified behavior analyst (BCBA) will be leading a three-day workshop in September for parents who want to learn how to influence their child’s behavior positively using applied behavior analysis (ABA).
ABA, according to the website Autism Speaks, “is a therapy based on the science of learning and behavior.” It helps people to understand how behavior works, how it is affected by the environment, and how learning takes place. The therapy can help to increase language and communication skills, to improve attention, focus, social skills, memory and academics, and to decrease problem behaviors, according to Autism Speaks.
Ms. Plucer-Rosario partnered with Blue Ocean Behavioral Health to help families who struggle with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD, emotional disturbances and other related developmental delays or behavioral complexities. Blue Ocean is associated with the clinic IHP.
“It is a hands-on, in-depth workshop where parents will be able to have a effective behavioral plan at the end of the 3 days,” IHP Medical Group’s website says about the workshop. “Lola’s extensive experience and expertise along with her local family roots has helped to developed this workshop with our island’s family dynamics and cultural needs in mind.”
According to the website, parents and guardians can expect the following from the workshop:
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Customized Behavior Action Plan
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Created in collaboration with a BCBA
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Tailored to your child and family’s unique needs
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Practical tools to manage challenging behaviors
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Deeper insights into your child’s behavioral patterns
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Strategies to foster positive behavior changes
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Skills to create stronger, more nurturing connection
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One-on-one consultation with Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Lola Plucer-Rosario
The three-day workshop will take place on September 15, 22, and 29, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The workshop will be held at the Blue Ocean Behavioral Health Clinic inside the Pacific Place Building (same building as Outback Steakhouse) in Tumon.
The price for a parent to participate is $600. Price per couple is $1,000. Click here for more information or to sign up.
According to her curriculum vitae, Ms. Plucer-Rosario earned her bachelor of arts degree in sociology from the University of Hawaii, and her master of education degree in curriculum and instruction, applied behavior analysis from Arizona State University. She is an education doctoral candidate at ASU in the field of leadership and innovation. In her career she has specialized in parent/caregiver and teacher training, functional communication, special education and IEP consulting, and multi-disciplinary collaboration.
Her thesis published as “The Perceived Service Needs of Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Hawaii.” Her doctoral dissertation is entitled “Preservice Teacher Self-Efficacy to Teach in Guam’s Inclusive Classrooms.”
