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When Home is in Two Places: Behavior-Analytic Strategies for Split & Blended Families
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Two-home cases are not just “regular cases with extra logistics.” The ethical margin for error is smaller, misinterpretation risk is higher, and your job is to design systems that tolerate differences without harming the learner. In this training, you will learn how to stay neutral, protect consent and role clarity, and document in ways that are objective and legally defensible. You will also learn how to identify “minimum viable components” so plans can flex across environments without breaking, and how to supervise RBTs with clear boundaries when adult conflict and competing demands start pulling the team off-course.
Two-home cases are not just “regular cases with extra logistics.” The ethical margin for error is smaller, misinterpretation risk is higher, and your job is to design systems that tolerate differences without harming the learner. In this training, you will learn how to stay neutral, protect consent and role clarity, and document in ways that are objective and legally defensible. You will also learn how to identify “minimum viable components” so plans can flex across environments without breaking, and how to supervise RBTs with clear boundaries when adult conflict and competing demands start pulling the team off-course.
General learning objectives
Ethics objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Identify common ethical risk points.
- Demonstrate at least two neutral redirection statements.
- Describe how assent and distress cues factor into case decision-making.
General learning objectives
Supervision objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Define and select “minimum viable components.”
- Plan at least three generalization supports.
- Conduct a basic contingency-based interpretation.
- Train RBTs on boundary protection.
Meet the instructor
Sarah Heller, Ed.D., BCBA, LBA-NY
Dr. Sarah Heller is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, special educator, professor, and committee chair with more than 20 years of experience helping children, families, and schools discover practical solutions that genuinely support learning and wellbeing. She has worked across early intervention, clinics, group homes, and public and private schools, developing programs that span infancy through adulthood. As a former District-Wide Behavior Specialist, Dr. Heller became known for creating systems that people could actually use by blending current research with trauma informed and neuroaffirming practices that made classrooms calmer, safer, and more predictable for everyone. In higher education, she brings that same grounded and compassionate approach to mentoring future educators and BCBAs, always prioritizing scientific integrity and real-world application over rigid formulas. Now as the Founder and Executive Director of Meaningful Metrics, Dr. Heller continues her mission to empower families and schools with training and support that are accessible, sustainable, and deeply respectful of neurodivergent identities.
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