Beyond the Curve:
Preparing Your ABA Practice for a Return to "Normal"

Original Webinar Date: May 6, 2020

Webinar Duration: 1 hr 20 min

Short Title:  Beyond the Curve

CEU Offered: 1.0 Learning CEU

CE Instructors: 

  • Matthew Korn, Esq.
  • Yvonne Bruinsma, PhD BCBA-D


Abstract:  With many States announcing plans to relax or rescind stay-at-home orders, employers across the country are beginning to reopen their businesses and welcoming back employees. ABA providers may be considering or already transitioning back from telehealth to clinic-based and in-home care.  Employers need to be ready to confront the issues concerning a post-pandemic workplace as business guidance and legal requirements continue to change rapidly.  During this webinar sponsored by CASP, Matthew will discuss some of the legal and practical issues you should consider as you begin to plan for a return to our new “normal”.  Matthew will answer many questions including how to handle requests for paid leave, what to do if employees don’t want to come back to work, how you should prepare your workplace to minimize the risk of claims, and more.

Instructor(s)

Esq Matthew Korn

Matthew Korn is a partner in the firm’s Columbia office, representing and advising employers in all areas of employment, labor, and health and safety law. Matthew focuses his practice on defending employers across the country in complex class and collective action litigation, primarily involving wage and hour issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage and hour laws, mass layoffs, and plant closings under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), and background check documentation under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Matthew has substantial experience working with employers in many industries, including the hospitality and restaurant, construction and heavy equipment, mining, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and manufacturing industries. While in law school, Matthew served as a judicial intern for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission and as Managing Editor of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy. As recognition for his exemplary work, Matthew was a recipient of the William J. Curtin Endowed Scholarship in Labor Relations.

PhD BCBA-D Yvonne Bruinsma

Yvonne Bruinsma founded In STEPPS in 2010. She has more than 25 years of experience in the field. She previously gained extensive experience as the clinical director and clinical manager at several agencies and brought PRT to the Netherlands. She has been an active researcher and continues publishing in the field. Yvonne has written articles in peer-reviewed journals and in 2015, wrote and published a seminal article with other top researchers in autism treatment about Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions such as PRT. Yvonne also has co-written a book about Naturalistic Developmental Behavior Interventions (NDBI) currently in press. She earned her master’s in developmental psychology from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, and her master’s and doctorate in special education, developmental disabilities, from University of California, Santa Barbara. Yvonne was certified as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D) in 2008.