Beth Hawkinson

Davenport Community School District - Behavior Specialist

Davenport, IA 8/2013 - 6/2025

Applied Clinical Experiences

• Training opportunities with University of Florida Timothy Vollmer PhD , BCBA-D and graduate students
• Brief Functional Analysis in clinic and school
• Trial-Based Functional Analysis in school
• Concurrent Operant Assessments in clinic and school
• Indirect and Direct Demand Assessments
• Preference Assessments: Quality of Interactions and Play; Engagement with Adults and Activities
• Subjective Unit of Distress Scales: Behavior-specific signs of escalation with corresponding adult responses
• Functional Replacement Behaviors: Functional Communication to promote autonomy and assent; Self-awareness and self-management skills; Executive functioning skills; Engagement in Play and Leisure Skills
• Practical data collection and visual analysis to guide decision making
• Inclusion and appropriate adaptation of research

Leadership Experiences

• Train, implement, and coach evidence-based practices
• Train and explain complex behavioral systems using laymen's terms and relevant examples
• Member of Challenging Behavior Team
• Member of Significant Disabilities Specialty Team
• Paraeducator Generalist Certification: Behavior Instructor
• Crisis Prevention Institute Trainer

Advocate

• Student rights
• Parent voice and interdisciplinary collaboration
• Manifestation of mental health and medical diagnoses
• Teacher training and support
• Proactive and responsive systems for at-risk youth
• State adoption of evidence-based- practices to reduce punitive approaches
• Applied Behavior Analysis as a science

7/2023 - 3/2025

3.86 GPA

• 3.95 GPA

• 4.0 GPA