(0.5 PDU) Proactive Strategies for Learner Success

A 0.5 PDU course for behavior support staff on proactive strategies that prevent frustration and create smoother learning experiences before challenges arise.

This training covers practical tools for building rapport, preparing for transitions, and supporting engagement — including offering choices, easy-easy-hard sequences, power cards, first-then supports, and incorporating learner preferences into everyday sessions.

What You'll Learn

• How to build rapport and establish trust with learners
• Why transitions are challenging and how to make them more predictable
• Proactive strategies: offering choices, easy-easy-hard, power cards, and first-then supports
• How to respond supportively when a learner asks for something unavailable
• How to incorporate learner interests and visual progress tools into sessions

Who Is This For

RBTs, behavior technicians, and behavior support staff who work directly with learners in ABA, school, or early learning settings.

Share this course with your entire behavior support team — no additional cost. Everything is included in your BIP Visualized subscription.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify proactive strategies that build trust, rapport, and positive relationships with learners across a variety of settings.
• Describe how predictable routines, visual supports, and transition strategies can reduce uncertainty and support learner success during daily activities.
• Apply proactive support strategies that increase engagement, participation, and positive learning experiences while reducing frustration and challenging situations.

About the Instructor

Morgan van Diepen, M.Ed., BCBA has over 15 years of experience working directly with learners and behavior support teams across ABA, school, and early learning settings. She has published multiple books and developed extensive training content with the mission of making behavior support strategies practical and accessible to the staff who implement them every day.

ACE Provider Information

ABA Visualized | ACE Provider #IP-22-0233 | 0.5 PDU | Online Asynchronous | Published: May 6, 2026

Disclosures

This course may reference content from ABA Visualized published books and/or the BIP Visualized platform, both of which are owned by the instructor.

Complaints and Concerns

Questions or concerns about this course can be submitted in writing to support@bipvisualized.com. If a complaint cannot be resolved directly, participants may file a Notice of Alleged Violation with the BACB at bacb.com/ethics.