1 CEU: Waitlist to Welcome

Turn the ABA waitlist from a gap into an opportunity — give families what they need to start succeeding right now.

This 1 CEU training shows BCBAs how to meaningfully support families during the often months-long wait for ABA services. You'll learn how to conduct an intake that builds genuine trust, what to give families immediately, and how to lay the therapeutic foundation that makes services more effective from day one.

What You'll Learn

• Design a waitlist experience that builds trust and prepares families for ABA therapy
• Identify and deliver practical strategies families can implement immediately while waiting
• Conduct an intake process that gathers meaningful information and feels genuinely welcoming
• Set realistic expectations about ABA that prevent early dropout and build lasting partnerships
• Build a therapeutic relationship foundation that makes the first session a continuation — not a cold start

Who Is This For

BCBAs who want to serve families well before services even begin.

Learning Objectives

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

• Describe common challenges families experience while waiting for autism evaluations and services, including caregiver priorities, barriers to support, and areas of greatest need.
• Identify practical, evidence-informed visual strategies and resources that can be shared with families to support communication, skill development, behavior support, and daily living skills during service wait periods.
• Apply caregiver-centered approaches to help families access meaningful support, build confidence, and begin implementing effective strategies before formal services begin.

About the Instructor

Morgan van Diepen, M.Ed., BCBA has spent over 15 years working directly with families in the context of ABA services. She has published multiple books with the mission of making behavior expertise more approachable and accessible to families, and has built her practice and platforms around translating clinical knowledge into tools families can actually use.

ACE Provider Information

ABA Visualized | ACE Provider #IP-22-0233 | 1 CEU | Online Asynchronous | Published: March 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.

Access this course as part of your BIP Visualized subscription.