Fabio Zavala - Traumatic Brain Injury & Autism Spectrum Disorder

Explanatory Fiction

Fabio Zavala is an 8-year-old Hispanic male with severe intellectual disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and a Traumatic Brain Injury resulting from a prenatal car accident. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico which his family and attends a public school where he just received a 1:1 aide in an intervention classroom. The Intervention Specialist, Neville, has worked with a similar case before so the school principal, Alfanso placed Fabio in there with the aide. After two quick weeks in the classroom, everyone is struggling with behavior management due to Fabio’s strong need for constant physical contact. If they are not careful, he will engage in elopement to preferred adults, climb on furniture, and engage in self-injurious behavior (SIB). Classroom staff are struggling to have time to themselves and to the other students in the self-contained classroom. This is where you come in. You’ve been scheduled to conduct a classroom observation in the school because they just cannot figure out where to start… Fabio is just constantly on the hip of his mother, his teacher, his aide… everyone. This is where you come in! You pull up to the school in your 2012 Toyota Corolla, chug your morning coffee, and head into the school to sign in… welcome to Desert Pines Elementary… Earn BCBA CEUs for this episode: https://www.explanatoryfiction.com/product/ef-002-bacb-ceus/