ACT As An Avenue Toward Compassion in ABA belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter caregiver coaching, home routines, team meetings, and values-sensitive decision making. In ACT As An Avenue Toward Compassion in ABA, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better alignment between intervention and the family context in which it must survive, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →The field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) appears to be at a critical moment of moving toward compassion, while still maintaining the effectiveness of intervention. In 1978, Wolf stated that social validity was a path for ABA to find our heart. Yet decades later, social validity, and in particular client social validity, has not been addressed sufficiently perhaps both within research as well as practice. Now, maybe more than ever, the heart of ABA needs to be at the forefront. The full range of client experiences need to be prioritized and continuously assessed within treatment. Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) is a behavior analytic approach to addressing complex verbal behavior and private events, and seems especially suited to help us be both conceptually systematic and compassionate. This presentation will discuss ACT as a powerful framework for understanding compassion behavior analytically, as well as strengthening our behavioral repertoires of compassion. Learning Objectives Attendees will be able to describe compassion behaviorally Attendees will be able to provide practical examples of how complex verbal behavior can get in the way of compassionate behavior Attendees will be able to identify ACT skills as self-management repertoires to be utilized when enacting compassionate behavior
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
Courtney Tarbox serves as Chief Clinical Officer at FirstSteps for Kids. Courtney earned her Master of Science Degree in Counseling, with a specialization in Applied Behavior Analysis from California State University, Los Angeles. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and is passionate about contributing to research that is informed by real-life practice. She is actively engaged in treatment evaluation research on topics including complex skill acquisition, compassionate and kind ABA treatment, and the infusion of acceptance and commitment training (ACT) within ABA programs for children with autism and their caregivers. Courtney is committed to fostering ongoing community-wide discussion and collaboration with the Autistic community. Courtney enjoys regularly presenting at professional conferences, has published articles in peer-reviewed journals, and has co-authored a book for training Registered Behavior Technicians.
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