Cultivating an Assent-Based Practice: Perspectives and Consideration becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside clinic sessions and day-to-day service delivery. In Cultivating an Assent-Based Practice, for this course, the practical stakes show up in stronger conceptual consistency and better translational decision making, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →The addition of the responsibility to obtain assent in the current ethical guidelines for behavior analysts (BACB, 2020) has spurred much-needed interest and conversation around implementing practices that honor clients' rights to give and withdraw their assent to treatment. An assent-based practice is critical for creating a safe and respectful environment for all individuals. This involves understanding the breadth of relevant contextual variables and the conditions necessary to promote a learner's autonomy. During this webinar, we will discuss some of the features of cultivating such a practice — where to begin, relevant contextual variables that come into play, overarching contextual functions, and active, ongoing assessment and analysis of co-created therapeutic conditions. We will also discuss the importance of rooting such a practice in shared values, shared governance, and to do so in a culturally-responsive manner.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
Janani Vaidya (they/them) is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, researcher, writer, and editor. Currently, they are a faculty member of the Applied Behavior Analysis program at National Louis University. Janani also serves as an affiliate researcher with the Louisiana Contextual Science Research Group and the Assent Lab, and a co-chair for the Gender and Sexual Diversity Special Interest Group (GSD SIG) of the Association of Contextual Behavior Science (ACBS). Trained in behavior analysis and contextual behaviorism, Janani's work outside of higher education includes (1) skill-building and advocacy work with disabled and/or neurodivergent adults (2) facilitating related staff training, (3) conducting research that focuses on developing theoretical frameworks for gender and sexuality, implicit bias, harm reduction, assent-based skill building and practice, disability justice and access, and equity and (4) working for and conducting sensitivity training for a variety of media and publishing outlets. You can learn more about them at jananivaidya.com.
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.