Avoiding Abuse of Power: A Case for Compassionate, Participant-Centered Research belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter case conceptualization, intervention design, staff training, and literature-informed problem solving. In Avoiding Abuse of Power: A Case for Compassionate, Participant-Centered Research, for this course, the practical stakes show up in stronger conceptual consistency and better translational decision making, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Illinois Association of Behavior Analysis
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Join Free →This session aims to engage in dialogue on how Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) researchers can advance disability justice by adopting compassionate and participant-centered research practices. We will begin by addressing concerns with current ABA research methods, focusing on the ways these practices may inadvertently perpetuate ableism. Through two applied research case studies, we will showcase examples of compassionate, participant-centered methodologies in action, highlighting the positive impact these approaches can have on research outcomes and participant experiences. The discussion will broaden to examine systems-level changes necessary to disrupt and prevent ableist and oppressive practices within ABA research. Emphasizing that dismantling ableism requires continuous reflection and adaptive action, this session offers not a definitive solution, but a starting point for a paradigm shift.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 0 | — |
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