Behavior Analysis and Human Trafficking: How Applied Behavior Analysis Can Guide a Housing Program Evaluation matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in community routines and natural environments. In Behavior Analysis and Human Trafficking: How Applied Behavior Analysis Can Guide a Housing Program Evaluation, 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 →Findings from recent literature suggest that human trafficking (HT) programs may lack critical components that influence survivors' likelihood of successful reintegration into society. Our session highlights a retrospective evaluation of a housing program in southern Florida. The results of this evaluation can guide service providers to prioritize the optimal services that improve survivors' success, such as managing finances and acquiring and maintaining employment and housing. This panel features a program evaluation conducted with community partners at the USF Trafficking in Persons - Risk to Resilience (TiP) Lab. The first paper will highlight the behavioral-analytic approach taken toward program evaluation for survivors of human trafficking. The second paper will provide an overview of the retrospective analysis of the housing program, such as case file demographics, case management factors, and features that may influence survivors' outcomes. The third paper will present a systematic approach to creating need-specific treatment goals using the parameters of SMART goals. Taken together, these papers highlight a systematic approach to evaluating the effectiveness of service providers for survivors of human trafficking and provide recommendations to improve survivors' outcomes.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
| COA | 1.5 | — |
| FL MH/PSY | 1.5 | — |
Arturo Garcia is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and doctoral candidate at the University of South Florida. He earned his M.A. in Applied Behavior Analysis and Clinical Sciences from Rollins College and his B.S. in Psychology from the University of Central Florida. Arturo has over ten years of experience working with "at-risk" populations, such as children in foster care, runaway youth, and juvenile delinquents. His clinical work has focused on decreasing challenging behaviors and increasing alternative behaviors for individuals in various community environments, such as homes, detention centers, foster care group homes, and schools. His research interests are related to the interdisciplinary approaches to child welfare systems, juvenile justice, human trafficking, and socio-cultural approaches to treatment.
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