Behavioral Data Collection and Research Productivity: Applying Behavioral Science to Address Organizational Challenges matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in clinic sessions and day-to-day service delivery. In Behavioral Data Collection and Research Productivity: Applying Behavioral Science to Address Organizational Challenges, 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 →This symposium shares two research projects addressing research productivity in applied settings with the purpose of disseminating a method of evaluating internal barriers to conducting applied research with an example to highlight one way to overcome them. Many clinicians are interested in conducting applied research but struggle to complete projects in the everyday workplace. The first presentation in this symposium describes an organization's internal efforts to identify interest in research and barriers to its completion. This was done through replicating survey methods from Valentino and Juanico (2020). Results were consistent with the Valentino study, and possible removal of identified barriers (e.g., time and mentorship) will be discussed and highlighted with an example of research conducted using a scientist-practitioner model of service delivery. The second presentation is an example of positive results obtained through research in an applied setting within the same organization. In this study, teachers were trained to apply best practices for behavioral data collection and in standard performance management strategies for improved performance by paraprofessionals. Finally, a discussant will compare the results reported from the survey study to the resources available to the researchers in the performance management study. The discussion will center around the advantages of practitioner conducted research has over research conducted by academics and the importance of scientist-practitioner skill sets for behavior analysts. Keywords: scientist-practitioner model, procedural fidelity, research barriers
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
Dr. Allie Rader is a Board Certified and Massachusetts licensed Behavior Analyst. Allie currently works for the May Institute as the Executive Director for the May Center School in Wilmington. She received her PhD in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) from Endicott College and teaches as adjunct faculty at Endicott, Elms College and Simmon’s University. Allie has more than ten years of clinical experience in the field of ABA with special expertise in severe challenging behavior, behavioral treatment of medically complex individuals with rare diagnoses, as well as school consultation. She has been implementing and training others in crisis management of individuals with severe behavior challenges for over seven years. Allie’s research interests include data analytics in single subject design and a scientist-practitioner model of service delivery. She has published work in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and European Journal of Behavior Analysis and a book chapter on functional analysis.
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174 research articles with practitioner takeaways
171 research articles with practitioner takeaways
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