Beyond the Numbers: How Reflective Leadership Transforms Practice belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter clinic sessions and day-to-day service delivery. In How Reflective Leadership Transforms Practice, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better performance, lower drift, and more sustainable team development, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Oregon Association for Behavior Analysis
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Join Free →As Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) organizations expand across multiple states, ensuring consistent clinical quality becomes a significant challenge. How do you maintain excellence across a national organization with over 300 clinicians and 50 directors? This presentation outlines how one organization tackled this by combining two powerful strategies: data-driven feedback mechanisms and reflective leadership practices. Participants will learn how feedback interventions and reflective leadership were used together to drive consistency in care delivery, leadership growth, and professional development. Research shows feedback improves treatment fidelity and staff adherence to clinical protocols (DiGennaro Reed & Henley, 2015; Parsons, Rollyson, & Reid, 2012), while reflective practice fosters self-awareness, collaboration, and critical thinking (Mann et al., 2007; Castelli, 2016). Through real-world examples and data, attendees will see how this approach not only scaled clinical quality but also strengthened leadership capacity. Importantly, participants will leave with practical strategies to incorporate reflective leadership into their own practice, empowering them to improve outcomes, develop their teams, and elevate their impact. If you're looking for ways to lead more effectively and build stronger, more consistent teams, this session is for you.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
Kajza Maye Coats is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and her background includes providing direct services, supervision, caregiver coaching, and mentorship. Additionally, she has led expansion initiatives across multiple states and supported the systematic training and integration of multiple behavior analytic agencies under one company united in their clinical practices and processes. Her interests include embedding teaching assent and consent practices in behavior analytic treatment, expansion of evidence-based training to large-scale organizations, and assessing the impact of pyramidal teaching in multi-state practices. In her free time, you can find Kajza spending time with her husband and children exploring the beach, hiking, or playing corn hole in their backyard. She also enjoys DIY projects, reading, photography, hosting events, and making elegant charcuterie boards.
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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.