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General CEU: Click, Click, Boom! ABA is HSF

Click, Click, Boom. ABA is HSF matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in supervision meetings, staff training, clinic systems, and performance review.

Provider: BehaviorLive — via Women in Behavior Analysis

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Course Description

A number of behavioral approaches have been evaluated for enhancing sports performance. The research shows these procedures to be effective across a variety of sports. This presentation describes the major approaches and provides examples from published research, specifically, the history of clickers when utilized as auditory conditioned reinforcers. Specifics of task analysis, an essential component of many clicker interventions for sports performance, will be detailed. One experimental study will be shared that utilized a specialized curriculum for clicker training called TAGteach to increase basketball free-throw form of pre-teen basketball players. Another experimental study will be presented that utilized the same TAGteach procedure to increase form accuracy of three different weightlifting lifts however training was conducted entirely via a teleconferencing platform.

What You'll Learn

  1. Describe the history of ABA interventions for sports performance, specifically clicker training.
  2. Describe how to task analyze complex sports motions.
  3. Describe common procedures used to increase athletic performance across a variety of complex sports motions using a conditioned auditory reinforcer.

CEU Credits Earned

Certification BodyCreditsType
BACB® 1 General

About the Instructor

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Meghan Herron
M.S., BCBA

Meghan is the Director of Research Operations at Easterseals Southern California, and an adjunct professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and National University. Meghan is also the founder and CEO of Evoke Resolutions, an ABA Health, Sports, & Fitness Consultation company. Her primary areas of research and clinical work include Organizational Behavior Management topics including supervision and staff retention, Health, Sports, & Fitness interventions, specifically sports performance, and behavioral consultation with adults with intellectual disabilities living in residential care. Meghan’s studies have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as JOBM, and Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice. She has also presented her work at numerous conferences including ABAI: Autism, ABAI: National, ABAI: International, WIBA, OCALI, and the American Psychological Association.

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Clinical Disclaimer

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.

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