Burnout and compassion fatigue represent a crisis in the ABA workforce that has direct implications for the quality of services delivered to clients. National surveys consistently show that most people experience negative effects of work-related stress, and helping professionals, including behavior analysts, are particularly vulnerable to compassion fatigue, which involves the physical, psychological, and emotional exhaustion that comes from helping others at work.
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Join Free →National surveys show that most people experience negative effects of work-related stress, including compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue is a type of burnout that has the experience of physical, psychological, and emotional exhaustion from helping others at work. Studies and popular articles on the topic recommend many different solutions to this problem. The problem is that most people don't practice them. In this workshop, Dr.Austin will describe a 5-Step Behavior Change Process to create a positive environment for stress-reducing behaviors to occur among leaders and any individuals in the organization. Using his 5-Step Process Dr. Austin has coached over 10,000 improvement projects involving everything from productivity and safety to health and fitness, in 10 industries and 19 countries, with thousands of leaders.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| IBAO | 1 | Supervision |
| BACB® | 1 | Supervision |
| QABA | 1 | General |
| BICC | 1 | Ethics |
Dr. John Austin is an internationally recognized coach to business leaders on safety and human performance. Dr. Austin was a Professor of Psychology for 15 years at Western Michigan University where he trained 25 Masters and Doctoral students, many of whom are Professors themselves now. Based on his desire to help as many people at work as possible, he founded Reaching Results in 2008. Reaching Results is a company designed to help people improve safety, leadership, & management. Dr. Austin has consulted with organizations for 25 years to improve productivity and safety in a wide range of industries.
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