Health and Well-Being at Work: It Takes a Village belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter home routines, treatment sessions, interdisciplinary consultation, and health-related skill support. For this course, the practical stakes show up in safe, humane intervention that respects health variables and daily-life feasibility, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Successful and thriving organizations must adopt a strategic and adaptable approach to health and well-being to create a sustainable culture of health. An increasing focus on mental health exists around the globe, and concerns about the impact of work on employee health and well-being were exacerbated by the pandemic. While human services work within the field of behavior analysis is often described as rewarding and provides an opportunity to engage in meaningful work, practitioners are at an elevated risk of burnout as a consequence of frequent and prolonged exposure to a variety of work demands, coupled with insufficient personal and job resources. This presentation will discuss the importance of worker well-being, evidence-based research about work stress and the relationship between well-being and work productivity, the roles that employers, supervisors, and employees play, and recommendations to support health and well-being at work.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| QABA | 1 | General |
| IBAO | 1 | — |
| BICC | 0 | — |
Julie M. Slowiak, Ph.D. is a Full Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Executive Director of the Behavior Analysis in Health, Sport, and Fitness Special Interest Group, and Founder of InJewel LLC, a values-focused coaching and consulting company. Dr. Slowiak earned a BA. in Psychology and Organizational Communication, M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral. Dr. Slowiak’s research, teaching, and applied work focus on designing physical and social environments to support individual and organizational health, performance, and well-being. Her research is best described as an interdisciplinary exploration at the intersection of behavior analysis, industrial/organizational psychology, and occupational health psychology. Dr. Slowiak’s work examines worker performance, well-being, and their interplay with organizational contexts. Dr. Slowiak's current research interests focus on issues related to worker well-being, particularly within human service professions, and specifically as they relate to personal and professional self-care and burnout. In addition, she is interested in issues related to psychological safety in sport and how it affects both student-athlete mental health and coach burnout. A newer interest of Dr. Slowiak's focuses on exploring organizational factors that influence well-being and sustained employment of those with invisible and episodic chronic health conditions. Dr. Slowiak has presented at local, regional, and national conferences. Her empirical work has been published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, Quality Management in Health Care, and The Psychological Record. She served as the Lead Guest Editor for a recent special issue on Behavior Analysis in Health, Sport, and Fitness in the journal Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice and recently authored a chapter titled Sickness, Health, and Love: Managing Life and Work Demands in the text, Women in Behavior Science: Observations on Life Inside and Outside the Academy.
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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.