Improving Behavior Analysts' Public Speaking: Recommendations From Expert Interviews is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of case conceptualization, intervention design, staff training, and literature-informed problem solving. In Improving Behavior Analysts' Public Speaking, 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 →Public speaking is a complex skill composed of both vocal and nonvocal verbal behaviors. Effectively communicating is an important mechanism by which behavior analysts access individual- and field-level reinforcers. In 2014, Friman published 15 recommendations to behavior analysts to improve their public speaking skills, which included preparing and telling stories. Heinicke et al. (2022) sought to expand upon these recommendations by interviewing the 10 most frequently invited public speakers at major applied behavior analysis conferences. The researchers interviewed speakers about their commonly used public speaking strategies, the most important vocal and nonvocal verbal behaviors, commonly observed public speaking errors, and advice they would give a novice speaker. This presentation will review the results of those interviews, as well as provide strategies and suggestions for effective public speaking and dissemination of applied behavior analysis.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
Jessica Juanico is the Assistant Director of Online Programs and a Professor of Practice in the Department of Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas. Jessica received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Spanish from Auburn University in 2011 and a Master of Arts in Applied Behavioral Science and a PhD in Behavioral Psychology from the University of Kansas in 2014 and 2017, respectively. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship with Trumpet Behavioral Health and served as the Director of Clinical Services for the state of Colorado. Jessica is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She has worked in numerous clinical positions serving a variety of populations including children with and without developmental disabilities. She has conducted research in the areas of assessment and treatment of problem behavior and pediatric feeding disorders, preference and reinforcer efficacy, staff training, and safety skills.
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