Increasing Self-Determination Skills For Individuals with Extensive Support Needs to Examine Reversible Birth Control matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in 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.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Women in Behavior Analysis
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Join Free →Individuals with extensive support needs (ESN) are often not given the respect or accessible knowledge to make informed decisions about their medical care. A single case research design was used to teach 3 individuals with ESN the tools, through behavioral skills training (BST), to ask their doctors questions about reversible birth control and record the information given to them. Prior to BST, pre-teaching, using evidenced-based educational interventions, taught the participants what their menstrual cycle is, what symptoms are related to it, what birth control options exist, all the symptoms that may be alleviated with the medicine, and side effects of the medicine. The individuals then created visuals to support them in talking to a medical professional about their options and what symptoms bother them during their menstrual cycle. All participants were able to reach mastery and stayed at mastery level during a generalization (with a doctor) and maintenance probe. Suggestions for future research will be discussed.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 0.5 | General |
Jennifer Pollard taught for ten years before becoming a BCBA, almost ten years ago. As a BCBA she has worked in a community setting with individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities in the community setting. She currently works a researcher at the University of Louisville and serves on the Kentucky State Licensing Board.
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258 research articles with practitioner takeaways
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