Scientist Practitioner Model #1: Introduction and Application to Clinical Practice and Staff Training belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter clinic sessions and day-to-day service delivery. In Scientist Practitioner Model #1: Introduction and Application to Clinical Practice and Staff Training, for this course, the practical stakes show up in feasible school-based support, stronger collaboration, and better student participation, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Many graduate programs in behavior analysis use the science practitioner model of training students. I will first review the history of this training model to provide a proper context. Next, I will discuss a scientist practitioner model that is being tested at Florida Tech in conjunction with two clinics in the Orlando area. In this model, scientific inquiry is integrated into clinical practice. The results of these inquiries are used, then, to guide clinical practice. For example, I will review the stimulus control analysis technique and show one way of using it to assess the effects of discrimination training. If stimulus control is shown to be faulty, procedures to fix and/prevent these issues will be discussed. Flow charting will also be introduced. I will show examples of flow charts that can depict programmatic procedures such as schedules of reinforcement, prompting and fading, and error correction. Finally, I will introduce how flow charts can be used for diagnostic and prescriptive purposes with both staff and caregivers.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
Elbert Blakely received a Ph.D. in 1988 from Western Michigan in Psychology with a specialty in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). He has worked in the fields of developmental disabilities, mental health, behavior pharmacology, experimental analysis of behavior, organizational behavior management, and database design. Dr. Blakely has co-authored 25 articles and one book. The articles address research questions in the areas of the experimental analysis of behavior, applied behavior analysis, conceptual issues, and behavior pharmacology. Dr. Blakely is an Assistant Professor at Florida Institute of Technology, where he teaches courses in applied behavior analysis, radical behaviorism, and behavior pharmacology. He also provides consultation to organizations and providers who deliver ABA services to children and adults.
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