Gwendolyn Cartledge's course draws on a deeply personal professional narrative to illuminate a set of principles that have broad clinical and professional relevance for behavior analysts: how practitioners sustain purpose-centered careers in the face of systemic barriers, and how the psychological flexibility framework of Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) can serve as both a personal resilience tool and a lens for understanding practitioner wellbeing. The course's first learning objective — describing ACT principles as discussed in this context — places it squarely within a growing body of professional development work in ABA that recognizes psychological flexibility as a practitioner competency, not merely a clinical target.
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Join Free →Making a way out of no way is a common female meme, especially for low-income women of color, who find themselves navigating some of life's most torrential waters to achieve the most common or basic outcomes. Indeed, from some perspectives, based on established law or culture, ones very existence may be defined as an act of resistance. The speaker will draw upon her personal experiences to illustrate how from childhood on she employed resistance tools such as self-assertion or advocacy, self-awareness, self-care, and self-affirmation to circumvent or overcome seemingly insurmountable barriers. She learned that being good or doing good was important but insufficient. Rather, to realize her birthright she was obliged to take risks and question injustice for a universal common good, striving toward an increasingly elusive point of community perfection and never entertaining rest or release.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Supervision |
Gwendolyn Cartledge, PhD, is professor emerita at The Ohio State University, College of Education and Human Ecology. She began her career as a preschool and elementary public school teacher, continuing with youth with learning and behavior disorders, but she taught most extensively in higher education. Her professional research and writings center on the social and academic skills of children with and without disabilities, particularly those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. She has extensively researched social development and literacy interventions for these populations, as documented in over one hundred publications, including four books and four curricula on behavioral and literacy approaches. Gwen’s fifth book, There’s More to the Story: Using Literature to Teach Diversity and Social-Emotional Skills in the Elementary Classroom, is currently being published by Solution Tree to be available beginning 2022.Over the course of her career, Gwen has supported her research and writings through competitive national and local grants, she has lectured extensively at local, national, and international forums and meetings, and has maintained membership in numerous educational and behavioral professional organizations. Among her various awards, Gwen was recognized for Leadership and Distinguished Service by her state professional organization in 1996, received the Distinguished Teaching Award from The Ohio State University in 2003, received the Educator of the Year Award from the Ohio Council for Exceptional Children in 2006 and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010. Gwen earned undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in education from The Ohio State University.
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