Meeting Client Needs and Preventing Burnout: Applying Compassionate Care in Service Provision and Self-care matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in supervision meetings, staff training, clinic systems, and performance review. In Meeting Client Needs and Preventing Burnout: Applying Compassionate Care in Service Provision and Self-care, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better performance, lower drift, and more sustainable team development, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Jade Health
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Join Free →Compassionate care is a foundational value of ABA, with connections to social validity, procedural fidelity, and overall client outcomes. There are a variety of component skills under the umbrella of compassionate care, many of which can be defined and taught. It is important to identify the essential elements beyond topographical behaviors, and ensure that such behaviors are delivered in an individually relevant, socially valid, and culturally compassionate manner. Some essential elements include active listening, partnering in intervention, and creating an open and trusting environment. An additional element that has received attention is self-compassion, which includes the evaluation of provider wellness. In developing interpersonal skills which lead to compassionate care for clients, it is critical that service providers acknowledge the many stressors that can lead to burnout and take stock of the resources available to support them. Supervision and organizational support provide the framework for these conversations to occur and for these skills to be developed. A culture of compassion and understanding can lead to clinicians who are supported, invigorated, and poised to guide others. This workshop discusses the importance of developing and maintaining a culture of support and feedback, as well as review specific relationship-building skills that clinicians can integrate immediately into their work.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| QABA | 1 | General |
| IBAO | 1 | — |
| BICC | 0 | — |
Mary Jane Weiss, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LABA is the Dean of Institute for Applied Behavioral Science and Director of the Ph.D. Program in ABA at Endicott College, where she has been for 14 years. She also does research with the team at Melmark. She received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1990. She previously worked for 16 years at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center at Rutgers University. Her interests center on defining best practice and humane ABA techniques, integrating compassionate care and cultural responsiveness into service delivery, enhancing the ethical conduct of practitioners, training staff to be effective at collaboration, and identifying effective instructinal methods in higher education. She is a Fellow of the Association for Behavior Analysis International and serves on the Scientific Council of the Organization for Autism Research, on the board of Association for Science in Autism Treatment, on the editorial board of Behavior Analysis in Practice, on the ABA Ethics Hotline, and as an advisor to the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
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280 research articles with practitioner takeaways
233 research articles with practitioner takeaways
200 research articles with practitioner takeaways
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