Behavior analysis has always had an implicit commitment to the wellbeing of practitioners, but the mechanisms by which that wellbeing is supported have historically received less systematic attention than the mechanisms by which client behavior is changed. As the field has expanded its account of human behavior to encompass complex repertoires of language and cognition, including the relational framing processes central to Relational Frame Theory, new conceptual tools have become available for understanding and promoting practitioner resilience.
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Join Free →Behavior analysis has, for more than 60 years now, had a focus on patient-centered care, and this philosophical perspective (see Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968) accounts for much of the success of our science and practice, to be sure. As the science of ABA has evolved to account for more complex repertoires of behavior (e.g., advanced language and cognition), so too must the aperture of our analyses relative to behavioral phenomena (e.g., covert verbal behavior and compassion). To that end, the current talk aims to afford researchers and clinicians an ACT-based model by which clinical resilience may be concurrently occasioned by behavior like self-care, compassion, and the self-awareness in that asking for help (broadly defined) may be relationally reframed to evidence a sign of strength in the challenging yet critical work we are so fortunate to do.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
Dr. Adam D. Hahs is the Chief Clinical Officer at Caravel Autism Health. He is the former Director of the Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis program in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University and former Chief Science Officer at Hopebridge Autism Therapy Centers. He earned his doctoral degree from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale where his where his research foci were language generativity, complex human behavior, high-risk behavior assessment/reduction, and clinical behavior analysis with individuals with autism and related developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, and addiction. Most recently, he received a certificate from Harvard University in Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Hahs was a Missouri Association for Behavior Analysis Board member for 3 years prior to moving to Arizona, and he was President for the Arizona Association for Behavior Analysis. He is on the Editorial Board of Behavior Analysis in Practice and serves as a guest reviewer for the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science and Behavioral Interventions. He sits on the CASP AI/ML workgroup to author guidelines for thoughtful AI integration into ABA. Dr. Hahs has dedicated over 20 years to supporting and training others in a variety of settings via behavior analytic methods, and he views behavior analysis as science capable of facilitating widespread, societal change.
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