The work of an ABA practitioner involves an unusual combination of demands: managing challenging behavior that may be physically dangerous, sustaining therapeutic engagement across repetitive instructional cycles, navigating emotionally complex family relationships, meeting documentation requirements under time pressure, and fulfilling supervisory and ethical obligations that require ongoing professional judgment. This combination creates a specific occupational stress profile that calls for more than general wellness advice.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Consultants for Children, Inc.
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Join Free →In this CE, we highlight the importance of self care for ABA professionals. We offer Behavior Analysts some tools and practices drawn from the work of contextual behavior scientists that can promote well-being and resilience. The work of an ABA practitioner involves physically and emotionally challenging situations such as management of extreme or dangerous maladaptive behavior, working in highly stressful environments, time-consuming documentation, and the need to meet the increasing demand of individuals requiring medically necessary ABA services. Training on self-care practices for ABA practitioners will play an instrumental role in helping to maintain a healthy physical and mental state, while supporting continued quality care for patients. Methods for identifying and committing to the value of self-care, acting congruently with personal and professional values across many domains of living, and practicing self-compassion in the process will be reviewed. Learning Objectives 1. Understand how engaging in regular self-care practices is important for well-being and can improve overall job satisfaction, as well as supporting quality care for clients. 2. Explain how using evidence-based behavioral strategies in which various components (e.g., goal setting, self-evaluation, self-monitoring, self-reinforcement, self-instruction) when self-administered, can occasion behavior change in oneself 3. Identify the necessary components of a self management plan, and the application of behavior change tactics to oneself.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Supervision |
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