The relationship between applied behavior analysis and the LGBTQ+ community is one of the most ethically significant topics facing the field today. This course, presented by Daniel Conine, examines the historical harms caused by conversion therapy, the role that behavior analysts played in those harms, and the urgent need for the field to adopt LGBTQ+-affirming practices in both research and clinical work.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Georgia Association for Behavior Analysis
Take This Course →Including ethics, supervision, and topics like this one. New live CEU every Wednesday.
Join Free →As behavior analysts, we are charged by our ethics code to treat all persons with compassion, dignity, and respect, and without discrimination regarding personal factors including gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Unfortunately, there are historical ties between applied behavior analysis and harms toward LGBTQ+ people, most notably in the form of conversion therapy. Conversion therapy refers to any practice intended to alter a person's sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, or any combination thereof. Such practices are widely discredited, and associated with substantial risks and harms to LGBTQ+ people. This presentation will provide an overview of these historical connections, and why it's important that behavior analysts today are informed about them. The talk will also call for action across a number of important areas where behavior analysts in research and practice alike can take positive, proactive steps to support and advocate for LGBTQ+ people.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Ethics |
Daniel Conine is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and an assistant professor in the Department of Learning Sciences. He conducts research on behavior-analytic interventions for individuals with autism, with an emphasis on skill acquisition and verbal behavior. His research focuses on improving the efficiency of intervention by targeting behavioral cusps, incorporating preference and reinforcer assessments, and studying strategies that promote generalization, maintenance and emergent learning.Conine received his doctorate and master’s degrees in psychology from the University of Florida and his bachelor’s degree from Denison University. He has worked in a variety of clinical and research contexts throughout his career, providing behavior-analytic services to children and their families, including early intervention, the treatment of severe problem behavior and caregiver training. He has published research in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis in Practice, the Journal of Behavioral Education and The Analysis of Verbal Behavior.
All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.