Helping professionals across education, psychology, social work, and healthcare frequently enter their fields driven by a genuine desire to alleviate suffering and improve lives. Behavior analysts are no exception.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Women in Behavior Analysis
Take This Course →Including ethics, supervision, and topics like this one. New live CEU every Wednesday.
Join Free →In professions centered around helping others, like education, psychology, social work, and healthcare, there's a hidden challenge known as "compassion fatigue." This is when caring individuals start to become less sensitive and concerned about others' suffering, often feeling overwhelmed or powerless to make a difference. In this session, we will address this issue by uncovering the incredible power that compassion can have when serving others. We will explore how compassion goes beyond just feeling empathy; it can actually drive real change. Our discussion will highlight how combining compassion with a deep understanding of the science of behavior can bring about meaningful transformation and lead to effective and lasting solutions, particularly in social justice issues. This session is designed to motivate and equip behavior analysts with the knowledge that compassion, paired with expertise in the science of behavior, can spark positive change in the lives of others.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Ethics |
| COA | 0 | — |
You earn CEUs from a dozen different places. Upload any certificate — from here, your employer, conferences, wherever — and always know exactly where you stand. Learning, Ethics, Supervision, all handled.
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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.