The Impossibility of Inclusivity without Social Validity matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in caregiver coaching, home routines, team meetings, and values-sensitive decision making. In The Impossibility of Inclusivity without Social Validity, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better alignment between intervention and the family context in which it must survive, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Hoosier Association for Behavior Analysis
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Join Free →Although behavior analysts have been urged to marry social validity and science in their professional decision-making throughout our history we have failed to put a ring on it. This uncommitted relationship with social validity has led to inadequate client care, problems with retaining highly qualified staff, frustration from parents and other interested parties, and, most recently, a public relations problem. This presentation focuses on creating a sense of belonging that is required to yield real inclusivity. The role clients and interested parties should take in all three dimensions of social validity will be discussed. Examples of how to center decision-making on clients and the people who share their lives to identify socially significant goals, acceptable interventions, and meaningful outcomes will be provided. True inclusion can only be achieved when we move toward authentically meeting the unique cultural needs of clients and interested parties and engendering a sense of belonging for all involved. This presentation is designed to help attendees make a sustained commitment to social validity in their practice.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 0 | — |
Dr. Susan Wilczynski is the Plassman Family Distinguished Professor at Ball State University, a licensed psychologist, and a board-certified behavior analyst. She works to dismantle ableism and other forms of oppression in the practice of behavior analysis and psychology. Susan conducts research on diversity-affirming evidence-based practice and a strengths-based approach to the delivery of an autism diagnosis. Susan is the former Coordinator for the ABAI’s Practice Board, served on their Task Force for the Promotion of Quality and Values-Based ABA and on their Licensing Committee. She previously served as the Executive Director of the National Autism Center, where she chaired the first National Standards Project, the most comprehensive systematic review of its time. She developed the first center-based treatment program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Susan has edited and/or written multiple books including the recently released “A practical guide to finding interventions that work for Autistic people: Diversity-affirming evidence-based practice.” She has published in numerous journals such as Behavior Analysis in Practice, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Psychology in the Schools.
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