Pairing is a term behavior analysts routinely use when discussing the initiation of therapeutic relationships with clients — the process of associating oneself with valued stimuli and activities so that the practitioner becomes a conditioned reinforcer who facilitates rather than impedes intervention. Anne Denning's presentation applies this same concept to supervision, asking: are we as thoughtful and deliberate about pairing with our supervisees as we expect our supervisees to be about pairing with their clients.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Consultants for Children, Inc.
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Join Free →"Pairing" is a common term that ABA professionals often use to describe the process of building or maintaining rapport with a client, what's important to them, and associating ourselves with things they value. In this training, we will focus on building and maintaining rapport with our supervisees, first by identifying what is important to them and using this to guide our supervisory relationship. We will learn how to use value driven rationales to guide supervisee actions that ensure high-quality services and desired client outcomes. Lastly, we will review how to adjust feedback for each supervisee based on their values, monitor the effects of our feedback, and make adjustments accordingly.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Supervision |
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