Provider: BehaviorLive — via Oregon Association for Behavior Analysis
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Join Free →Behavior Analysts know that cusp skills include those such as pointing, walking, and reading, but we often neglect to consider what cusp skills would be after early childhood. Bosch and Fuqua propose that cusp skills should provide access to "new reinforcers, contingencies, and environments, and have social validity, generativeness" (2001). We have an ethical responsibility to program toward the most socially significant skills and contexts a learner will encounter. Therefore, cusp skills could include any skill that would be reinforced by a learner's expanded network. Tolerating stadium lights and crowds becomes a cusp skill for some; sitting at restaurants for extended periods for most; and tolerating health routines and appointments is a cusp for all. The task of assessing and selecting targets with the goal of increasing the learner's quality of life through increased exercise, access to community and social activities, and access to meaningful leisure activities requires careful thought and planning, and attention to the BACB's Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts. The presenters will describe, in detail, how to accomplish this in a home-based, clinic and school setting.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | Ethics |
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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.