Various Applications of Behavioral Skills Training belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter adult services and community participation. In Various Applications of Behavioral Skills Training, for this course, the practical stakes show up in feasible school-based support, stronger collaboration, and better student participation, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →This symposium will involve four presentations on recent research evaluating behavioral skills training (BST) to teach a variety of skills across different populations. The first presenter will present her study evaluating BST to teach children with food allergies to ask adults if their specific allergen is within presented foods. The second presenter will present her study evaluating an online website to train undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory behavior analysis course to implement BST to teach medication safety skills to confederates. The third presenter will present her study evaluating BST and shaping on high school musicians scale performance. Finally, the last presenter will present his study evaluating BST to teach salsa dancing skills to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. With some modifications, BST was effective at teaching these diverse skills. This symposium will describe the variations in the applications of BST evaluated within each of these studies.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
| COA | 1.5 | — |
| FL MH/PSY | 0 | — |
Keynote Presenter: Dr. Raymond Miltenberger, PhD, BCBA-DRaymond G. Miltenberger, Ph.D., BCBA-D, is a Professor of Child and Family Studies and the Director of the Applied Behavior Analysis Program at the University of South Florida. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Western Michigan University. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science. His research focuses on behavioral approaches for teaching safety skills, increasing physical activity, and enhancing sports performance. He has published over 300 journal articles and chapters and has written a behavior modification textbook, now in its 7th edition and published in six languages. Dr. Miltenberger has received numerous teaching and research awards including the APA Division 25 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Behavioral Research, the ABAI Outstanding Mentorship Award, and the FABA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Behavior Analysis.
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