Wellbeing at Work: Improving Human Connection in the Workplace belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter home routines, treatment sessions, interdisciplinary consultation, and health-related skill support. In Wellbeing at Work: Improving Human Connection in the Workplace, for this course, the practical stakes show up in safe, humane intervention that respects health variables and daily-life feasibility, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →In 2023, the Surgeon General declared that the United States is facing an epidemic of loneliness (Murthy, 2023). For over two decades, discussions have centered on enhancing social connectedness within our communities to improve the human condition (Putnam, 2000). The workplace serves as a crucial avenue for fostering human connection. When colleagues cultivate positive relationships, job satisfaction improves, engagement rises, productivity escalates, and the workforce experiences improved health (Holt-Lunstad et al., 2015). Given the direct support workforce crises (ANCOR, 2024), workforce wellbeing has become increasingly significant for social service providers. Employees now expect their employers to prioritize their wellbeing; indeed, every employer aims to achieve these outcomes for their workforce. How can we achieve wellbeing and enhanced human connection? This session will showcase examples from three behavior-analytic service organizations that have implemented evidence-based strategies from the science of well-being (Seligman, 2011) to strengthen employee relationships and enhance the human condition. To achieve the best outcomes for our clients, we must ensure our workforce is thriving.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
Dr. Patricia Wright’s commitment to ensuring all autistic individuals have access to effective services and supports has guided her work over the past 30 years, from her earliest responsibilities as a special educator, to state and national-level program management. Patricia has a track record of success working in management at top autism organizations. She was pivotal in the design and transformation of a statewide system of support for children with autism for the state of Hawaii, and she also served in leadership roles for NEXT for Autism and as the National Director of Autism Services for Easterseals. In her current role as the Executive Director of Proof Positive, she collaborates with schools, autism organizations and positive psychology leaders to integrate and expand wellbeing programming for autistic individuals and their communities.Dr. Wright has held advisory roles for a number of professional associations and advocacy groups, including the Organization for Autism Research’s Scientific Council, the Executive Committee for the Friends of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Board of Directors for the Association of Professional Behavior Analysts and the Autism Society Panel of Professional Advisors. She has been asked to provide expert testimony at Congressional Hearings and is a frequent contributor in the media, raising awareness of effective intervention for those living with disabilities.Dr. Wright completed her PhD and Master of Public Health from the University of Hawaii. Her research focuses on the delivery of evidence-based interventions in community based settings and healthcare access for people with disabilities.
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