People Skills for Behavior Analysts

ISBN-13: 9781032292243 / Twarda / 2023 / 250 str.

Brianna M. Anderson

Opis

People Skills for Behavior Analysts provides a much-needed introduction to the people skills needed to succeed as a behavior analyst.

Spis treści

Part I: Foundational Skills  Chapter 1: Intrapersonal Skills  1.1 The Importance of Intrapersonal Skills for Behavior Analysts  1.2 The Discerning ABA Practitioner  1.3 Self-Care for Behavior Analysts: A guide to eating fewer doughnuts and taking more naps  Chapter 2: Interpersonal Skills  2.1 20 Key Behaviors for Rapport Building  2.2 Cultural Competence in Communication  2.3 A Critical Look at Autism  2.4 Accepting Feedback Makes the World Go ‘Round: From Student to Practitioner  2.5 How to Teach Rapport Building Skills to Behavior Analysts  Chapter 3: Collaboration  3.1 No More “Train And Train More”: A Functional, Contextual Approach to Collaboration with Families  3.2 Playing Nicely in the Interdisciplinary Sandbox: A How to Guide on Effective Collaboration with Various Professionals  3.3 Whose the King of the Castle? Collaborating with Educators and Schools as a Behavior Analyst  3.4 Overcoming the Aversive: Handling Difficult Conversations with Professionalism and Compassion  3.5 Running Efficient and Effective Meetings with Collaboration and Compassion  Part 2: Specialized Skills  Chapter 4: Consultation & Training  4.1 Don’t Blame the Mediator: Keeping Applied Behavior Analysis Doable for Best Possible Outcomes  4.2 Beyond the PowerPoint: Becoming an Engaging Presenter  4.3 Behavior Analyst as Changemaker: Science, Advocacy and Activism in Practice  4.4 Using Movement Education, Motor Learning, and Phenomenology to Inform Teaching Strategies in Other Professional Contexts  Chapter 5: Leadership  
5.1 It’s Not You, It’s Us: Fostering a Behavior Analytical Supervisor/Supervisee Relationship  5.2 People Skills for Behavior Analysis: Putting the Super in Your Supervisory Relationships  5.3 Giving Performance Feedback that Makes a Difference  5.4 Interviewing Strategies: Integrating Practices from Industrial/Organizational Psychology into Behavior Analysis for Successful Hiring  Chapter 6: Innovative, Creative Ways to use ABA  6.1 Making Applied Behavior Analysis Accessible to Consumers  6.2 Telehealth to Implement Applied Behavior Analysis  6.3 You’re on mute! People skills behind the screens and behind the scenes  6.4 Making a Document People will Actually Read  6.5 A Trauma-Informed Approach to Behavior Analysis  6.6 Behavior analysts' skills for co-developing virtual reality game-based technologies as applied behavior analysis programs for autistic adults

O autorze

Carmen Hall, PhD, BCBA-D is an assistant professor in the Master of Professional Education, ABA Program at Western University, a professor in the Autism and Behavioural Science Graduate Certificate at Fanshawe College, and co-owner and Clinical Director of Looking Ahead Clinical Services, delivering ABA services to children, youth, and adults with developmental disabilities and autism in Ontario, Canada.

Kimberly Maich, PhD (Cognition & Learning), OCT, BCBA-D, C Psych is a professor in the Faculty of Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada and an assistant professor (standing appointment) in the Master of Professional Education (ABA) at Western University. She is a certified teacher, board-certified behaviour analyst (doctoral), clinical, school, and registered psychologist, owner of Exceptionally Yours Psychological Services, and co-owner and director of Insight Therapy and Assessment Services, Inc.

Brianna M. Anderson, MPEd, BCBA is a PhD student in the Child and Youth Studies program at Brock University. She is also an instructor in the Master of Professional Education (ABA) Program at Western University and professor in the Autism and Behavioural Science Graduate Certificate at Fanshawe College, Canada. As a SSHRC-funded researcher, Brianna is currently evaluating behaviour-based interventions for addressing obsessive compulsive behaviours in children with developmental disabilities.