Podcast: Showing Compassion Toward Parents
When behavior analysts interact with families, it important that they take their perspective. When you take the family members’ perspectives, you are better able to interact with them in way that shows compassion. Compassionate care is receiving more attention in clinical practice and in ABA literature. There are many benefits to taking a compassionate care approach. Participants will identify behaviors associated with compassionate care and strategies and describe how to implement them in various circumstances.
When behavior analysts interact with families, it important that they take their perspective. When you take the family members’ perspectives, you are better able to interact with them in way that shows compassion. Compassionate care is receiving more attention in clinical practice and in ABA literature. There are many benefits to taking a compassionate care approach. Participants will identify behaviors associated with compassionate care and strategies and describe how to implement them in various circumstances.
Behavior Analyst Certification Board
This course is designed to meet CE requirements as outlined by the BACB.
CEU Type: Learning
Discuss the importance of interacting with parents using a compassionate approach.
Identify behaviors associated with a compassionate approach toward parents.
Describe how to ensure that supervisees take a compassionate approach when interacting with parents.
Outline:
Introduction (0:00)
The Experience of Working with Families (1:28)
Importance of Humility (2:55)
True Collaboration, Back in the Day (3:13)
The Value of Rapport (5:10)
The Impact of the Compassionate Care Movement on ABA (7:00)
Assent is Now Front and Center (9:32)
Bring on the Fun (10:34)
Behaving as Though You Are on Television (13:07)
The Impact of Adverse Experiences (14:35)
Screening for Trauma at Intake (16:42)
Empowering Families by Listening to Them (17:34)
Tools and Strategies (20:59)
Meeting Families Where They Are (24:05)
Behaviors that Communicate Compassion (28:04)
Adjusting Your Communication to Meet Families’ Needs (30:41)
Gabi Morgan, Ph.D., BCBA-D is an Assistant Professor in Applied Behavior Analysis at Bay Path University. She received her Doctorate in ABA from Endicott College where her research focused on using time-based schedules to prevent challenging behavior in preschoolers with backgrounds of traumatic events. Over the last 25 years, she has sought to expand her knowledge and practice of ABA in her work with children of all ages and skill levels, their families, and in the training of others in ABA. She is dedicated to the dissemination of ABA and in guiding students of behavior analysis toward meaningful careers and a deeper understanding of the science of behavior.Writer: Rhonda Davin, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Dr. Rhonda Davin is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst with over 25 years of experience in the fields of developmental disabilities and autism. She has served the field as a teacher, college professor, consultant, and expert witness. She started Behavior Consulting Services which provided direct behavior analytic services to children with autism and their families. She has supervised and mentored several behavior analysts and service providers currently practicing in the field today. Dr. Davin has also provided technical assistance for large-scale organizational change efforts in the area of Positive Behavior Supports.
The target audience for this course is: Behavioral Analyst; in the following settings: Intellectual Developmental Disabilities.
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