During our initial LIVE talk with Dr. Merrill Winston there were several comments and questions in the chat we felt needed to be further addressed. In this “ATBA after dark” follow-up, Merrill addresses the concerns that come with medications being administered for behavior reduction (including challenging and sexual behaviors), tips for collaborating with prescribing professionals, and the importance of objective measurements.
Listen here: https://atypicalba.com/podcast/ep27-medication-aba-follow-up-ethics/
or on your favorite listening platform!
Learning Objectives:
1. The importance of understanding deductive and inductive reasoning when it comes to treatment.
2. Provide ideas on how to collaborate with prescribing physicians, physiatrists.
3. Create behavioural definitions to help collect data on potential medication side effects
4. Understand the expectations of medication- what is it supposed to look like if things go right?
5. Understand the ethical considerations when it comes to “dampening” medications, whether it be aggression, self-injury, sexual behaviors.
Worth 1.5 Learning, 1.5 Ethics CEUs