What do Atilla the Hun, Notorious B.I.G., and behavior analysis have in common? Tune in to find out! We meet again with our across-the-pond pals to talk about interacting with humans on a less robotic level. For some of us, these skills don’t come easily, and we often fail to realize the power behind our interactions.
Come with us on a reflective journey where we discuss the value of complex internal behaviors and how our intentions may not always hit their mark. We can’t see the galaxy for the stars; we’ve become so focused on goals at hand that we’ve overlooked all the staff, caregivers, and clients behavior that are standing in the way. So buckle in, adjust your ear buds, and prepare for your inflight discussion on the value of evaluating our own public and private behavior and the impact on the work we set out to accomplish.
You can find the episode on your favorite listening platforms or you can listen here: https://atypicalba.com/podcast/ep5-cpp-cg-pt-2-interpersonal/
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe how interpersonal skills can fit in an antecedent-behavior-consequence contingency.
2. Evaluate current professional relationships and consider areas for improvement regarding interpersonal skills.
3. Understand and provide examples on how using interpersonal skills can improve behavior analytic practice and treatment.
4. Create and evaluate different labels for “soft-skills” while consider their topography, function, outcomes, and social validity.
Take Aways- your bite-sized educational noms
• Interpersonal skills are useful additions to your practitioner tool belt and can improve relationships, rapport, and treatment adherence.
• No matter what job you have or position in life, interpersonal/soft skills/non-technical skills will serve you.
• To improve your skills:
- Identify interpersonal skills where you feel you could use improvement.
- Ask a trusted friend, colleague, cohort to give you feedback on the selected behavior.
- Actively practice the skill so they can provide you feedback.
- Make action steps to change interactions based on feedback.
• Actively move the field forward by using and modeling interpersonal skills for others
Worth: 1 Type 2 Learning CE. 0 Ethics, 1 Supervision