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Overtime. Pushing for a spot on the team. Gotta make the billable hours. No Pain, No Gain. Have to make the grade. These behaviors may ring too true for many, and they come with potentially fantastic reinforcers but how costly are these behaviors in the long run? It’s not uncommon these behaviors can signal burnout is on the horizon. And that’s ok. It’s understandable! Behavior is a product ...
Ep46 46 Feeling a Little Crispy or Overcooked? Investigating Burnout with Dr. Julie Slowia
Dec 30, 2022
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"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being." - Oscar Wilde There’s been a lot of discussion about empathy and compassion when it comes to providing behavior analytic services. Sometimes professionals get so caught up in the science they miss some of the more engagi...
Ep42 Unmasking Through Theatre with Sarah Duc
Nov 08, 2022
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While many practicing in the field of behavior analysis would like to believe the general populace has an accurate understanding of the science, it can’t be ignore that quite the opposite is true. Spend a few minutes googling “ABA” and one can find there is a plethora of misinformation and misunderstandings about the application of behavior analysis. And while the first reaction may be...
Ep39 “‘ABA’ -- You keep using this term. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
Nov 02, 2022
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While there is plenty of discussion about the increase in autism diagnoses during the current and recent generation, we cannot forget there’s a generation of individuals, particularly female, who were overlooked. Depending on when a person receives a diagnosis, the changes and opportunities for an individual shift. In this LIVE talk, we meet with Sarah, who received her diagnosis of autism later...
Ep38 Battling Diagnostic Stigmas- A Discussion with Sarah Alford
Nov 02, 2022
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During this year, we are trying to talk less and listen more. In this LIVE talk, we meet with Nyetta to learn from her experiences as an African American woman, behavior analyst, and mother as she navigates the many, layered complexities of the educational and medical system for herself and family. Nyetta is a self-diagnosed Autistic and during the talk she unpacks the barriers she has faced while...
Ep37 Navigating Systems and Intersectionality with Nyetta Abernathy
Nov 02, 2022
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There was a lot of discussion in the chat during our previous LIVE Assent and Consent talk so we wanted to take some time to address those comments and questions. In this follow-up, we meet again with Nyetta, Jennifer, Sarah, Summer, and introducing Treichae, to talk more in depth about specific aspects of consent, token economies, and generalized compliance issues. Again, disclaimer, some of the ...
Ep25 Non-Compliance Doesn’t Mean Defiance- Assent, Consent FollowUp (ethics)
Apr 13, 2022
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In this part of our Behavioral Babel Fish series, I meet with Marc Charbonnet to learn about cognitive behavioral therapy and its various applications. As we talk, I tune my babel fish to pass the information through my behavior analytic filter and discover some interesting parallels to various parts of our field. Even though we use different terminology and language, we all strive to achieve the ...
Ep9: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy through a Behavior Analytic Lens
Dec 23, 2021
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In this episode of the Atypical Behavior Analyst, we venture inwards to discuss self-awareness. We begin by stating what it is and reviewing the potential benefits to the service provider, clients, and their stakeholders. We then provide you with information on how to increase self-awareness, to include how that can be done in a behavior analytic manner. In an effort to fine-tune the work that we ...
Ep7: The Behavior Analytic Elements of Self-Awareness
Dec 22, 2021
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