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It can be overwhelming for a family when their child receives behavioral services for the first time. In the beginning, much is unknown, and it’s going to take some adjustment.

Dangerous behavior simply can’t be ignored. The person engaging in it is going to either hurt herself or someone else if it continues. Saying that is easy, knowing what to do about it is a rabbit hole. At what point does the behavior become more than “disruptive” and cross the “dangerous” threshold?

The prevalence of burnout varies between work fields. One study found physicians experience burnout at rates of 37.9% and the general population at around 30% (Shanafelt et. al, 2012).

Part 2 - Issues of Multicultural Diversity in the Ethical Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis with Dr. Kim Killu

Your most important role as a supervisor is to get results for your clients, offering them optimal opportunities to improve their quality of life. As experts in the science of behavior analysis, you can get results by maximizing and supporting your most important asset—your people.

Listener skills are a primary focus of intervention for individuals with developmental disabilities. In this course, Dr. Laura Grow describes strategies for effectively teaching listener skills with a specific focus on conditional discrimination procedures. Dr. Grow begins this course by defining listener skills and then describes auditory-visual conditional discrimination contingencies as they appear in clinical settings.

Today we are joined by Dr. Dorothea Lerman, Dr. Sarah Lechago, Dr. Jennifer Fritz as well as two third-year master's students, Mary Signorella & Aunie Abernathy. This program is JAM PACKED and I have learned so much from speaking to this group of amazing women.

Guest Blogger: Frances Torres  

Many applied behavior analysts find themselves in a different world from that in which they were trained. Most are trained by other behavior analysts in programs or even departments where the principal worldview is that of behavior analysis. Fast forward a couple of years (or more) and many of those same people find themselves in multidisciplinary settings, working with people who not only have different specialty areas—for example, medicine, rehabilitation therapy, social work—but, more importantly, a totally different way of looking at problems, both conceptually and methodologically

This month on Thought Leaders, we are joined by Dr. Kent Johnson as he tells us the story of how Morningside came to be. Join us as we go off on some fun tangents and learn all about his life and influences.

We have had our fair share of unique programs, but this is one of the coolest partnerships we have seen! Today we are joined by Dr. Cristin Ketley, Dr. Cathy Scutta, and Dr. Kristina Zaccaria from Clarion University and CLM Center of Excellence. This program is built to train Behavioral Educators. Not sure what that is? We weren't either, but listen and find out!

Learn more about human behavior with Kelly Therrien in a recent interview on Viewpoint with Seeta and Friends from February 2, 2019. 

This month on Thought Leaders, we are back with Dr. Shahla Ala'i-Rosales as she answers the questions, "Where do you see the field going?" and "Where would you like to see the field go?"

A SCIENCE-BASED STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE WORLD THROUGH OUR BEHAVIORS
The Wisdom Factor: Reducing the Control of Bias, Threat, and Fear
while Building a Better World
Alice Darnell Lattal, Ph.D. and Carlos A. Zuluaga, M.S., BCBA