Previously known as Rants with Justin & Joe, It Has to be Said with Justin & Joe is a monthly podcast during which Justin, Joe, and their guests discuss topics that are pertinent to behavior analysis and intervention for autistics/individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Each episode involves an open and frank discussion about the topic.
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Episode Title: The Artful Practitioner: Behavioral Artistry in ABA
During this episode we chat with Amy Bukszpan. She is currently the National Director of ABA Center Development at Butterfly Effects as well as an adjunct advisor and professor at the Institute for Applied Behavioral Science at Endicott College. Amy’s research focus is on compassionate care and training, focusing on behavioral artistry and rapport building to increase client outcomes, decrease interfering behaviors, and improve job quality for employees. We discuss all things behavioral artistry with Amy. You won’t want to miss this one!
CEU OBJECTIVES:
Listeners will be able to describe some therapeutic skills associated with behavioral artistry.
Listeners will be able to identify at least one method to use to develop behavioral artistry skills.
Listeners will be able to describe some concerns with the absence of behavioral artistry skills as it relates to ABA-based interventions for autistic individuals.
RESOURCES:
Bukszpan, A. R., Anderson, A., Moon, E., Kaplan, A., & Leaf, J. B. (2023). Training behavior technicians to become behavior artists through the teaching interaction procedure. Behavioral Interventions, 38(4), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1963
Callahan, K., Foxx, R. M., Swierczynski, A., Aerts, X., Mehta, S., McComb, M. E., Nichols, S. M., Segal, G., Donald, A., & Sharma, R. (2019). Behavioral artistry: Examining the relationship between the interpersonal skills and effective practice repertoires of applied behavior analysis practitioners. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(9), 3557-3570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04082-1
Foxx, R. M. (1985). The Jack Tizzard memorial lecture: Decreasing behaviours: Clinical, ethical, and environmental issues. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 10, 189–199.
Foxx, R. M. (1998). Twenty-five years of applied behavior analysis: Lessons learned. Discriminanten, 4, 13–31.
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