BehaviorSelf: BA without the BS

Welcome back! This week we dish about aspects of the self seen within behavior analysis! Tune in for self-awareness, self-control, self-management, and self-reinforcment. Further, we sprinkled in some of our interventions and some studying tips for any big exams heading your way!

Welcome back! This week, we discuss our high-performers - why we take more on our plate, how to start saying no, and how to set yourself up for success in the future! Too often high performers do not contact reinforcement and get burnt out. Let's figure out how to help and appreciate ALL of our employees and set them (or ourselves) up for success!

*Disclaimer: Mary mentioned job tasks of CEOs vs. employees who are in different positions and wants to clarify that ALL roles in an organization require an equitable amount of effort and are vital to an organization's success. That being said, individuals in more direct care/front-line roles tend to have less flexibility compared to managers and leaders, due to how an organization is structured.

Welcome back! This week we talk about the behaviors of educators! First, we discuss some of the characteristics and behaviors of educators we enjoyed (and ones we didn't) before we dive into some specific core aspects of education. We first discuss approaching students as humans, Bloom's Taxonomy, and feedback! These can be across instruction forms whether in the classroom, the clinic, or for a CEU.

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Welcome back! Join us this week as we discuss some of the cool interventions that have taken place in hospital settings by those in behavior analysis! We are confident at least one of these studies will be new to you!

Babcock, R. A., Sulzer‐Azaroff, B., Sanderson, M., & Scibak, J. (1992). Increasing nurses' use of feedback to promote infection-control practices in a head-injury treatment center. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25(3), 621-627. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1992.25-621

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Kelley, D. P., & Gravina, N. (2018). Every minute counts: Using process improvement and performance feedback to improve patient flow in an emergency department. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 38(2–3), 234–243. https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2017.1423150

Nielsen, D., Sigurdsson, S. O., & Austin, J. (2009). Preventing back injuries in hospital settings: The effects of video modeling on safe patient lifting by nurses. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42(3), 551-561. https://doi.org/10.1901%2Fjaba.2009.42-551

Stephens, S. D., & Ludwig, T. D. (2005). Improving anesthesia nurse compliance with universal precautions using group goals and public feedback. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 25(2), 37-71. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1300/J075v25n02_02

Welcome back! This week we discuss soft skills and the benefit they can have in communication, leadership, and overall, coming across as the person and professional you would like to be. Behavior analysis is a superpower from our interventions to verbal behavior to our microfacial behaviors. Let's use what we know to our success!

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Welcome back! This week, we are discussing our coined term: burnover! Burnout is prevalent in health and human sectors, like behavior analysis. Burnout is an indicator for turnover taking place down the line. Turnover can lead to companies losing money in their replacement of roles. If organizations want to help their bottom line financially, they need to take care of the well-being of their employees first!

References!

Plantiveau, C., Dounavi, K., & Virués-Ortega, J. (2018). High levels of burnout among early-career board certified behavior analysts with low collegial support in the work environment. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 19, 195-207, https://doi.org/10.1080/15021149.2018.1438339

Slowiak, J.M., & Jay, G.M. (2023). Burnout among behavior analysts in times of crisis: The roles of work demands, professional social support, and psychological flexibility. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2023.102185

Sundberg, D. P. (2016). Why people quit your company and how behavior analysis can slow the revolving door at ABA service providers. Pompano Beach, FL: Behavioral Science in the 21st century.

Welcome back! This week we discuss the secret of doing more: doing less. This can be done by prioritizing what is important - both at work, and you as an individual! You are the most important. If you do not take care of yourself, you will burn out when taking care of others. You deserve rest, both physically and mentally. In order to keep doing the work we do, we need to take care of ourselves too. By taking time to treat yourself during your "life time" you can also become a more effective worker during "work time." While at work, prioritize important tasks above thankless ones.

Work-life balance is a difficult task. Take it one step at a time!

Welcome back! As we are deep in January, we thought it would be smart to cover some tips and tricks to get us through these cold winter months. Gab with us over winter hacks and how to make the drab into a glimmer!

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Welcome back and Happy New Year! Did you miss us? We missed you! We hope you enjoyed your holiday break and received ample reinforcement. As an opener for the year, we are talking about New Year Resolutions, in other words, goals! We will discuss what makes a good goal, how to stick with a goal, and share some of our goals with you. We are excited to be back with you in Season 3!

Task Enjoyment Motivation Protocol TEMP scale

Green, C. W., Reid, D. H., Passante, S., & Canipe, V. (2008). Changing less-preferred duties to more-preferred: A potential strategy for improving supervisor work enjoyment. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 28(2), 90-109.

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Welcome back and happy holidays! This week we are keeping it merry and bright and breaking down behavioral patterns in Hallmark films. We light up the common participants, settings, methods, and results, and then cozy up with some of our limitations and future directions. Grab a hot cocoa and join us!

This is our final episode for this season. Tune in with the New Year as we dive into goals!