Dr. Shane Spiker joins the Cooperant team to discuss crisis intervention in adult behavior analytic services.

Cooperant Learning is a project of Sparks Behavioral Services. See more at https://www.sparksbehavioralservices.com. 

Serving across the state of Michigan, Sparks uses behavioral science to improve the lives of the people we work with, regardless of the nature or severity of their needs. 

Further reading: On the Uncanny Similarities Between Police Brutality and Client Mistreatment (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9744982/)

Liz Elias of Empowered Behavior Collective (https://www.empoweredbehaviorcollective.com) joined us to discuss supervision, supervised fieldwork hours, mentorship, and other topics in behavior analysis and adult services.

Liz is an independent BCBA who resides and practices in West Michigan. Through her company, Empowered Behavior Collective, Liz provides fieldwork supervision for aspiring behavior analysts and ACT-based services to clients across the lifespan. Liz is the sitting President of the Board of Directors for the ARC of Mid-Michigan and also contracts with her local county to provide support for adults in residential group home settings.

Cooperant Learning is a project of Sparks Behavioral Services (sparksbehavioralservices.com). At SBS, we use behavioral science to improve the lives of those we work with, regardless of the nature or severity of their needs.

Links:

Empowered Behavior Collective: https://www.empoweredbehaviorcollective.com

Cooperant Learning is a project of Sparks Behavioral Services. Find more at https://www.sparksbehavioralservices.com

Behavioral Artistry: Examining the Relationship Between the Interpersonal Skills and Effective Practice Repertoires of Applied Behavior Analysis Practitioners: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC670796

Tyra Sellers*, Emily Patrizi, and Sarah Lichtenberger, authors of the book Daily Ethics: Creating Intentional Practice for Behavior Analysts, join us for episode 3 of our series on behavior analysis, ethics, and recipient rights in adult services.

Links:

Purchase the book: https://abatechnologies.com/products/books/daily-ethics (APBA members can access a code for a 10% discount in the members only discount books section of the website)

Articles:

Guidance or compliance: What makes an ethical behavior analyst? (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6745580/)

The history of the behavior analyst certification board’s ethics codes (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40617-023-00803-2)

Books:

Crucial Conversations (https://a.co/d/cZGXini)

Radical Candor (https://a.co/d/0nisUSE)

Super Communicators (https://a.co/d/ibNoMky)

Nonviolent Communication

Cooperant Learning is a project of Sparks Behavioral Services. Learn more at sparksbehavioralservices.com.

*Disclaimer: The Association of Professional Behavior Analysts (APBA) has not reviewed or approved the content of this presentation. The APBA does not endorse or sponsor and is not otherwise affiliated with this presentation.

Behavior analyst and certified sexuality counselor Nicholas Maio-Aether joins the Cooperant Learning podcast episode number 2 to discuss the topic of sexual autonomy, behavior analysis and working with adult populations. In this episode Nicholas leads us in discussing everything from the history of sexuality and ABA (the good, the bad and the ugly), teaching consent and education and advocacy/recipient rights.

Sparks Behavioral Services: sparksbehavioralservices.com

Cooperant Learning: cooperantlearning.com

Links and further reading:

Strang et al. "They Thought It Was an Obsession": Trajectories and Perspectives of Autistic Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adolescents. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30140984/

George R, Stokes MA. Gender identity and sexual orientation in autism spectrum disorder. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28914080/

Empowered: A Center for Sexuality, LLC: https://www.empoweredcenter.com

On our inaugural episode, we discuss assent and assent-based interventions in behavior analysis as it pertains to treating aberrant behavior in adult populations. We were happy to invite our subject matter expert, Dr. Cody Morris, to explore and discuss this topic.

Some research by Dr. Morris: Morris, C., Oliveira, J. P., Perrin, J., Federico, C. A., & Martasian, P. J. (2024). Toward a further understanding of assent. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 57(2), 304–318.

Morris, C., Detrick, J.J. and Peterson, S.M. (2021), Participant assent in behavior analytic research: Considerations for participants with autism and developmental disabilities. Jnl of Applied Behav Analysis, 54: 1300-1316.

Morris, C., Zarcaro, E.A., Perrin, J. and Ellsworth, M.E. (2024), Discrepancies between treatment preference and effectiveness. Behavioral Interventions, 39: e2057.

For more information about Sparks Behavioral Services, check out http://www.sparksbehavioralservices.com/