S3E9: Soft Skills: The Case for Compassionate Approaches or How Behavior Analysis Keeps Finding Its Heart with Jessica Rohrer

Jessica Rohrer joins us to talk about her paper, Soft Skills: The Case for Compassionate Approaches or How Behavior Analysis Keeps Finding Its Heart.

Show Notes

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Acknowledgments

Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA

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Assistant Producers

Elizabeth Narvaez

Jesse Perrin

Production Assistants for this Episode

Jacob Oliveira

Biancé Ferrucci

Organizational Support

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Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA

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Music

Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude

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Link to Article

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40617-021-00563-x

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Canon, L.F. & Gould, E.R. (2021). A preliminary analysis of the effects of clicker training and verbal instructions on the acquisition of relationship-building skills in two applied behavior analysis practitioners. Behavior Analysis in Practice. DOI: 10.1007/s40617-021-00555-x

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