The Effects of a Supportive Communication Training Workshop on the Verbal Behavior of Behavior Analysts

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zainab D. Blell ◽  
Shahla Alai-Rosales ◽  
Jesus Rosales-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Behavior ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Training Workshop ◽  
Supportive Communication ◽  
Behavior Analysts

Delivering Interventions Via Telehealth: Functional Communication Training with a Child with Autism as a Case Example

2020 ◽  
pp. 154079692098045
Author(s):  
Matthew J. O’Brien ◽  
Kelly M. Schieltz ◽  
Wendy K. Berg ◽  
Jennifer J. McComas ◽  
David P. Wacker
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Adaptive Behavior ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Widespread Application ◽  
Behavior Analysts

In this article, we provide a case example of how telehealth can be used by care providers in their homes to access empirically validated procedures such as functional communication training. As shown in the case example, complex assessment and intervention procedures were implemented successfully by care providers in their homes while receiving real-time coaching by behavior analysts who were located in a hospital in a different city. This case example is representative of the results we obtained thus far; substantial improvements in challenging and adaptive behavior occurred. Given these results obtained to date with telehealth, in terms of both outcomes of interventions and rated acceptability of the procedures by care providers, further and more widespread application of telehealth is warranted.

scholarly journals The Effects of Bug-in-Ear Coaching on Pre-Service Behavior Analysts’ Use of Functional Communication Training

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Artman-Meeker ◽  
Nancy Rosenberg ◽  
Natalie Badgett ◽  
Xueyan Yang ◽  
Ashley Penney
Keyword(s):  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Behavior Analysts ◽  
Service Behavior

Consequences of the functional interpretations of psychological terms

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Angelo Strapasson ◽  
Kester Carrara ◽  
Jair Lopes Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Behavior ◽  
Behavior Analysis ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Specific Kind ◽  
The Past ◽  
Behavior Analysts ◽  
Operational Interpretation

The Behavior Analysis (BA) has benefited in the past and continues to benefit from a specific kind of operational interpretations of terms/expressions developed in other systems of Psychology and similar areas. The Skinnerian model of the operational interpretation of terms of other theories consists of the analysis of the context where theoreticians and researchers emit the analyzed terms/expressions. Therefore, these interpretations are analysis of the verbal behavior of psychologists. Innumerable examples of this practice can be found in the workmanship of Skinner and are recurrent in diverse periodics of the BA. In this article we argue the implications of these analyses for the survival of the BA as a cultural practice, for the conceptual, theoretical, and technological perfectioning of the BA and for teaching BA. Based on these analyses, it can be argued that the interpretation of terms of other theories should be considered an important program of research and should receive greater attention from the behavior analysts.

scholarly journals Developing and pilot testing a frailty-focused education and communication training workshop

2021 ◽  
pp. 100013
Author(s):  
Sally Miller ◽  
Deborah A. Lee ◽  
Sylvie Muhimpundu ◽  
Cathy A. Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
Communication Training ◽  
Training Workshop ◽  
Pilot Testing

Determining Emotional Tone and Verbal Behavior in Patients With Tinnitus and Hyperacusis: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 660-672
Author(s):  
Suzanne H. Kimball ◽  
Toby Hamilton ◽  
Erin Benear ◽  
Jonathan Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Verbal Behavior ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Emotional Tone ◽  
Explanatory Mixed Methods ◽  
Quantitative Results

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the emotional tone and verbal behavior of social media users who self-identified as having tinnitus and/or hyperacusis that caused self-described negative consequences on daily life or health. Research Design and Method An explanatory mixed-methods design was utilized. Two hundred “initial” and 200 “reply” Facebook posts were collected from members of a tinnitus group and a hyperacusis group. Data were analyzed via the LIWC 2015 software program and compared to typical bloggers. As this was an explanatory mixed-methods study, we used qualitative thematic analyses to explain, interpret, and illustrate the quantitative results. Results Overall, quantitative results indicated lower overall emotional tone for all categories (tinnitus and hyperacusis, initial and reply), which was mostly influenced by higher negative emotion. Higher levels of authenticity or truth were found in the hyperacusis sample but not in the tinnitus sample. Lower levels of clout (social standing) were indicated in all groups, and a lower level of analytical thinking style (concepts and complex categories rather than narratives) was found in the hyperacusis sample. Additional analysis of the language indicated higher levels of sadness and anxiety in all groups and lower levels of anger, particularly for initial replies. These data support prior findings indicating higher levels of anxiety and depression in this patient population based on the actual words in blog posts and not from self-report questionnaires. Qualitative results identified 3 major themes from both the tinnitus and hyperacusis texts: suffering, negative emotional tone, and coping strategies. Conclusions Results from this study suggest support for the predominant clinical view that patients with tinnitus and hyperacusis have higher levels of anxiety and depression than the general population. The extent of the suffering described and patterns of coping strategies suggest clinical practice patterns and the need for research in implementing improved practice plans.

Clinical Decision-Making for Stroke and Aphasia in the Older Adult

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Hinckley
Keyword(s):  
Executive Function ◽  
Cerebrovascular Disease ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Cognitive Profile ◽  
Focal Lesion ◽  
Cognitive Profiles ◽  
Supportive Communication ◽  
Spaced Retrieval

Abstract A patient with aphasia that is uncomplicated by other cognitive abilities will usually show a primary impairment of language. The frequency of additional cognitive impairments associated with cerebrovascular disease, multiple (silent or diagnosed) infarcts, or dementia increases with age and can complicate a single focal lesion that produces aphasia. The typical cognitive profiles of vascular dementia or dementia due to cerebrovascular disease may differ from the cognitive profile of patients with Alzheimer's dementia. In order to complete effective treatment selection, clinicians must know the cognitive profile of the patient and choose treatments accordingly. When attention, memory, and executive function are relatively preserved, strategy-based and conversation-based interventions provide the best choices to target personally relevant communication abilities. Examples of treatments in this category include PACE and Response Elaboration Training. When patients with aphasia have co-occurring episodic memory or executive function impairments, treatments that rely less on these abilities should be selected. Examples of treatments that fit these selection criteria include spaced retrieval and errorless learning. Finally, training caregivers in the use of supportive communication strategies is helpful to patients with aphasia, with or without additional cognitive complications.

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