A Unique Approach for Staff Development: Apollo Case Study Series 4

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Matt Cicoria

Science, Mental Health, Skinner, Behaviorism, Behaviorconsultant, Aba, Behavioralpsychology, Health & Fitness, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy, Fba, Social Sciences, Verbalbehavior, Bcba, Functionalassessment, Discretetrial

4.8 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In the fourth installment of the Apollo Case Study Series, Dr. Jim Moore and I are joined by his fellow Apollo clinician, Jennifer Freedman. Jen is a newer BCBA, and we spent most of this episode talking about the advanced training and professional development she's received while working in Apollo's unique clinical model.

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In particular, here are just a few of the topics we covered in this wide-ranging conversation:

How Jennifer learned advanced skills in the staff development practices at Apollo
A review of the case of Jennifer's biggest success at Apollo
The importance and utility of using universal behavior management protocols
How Jennifer learned to use Relational Frame Theory concepts in her practice
How to help learners who hit seemingly have hit developmental plateaus
The role that various assessment and curricula have at Apollo (PEAK, EFL, VB-MAPP, etc...)
How to communicate successful outcomes to funding sources
How Jennifer learned to incorporate ACTraining in clinical practice
Ways in which the clinical approach at Apollo is responsive to many current critiques of ABA
Jim's critique of current social skills training approaches, and how he looks at it differentlyA Unique Approach for Staff Development

As always, huge thanks to Kim Dean, Jim Moore, and everyone else at Apollo Behavior for bringing this case study series to you commercial free. Please take a minute to check Apollo out, either at their website, or on social media.

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

Apollo Behavior (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn)
PEAK Materials (FYI: no sponsored relationship... Mark, you're welcome
Emergent Learning Academy (PEAK and AIM Training Resources)
A handful of ACT CEUs here (see Sessions 6, 14, 50, and 92)
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life (note: Amazon affiliate link)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the behavioral observations podcast, stimulating talk for today's behavior
0:14.0	analysts.
0:15.4	Now here's your host, Matt Sequoria.
0:18.8	Hey, everyone.
0:19.3	Welcome to the Apollo case study series.
0:22.3	We're at number four.
0:24.1	It's amazing.
0:25.1	This has been a fun project.
0:26.8	I'm joined, as always, for the Apollo case study series by my good buddy, Dr. Jim Moore.
0:31.7	And we have a very special guest joining us as well, Jen Friedman.
0:36.3	And so, Jim, I'm, well, we're going to start by getting, you know, Jen a little bit, certainly.
0:42.8	And then I'm going to hand over the reins to you because this is something, this is the,
0:47.2	the concept of this show is kind of near and dear to your heart.
0:49.9	And I, you guys are closest to the ground on what we're going to talk about so I have the enviable
0:56.9	position of being a an audience member essentially I might I shouldn't say I might I'll probably
1:03.0	jump in here and there let's be honest guys but but for the most part I'm looking forward to hearing
1:10.3	what you guys have to say.
1:12.2	And before we get in the conversation itself, for those listening along, I just want to thank Apollo Behavior for putting this case study series together.
1:22.9	It's been something that I've learned a lot from.
1:24.9	The feedback that I've been getting from listeners has been
1:28.3	really good as well. So if people seem to be responding to this, really practitioner-focused
1:33.2	information that I think every day BCBAs can relate to, if people want to know more about Apollo,
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