Applied behavior analysis is a science that has been applied to many areas of human life. Applications within the areas of health and fitness have been studied but are not well-publicized. In addition, a growing interest among behavior analysts exists to expand their scope of competence and practice within a variety of sub-areas that fall within the realm of health and fitness. In this talk, an overview of a number of areas will be provided, including weight management, healthy eating, smoking cessation, exercise and physical activity adherence, and sport-specific skills application.
Learning Objectives
- Identify classical and operant conditioning components of smoking cessation programs.
- Explain why weight is a problematic behavior product and how to select and monitor appropriate diet and exercise-related behaviors when implementing weight management programs.
- Apply behavioral principles when designing exercise and physical activity programs.
- Create task analyses and develop shaping and chaining programs to teach sport-specific physical skills.
About the Presenter
It is actually very interesting topic in a society with bad habits like poor diet and sedentarylife.
I plan to use concepts learned in this course to help me meet my own personal fitness goals. Thanks so much!
Thank you Bobby and Julie for helping spread the application!
As an individual who is BCBA certified, and looking to get into health, sports, and fitness, this webinar was super helpful with regards to research resources and articles to read up on and get more familiar with behavior analysis’ application in the field of HSF, as well as it pertains to resources to begin reaching out to individuals for opportunities for mentorship as supervision in this special interest group!
I am a BCBA and a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Acadamy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and I am so excited to see the two fields coming together and to offer CEU's! Such a great course if you're interested in a healthy lifestyle.
What a breathe of fresh air to apply ABA techniques and terminology to another arena to provide further analysis and skill building.
This course was very specific to the HSF field, but definitely sparked my interest in learning more about it! I have a background in physiology, and am passionate about fitness, so this course was super informative and intersting!
Training was great in the health and fitness journey for others!
Great presentation that was refreshingly different than most ABA topics.
Course information
- Title: ABA Applications for Health and Fitness
- Presenter: Bobby Newman Ph.D, BCBA-D, LBA, Julie Slowiak Ph.D., BCBA-D
- CEUs: 2 Learning
- Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Customer Rating: (626)