1. Addressing Effectiveness and Contextual/Cultural Fit in Behavior Support to Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities


    Behavior analysts providing positive behavior support services to families of children with developmental disabilities face challenges as they seek to achieve a central aim of applied behavior analysis: Promoting socially significant improvements in child behavior and child and family quality of life that maintain over time and generalize across family settings.

    The diversity of families in regard to family systems and cultural and linguistic backgrounds can make achievement of these aims daunting.  Dr. Lucyshyn will describe efforts to address these challenges through the empirical development of family centered positive behavior support (FCPBS). Within this effort, a core scientific question addressed has been, ‘What are necessary and sufficient conditions for the design of survivable interventions in family contexts; that is, interventions that are effective, acceptable, meaningful, feasible, durable and sustainable?’

    Key features of the approach that have been associated with survivable interventions across a diversity of families will be described and illustrated. Key insights related to promoting effectiveness and contextual/cultural fit will be discussed.  Brief online activities will provide opportunities to integrate these insights into one’s practice. Assessment tools designed to nurture parent-professional partnership, enhance functional assessment results, and contribute to the design of contextually and culturally appropriate behavior support plans will be shared.

    Learning Objectives - Part 1

    1. Define survivable interventions and understand the importance of collaborating with families to design behavior support plans that are survivable in family contexts
    2. Define three theories that form the foundation of family centered positive behavior support (FCPBS), and that contribute to the design of survivable interventions.
    3. Describe six qualities that characterize a collaborative partnership between families and professionals

    Learning Objectives - Part 2

    1. Understand and describe the value of adding to a functional assessment an assessment of parent-child interaction patterns that hinder or promote child development.
    2. Understand the importance of using a cultural assessment tool to design a culturally responsive process of positive behavior support
    3. Understand the difference between an empowerment approach to parent education and training and an expert model parent education and training.

About the Presenter

Joe Lucyshyn
Joseph Lucyshyn is an Associate Professor and BCBA-D in the Faculty of Education at University of British Columbia. Dr. Lucyshyn has extensive experience working in collaboration with families and professionals to develop and implement positive behavior support plans in home and community settings for children with developmental disabilities who engage in severe problem behavior. He has authored publications in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Child and Family Studies, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, and is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support. From 2004 and 2010, he served as Principal Investigator of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded longitudinal study entitled Transforming Coercive Processes in Family Routines. From 2011 to 2017, Dr. Lucyshyn was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS) and served as Co-Chair of the Dissemination Committee and the International Workgroup. His current research focuses on a secondary prevention, group parent training approach to family centered positive behavior support (FCPBS), and on culturally responsive, FCPBS services with families of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Anonymous

I thought the information was great however the audio was not.

Anonymous

Great! I liked the video and all of your insight. Glad you’re feeling better.

Anonymous

I want to know more! This topic should be in the course sequence

Tina S.

Dr. Joe was amazing; very knowledgeable, many experiences and by far a man who loves what he does. I appreciated his detailed sharing of research data and the videos of the family definitely gave me a better sense of where to go. Thank you and I do hope we can implement what I have learned here in our community in Mexico.

Mdmcgx

I've watched almost 20 hours of videos on Behavior University so far, and have increasingly enjoyed almost every single presentation. I am currently managing the student internship program at my company and I am extremely excited to use this presentation to teach our future BCBAs the "bigger picture" so-to-speak. Thank you so much for crafting each course for regular ole' behavior analysts like me!

Craig L.

This strong presentation reminds us that we need to change some of our traditional relationships and interactions with our clients in order for our interventions to survive in our absence.

Anonymous

This was a great introduction to a framework for parent training that focuses on collaboration and I very much appreciated the empowerment of families and the breakdown of how to develop a partnership with families so that THEY know they can implement these interventions without us.

Course information

  • Title: Building Survivable Interventions in Family Contexts Part 1
  • Presenter: Joe Lucyshyn Ph.D., BCBA-D
  • CEUs: 2 Learning
  • Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes
  • Customer Rating: (271)
$39.00

Product Reviews