15/11/2024
This weekend, Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz will be giving a free lecture as part of the ENBA Days conference.
This conference explores cutting-edge applied behavior analysis interventions and research developed by experts in the field.
Dr. Rosales-Ruiz’s lecture is titled: Understanding reinforcement systems and how they can help accelerate your teaching.
He will be speaking on Saturday, November 16, at 17:30 Zurich time, which is 10:30 am Central time.
Here is the abstract for Dr. Rosales-Ruiz’s talk:
Early behavior analysts who worked in both laboratory and applied settings knew that it was crucial to introduce the learner to their reinforcement procedures before further teaching could take place.
They knew that the learner must understand when reinforcement is available, where to go or what to do to access the reinforcer, how to consume the reinforcer, and how to go back to training after finishing the reinforcer.
Without this foundation, learners are not fully prepared for future learning. Skinner more specifically described reinforcement as a chain of behaviors, rather than as an event, as reinforcement involves a series of actions.
In the context of autism therapy, reinforcement involves the interaction of two organisms, the therapist and child, and these interactions create an interconnected chain of behaviors.
Yet, this chain of interactions is often not explicitly taught, resulting in unwanted behaviors and slower progress for the child.
This presentation will introduce you to the idea of a “reinforcement system” and describe a procedure and data collection system for evaluating reinforcement systems during therapy sessions.
Rebuilding faulty reinforcement systems will help you increase teaching opportunities and accelerate the progress of your learners.
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The ENBA Days conference runs from November 15–18, 2024, and features 20 outstanding speakers. Even better, the whole conference is free.
You can find out more and register by following the QR code in the photo.
