Abstract: Following the groundbreaking webinar titled “Training and treating wholeheartedly: Identifying a role for compassion practices in the Compassion is an important aspect of behavior analytic services, especially in working with clients with developmental disabilities. In this webinar, Dr. Thompson, who had devoted much of his career to developing compassion care approach to people with challenging behavior problems explores elements of Compassionate Care and illustrates such services by discussing a series of cases, children to young adults, all of whom have extreme aggression and/or self injurious behavior. In some cases, it is difficult for caregivers to empathize and develop compassionate relation with clients and their families. In all cases, behavior analytic interventions based on Positive Behavior Support models were provided with positive outcomes. Learning Objectives: After viewing this webinar, participants should be able to: Continuing Education: For ABAC’s continuing education approvals statements please view our Continuing Education page 10:00 am: Introduction Dr. Travis Thompson completed a doctorate in psychology with subspecialties in behavior analysis, neuroscience, child psychology and developmental disabilities. He has worked in medical settings as well as psychology departments and behavior analysis clinics most of his career (at Univ of Minnesota, Vanderbilt Univ. and Univ of Kansas Medical Center). As a doctoral student, he completed most of the first year of medical school course work and later directed a psychopharmacology training program at the Univ of Minnesota. He co-directed a major multiple disability research program at Vanderbilt University dealing with genetic contributions to disabilities. He worked in the Pediatric Clinical Neuroscience Autism Clinic at the University of Minnesota and directed a private community based early behavioral intervention program in Minneapolis, MN. His expertise includes working with complex cases of multiplycaused severe behavior challenges in autism and other developmental disabilities. He is a licensed psychologist in Minnesota. Presenter Disclosure Statement: Dr. Thompson is author, co-author and/or editor of books that are mentioned during some of his presentations for ABAC. He receives royalties from the sale of the books. He also receives speaker fees for presenting for ABAC.
profession of behavior analysis” presented by Dr. Bridget Taylor, we partnered with the esteemed Dr. Travis Thompson to continue our exploration into compassion with this two-hour webinar developed specifically for ABAC.
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