Oct 19-21 Greg Hanley: A Compassionate and Collaborative Approach for Improving Relationships and Behaviour
Presented by
Gregory Hanley, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA
In-person Dates: Thursday, October 19,
Friday, October 20 & Saturday, October 21, 2023
Location: Vancouver, BC
Webinar: Friday, February 16, 2024
Join Gregory Hanley, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA for a three-day workshop exploring a compassionate and collaborative and trauma-assumed version of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for improving relationships and behavior. Upon completion of the three-day workshop, join a community of practitioners to support each other through the process, and attend the Treatment Extension: Skill-Based Treatment (SBT) Generalization & Maintenance webinar.
Suitable for those familiar with the principles of behavior analysis. Including Board Certified Behavior Analysts and related service providers, educators and team members (e.g., parents/guardians, Occupational Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists).
Participants should plan to attend all three days for the full training, as well as the virtual maintenance and generalization webinar.
Today’s ABA: A Compassionate and Collaborative Approach for Improving Relationships and Behavior
Through lecture, interactive discussion, and application exercises, the latest iteration of the practical functional assessment process will be conveyed. The procedures for maximizing the safety, televisibility, and shared rapport of the process will be emphasized. The effective and parent-validated treatment process will then be described. Teaching contextually appropriate behavior following the shaping of communication and toleration repertoires will be described in detail. The relevance of several choice models for further minimizing risks and expanding the practitioner’s scope of practice will also be reviewed.
About the Presenter
Dr. Hanley has been applying the principles of learning to improve socially important behaviors of children and adults with and without disabilities for 30 years. He started in direct care and management roles in Intermediate Care Facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (1990-1994), worked on the Neurobehavioral Unit at the Kennedy Krieger Institute (1994-1997), was degreed at the University of Florida (2001), was tenured at the University of Kansas (2006), and developed and directed the Behavior Analysis Doctoral Program and Life Skills Clinic at Western New England University (WNEU; 2007-2019).
Dr. Hanley is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Div. 25), past Associate Editor of The Behavior Analyst, and past Editor of Behavior Analysis in Practice and of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. He has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters primarily focused on the assessment, treatment, and prevention of problem behavior and sleep problems, teaching strategies for developing life skills, and empirically-derived values for practitioners.
Dr. Hanley currently advises doctoral candidates as a Research Professor at Western New England University, and serves as an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Hanley leads FTF Behavioral Consulting, the international training and consulting group based in Worcester, Massachusetts.
