About the presentation:
Among other things, leadership involves sharing a vision. For some leaders the inspiration for that vision comes from exposure to a life situation that was powerfully sad. Families in the mid-20th century rearing children with special needs, found the options were limited. The predominant medical model of the time had some of these folks committed to “state hospitals.” Many professionals felt that these children were sick, and they needed to be treated in a place that kept them safe. Many of us who visited or worked in such places saw a problem that needed solving. Some fortunate ones saw a science that could help. The cliches of “circling back” and zooming out” may be tiresome in everyday conversation, in this talk, they will be used to emphasize both the “big picture” and our “historical lessons.”
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to list two reasons why some children with severe behavioral issues were committed to state hospitals in the mid-20th century.
- Participants will be able to list one advantage and one disadvantage of reliance on binary data for complex decision-making in organizations.
- Participants will be able to write a paragraph discussing the pros and potential cons of strict adherence to only using “evidence-based practices”.
About the presenter:
Dr. Holdsambeck is a licensed psychologist and BCBA-D with over 40 years of clinical experience delivering services to people with developmental disabilities, including those on the autism spectrum. He was one of the first people to become certified in behavior analysis (#0007). The company he founded at one point employed over 120 clinicians serving 1000+ individuals annually in California and Hawaii. Previously he served his country as a Captain in the Air Force and his community as a tenured professor of behavior analysis and human sexuality. He was selected as the 2010 distinguished colleague by the Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s Department of Applied Behavior Analysis. In 2011, he received the outstanding service award from the Cambridge Center for his work in bringing evidence-based practices to California. Dr. Holdsambeck is an author and frequent keynote speaker at national and state conferences. His most recent publications are the highly acclaimed books, Behavior Science: Tales of Inspiration, Discovery, and Service (Holdsambeck and Pennypacker Eds., 2017, Volumes I -3 and Omnibus). In addition to the activities mentioned above, Dr. Holdsambeck has served for over a decade as the Executive Director of the prestigious Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies™.