Now What?: A Behavior Analyst's First-Year Survival Guide Paperback – April 4, 2024

This isn't your typical professional development book. You won't find a list of learning directives or active student responding opportunities (ASRs). Instead, you'll find journal prompts, jargon crosswords, and scheduling sudoku. Going from a graduate student to an applied behavior analysis (ABA) practitioner can be like jumping into the Arctic Ocean; the shock to the system is overwhelming. The intention of this book is to help you get yourself out of the water and warm up a bit.Now What? combines practical advice with a candid review of the author's early years as a behavior analyst (flubs included) in hopes that you don't feel alone in your missteps, misgivings, and general newness. Written in everyday language, the book is filled with skill-building exercises, activities for unwinding, reusable tools, and opportunities to reflect on your own experiences as they happen. This survival guide walks you throughHow insurance funding works What to document and when Collaborating with other service professionals Dealing with conflict Improving your “bedside” communication Recognizing and managing burnout and feelings of imposter syndrome Squeezing all that and more into a schedule What to do when you inevitably don’t know what to do And more! Read more