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38th Annual Convention; Seattle, WA; 2012

Workshop Details

Workshop #W39

CE Offered: PSY/BACB

Behavioral Relaxation: Training and Scale

Friday, May 25, 2012

4:00 PM–7:00 PM

202 (Convention Center)

Area: CBM; Domain: Service Delivery

CE Instructor: Victoria Stout Kubal, M.S.

VICTORIA STOUT KUBAL (California State University, Fresno)

Description: Relaxation techniques are an integral part of the successful treatment of those exhibiting anxiety-related, pain-related, and/or anger-related behaviors. The sooner a client learns relaxation and other types of self-control techniques, the safer his/her internal and external environments may become. In addition, due to limitations in funding, providers must often demonstrate that extensive treatment progress has been made within a relatively short period of time. Poppen's (1998) Behavioral Relaxation Scale (BRS) is an assessment tool for measuring the progress of an individual demonstrating the 10 overt relaxed behaviors taught to criterion with Behavioral Relaxation Training (BRT). BRT can be an effective part of treatment for individuals with emotional/mental disorders, hyperactivity, schizophrenia, traumatic brain injury, physical limitations, and/or restricted cognitive/intellectual capabilities. This workshop will provide an opportunity to experience Poppen's (1998) Upright Behavioral Relaxation Training (URT) by means of labeling, modeling, imitation, practice, and corrective feedback. Once workshop participants are proficient in demonstrating URT and can verbally describe these 10 relaxed behaviors and corresponding examples of unrelaxed behaviors, they will be taught how to assess URT using the BRS.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

Position their own bodies in alignment with the 10 overt relaxed behaviors from Upright Behavioral Relaxation Training (URT)

Write a description of each of the 10 overt relaxed behaviors from URT in their own words and provide corresponding examples of unrelaxed behaviors

Give another individual appropriate feedback so that the other individual can correct himself/herself according to the 10 URT postures

Observe, record, and assess another individual's performance of the 10 relaxed behaviors from URT by accurately using the Behavioral Relaxation Scale (BRS)

Activities: Below are the areas and activities involved in this workshop.

Verbal Behavior: Listen to a presentation regarding the physiological effects of relaxation, the history of using relaxation training to treat psychological and physical disorders, and Poppen's (1998) development of Behavioral Relaxation Training (BRT) and the Behavioral Relaxation Scale (BRS).

Labeling and Modeling: View a live demonstration of the 10 postures included in Upright Behavioral Relaxation Training (URT). Each relaxed posture will be labeled, described topographically, and demonstrated physically.

Modeling and Imitation: Learn how to breathe diaphragmatically, then imitate the other nine relaxed behaviors of URT while viewing an instructor as a model. After each participant has proficiently demonstrated each posture separately, he/she will practice relaxing all 10 areas at the same time.

Feedback: Practice silently while the instructors are giving each participant individual corrective feedback. Later, workshop participants will form pairs and alternate practicing URT and giving each other corrective feedback.

Criterion Tests: Take the URT Written Criterion Test; score one another's criterion tests. Take the BRS Written Criterion Test; score one another's criterion tests.

Assessment: BRS scoring methodology will be explained and demonstrated. All observers, including the instructor, will simultaneously score the BRS for the model.

Audience: The target audience for this workshop is comprised of BCBAs and BCaBAs who work with the following populations: clients with anxiety disorders, pain-related difficulties, or anger management problems; individuals with traumatic brain injury or developmental disabilities; persons exhibiting hyperactive or repetitive behaviors; clients exhibiting schizophrenic behaviors; and persons who experience an extreme amount of "stress." Professionals with a strong interest in behavioral medicine, clinical behavior analysis, family and child therapy, and/or health and fitness training will also benefit from attending this workshop.

Content Area: Methodology

Instruction Level: Basic

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38th Annual Convention; Seattle, WA; 2012

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