Reflective Practice: A catalyst for humility in leadership, supervision, and professional development

Originally recorded on December 17^th, 2024

Humility is increasingly recognized as a key driver of successful leadership (Pappas & Wooldridge, 2019). The use of self-monitoring, amongst others, as an evidence-based practice in leadership may cultivate humility (LeBlanc et al., 2016). Frequently noted in the literature outside the field of behavior analysis and identified as an essential attribute of healthcare and education professionals (Mann et al., 2007), reflective practice may serve as an evolved approach to self-monitoring and act as a catalyst for developing humble repertoires (Kirby et al, 2022). This practice facilitates the ability to learn from our experiences, allows us to develop awareness of our own attitudes and biases, and provides an active approach to linking new information with our learning histories (Mann et al., 2007). This skill share will offer a systematic approach to reflective practice using self-monitoring, possibility training, and decision making to promote a receptive attitude towards providing and receiving feedback and encourage adaptive and innovative behaviors. Additional strategies will be provided to train supervisees to engage in reflective practice.

Learning Objectives:

• The Participants will be able to explain how reflective practice may play a role in developing humility in practice.
• Participants will be able to attend to the utility and variations of reflection across clinical practice.
• Participants will be able to identify the components of a model for reflective practice.
• Participants will be able to describe the process for training supervisees to engage in reflective practice.
• Participants will be able to describe how reflective practice and self monitoring are related.

About Edward Sanabria, BCBA

Edward Sanabria holds a Master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) from Simmons University and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). He is currently a Doctoral Candidate at The Chicago School in the ABA-Online program where he is studying interdisciplinary collaboration. Edward’s other research interests include large scale adoption of behavioral interventions, the development of ecologically relevant repertoires for BCBAs and the application of behavior analysis to adaptive aquatics.

He is currently a Director of Functional Analysis and Treatment Implementation at Centria Healthcare, where he helps oversee company-wide training and implementation of clinical initiatives across the country. Through consultation and training with the clinicians in his region, he guides clinical practices that prioritize safety, dignity, effectiveness, and rapport for clients with challenging and interfering behaviors.