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The Clinical Map: Explore The Scientific Language of Child Development And Family
We are living in the most technologically advance and most prosperous era in world history.
Yet, beneath the surface, many children are struggling.
Behavioral and mental health challenges among the youth continues to rise at alarming rates.
Many children are stuck in disruptive patterns in early stages of character development.
These typical challenges include anxiety, rumination, perseveration, social phobia, ADHD, compulsive behaviors, oppositional defiant disorders, emotional disintegration and borderline conditions dealing with egocentrism.
The signs are clear:
According to the CDC, psycho-stimulant medication prescriptions have increased 300 % since 2003 among the youth.
Autism diagnoses have increased by a staggering 500 % in the last 10 years.
In the journal of pediatrics, 75 % of parents in the US report parenting is harder than 10 years ago.
And here is the problem...
The Medical Model offers no real solutions for achieving child and family well-being across the lifespan.
- It has no clear direction.
- It lacks integration.
- There is no shared aim amongst clinicians.
Everything is random and subjectively-defined.
This level of uncertainty will create a psychological epidemic, threatening children, families and society as a whole.
Why?
The medical model's strength lies in its narrow focus- but its strength is also its flaw. By stripping away meaning from perception and action, it naturally reduces the child to surface level symptoms and a diagnostic category.
The good news...
A shift is happening- many clinicians are slowly starting to identify the significant stressor within the Medical Model and tapping into the missing “gap”!
It is called “The Social Model”
The Field of Experience of Child and Family
This not a new approach- it's an overlooked one. The Social Model focuses on connection, coherence and pattern recognition within behavior and the field of experience of family.
It explains the process how children acquire and transform knowledge, building the foundation for behavioral integration in the family.
This process is not random.
Let me explain:
First, The parent must define the child’s current state, the desired state and the steps required to help the child move from a current state to the desired state.
Second, The parent must consider all potential actions and choose "what to value".
Third, "what to value" must satisfy the 5-character structures of child development and the process must be done in a sustainable manner across the short, medium and long term.
The Social Model is the framework that narrows your focus on "what to value" by identifying the transformation systems within the 5-character structures of child development and family.
This information has not been brought together in a comprehensive and easy way to follow for clinicians and parents.
Look,
While applied sciences like Applied Behavior Analysis, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy provide tools, these tools are only effective as the person using the tools. Without a clear, integrated framework, tools are often ineffective, short-lived, and misaligned with the child's true needs.
This is where the Clinical Map comes into play:
Children don't grow in isolation. Their development unfolds within a scientific narrative. The social model is the scientific narrative of family that guides the parent-child journey, offers a system of values that helps you focus on "what matters most" in child development and a shared directionality and aim: to help the child, parent and family achieve an appetitive state and integration, simultaneously.
Empirical Analysis
An Analysis of clusters of behavior and characteristics that co-occur in child development and family through top-down and bottom-up behavior analysis!
Predictive Power
Reliably predicts a wide range of outcomes across different domains such as familial, interpersonal relationships and behavioral outcomes!
Independence
The 5-character structures are largely independent of one another. Independence enhances reliability and precision, allowing for greater understanding of individual differences!
Cross-Cultural
One of the key indicators of validity within the 5-character structures is its cross-cultural analysis of behavior patterns as enabling and selecting behaviors!
Conceptually Systematic
A comprehensive assessment of ABA, child development and relational learning of family as a whole. A systematic evaluation of the child-family profile!
Applied
The ultimate toolbox for a comprehensive science of all human behavior, including private events. A scientific storyboard that helps you see the bigger picture- the complete behavioral equation embedded in the family!
Introducing The Clinical Map
Discover The Art And Science of Applied Behavior Analysis in the Family!
Explore The Breakdown Of The Clinical Map
The 5-Character Structures
Behavior Patterns as Selecting and Enabling Behaviors
Behavior patterns in the area of Exploration, Sensory Information Flow, Play, Social Care and Elimination of Stimuli is how children come to skillfully cope with the environment.
Opponent Processing: Exploration And The Conflict Of Framing
Exploration is at the heart of every child's development, guiding them toward abstract ideas, pretend play and creative experiences. But for many children, this process is often interrupted.
Enabling Behaviors are the expression of the child's embodied sensory experience with the environment. Selecting Behaviors are the child's ability to detect and extract meaningful signals from the environment and form connection with their ideation and embodied respond.
Discover The conflict between Exploration and Framing and learn Top-down and Bottom-up Behavior Analysis!
Opponent Processing: Sensory Information Flow And The Conflict Of Motor Planning And Sequencing
At the core of every behavior, lies the process of sensory information flow. This reciprocal process helps children navigate the environment, make decisions and stay motivated. But when attention or motivation wavers, it prevents meaningful engagement with task.
Enabling behaviors open up possibilities, allowing the child to move towards the realization of reward. Selecting behaviors reduce potential distractors, helping the child follow rules of task by filtering out unnecessary information.
Discover The conflict between Sensory Information Flow and Motor Planning and Sequencing and learn Top-down and Bottom-up Behavior Analysis!
Opponent Processing: Social Affiliation (Play) And The Conflict Of Reward
Play isn't just fun- it's a critical process in development. Through play, children learn to explore the social environment and navigate reward by balancing the thrill of pursuing a reward with the satisfaction of achieving it.
Enabling behaviors involve seeking out reward, creating anticipation about the potential for reward. Selecting behaviors reinforce activities that have been reinforcing in the past, cultivating satisfaction.
Discover The conflict between Play and Reward and learn a Top-down and Bottom-up Behavior Analysis!
Opponent Processing: Social Care And The Conflict Of Social Harmony
Social care is the process for nurturing behavior and attachment styles. Many children and caregivers face challenges in balancing self-care with the expectations of social-care.
Enabling behaviors make pro-social possibilities of connection possible by reflexive feeling of empathy. Selecting behaviors reduce the likelihood of anti-social behavior (voluntary) ensuring that positive social possibilities become more probable.
Discover The conflict between Social Care and Social Harmony and learn Top-down and Bottom-up Behavior Analysis!
Opponent Processing: Elimination Of Stimuli And The Conflict Of Exposure
Navigating uncertain events is a challenge all children face, and their response can range from passive inhibition or active oppositional behaviors. Uncertainty optimization is achieved when the child feels secure while managing exposure to new challenging situations.
Enabling behaviors is associated with passive inhibition, where the child reflexively avoids engagement in response to the uncertain event. Selecting behaviors motivate the child to take control of the situation by engaging in active defense with the uncertain event.
Discover The conflict between Elimination of Stimuli and Exposure and learn Top-down and Bottom-up Behavior Analysis!
What's Included Inside the Clinical Map?
What Makes Us Different?
Practice-Based
We believe that research needs to be integrated into practice, and through research-to-practice, our team has created innovative tools and resources. What is the ultimate purpose of our tools?
- Understand core functioning
- Increase core function
- Increase communication of core
- Engage more fully
Relationship Centered
We don't just study the process of developmental relationship in the family. We identify what is needed to form and strengthen them. The connection between abstract principles and practical tools is how we cement the meaning of family, child development and its transformations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who Is This Program For?
- You have a sincere desire to see children and families thrive!
- Any professional or caregiver committed to fostering a child's growth through an integrated, holistic and meaningful approach
- You value Speed, Evidence-Base Tools and appreciate a holistic analysis, the Clinical Map is for you! We have packed 8 years of learning into this program.
Is the 5-Character Structures Supported By Evidence-Based Practices?
Yes! The big-5 aspect model is arguably one of the most well-established and widely used models for predicting human behavior. It is cross-culturally valid and its foundation is empirical.
The Clinical Map has strong evidence supported by ABA, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Child Developmental Psychology. The general process of The Clinical Map is the universal human structure among all children and families!
Pre-requisite required?
No pre-requisite is required! The Clinical Map is easy to read and follow.
Is there a guarantee?
Absolutely! The BCBA Map has a 5-Day Satisfaction Guarantee. If you are not completely SATISFIED and ENLIGHTENED by the BCBA Map, then contact us within 5 Days for a full refund, no questions asked!
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