Interdependent Actualisation: A Different View
My wife, son and I were driving around town a few days ago, and saw someone standing on the corner with a sign saying he was homeless and...
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bob4340
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
Interdependent Actualisation – An Example from World War II
The extermination of millions of people in the concentration camps operated by the Nazi regime before and during World War II is known as...
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bob4340
- Dec 8, 2022
- 4 min
"Differences, Not Disorders"
Answering the question “what do people need?” has been central to my work for many years. It was the question that resulted in a...
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bob4340
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
Marshall McLuhan – A Prophet Well Before His Time
Most people today have no idea who Marshall McLuhan was, except for those working in media related jobs. McLuhan was an English...
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bob4340
- Oct 20, 2022
- 3 min
The Power to Change Behaviour
I presented a symposium on the Ethics of Behavior Support vs. Behavior Management at Malone University last week. It was well received,...
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bob4340
- Oct 4, 2022
- 2 min
Birds Of A Feather
In a 2021 LinkedIn blog post, Samantha Stern suggested adding “Flock” to the list of stress responses, which are typically thought of as...
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bob4340
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
An Ordinary Life – Hope to Reality
In 2009, the Hon. Bill Shorten, now the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia, gave a speech to the...
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bob4340
- Jun 17, 2022
- 3 min
With each other, not with things
Gabor Maté is a physician in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he serves people with addictions and mental health concerns. His book,...
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bob4340
- May 9, 2022
- 2 min
Flying united
I recently returned from my first overseas flight in 2 years, and while I enjoyed meeting old friends and colleagues, 2 years without...
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bob4340
- Mar 29, 2022
- 2 min
Interdependent Actualisation – An Idea for Our World
I was talking with my brother-in-law recently, who is a psychologist, and he was sharing his perception that in our world we have taken...
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bob4340
- Feb 24, 2022
- 5 min
Invitational Healing
Nancy Ward is a woman who lives in the United States and describes herself as having an intellectual disability. She is also very clear...
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bob4340
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
Reciprocal Interactions
When I was doing my undergraduate work at the University of Northern Iowa, getting my BA in social work, I came across a book that I...
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bob4340
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
A New Way of Thinking
Robert Murphy was an anthropology professor at Columbia University for over 30 years, wrote about the effects of his physical disability...
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bob4340
- Nov 2, 2021
- 4 min
The Myth of Attention-Seeking Behavior
As a behavioral consultant, one of the most common reasons for receiving a referral is that the behaviors which are causing concern are...
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bob4340
- Aug 9, 2021
- 3 min
Inviting Cooperation and Change
In 1993, Murray Sidman wrote what I believe is one of the most important articles in the field of positive behaviour support. Entitled...
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bob4340
- Aug 6, 2021
- 2 min
Between Stimulus and Response
Viktor Frankl was born in Austria in 1905 and went on to become one of the world’s leading philosophers. He was also a psychiatrist and...
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bob4340
- Jul 16, 2021
- 3 min
Behavioural Barriers
In my work as a behavioural consultant, I have encountered many different terms over the years. The current term “challenging behavior”...
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bob4340
- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
Maximising Safety: Using the Matrix of Needs to Increase Quality of Life
The Matrix of Needs is a model which was developed to reframe human needs, building on the work of Abraham Maslow and others. The model...
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bob4340
- Jun 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Matrix of Needs: Organisational Applications
The word “organisation” is used in so many ways that most people use the word in similar ways. According to the website...
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bob4340
- May 17, 2021
- 2 min
Interdependent Actualization At Its Best
In his original article on human motivation, Abraham Maslow said “The present theory then must be considered to be a suggested program or...
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