Anika Costa

M.S.Ed, BCBA, The Operant Teacher, Adjunct Faculty at Mary Baldwin University & National University

Analytical and hard-working, Anika is known for her practical yet detailed oriented approaches to organizing and seeing projects successfully through to the end. Passionate about instructional design and teaching, her meticulous approach to developing and delivering training using behaviour analytic technologies increases engagement and learning at an accelerated rate.

As a Behavior Analyst, Professor, and former teacher in New York City Public Schools, Anika is equipped with a specialized skill set that has allowed her to effectively work with teachers and school leaders in classroom and school improvement efforts across the nation. A seasoned consultant and mentor, she is also passionate about applying principles of Organizational Behavior Management during assessment, training, and coaching initiatives to support measurable performance improvement within the natural environment.

Anika is currently pursuing her doctorate at FSU in Instructional Designed and Performance Technology. She is laser-focused on process improvement, the use of instructional design in professional development and behavioural coaching aimed at bringing out the best in behaviour technicians, behaviour analysts, teachers, and school leaders so they can bring out the best in the learners they support.

Her latest achievements include designing and instructing in the highly engaging and successful online 40-hour Registered Behavior Technician® course. She is also the proud co-author of the best-selling book QUICK Responses for Reducing Misbehavior and Suspensions: A Behavioral Toolbox for Classroom and School Leaders, and Quick Wins: Using Behavior Science to Accelerate and Sustain School Improvement.

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TOUGH CONVERSATIONS ON OVERCOMING PERFORMANCE CHALLENGES (WITH DR. PAULIE GAVONI)

October 20, 2023 - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Whether you are a practitioner supervisor manager or leader there are certain conversations we all dread. These are the tough ones that require us to provide some sort of corrective feedback for poor performance or unwanted behaviour. If the right action isn't taken at the right time something regretful might happen as often the  price of not having these tough talks can be far costlier than the temporary discomfort that may be experienced when having them.

With a combined 40 years plus of leading managing supervising and teaching using Behavior analytic approaches Dr. Paul Gavoni and Anika Costa share their experience and expertise in handling what can sometimes be the very uncomfortable position of having to deliver difficult feedback. Entitled Tough Talks, Paulie and Anika’s presentation will provide you with the strategies they have developed for determining precisely when difficult feedback is warranted to correct performance and how to deliver it.

1.5 BACB Learning CEUs

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