Workshop Details

A5: I Can Finally Sleep Again! - An AI Assisted Solution to Ensure Positive Direct Care Behaviors

Presented by Dr. Jim Dalton, Psy.D., HSPP, CSAYC

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Workshop Description

♦This session is appropriate for individuals in supervisory or executive leadership roles.

Youth-serving care settings have faced growing challenges in motivating direct care workers to consistently engage in positive behaviors, especially since Covid-19. Despite efforts such as higher pay, more training, and increased supervision, these issues remain the primary risk to client outcomes. In a survey of over 115 CEOs of youth care organizations, 100% identified negative or neutral staff behaviors as the top risk to youth and family outcomes.    An objective AI-driven compliance and engagement monitoring system has been developed to constantly incentivize and reinforce high-quality care amongst direct caregivers, without disrupting their daily work routines.  The AI system is designed to maximize desired behaviors of caregivers – utilizing the principals of operant conditioning with the influences of a variable interval reinforcement schedule.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will gain knowledge on an innovative system to ensure direct care staff are constantly responsive, engaged, active and loving.
• Participants will learn effective use of operant condition principles via an AI and dynamic pay model.
• Participants will gain knowledge necessary for their organization's readiness to use the technology. 

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Jim Dalton is a licensed child psychologist and has served as the President and CEO of Damar Services, Inc. for more than 20 years.