Burnout among ABA professionals.

The ever shrinking technology dimensions have increased the degradation levels in integrated mixed-signal circuits mainly because of issues that were not considered in older technologies. These issues have posed new challenges and require a complete strategy starting from the design phase of the product to the end-of-life. This paper presents such a strategy starting with an early selection of dependable blocks at IP level and combines this with an efficient hardware platform architecture to address lifetime dependability issues especially for mixed-signal frontends. The proposed approach links the circuit/IP level dependability with the block level dependability enhancement and finally with the system level dependability enhancement strategy. The approach is supported by extensive simulations and provides confidence in using the proposed strategy

High levels of burnout among early-career board-certified behavior analysts with low collegial support in the work environment

Low job satisfaction and burnout are common occurrences among those providing behavioral services potentially leading to absenteeism, turnover, low standards of service, and poor health outcomes. The current study explored the occurrence of low job satisfaction and burnout in this population. We disseminated a web-based survey composed of a series of sociodemographic and job-related variables, the Job Satisfaction Survey, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. A diverse incidental sample of 183 practitioners currently providing behavioral services completed the survey. The results indicated that about two in every three participants were experiencing moderate to high burnout levels and about one in every three were experiencing little to no job satisfaction. A series of logistic models showed that social support in the work environment and supervision opportunities for trainees were key predictors of burnout and job satisfaction. We defined a socially supportive work environment as one with (a) several team members, (b) certified professionals, (c) frequent and positive interactions among team members, and (d) frequent and relevant staff training opportunities