ABA Inside Track

We're returning to the topic of behavioral geronotolgy and this time, we've brought in the experts, Dr. Maranda Trahan and Amanda Ripley. They talk with us about the history of behavioral interventions in geriatrics, where the field is going, and how you can become prepared to support society's rapidly aging population. Plus, why getting old is so damn scary (and why it shouldn't be!). Want to lea...

2023 begins with some belated gifts, not to mention a plethora of episodes and Inside Track goings-on. This month we'll be talking with Dr. Maranda Trahan and Amanda Ripley about gerontology, Dr. Jamie Hughes-Lika about NDBIs, and ourselves about visual supports (including Rob's favorite research story of 2022). Interested in joining the Winter Book Club on the topic of parenting? How about voting...

Well, another year has come to a close, and the crew is back with podcast friend, Matt Cicoria from Behavioral Observations , to discuss what just happened. We review some losses to the field, trends in research, and take questions from the audience to keep us on our toes. And, for the first time in forever, I think we all agree: 2022 WASN'T the worst year ever. I mean, in aggregate. Still a lot o...

While it has been a while since we last discussed video modeling, we're all deep in its camp as a great intervention addition. But, time has passed and, with that, we decided to update our knowledge base with some new extensions to beef up your video modeling planning. Between new skills and new methods, we're here to get your old procedures into fighting shape for 2023. This episode is available...

UNLOCKED from our Patreon page , it's the "Nudge" Book Club! Interested in more Book Clubs? Want to vote on what we read next? Feeling FOMO at getting this a full year late? Wish your 2 CEs for listening to the episode were FREE??? Join us on Patreon to get all of our episodes a week early, access to these bonus episodes, plus other goodies. Branching out into the world of behavioral economics, it...

Though most of our episodes focus on how to train individuals in supporting autistic individuals, we're usually talking about supporting parents, teachers, or other clinicians. But who trains everybody else in society? This week we're joined by Dr. Dorothea Lerman to find out how her research on training police officers and dentists in autism care takes the BST ball and runs with it. Plus, how to...

We were greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Tameika Meadows, a great BCBA, author of the I Love ABA blog , and advocate for the power of behavior analysis. Tameika was also one of our earliest supporters and it was a real treat when we finally had her join as our guest. In honor of her contributions to the field, we're rebroadcasting that episode and donating all CE fees raised for it from...

It's beginning to look a lot like behavior analysis as 2022 comes to a close. But, we're not done reading research yet! This month, we'll be learning all about training professionals from outside the field of education and ABA with special guest, Dr. Dorothea Lerman, then revisiting video modeling with a review of some more recent variations on its usage in teaching. And, to listen to while recove...

Ok, you may have gotten pretty good at Zoom meetings over the past few years, but have you mastered the skill of remote training? What about drone flight observations? Robot conferences? This week we're joined by Dr. Aaron Fischer who has done all three of these modes of teleconsultation and more. He'll walk us through some recent research on the topic and share what the future of distance BCBA wo...

When you hear the term "generality", you probably think of stimulus generalization. Or maybe it's response generalization. Actually, "generality'" doesn't really mean either of those terms. Well, not exactly, though perhaps a little bit. But we're missing the point. Which is improving our ability to develop meaningful treatments which support skill development across environments. And that's gener...

Diana: I need the reason. Don't say money. Why do this? Rob: Why not do it? Because yesterday I walked out of the conference after losing four hours of my life and you're cold-researching "Teen Beat" cover topics. Because the house always wins. Play long enough, you never change the contingencies, the house takes you. Unless, when that perfect article comes along, you bet behavior analysis podcast...

NOTE: The original file was missing one of the code words.  The new file should resolve this.  Apologies to folks for the mistake. Remember when you started your first practicum? Remember the fun of filling out your fieldwork tracker? Of course you don't because no one has EVER had fun filling that thing out. This week, we at least try to make it easier to complete by reviewing research conducted...

LIVE from St. Charles, MO, it's ABA INSIDE TRACK! With musical guest the Smashing Pumpkins. Well, ok, they're not coming on the show this month. But we do have a plethora of other friends joining us to discuss everything from tracker training to teleconsultation including Diana and Jackie's former student and collaborator, Ryan Atkinson and tech-meister, Dr. Aaron Fischer. Plus, the return of the...

While science has researched the effectiveness of many augmentative and assistive communication methods, one disproven, pseudoscientific technique just keeps refusing to stay in the dustbin of history: Facilitated communication. This week, we go back to the 90s to review how facilitated communication stole the voices of people with disabilities, the research that originally kicked facilitated comm...

In 2020 the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis posted an Expression of Concern regarding Rekers & Lovaas (1973) as a step in acknowledging behavior analysis's complicity in the pseudoscience of conversion therapy. This week we're joined by special guests, Drs. Sarah Campau and Matthew Capriotti, as well as Book Club Guy, Alan Haberman, to talk about what comes next. We review the controversy ove...

If you've listened to this show, you know how much we love to read. Yet a huge percentage of individuals will graduate from high school lacking the proficiency to learn effectively through reading. Since this statistic is anathema to us, we called up two folks writing the book on the subject, Drs. Denise Ross-Page and R. Douglas Greer. We discuss breaking down literacy skills into behavioral compo...

This month, we're terrified of our riches in special guests as we discuss controversy, literacy, and advocacy. First, Dr. Denise Ross-Page and Dr. R. Douglas Greer join us to review how behavior analysis can promote effective practices in teaching reading and literacy. Next, Dr. Sarah Campau and Dr. Matthew Capriotti join us and Book Club Guy, Alan Haberman, to discuss their recent papers making a...

As a special treat for Supervision September, we're making our Fall Book Club available for all. And, to celebrate the joys of supervision, we read the popular business book, "Crucial Conversations". BST and feedback were only the beginning. This week, enjoy the conclusion of our discussion including final thoughts and how to transfer this content into your own supervisory (and conversation) pract...

As a special treat for Supervision September, we're making our Fall Book Club available for all. And, to celebrate the joys of supervision, we read the popular business book, "Crucial Conversations". BST and feedback were only the beginning. For the next two weeks, we level up to discuss holding, modeling, and nailing conversations where huge disagreements are paired with huge emotions to create a...

Oh, snap! It's Supervision September! A whole month of episodes dedicated to the art, science, and necessity of effective supervision. We kick off the month with a review of research assessing the utility of the Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services. Can we really use this tool to identify the function of staff behavior? Is there truly an error correction procedure that we can all agree...

Buckle your seatbelts, folks. It's SUPERVISION SEPTEMBER 2022!!! And, to celebrate, we've got 3 episodes all about how to kick your supervision into overdrive. First, we review the Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services to help you figure out why your employees are struggling. Then, we bust out the Book Club Crew to figure out how to broach the tough topics at work via the classic busines...

While compassionate action is the goal of every BCBA, wishing it and doing it remain two separate things. This week, Drs. Weiss and Rohrer join us to discuss their Compassionate Collaboration Tool, a means for self-reflection and assessment of those skills that best lend themselves to compassionate action in our work. Plus, we review some of the research on why compassion is important and what's n...

Enjoy a short preview of our latest full-length Book Club episode.  Want to hear the whole thing and get 2 CEs for free? Subscribe to our Patreon today at the premium $10+ levels for that plus other bonuses! As the summer wraps up and school begins in the U.S., many BCBAs will find themselves frustrated for their clients due to the continued inequitable practices which leave our schools failing le...

Making decisions is hard. Yet somehow, most of us seem to muddle through the process. But how can we support children whose decisions lead them to negative outcomes? This week we review research related to teaching choice making, problem solving, and all kinds of big decision making, helping children move from being told what to do to deciding for themselves. This episode is available for 1.0 LEAR...

While we've discussed becoming a trauma-informed practitioner and ABA frameworks for understanding trauma, what does a TIC approach look like when rubber meets the road? Saundra Bishop brings her years of doing just that to the show to help us better understand how a trauma-informed approach can improve our behavior plan writing and skill acquisition program development. We're going beyond the fou...