ABA Inside Track

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher Because noncontingent reinforcement goes beyond constant access to a bag of M+Ms, we bring you this, the latest episode of ABA Inside Track.  Jackie and Rob are ready to meet your response-independent schedule needs, especially if those needs include a synopsis of the Hugga Bunch movie.  Diana reviews NCR schedules, from dense to l...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher Next week, we're talking about the somewhat misunderstood treatment: non-contingent reinforcement.  And before we even get into the topic, Jackie gets belligerent.  So you know it'll be a good episode. Then, in errata, we review updates to the professional and ethical compliance code for behavior analysts in relation to reporting p...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher Everyone needs help sometimes whether it's a family dealing with challenging behavior or podcast hosts avoiding nonsensical tangents.  This week's episode spends most of it's running time with the former, reviewing research on how to help behavior analysts to help parents in the home.  From tantrums in quadruplets to overcoming mea...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher We're back with another preview episode to prepare for a full-length discussion on helping parents learn to respond to challenging behavior.  But first, we get a bit ABA OFF-track as Rob recounts the time he almost met Neil Gaiman, Diana shares some recent Facebook links with the crowd, and Jackie recounts our BABAT rock star momen...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher Did you ever notice how hard it is to get from place to place? Is it the fact that your new location just isn't as much fun as your starting point? Is it that dawdling is its own reward? Or could it be some sort of existential crisis concerning the movement of your body through space and time as we all hurtle through space towards...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher Next week we'll be discussing behavior analytic research on the topic of transitions.  Moving from one place or activity to another can be a real source of challenging behavior with many individuals with autism and a real source of wasted time for any student.  But why? And what can practitioners do to help? All that and errata inc...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher It's our super special episode at the BABAT Conference! We're recording LIVE from the top of the UMASS Amherst Student Center then saving it to go out prerecorded today.  Your three hosts chat about the various goings-on during this two-day cavalcade of behavior analysis and pull in some special guests to share their own experience...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher If you think you're a pro at tracking behavior, this week's episode may be a cue to reflect on just how easy it is to collect bad data. We're joined by special guest Dr. Amanda Karsten to discuss the ethics of taking good data as behavior analysts.  Dr. Karsten reviews some great tips on how to go from data squirrel to data hero as...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher Behavior analysts collect so much data, yet we don't always think about why.  Are there ethical standards which we should take into account with our data collection procedures? Dr. Amanda Karsten sure thinks so and she'll be joining us on next week's episode to provide some great tips on how to take ethical data. And in Errata  we...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher Since medication for ADHD isn't the only treatment in town, what behavioral interventions can help students take part in the important parts of learning?  Like staying on-task with schoolwork for instance.  This week we review how functional analyses, good peer models, and sounds of the cosmos can decrease off-task behavior in chil...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher ADHD is an increasingly common disability seen most regularly in public schools.  How can behavior analysis help? Next week, we'll be discussing research into increasing the on-task behavior of students with ADHD as well as reviewing some facts and figures related to overall treatment. Articles for next week: Flood, W.A., Wilder, D...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher We all know that while behavioral skills training is a research-based method for training an individual to mastery, it can take a long time.  We all know that while training videos are super-fun, they have very little impact on promoting a skill to mastery.  This week we talk to Dr. Nick Vaneslow about how he mixed peanut butter an...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher We're all about using technology to improve teaching.  But is there really anything out there worth using? We'll be chatting with Dr. Nick Vanselow , creator of CEU Helper , about how he used computerized behavioral skills training to tackle the very important issues of teaching children abduction prevention and fire safety skills....

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher It's the second part of our shows on transitioning to adulthood and the challenges therein.  This week we return to our typical format and discuss two articles related to needed vocational skills: asking for assistance with a vocational task and using an iPhone cueing system to perform as a fire safety mascot.  Yes, you read that r...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher We were so astonished at the paucity of research related to teaching adolescents and adults with autism that we decided to put together two full episodes to raise awareness about the topic.  Our first episode summarizes many of the overall challenges that society and adults with autism will face in the coming years.  Start by liste...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher In this double-album edition of our preview episodes, we're talking about research on transitioning to adulthood for individuals with autism.  In addition to our typical review of research related to the subject, we've got an interview with Dr. Peter Gerhardt, a leader in spreading awareness of the crisis that is special education...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher This week we take out three articles from our research grab bag, three articles related only by our enjoyment of the subject matter.  Diana teaches us all the merits of good yoga poses, Rob chides everyone for all of their filler responses, and Jackie uses bark collars to keep the hosts behaving.  Plus, Rob breaks our brand new mix...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher It's research grab bag time! Next week, we're discussing three articles only linked by our interest in the subject matter.  But first, Rob reads some listener mail while Jackie and Diana prepare to give a speech.  How many times will they say "um" or "like"? Email us with the answer for a chance at a CE credit.   Articles for next...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher Rather than pull your hair out about that discrete trial program that JUST...ISN'T...WORKING, why not listen to us discuss some possible solutions.  We review research on minimizing overselectivity using a differential observing response and on using more salient behavior-consequence relations all in the name of helping you avoid t...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher In preparing to talk about avoiding errors during discrete trial training, we take some time to celebrate milestones, thank our listeners, and discuss some interesting feedback.  And, to stay hip with the kids, we try our hand at a YouTube stream . Articles for next week: Dube, W.V, & McIlvane, W.J.  (1999).  Reduction of stimulus...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher This week we're looking at using picture activity schedules to increase play and social interactions.  We spill the beans, break the ice, hide, seek, and jump into the wood chips all in the name of extending the literature on this excellent technology.  And, without a visual schedule, we let Rob review an article with humorous resu...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher Diana and Jackie hold down the fort in this preview of articles we'll be discussing next week on the topic of picture-activity schedules.  Please don't mistake our rituals of cleaning as a reflection on the utility of a PAS.  It's just us, we swear. Articles for next week: Betz, A., Higbee, T.E., & Reagon, K.A.  (2008).  Using join...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher Dr Allen Karsina drops by to share his research on choice.  We review some key facts in the literature on choice, how manipulations to choice-making schedules affect the value of choice, and whether we should believe the hype about choice.  Don't forget to listen all the way through to hear about exciting research using our family...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher What does it mean when we talk about choice? We know choosing in life is important, but just how important? And how does choice factor into working with individuals with disabilities? Next week, special guest Dr. Allen Karsina joins us to share his research and insight onto the subject.  In the meantime your regular hosts get nosta...

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe On Google Play Subscribe on Stitcher While we all try to teach individuals to use the potty in a day, what can we do after a week? We discuss research related to increasing the intensity of toilet training, transferring stimulus control, and using alarm systems before the conversation devolves into gross poop anecdotes and debates about archaic idioms.  You might thin...