Behavior/Brain Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Behavior/Brain Podcast , we dive into the recently updated 6th Edition Test Content Outline, which sets the foundation for behavior analysts' competencies and knowledge requirements. We'll explore what has changed, why these updates matter, and how they impact BCBAs, trainees, and the supervision process. Whether you’re a BCBA preparing to supervis...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we are discussing our transition to the Behavior/Brain Podcast, companion to Behavior/Brain Magazine, the ONLY magazine for the field of ABA. Learn more about our upcoming episodes and how YOU can participate in the Behavior/Brain community. Be sure to download our latest issue at www.behaviorbrainmagazine.com

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we're talking about how to save time and implement proactive strategies to write treatment plans and conduct re-assessments with less time and greater efficiency. Get your 0.5 CEU's for this episode here . Be sure to check out our time-saving tools mentioned in the episode below: Masterclass: Assessment and Report Writing includes 4.0 CEU's giving yo...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are covering feeding disorders in children with autism and treatment methods. If you want a more in-depth look at behavioral feeding therapy and competency-based mentorship, check out our Intensive Competency Workshop: Behavioral Feeding Therapy .

Send us Fan Mail This week we are covering the steps you should take before, during, and after supervision to ensure you are providing effective supervision...or receiving effective supervision if you are a supervisee. In addition to my own supervision experience, this episode includes information from the following article: Sellers, T. P., Valentino, A. L., & LeBlanc, L. A. (2016). Recommende...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are covering some commonly misunderstood supervision requirements from the BCBA Handbook. We also review the requirements of both the supervised fieldwork and concentrated supervised fieldwork. Objectives: Identify the requirements of BCBA fieldwork Understand how the requirements should be implemented in practice Resources Mentioned: Intro to Supervision Course Behav...

Send us Fan Mail I'm so excited to have interviewed Dr. Amanda Coffey, the founder of The Behavior Network, one of the first BHCOE accredited training sites. We discuss how they provide such effective supervision, what sets their clinic apart from others, and what advice Dr Coffey has for other BCBA's that want to start their own clinic. Objectives: Identify strategies for effective supe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we will be talking about reducing automatically reinforced behaviors by using antecedent interventions. Objectives:  Describe the challenges to reducing automatically reinforced behaviors   Discuss how to conduct a competing stimulus assessment  Identify appropriate behaviors to target for reduction DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR CEU'S FOR LISTENING TO THIS EP...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we will be talking about graduated exposure and desensitization including its history, steps to use, and practical applications in ABA therapy.  Objectives:  Demonstrate understanding of graduated exposure and desensitization  Identify how to implement this procedure  Discuss potential uses for this antecedent intervention in ABA therapy DON'T FORGET TO GET Y...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we will be talking about non-contingent reinforcement. What is it? What is it NOT? How to implement it? What are the pros and cons of utilizing non-contingent reinforcement? Objectives: Demonstrate understanding of examples and non-examples of non-contingent reinforcement Identify how to utilize non-contingent reinforcement for different functions of behavior Disc...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we will be talking about how to use ABA to change your own behavior to meet your goals. This section will talk about goal writing and how to write SMART goals. Objectives: Identify the meaning of the acronym SMART for goal writing Demonstrate how to identify when goals to work on for ourselves Discuss real-life relevance and how this goal creation and tracking sys...

Send us Fan Mail I had the great opportunity to talk to Todd Ward, Ph. D., former BCBA-D, to discuss his recent decision to let his BCBA expire and what that means for the future direction of his career. Todd received his doctoral degree in behavior analysis from the University of Nevada, Reno and was the president and found of bSci21 Media, LLC, running one of the most successful blogs for behavi...

Send us Fan Mail In our first episode of The Behavior Crew podcast, we'll go over some of the things you can expect from this and future episodes! In this month's topic "ABA Outside the Box", we'll be exploring other career options and fields that we can explore as BCBA's outside of the world of Autism, while still utilizing our knowledge of the science of behavior an...