BehaviorSelf: BA without the BS

Welcome back! This week, we are diving into a chapter of Jackie's life: her experience battling and surviving Sydenham's Chorea. As she shares her story, we will see real life examples of the benefits of behavior analytic interventions like Functional Communication Training (FCT) or more specifically tools such as American Sign Language (ASL) and Picture Exchange Communication Systems (PEC...

Welcome back! With the holiday season fast approaching, this week we discuss ways to schedule time for work in addition to time for your loved ones. We discuss how to set up breaks from three minutes to three days. Then we will dish on how to best determine when to work and what to work on during that time block. During the holidays, schedules and boundaries are imperative! Information on Time Log...

Welcome back! This week we are busting myths that are seen in OBM. We discuss punishment, contingencies, scope of practice, behaviors vs outcomes, and efficacy. Join us as we take down everything from pizza parties to feedback sandwiches. Increase Neural Pathways Swart, T. (2019). The Source: The Secrets of the Universe, the Science of the Brain. HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY. OBM Supervi...

Welcome back! Join us as we get into some ways to increase the quality of life for employees in the workplace. We dish on positive reinforcement vs negative reinforcement, punishment, job-crafting, behavioral based safety, and more! Tune in and give us YOUR recs for a better workplace! Resources referenced this week: Cunningham, T. R., & Austin, J. (2007). Using goal setting, task clarificatio...

Mwahahaha! Welcome back to our ghouls, gourds, and themons! We hope you've been boo-having yourself. Join us this week as we break down some ~spooky~ info through behavior! Gather around the cauldron as we speak of magic, witches, horror films, and Sr+! Content Warning: We will be discussing the instances of murder in the section on horror films.

Welcome back! This week we are diving into some OBM hacks to improve your life! We will look at becoming more efficient, reducing the aversiveness of tasks, and individualizing your plans to what will work for you. By using OBM in our personal lives, we can lower cognitive load, decrease stress, increase free time, and increase the quality of our work time. Corrections from our vocal verbal behavi...

Welcome back! This week we debrief: what happened at FABA? Tune in to hear the behavior-analytic tea, networking success stories, presentation experiences, and potential areas for growth. We also sprinkle in some of our opinions and advice about conferences and, in general, life this spooky season! To read about Hank Pennypacker, click here and if you are interested in his article on breast examin...

Welcome back! This week we dive into the topic of ourselves in the field. Say-do correspondence, or doing what you say, is a crucial skill in building trust and rapport with those we work with. Unfortunately, we do not have stellar say-do correspondence within our practice. We know the values of behavior analysis on increasing the behaviors we would like to see, decreasing behaviors we do not want...

Welcome back! This week we talk about the benefits of accountabilibuddies! This is a friend or colleague that you can trust and communicate openly with. Join us as we discuss some of our own experiences utilizing accountabilibuddies. We will also discuss how to choose an accountabilibuddy, establish the function of your interactions, and ultimately how to increase the likelihood of success for all...

Welcome back! Join us this week as we learn from Maasa Nishimuta and Sean Will about a constructional approach to animal welfare and training! These two amazing individuals run their own non-profit for behavior support and training, npo_caawt . They work to disseminate behavior analysis for helping our four-legged furry (or not!) friends in establishing appropriate behaviors. Sean and Maasa follow...

Welcome back! This week we are diving into an opinion-based conversation: red and green flags in the workplace. This idea initially came from our colleague, Candace Fay. We call out potential flags that may arise across a company including within the organization itself, the system, the work floor, supervision, training, communication, and ethical maintenance. Do you have flags to add? Let us know...

Welcome back! This week we learn how to care for ourselves and set ourselves up for success. Tune in for self-care tips, ideas for burnout mitigation, and job-crafting suggestions to improve your quality of life at work. Do you have suggestions? Let us know! Here is the Dolan, E. D., Mohr, D., Lempa, M., Joos, S., Fihn, S. D., Nelson, K. M., & Helfrich, C. D. (2015). Using a single item to mea...

Welcome back! We hope you're enjoying our mini burnout series! This week we are discussing how to close our burnout cycles. We will be referencing the Nagoski sisters' book once again! We will share suggested behaviors to close stress cycles, the evolutionary background of these behaviors, and our own cycle-closing routines.

Welcome back! This week we get into a prevalent topic in our field, burnout. We will be predominantly focusing on identifying burnout. What does it look like? How does it begin? How does it flourish? How can I bounce back? To define burnout, we use the definition from the Maslach Burnout Inventory . After discussing the backing research, we will be getting personal by sharing our own experiences w...

Welcome back! Did you miss us? This week, we came back with broad strokes. We will be diving into behavior analysis across the alphabet and discussing some of our experiences, some resources we have found, and topics that were interesting to us! The article referenced in the podcast today is ABA from A to Z: Behavior Science Applied to 350 Domains of Socially Significant Behavior. Be sure to check...

Welcome back! This week, join us as we dive into a timely topic: vacation! We will discuss how to set up boundaries and set yourself up for success. Rest is deserved, not earned, so take care of yourself! Following the release of this episode, we at BehaviorSelf will be taking a two-week vacation. The breaks we have set up throughout the year will provide us with some time to rest, implement feedb...

Welcome back! Join us as we dive into boundary usage in our personal and professional lives. We will be sharing stories of setting boundaries directly and indirectly with our colleagues and friends. Boundaries are not just for ~emotional~ use, they can aid in advocating for yourself, but also for creating schedules, reducing response effort, and maintaining your financial worth. Then we enter the...

Welcome back! This week's topic is beneficial to any employee - technology boundaries. We will discuss our hacks for maintaining our schedules, using technology as tools for success, and suggestions for maintaining boundaries. Do you have helpful hacks? Let us know @behaviorselfpod on Instagram!

Welcome back! This week we are diving into an ethics debate within our field: is OBM ABA? Join us as we discuss some viewpoints from both sides of the discussion from prominent figures in the OBM sector. In addition, join us for our two cents as up-and-comers in the field. You may even catch a hot take or two! Recommendations: OBM Supervision Course Link Goblin Tools Articles from today's disc...

Welcome back! This week, we are diving into ~imposter syndrome~ by regaling you with our tales, our tips, and the reality of the systems we are all a part of. Join us as we dive into it all! The systems and who they were designed for, who is affected by these systems, what large changes are needed to said system, and what personal behavior changes we can do in the meantime. The articles referenced...

Welcome back! This week we are spilling tea on ourselves! We wanted listeners to get to know us both in and out of behavior analysis. We will tact our places in some societal standards (horoscopes, enneagrams, etc.), dive into how we became friends, provide background on our scopes and respective research, and conclude with our hobbies and what brings us joy. Grab your bevergino of choice and come...

Welcome Back! This week we will explain the reasoning behind our name, BehaviorSelf, and our slogan, BA without the BS. We also dive into our origin story and what our goals are in creating this podcast. The recommendations discussed for creating materials were Pexels.com and Canva.com. Potato Days are inspired by Jules Acree. The books discussed are listed here in their respective order in the ep...

Welcome back! This week, we are looking at how to best handle public speaking itself. We cover some strategies to mitigate those bodily responses that annoy us: dry mouth, flushed skin, increased heart rate, wavering voice, and more! We will also tackle how to respond to a question you do not know the answer to and provide an activity for you to try to reduce autoclitic usage. Do you have public s...

Welcome back! This week we discuss how to create presentations from scratch. We break down the basic formatting expectations, provide visual aid suggestions to enhance your presentation, and discuss ways to polish your work after its creation. Do you have any questions or suggestions of your own? Let us know on Instagram @behaviorselfpod

Welcome back! This week we dive into some tips and tricks for social networking! Join us as we break down our networking behaviors. We will cover how to enter one-on-one conversations, group dynamics, and some locations to network. Come and listen to us share stories of some of our successes and some of our trial-and-errors. Do you have a successful networking tip you'd like to share? Let us k...