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Please enjoy this short preview of our full-length, Patreon-exclusive Nudge Book Club. Want to hear the rest and earn 2 free CEs? Head over to our Patreon site and subscribe at the $10 or higher level to access this and all of other Book Clubs, plus a bevy of other extras just for patrons. Hope to see you there!   Branching out into the world of behavioral economics, it's our newest Book Club cove...

We're in for a blizzard of content this December as we release 7 whole episodes (counting this one). On the free feed we've got Dr. Dave Palmer talking about memory, Dr. Michael Roberts talking about collaborating with occupational therapists, some hot takes on self-control research, and a year-end wrap up bonus with our podcast pal, Matt Cicoria from Behavioral Observations. And if you haven't jo...

So you're telling me, if I just set some goal above my current performance—maybe even really high above my current performance—I'll just suddenly improve? And if I pair my goal with feedback, I'll perform even better? There's got to be more to it than just that. Oh, listen to this podcast about goal setting research and learn all you need to know? Ok, that'll be my first goal. This episode is avai...

UNLOCKED from our Patreon page , it's the Meaningful Differences Book Club! Voted on by our patrons in 2020, we discussed "Meaningful Differences" by Hart and Risley.  And here it is: 2+ hours all about this classic, and sometimes controversial, book documenting Betty Hart and Todd Risley's longitudinal study exploring the home lives of 42 families to try to determine why some children develop mor...

If I'm talking to you and you ask me to give you something from me, I know just what to do. But would an autistic child? This week we explore the challenges with personal pronouns, some possible treatment options, and whether or not mixing up your "I's" and "you's" really matters. This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU Articles discussed this episode: Morgenstern, B.D., Causin, K.G., & Wei...

While we spend a lot of time talking about supervision and the importance of giving good feedback, we haven't always acknowledged that feedback is a two-way street. Dr. Tyra Sellers and Dr. Seth Walker join us this week to remind us that it is important to receive as it is to give. And, just like giving it, receiving feedback isn't something you just pick up in school. Also, does our preference fo...

While we'd hoped to have some footage from our November trip to the Thompson Center for Autism Conference in St. Louis, a Wi-Fi outage sabotaged our plans. So, we're back in the studio to regale you with this month's topics. We're very honored to have double-guest duty by Dr. Tyra Sellers and Dr. Seth Walker giving us feedback about…well, receiving feedback. Then to wrap up the month, two personal...

Hey, everybody, With 2021 wrapping up, we wanted to record a brief minisode to share the word that the ABA Inside Patreon is updated with all sorts of goodies for current and new subscribers to enjoy. We've got new tiers, new rewards, and new goals!   First, we've created a new $3 tier for listeners to gain early access to the weekly feed plus to have the opportunity to vote on future episode topi...

This week our special guest, Dr. Christopher Tullis, joins us to discuss his thorough literature review of preference assessment research. In addition, we take a side-trip to reflect on indices of happiness and review why "happy" isn't such a bad word. Plus, Rob shares his beef with the MSW; only one of them comes out of this episode alive! This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles...

For a variety of reasons, classroom management systems aren't always readily adopted in our schools. Could it be because they're too hard to maintain? Or ineffective? This week, we take a look at one such, easy-to-use, simple-to-master system, instructional control. Join us as we review chair choosing, work picking, and data analyzing to get to determine if instructional choice may be right for yo...

Now, everybody loves functional communication.  Only problem: at some point, the delay between functional communication and reinforcement has to reach a natural timing.  And that's where everything falls apart.  Rather than hope for the best, why not plan for it instead? Dr. Mahshid Ghaemmaghami joins us to discuss her research on this very topic and flips the script on the skill formerly known as...

Throw on your sweater and grab a big ol' mug of pumpkin spice latte. It's a spooky preview for this month's episodes. Between attending conferences and raking leaves, we'll be hearing from Dr. Christopher Tullis about updates to preference assessment methodology, practicing delay tolerance training with Dr. Mahshid Ghaemmaghami, and exploring the utility of ceding instructional control in classroo...

As a capper to Supervision September, we follow up last week's episode on ethical supervision to explore just what it takes in the ABA Workplace to create strong leaders that promote ethical practice in every way. And since that requires discussing business things, we tapped Dr. Manny Rodriguez to share his extensive work on researching that very topic in OBM. But first, he shows us how to file ou...

Due to the exponential growth of certified behavior analysts in the world, the number of supervisors needed per year requires more and more newly-certified individuals to step into this role. How can a field continue to grow skilled and ethical members when there aren't enough seasoned practitioners to go around? This week, we review the state of supervision in the behavior analytic world and some...

It's the final reckoning for our How to Win Friends and Influence People Book Club with our book club muse, Alan Haberman. We round out our discussion by getting to the leadership portions of the book and give our final judgments as to whether following these tips for "a new way of life" will have you supervising like a boss or like a Depression-era door-to-door salesman. This episode is available...

To kick off Supervision September, we're going back to the ur-supervision book, "How To Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie. And, like most of our book club episodes the recording was a) too long and needed to be broken into two parts and b) features Alan Haberman with hot takes for days! Will HTWFIP stand the test of time or be banished to the remainder bin of history? This episode...

Huzzah! It's the 5th annual Supervision September!! Enjoy all the episodes about supervision that you'll need for the year including our definitive podcast about the classic business/supervision book "How to Win Friends and Influence People" with book club superstar, Alan Haberman. And if that weren't enough, Dr. Manny Rodriguez joins us to talk about promoting ethics in the ABA workplace for a be...

Though more than ever humanity is waking up to the need to improve our sustainability efforts, doesn't it still feel like looming environmental crises keep getting worse? This week, Dr. Meghan Martineau joins us to discuss the barriers and treatment options to improving human behavior around practices of sustainability. I mean, if an elementary school student can increase neighborhood recycling, s...

After recording our latest patron book club on the dog behavior book, "The Other End of the Leash", we were ecstatic to have the opportunity to learn even more about applied animal behavior from the author herself, Dr. Patricia McConnell. We discussed how "The Other End of the Leash" isn't a typical dog training book, how human behavior is intertwined with animal behavior, and what Dr. McConnell w...

We were so excited to be a part of the inaugural BABA conference this June as sponsors and attendees. But we still wanted to learn more once the talks wound down. Fortunately, we were able to catch Adrienne Bradley and Dr. Danyelle Beal on a break from preparing next year's conference to hear about the successes and the last minute stressors of pandemic conference planning. Plus, what makes Detroi...

While token economies may be one of the earliest well-known examples of applied behavior analysis in practice, this may have led to two larger issues: overreliance and misunderstanding. This week, we review some older articles leveraging token economy technology in applied areas both old (classroom behavior!) and new (mining!) to see whether everything is as rose-colored as we might have remembere...

As summer winds down, we're still brining the heat with some hot research topics to discuss. First up, what's the deal with token economies? Is one of our oldest applied technologies still all it's cracked up to be? Then Dr. Meg Martineau has some thoughts on sustainability research for those of us who'd prefer some of our surface areas don't become beachfront property in the next 50 years. And, w...

As voted on by our patrons, we read and discussed Dr. Patricia McConnell's "The Other End of the Leash".  Jackie was thrilled to suggest that our summer book club choice feature one of her favorite writers/speakers about dog behavior.  But, this book wasn't just another training manual: It delved a lot deeper into both dog and human patterns of behavior.  We learned that humans love to talk, dogs...

While many of us might think that the variables maintaining police brutality have nothing to do with us, Dr. Cody Morris may disagree. In fact, in his recent article, he and his co-author, Dr. Nicole Hollins, posit that many of those variables may be responsible for direct-care staff engaging in client mistreatment. Join us as we talk red flags and responses to protect our most at-risk clients. Th...

This week we continue our look at what makes practitioners practitioners and researchers researchers…and how we both need each other to create a symphony of best-practices. It's the researchers turn at bat so we discuss studies on how to widen the window of relevant research topics, to reframe methodology into better ways to answer relevant questions, and to put social issues front and center in t...