Operant Behavior and Snowflakes
Guest Blog by Andy Lattal, Ph.D Sitting here at my desk on a cold, snowy morning watching the snowflakes gently descend to blanket the landscape outside my window (such descriptions reveal why I am a behavior analyst and not a poet), reminds me of the...
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Precision Teaching for Classroom Success
Shauna V. Costello, MA, BCBA Humans are constantly in search of the newest, brightest solution for problems in everyday life. We download countless apps for tracking calories, learning languages, working out, budgeting—you name it. In education,...
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Telling Our Story: Importance of Dissemination
Guest Student Blog by Cledia Caberlon Effective tools and interventions are the hallmark of behavior analysis. Across disciplines and populations, applied behavior analysis improves people’s lives. While the science of human behavior can be implemented...
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Telling Our Story: BCBAs in Schools
BCBAs have an increasingly visible presence in public schools. While most work with special education populations, many still make their way into general education classrooms (inclusion, conducting FBAs). With improved funding for and awareness of behavior...
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Staff Training that Clicks
Guest blog by Rachel Thomas, RBT Respondent Conditioning Auditory stimuli used for changing behavior dates back to the 1890s when physiologist Ivan Pavlov studied the effects of associating a bell tone with meat powder to elicit salivating in dogs. Though dogs are...
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ABA Tech and FIT Launch a New Two-Part Continuing Education Course on Teaching Pretend and Imaginative Play Skills For Behavior Analysts
Melbourne, FL: February 25, 2019—ABA Technologies, Inc., in partnership with Florida Institute of Technology, announces the launch of a new two-part continuing education course on teaching pretend and imaginative play skills. The courses prepare participants to assess and develop the imaginative play repertoires of young children. Presenters Nancy Champlin, MS, BCBA and Melissa Schissler, MS, BCBA of ACI Learning Centers introduce their research-based program and product line: Pretend Play and Language Assessment and Curriculum (PPLAC) and PlayTubsTM. Both courses offer Type 2 BACB credit.
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Giving Good Feedback: Is it Really That Simple?
Guest Blog by Jackie Noto Employee feedback is critical for personal and business success. Research on feedback shows that intentional and consistent feedback greatly improves staff expertise, productivity, and outcomes. But, knowing that feedback is important and...
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Learning through Play: A New CE Offering
Pretend and imaginative play activities, like playing house and traveling in...
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Making the Most of Your Conference (with our free planner)
Learning goals help you select the right talks to attend and frame your thinking so you’re actively engaged. Networking goals set your intentions for the interactions you’ll have with other professionals while at the conference.
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The Tipping Scale: Customer Gratuity and Quality of Service
Restaurant servers work in the face of two motivating forces: customer tipping and restaurant management practices, leaving the question, how can quality service be maintained when the two are at odds? Read on to learn more from FIT students Curtis Phillabaum and Ruth Whipple.
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