Intro to OBM: Interview with Kelly Therrien
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
OBM for the BCBA. An interview with Kelly Therrien, MS, BCBA.
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Operant Behavior and Snowflakes
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Now, you may ask, what does an operant have to do with the snowstorm that is the impetus for this commentary? Well, just about everything.
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Precision Teaching for Classroom Success
Friday, 05 April 2019
Dr. Rick Kubina continues to build on Lindsley's legacy. In a new CE course titled “What Is Precision Teaching?” Kubina explains how PT can supplement the already existing curricula of a classroom.
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Telling Our Story: BCBAs in Schools
Friday, 05 April 2019
BCBAs have an increasingly visible presence in public schools. While most work with special education, many still make their way into general education classrooms.
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Telling Our Story: Importance of Dissemination
Friday, 22 March 2019
Effective tools and interventions are the hallmarks of behavior analysis. Across disciplines and populations, applied behavior analysis improves people’s lives. Students do not benefit from interventions they do not experience.
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Staff Training That Clicks
Friday, 01 March 2019
Repeatedly pairing the bell and food, however, brings about drooling. This is known as classical or respondent conditioning (Pavlovian conditioning).
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Giving Good Feedback: Is It That Simple?
Friday, 15 February 2019
Research on feedback shows that intentional and consistent feedback greatly improves staff expertise, productivity, and outcomes. But, knowing that feedback is important and delivering it effectively are two different things.
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Learning Through Play: A New CE Offering
Friday, 01 February 2019
Nancy Champlin & Melissa Schissler of ACI Learning Centers are master playologists, behavior analysts who spend time researching the details of teaching play.
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Making the Most of Your Conference (with our free planner)
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
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
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Recent research has demonstrated improved customer service doesn’t necessarily lead to better tipping. What are top-ranked restaurants doing about it?
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Time for a Timeout from Timeouts?
Tuesday, 08 January 2019
The Post article notes that “[t]imeout involves placing your child in a designated quiet, isolated, safe place in the home immediately after they’ve ignored a warning to stop misbehaving.
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The Feedback Sandwich: Should you be using it?
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Leaders report using the sandwich method to deliver feedback. Some employees claim to enjoy receiving it. What effect does it have on employee performance?
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