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This week on Operant Innovations - Thought Leaders, we continue talking with Dr. Jose Martinez Diaz about where he would like to see the field of behavior analysis go versus where he sees it going.

In our continued remembrance of Dr. Jose Martinez-Diaz please join us as Jose talks about his views on where the field of Behavior Analysis is going and where he would like to see it go.

First of all, congratulations! This is such an exciting step in your professional journey. I’m sure you’re experiencing a whirlwind of emotions—everything from excitement to a little bit of nervousness. And guess what? That’s completely normal!

Pretend and imaginative play activities, like playing house and traveling in cardboard box spaceships, enrich cognitive and social development. Decades of research point to its impact and importance. Even researchers who arrive at contradictory conclusions about the benefits of play acknowledge it as a catalyst for expanding expressive language and social skills.

Learn more about human behavior with Kelly Therrien in a recent interview on Viewpoint with Seeta and Friends from February 2, 2019. 

Join Operant Innovations for Part 2 of their interview with Western Michigan University. This week we will be speaking with Dr. Scott Gaynor about the Clinical Behavior Program.

This month on Operant Innovations - Thought Leaders, we are back with Dr. Darnell Lattal as she answers tells us about her history with familial ties to the military after WW2 and the human rights movements and how that drove her to the field of behavior analysis. Ultimately, becoming one of the first women in the field of Organizational Behavior Manage

We are pleased to offer an updated and improved 8-hour supervision course for behavior analysts based on the BACB’s newest Supervisor Training Curriculum Outline 2.0. The new outline goes into effect in November 2019. With a team of seven dynamite behavior analysts, the 21st Century Supervision Course Series presents a comprehensive account of tried-and-true tools for effectively supervising RBTs, BCaBAs, and BCBAs.

Today we are joined by Dr. Dorothea Lerman, Dr. Sarah Lechago, Dr. Jennifer Fritz as well as two third-year master's students, Mary Signorella & Aunie Abernathy. This program is JAM PACKED and I have learned so much from speaking to this group of amazing women.

A dark history of failed institutions, eugenics, experimentation, and the triumph of human-centered science over bigotry and neglect.The historical and clinical content of this blog is based on work by Thomas Freeman, MS, BCBA, LBA-NY, LBA-MA, who has spent many years working and researching in th

IntroductionThe Florida Tech ABA Online Program is preparing for its last offering of the 5th Edition BCBA and MA Programs in Fall 2024, followed by the first offering of the 2027 Edition programs in Spring 2025. Students will be faced with a choice.

As you have gone into the “real world,” you probably found yourself in situations that you never thought you would encounter. Uninformed parents? Pseudoscientific treatments?  Facilitated communication? Work-life balance?

Have you ever seen unethical behavior? If you did, did you say something or wonder whether it was truly unethical? Learn more about unethical workplace behaviors here!

It’s not the size of the reinforcer that matters. It’s the precision with which it’s programmed that’s more relevant, the contingency of it. Saul Axelrod, PhD