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Guiding the Role of the RBT®
Your most important role as a supervisor is to get results for your clients, offering them optimal opportunities to improve their quality of life. As experts in the science of behavior analysis, you can get results by maximizing and supporting your most important asset—your people.
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How Can We Improve Our Dissemination Skills in Behavior Analysis?
by Megan Galban
To individuals who are unfamiliar with or are not fluent in behavior-analytic terminology, the language can seem displeasing and off-putting. Many technical terms used in the science have a very different meaning than their everyday use and may even have a negative connotation.
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Reinforcement-Based Interventions for Problem Behavior in IDD
“You can develop a highly effective treatment that works beautifully in a well-controlled space, but if that intervention is not practical and is not something that people are willing to do, it simply will not be adopted.”
Iser G. DeLeon, PhD, BCBA-D
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Operant Innovations 023 | OBM Series: Leadership & Culture | Shauna V. Costello
Let's continue our exploration of the answer to this question - "What can I do with a degree in behavior analysis other than clinical work?". In a recent blog and infographic series, produced by Vince Bello & ABA Technologies, an exploration of the subfields and job titles of OBM were explored.
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University Series 036 - University of Dayton Online
Today we are joined by Dr. Holly Rittenhouse-Cea from University of Dayton's Online ABA Program. This isn't just your ordinary online program, with small cohorts and a plethora of opportunities to connect with faculty and other students you are guaranteed to get out of this program, what you put in.
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University Series 034 - Teachers College Columbia University
Today we are joined by Dr. Doug Greer, Dr. Jessica Dudek, & Dr. Daniel Fienup from Teachers College Columbia University and CABAS. This is one of the oldest programs in the country and has developed into a very unique program. To quote Dr. Doug Greer, "We’re sort of like Indiana Jones. We want to get our whip, hat, and go out there and deal with it, but we don't use whips."
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University Series 021 | Elms College
Join Operant Innovations as we talk with Dr. Laura Hanratty about the unique program and practical opportunities at Elms College.
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Building a Robust Safety Culture in Healthcare
In 2022, U.S. employers reported 2.3 million nonfatal injuries in private industry, up 4.5 percent from 2021, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Sectors that reported the most injuries include healthcare, transportation, and manufacturing.
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Five Steps to Engage and Motivate Employees
We start knowing our work is important when other people tell us.
Janis Allen, BA
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Understanding the Observer Effect and How to Leverage its Benefits
Perhaps you work in a clinical setting, where you have provided reinforcement to a client for an appropriate behavior consistently in a group setting. Eventually, another client consistently included in the group begins to emit the same behavior in response to the client receiving reinforcement.
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From Boo-Hiss to Bravo: Performance Scorecards People Will Use and Like
… Supervisors’ least favorite and most procrastinated task can be transformed into an ongoing source of feedback and positive reinforcement, spearheaded by the employee. This book is a how-to that includes 6-steps to successfully implement the performance scorecard with practical don’ts and dos for coaching and giving positive reinforcement. These concrete tools work in all aspects of supervision and management, not just for the scorecard. You’ll … most in control – the PERFORMER - the person whose performance is being measured. (xix) We know the difference between reinforcement and gifts. Reinforcement is an action following a behavior intended to increase that behavior’s frequency and …
The Sun is Bright, and Sunscreen is Sticky: An Analysis of an Avoidance Scenario
As behavior analysts, we constantly try to determine why people do what they do. Often this is in a clinical context. Why does Johnny tantrum? Why does Jane flop during transitions?
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Operant Innovations 016 | 4th to 5th Edition Supervision Changes
As our supervisees/trainees start to move from the 4th to 5th Edition Task List, we as supervisors need to be aware of the changes that we will need to make to our supervision practices. There are still a lot of questions being asked and the amazing women from Supervisor ABA are here to help! Join Dr. Cheryl Davis and Dr. Dana Reinecke as they discuss the changes from the 4th to 5th edition and how you can effectively update your supervision practices to fit.
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Thought Leaders 018 - Dr. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz - Part 2
This month on Operant Innovations - Thought Leaders, we are back with Dr. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz as he answers the questions "Where do you see the field going?" and/or "Where would he like to see the field go?" as he dives into The Constructional Approach and asks us to continue to better practices and our field!
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