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“When I was in university, I asked my professor, ‘How do I teach language skills to kids?” and my professor gave me Skinner’s Verbal Behavior book. So, the answer is not exactly in the book, but it is ultimately in the book”

 Research is certainly the best way for us to improve our already effective teaching tools . . . If we systematically evaluate our practices, across all the individuals we serve, we may identify what the best practices are for clients as a whole.

All organizational systems, processes, and procedures depend on behavior for successful execution. Aubrey Daniels, PhD 

The distinction between public and private is by no means the same as that between physical and mental. B.F. Skinner 

Emotions are as much a part of the analysis of behavior as observed behavior. T.V. Joe Layng, PhD

We have to think in terms of accomplishments. What is the product? What is it that the student will actually do as a result of the instruction? Joe Layng, PhD 

Typically, the only psychotropic medication knowledge BCBA's have stems from a course they took in their graduate program or learning through their own experiences with clients. It can be difficult to assess the effects of medications on behavior if one does not know the possible common side effects to expect from certain drugs.

There is often training that is required to be given. Byron Wine, PhD, BCBA-D 

By far the most common form of maltreatment in the United States is neglect . . . Side effects of neglect, short term, and long term, are actually as serious as those of physical abuse and sexual abuse.

The organizational benefit is the alignment of pay/effort of employees to the company.  Byron Wine, PhD

As mental health professionals, we’re often invited into the courtroom, into the playground of lawyers, and it’s important that we understand that we must play by the rules. Understanding the rules allows us to play and enjoy the time that we might be spending in the courtroom.

I have been fortunate to be in a position to help execute his vision, and I am not done because his vision was quite expansive. We will be rolling out some of Jerry’s plans for years to come.

A ‘free for all type of social group does not benefit children with autism. Most children with autism in these ‘free forall’ social groups appear to be very lost.

“Well a lot of lives are lost on the road... We lost more people during the period of the Vietnam war on the highways than we did in Vietnam.” Ronald Van Houten 

Topical and systemic interventions can work side by side, and often together, with the same client in order to produce great outcomes. T. V. Joe Layng, PhD