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Of Course, You Use Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)! Doesn't Everyone?

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.

Part 3 - Issues of Multicultural Diversity in the Ethical Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis with Dr. Danielle DeLong

Part 1 - Issues of Multicultural Diversity in the Ethical Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis with Dr. Angela Capuano.

 The Podcast An ABA Technologies Academy Podcast This episode does not qualify for BACB CEs. Instructors: 

In clinical organizations, most Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) work as program coordinators or clinical directors. Rather than working with clients “in-the-chair,” BCBAs supervise others doing the work. Developing programs and training staff might be old hat, but managing and engaging staff and families—long term—requires new skills.

Applied Behavior Analysis is more than just a bag of tricks known as Discrete Trial Training, the VB-MAPP, and token systems. However, when we begin to conceptualize our science as such, we lose the fundamentals upon which we found them. We rely too heavily on them in practice, and we fail to individualize our services.

  ...and now you’ve decided that you want to be on your own. You want to be independent. This is a great journey that you are embarking upon, and this is a great journey into a foreign land. Mark Mosk, PhD

Join Operant Innovations as they speak with Eastern Michigan University's Dr. Adam Briggs and Dr. Marilyn Bonem.

Join Operant Innovations as we speak to Rowan University and not only do we have faculty joining us, but also two students. Learn how Rowan University is unique in the classes, research, and practicum opportunities allowing their students to individualize their experience through their masters and Ph.D. programming. 

“Our overarching goal, as behavior analysts, is to teach people how to get the things they want, the things they value, more effectively while living fuller, more enriched lives—and to do so without ever having to hurt themselves or other people.” Thomas Freeman, MS, BCBA

  Abstract In the context of every situation we encounter, both in our work as behavior analysts and in our lives in general, we recognize that every ethical scenario is unique with individual circumstances and variables. But while each situation is unique and must be assessed as such, there are

Legal proof is not the same as scientific proof at all... sometimes not even close. W. Joseph Wyatt, PhD

Practicing behavior analysts are tasked with sharing and promoting behavior analysis with others. We have an ethical responsibility to engage in the effort of promoting public awareness of our field. Dr. Newman really focuses on making sure you understand the reasoning behind the rules that we follow and not just the rules themselves.

Throughout your coursework, you’re going to learn a lot of behavior-analytic terminologies, concepts, and skills. To be effective in your practice as a behavior analyst, you’ll want to have mastery of those terminologies, concepts, and skills.