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AC4P with Dr. Scott Geller 014 | Personality, States vs. Traits Part 1
Often, as Behavioral Scientists, we focus mainly on Nurture, but it is important that we don't forget about Nature. There are many factors that go into creating who we are. Many Behavioral Scientists talk about this - Anthony Biglan & Susan Schnieder - and many others that also take the environment into consideration - Eva Jablonka. So, as Behavioral Scientists, what factors should we be taking into consideration? How does the environment work in conjunction with our genetics, and vice versa?
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Engineering Safe Behavior in a COVID-19 Environment
Monday, 6 Jul 2020 by Andy Lattal, PhD
Social distancing to many public health leaders and politician
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Operant Behavior and Snowflakes
Tuesday, 23 Apr 2019 by Andy Lattal, PhD
Sitting here at my desk on a cold, snowy morning watching the snowflakes gently descend to blanket the landscape outside my window (such descriptions reveal why I am a behavior analyst and not a poet), reminds me of the operant (another reminder, too, of why I am not a poet). The operant is one of our most important concepts. Operants are classes of responses that have a similar effect on the environment. That effect can be to operate something that allows their measurement (like a child’s block-stacking or a pigeon’s key peck) or to produce a reinforcer or punisher.
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The Courage to Actively Care by E. Scott Geller and Bob Veazie
Monday, 16 Aug 2021 by Guest Blogger
The story of “The Courage to Actively Care” follows Joanne Cruse, the Safety Director at a large company. Joanne had implemented the strategies of behavior-based safety (BBS) to create a safer work environment for all employees at her company.
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Guiding the Role of the RBT®
Wednesday, 31 Mar 2021 by Victoria German
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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University Series 025 | Regis College
Join Operant Innovations as we talk to Dr. Jacquelyn MacDonald & Dr. Diana Parry-Cruwys (two of the hosts of ABA Inside Track) about the on-campus and online programs at Regis College and how they constantly strive to provide their students with a fun, supportive, & scientific environment.
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Civil Unrest: Putting Us in Touch with Our Humanity
Monday, 8 Jun 2020 by Aaron Bevacqua, MS, BCBA
As behavior analysts, we are specifically trained to find functional alternatives to ongoing issues. We are frequently called on when a child or an adult becomes overly aggressive, either towards themselves or others.
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What Does it Mean to Say Ours is “A Science of Behavior?"
Tuesday, 30 Jun 2020 by Andy Lattal, PhD
Every behavior analyst (hopefully) has learned that ours is a science of behavior. We do not learn that ours is a science of the individual or a science of the person. Why is that? Are we not, however, concerned with people, you may ask? Are we not concerned with the human condition? Are we not humanists?
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Generalization in Times of Crisis
Tuesday, 29 Sep 2020 by Jaime Rus Alba
… in Times of Crisis Generalization in Times of Crisis Applied Behavior Analysis is mostly implemented within controlled environments (schools, clinics, hospitals and residential settings), with a recommended 30-40 hour/week treatment plan. For services performed within a client’s home, the issue of reaching generalization in the natural environment is not so prominent, but we are still presented with the challenge of transferring stimulus control to the … opportunities for our clients. While much of generalization is assessed across people or settings within the controlled environment where skills are initially taught (clinic, school . . . ), a deficit exists in terms of generalization in the …
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Operant Innovations 019 | Real World Example of Dissemination | Tiki Fiol
President & Owner of TIKI, Inc - as she speaks with her local radio station on the science of human behavior.
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The Office: The New Age Health Hazard and How Businesses Should Attack It
Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 by ABA Technologies
Employers have much responsibility when it comes to taking care of their employees. From setting up 401K’s, providing on-going training, to building a culture of excellence. While each is equally important, health programs are often missing. Our overall health fluctuates day-to-day, and if it is not taken care of, it will slowly deteriorate.
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Antecedents Have Last Names
Monday, 25 Apr 2022 by Thomas Freeman, M.S., BCBA, LBA-NY, LBA-MA
In the latter years of his life, Dr. Jose Martinez, the founder of ABA Technologies. Inc., and the driving force behind the creation of the School of Behavior Analysis at Florida Tech, was heard to utter the title of this blog in every one of his presentations relating to the influence of antecedent conditions on behavior, “Antecedents have last names.”
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Operant Innovations Monthly 004 | Stereotypy Q&A | Dr. Bill Ahearn
Join Operant Innovations for our Stereotypy Q&A with Dr. Bill Ahearn, Ph.D., BCBA-D
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Operant Innovations 014 | VR - Our Modern Day Operant Chamber
Join Annie Escalante, the Co-Founder, and Chief Behavioral Officer, from BehaviorMe as she dives into the ever evolving field of Virtual Reality.
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Affecting Risky Driver Behavior
We as humans behave the way we do for one reason: to get what we need and want. This is quite a bold statement, I know, but it is pure science, the science of behavior. Although the focus of this article is driver behavior, what you will read can be applied to any behavior.
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