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Social Validity: A Spark of Interest in Behavior Analysis
The Heart of ABA: The Evolution of Social-Validity Reporting in JABA Part 2 of 3In 1991, Schwartz and Baer publish a paper discussing the current state of social-validity measures in the field of ABA.
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Giving Good Feedback: Is It That Simple?
Employee feedback is critical for personal and business success. Research on feedback shows that intentional and consistent feedback greatly improves staff expertise, productivity, and outcomes. But, knowing that feedback is important and delivering it effectively are two different things.
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Shame in American Culture: The Good, the Bad, and the Really Ugly
Shame is a complex experience with powerful and often deeply uncomfortable emotional effects. It is a relational event, arising from a person’s concern about public judgment or disapproval of behaviors that violate that person’s, or his/her culture’s, value system. This concern of public scrutiny can, and often does, lead to socially beneficial outcomes.
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Invest in the Rest
by Ryan Walz
The Great Resignation has presented unprecedented change and challenges in nearly every sector of the workforce. It may seem daunting, but during this period of disruption, leaders have a unique opportunity to invest in their existing employees, capitalize on their company’s cultural strengths, and foster growth.
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The Inception of Social-Validity Reporting in JABA
In the 1978 seminal article Social Validity: The Case for Subjective Measurement or How Applied Behavior Analysis is Finding its Heart, Montrose M. Wolf discusses, among other things, the inception of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) in 1968. He writes that he was tasked with stating the purpose of the journal before it could go to press.
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Psychopharmacology is Behavioral Pharmacology
An Interview With Tom Freeman, Senior VP of ABA Technologies, Inc.
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Training & Development: OBM Series
Part 5 of 7OBM Prerequisite Skills: OBM SeriesBehavior-Based Safety
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21st Century Supervision Skills for Behavior Analysts
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.
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Actively Caring for Our Country
What does it mean to Actively Care 4 People (AC4P), and how do we implement such rhetoric into our daily lives? Scott Geller’s 50 Lessons to Enrich Your Life not only highlights the foundation of the AC4P Movement but also walks you through ways to live an AC4P life.
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Evidence-Based Practice, ABA, and a Handy Checklist!
Of Course, You Use Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)! Doesn't Everyone?
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Generalization in Times of Crisis
… Caregivers record data on the client’s performance, forwarding the video file to either the BCBA or BCaBA for assessment/evaluation. This process could be repeated until caregivers reach mastery criteria. It is understood that extraneous … Caregivers record data on the client’s performance, forwarding the video file to either the BCBA or BCaBA for assessment/evaluation. This process could be repeated until caregivers reach mastery criteria. It is understood that extraneous …
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Burnout: Recognition and Prevention
Professional burnout can cause numerous negative health outcomes, such as increased risk for diabetes, headaches, hospitalization for cardiovascular disease, and pain-related disabilities. Read more about burnout here!
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