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Along with its identification as one of the core deficits in children diagnosed with autism, often described as lacking in symbolic qualities and flexibility, Nancy and Melissa developed PlayTubs™ to increase appropriate independent and sociodramatic play skills in children with autism and other developmental or language delays.

Listener skills are a primary focus of intervention for individuals with developmental disabilities. In this course, Dr. Laura Grow describes strategies for effectively teaching listener skills with a specific focus on conditional discrimination procedures. Dr. Grow begins this course by defining listener skills and then describes auditory-visual conditional discrimination contingencies as they appear in clinical settings.

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!

After scouring social media and seeing the plethora of questions regarding supervision, we started to seek out resources. We were lucky enough to come across a webinar with Dr. Cheryl Davis and Dr. Dana Reinecke from Supervisor ABA. These two magnificent women have set out to revamp how both supervisors and supervisees approach their supervisory experience to ensure that training is all-encompassing.

Melbourne, FL: February 27, 2019—ABA Technologies, Inc., in partnership with Florida Institute of Technology, announces the launch of a new, two-part continuing education course for behavior analysts on teaching children pretend and imaginative play skills. The courses prepare participants to assess and develop the imaginative play repertoires of young children. Presenters Nancy Champlin, MS, BCBA, and Melissa Schissler, MS, BCBA, of ACI Learning Centers introduce their research-based program and product line: Pretend Play and Language Assessment and Curriculum (PPLAC) and PlayTubsTM. Both courses offer Type 2 BACB credit.

On July 23, 2019, ABA Technologies, Inc., and Florida Tech launched  RBT® Essentials 2nd Edition, a completely reworked and updated 40-hour training program. This “on-demand” course allows students to learn the required RBT® content while maintaining their busy work lives. In this blog, learn more about some of these changes and how you can register today.

Join Operant Innovations for their interview with Rollins College. This week we will be speaking with Dr. Stephanie Kincaid about Rollins College on the historic campus in Winter Park, FL.

Join Operant Innovations for our Turnover in Human Services Q&A with Dr. Byron Wine, BCBA-D, LBA.