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A Critical Look at the Concept of Reinforcement
“Reinforcement is a verbal operant. Our challenge is to identify which verbal operant it is at any given time.”
Hank Schlinger Jr, PhD, BCBA-D
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The Term DRO
Bad or Possibly Redeemable Label?A procedure in which each target response postpones a scheduled reinforcer most often is described in both the basic and applied research and practice literature as a differential-reinforcement-of-other-behavior
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Thought Leaders 005 | Dr. Henry Roane, Part 1
Thought Leaders, we are sitting down and speaking with Dr. Henry Roane about his history and the few strokes of luck that brought him into the field of behavior analysis.
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Reflections on Verbal Behavior at 60
Very few books are celebrated on their 50th or 60th anniversary. Dr. Henry Schlinger makes the case for why Verbal Behavior is one of those books. Skinner himself noted that “It will, I believe, prove to be my most important work” (Skinner, 1977, p. 379). The story of how this book came to be is almost as complex as the topic itself.
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Free Course: Behavior Analysis Basics for OBM
Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Price: There is no charge for this course
Presenter: Byron Wine, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Provides an introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Designed for individuals with no formal training in ABA.
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Thought Leaders 012 | Dr. R. Wayne Fuqua | Part 2
Thought Leaders, we are back with Dr. R. Wayne Fuqua as he answers the questions "Where do you see the field going?" and/or "Where would he like to see the field go?"
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Thought Leaders 011 | Dr. R. Wayne Fuqua | Part 1
Thought Leaders, we are sitting down and speaking with Dr. Wayne Fuqua about his history shaped him into the behavior analyst he is today and a chance encounter that could have changed the future of the field of behavior analysis as we know it.
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Kudos for One of the Home Team
… master's degree in Special Education where she began her behavioral work. She was taught by Phil Drash’s team in the Verbal Conditioning Laboratory at Johns Hopkins U, exposed to Ted Ayllon’s token economy work at Anna State Hospital, Illinois. and … While a Ph.D. student, she studied with faculty very interested in the then-developing field of OBM, among the first operant programs to offer a specialty in behavioral systems, influencing the rest of her career. Her dissertation was on … While a Ph.D. student, she studied with faculty very interested in the then-developing field of OBM, among the first operant programs to offer a specialty in behavioral systems, influencing the rest of her career. Her dissertation was on …
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How Can We Improve Our Dissemination Skills in Behavior Analysis?
by Megan Galban
To individuals who are unfamiliar with or are not fluent in behavior-analytic terminology, the language can seem displeasing and off-putting. Many technical terms used in the science have a very different meaning than their everyday use and may even have a negative connotation.
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Honk More—Wait More
The following article appeared recently in the New York Times. It describes how police in Mumbai, India, undertook an experiment to control the excessive blowing of car horns by drivers caught in what must be nightmarish traffic in that largest of Indian cities.
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Thought Leaders 025 | Dr. Shahla Ala'i-Rosales | Part 1
This month on Thought Leaders, we are joined by Dr. Shahla Ala'i-Rosales as she tells us how her familial history brought her to the field and how her religion is important and not mutually exclusive from the science of behavior. Shahla talks about her phenomenal history and how it has brought her to a multi-disciplinary team.
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Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork
… The goal of this project was to disseminate applications of behavior-analytic practices to listeners of ABA Technologies’ “Operant Innovations” podcast (A-5, E-1, E-6). Some topics were Esports, consulting at Alula, instructional design, OBM, and … Define and provide examples of behavior, response, and response class (B1) Define and provide examples of respondent and operant conditioning. (B3) Define and provide examples of discrimination, generalization, and maintenance (B7). Define and provide …