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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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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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Celebrating Positive Deviance at Work: What COVID-19 can Teach Us
We will need to develop many skills having to do with persistence, flexibility, creativity, and dealing with the unexpected.
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Agency and Shaping
Shaping, or the differential reinforcement of successive approximations, is thought by many to be the most important tool in the behavior analyst’s toolbox. Shaping is usually thought of as something one human does to change the behavior of another living organism, most often to a human but also to a pet or a laboratory subject of the nonhuman persuasion. In such cases, the human is the agent of the shaping in that the human decides the conditions under which successive approximations do or do not merit reinforcement.
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What is the OBM Specialist Certificate?
Making meaningful changes in an organization requires diligence and thorough analysis. If the goal is to make a difference that truly impacts the organization, it is essential to properly assess the situation, focus on the appropriate areas, and involve the right people.
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What do OBM Professionals Do? OBM Series
Learn more about what OBM professionals do in their day to day role in this informative Q&A series with our very own OBM experts!
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Behavior-Based Safety (BBS): OBM Series
Part 2 of 7OBM Prerequisite Skills: OBM SeriesBehavior-Based Safety
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Out of Thin Air?
In speaking of the origins of operant behavior, Skinner famously observed that “[o]perant conditioning shapes behavior as a sculptor shapes a lump of clay.
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Behavior in Translation
Have you ever heard a paper presented at a conference or elsewhere about research with rats or pigeons, and it seems like the findings might be helpful in working with your clients? But then you wonder, is there really a connection between the two?
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Staff Training That Clicks
Respondent ConditioningAuditory stimuli used for changing behavior dates back to the 189
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Translating the Science of Behavior Analysis
ABA is the abbreviation for Applied Behavior Analysis, the science that studies human behavior using evidenced-based or proven, techniques. Decades of ABA research have shown that the techniques that come from the science of behavior analysis can help all kinds of people with different behavior or developmental problems. The most well-known and researched use of ABA is the treatment of individuals with autism
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Actively Caring for People Policing
Building Positive Police/Citizen Relations by E. Scott Geller & Bobby KipperGuest Blogger: Megan Diamond
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Generalists and Specialists
Some children from an early age appear to know the direction they wish to take and set out to make it happen. Others are less focused and may indeed engage in reinforcer sampling. Both groups of children need parental encouragement and support.
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Test-taking Strategies for the BCBA® Exam - Tackling the Test Series
In this blog, we will explore test structure and how to analyze scenario questions, and we will offer strategies to help you approach the BCBA® exam.
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