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Precision Teaching for Classroom Success
Humans are constantly in search of the newest, brightest solution for problems in everyday life. We download countless apps for tracking calories, learning languages, working out, budgeting—you name it. In education, we do the same. But the newest, brightest thing in teaching and learning might not be the solution
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Telling Our Story: Importance of Dissemination
Effective tools and interventions are the hallmarks of behavior analysis. Across disciplines and populations, applied behavior analysis improves people’s lives.
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Staff Training That Clicks
Respondent ConditioningAuditory stimuli used for changing behavior dates back to the 189
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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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Evidence-Based Practice, ABA, and a Handy Checklist!
Of Course, You Use Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)! Doesn't Everyone?
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Why Choose ABA Online at Florida Tech?
Our Courses | We pay attention to scope and sequence and advances in both the science of behavior and eLearning. What to Look For | A higher than average pass rate would indicate that the program does a good job of preparing students to pass the certification exam the first time.
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OBM Prerequisite Skills: OBM Series
Part 1 of 7Organizational behavior management (OBM) is a growing field that is bringing the science of behavior to the business world. “OBMers” have demonstrated over the last several decades that a science-based approach to increasing employee performance leads to powerful organizational results.
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Pragmatism and Playing Well with Others
Many applied behavior analysts find themselves in a different world from that in which they were trained. Most are trained by other behavior analysts in programs or even departments where the principal worldview is that of behavior analysis. Fast forward a couple of years (or more) and many of those same people find themselves in multidisciplinary settings, working with people who not only have different specialty areas—for example, medicine, rehabilitation therapy, social work—but, more importantly, a totally different way of looking at problems, both conceptually and methodologically
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Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020
The end of the year can be a busy time of hustle and bustle as you wrap up work and manage the end of year holiday celebrations.
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ABA Tech and Florida Tech Launches the 2nd Edition RBT Course
by Adam Hockman
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.
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Behavioristic Bliss
Aging and contributions seem far more functional than The Atlantic author appreciated. His view is very formal and structural, “Hit the magic age, and it is time to move on.” It certainly may be a good idea for some people.
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Which ABA Conference Should I Attend?
As certified behavior analysts, we must keep current with emerging science and technologies and obtain continuing education. One way to stay abreast of the happenings in the field is to attend local, state, national, and even international conferences. However, there are so many great conferences; how does one choose?
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A Novel Educational Approach
A Review of the Revolutionary Ideas in “The Courage to Actively Care”Guest blogger: Loralee A. Hoffer
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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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Jose Martinez-Diaz Honored at West Virginia University
by Adam Hockman
Our founder Dr. Jose Martinez-Diaz made the trip to beautiful Morgantown, WV, to receive an award from his alma mater, West Virginia University.
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