The Analysis in Applied Behavior Analysis

Are you an applied behavior analysts too focused on techniques? What does this suggest about being board certified? Spend time challenging your own practices and link back to the true meaning of analyst.
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Precision Teaching for Classroom Success

Shauna V. Costello, MA, BCBA 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. Education
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Telling Our Story: Importance of Dissemination

GUEST STUDENT BLOG BY CLEDIA CABERLON  Effective tools and interventions are the hallmark of behavior analysis. Across disciplines and populations, applied behavior analysis improves people’s lives. While the science of human behavior can be implemented wherever behavior is found, according to Dr. Dean Fixsen, of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute “Students do not
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Telling Our Story: BCBAs in Schools

BCBAs have an increasingly visible presence in public schools. While most work with special education populations, many still make their way into general education classrooms (inclusion, conducting FBAs). With improved funding for and awareness of behavior analytic services, each classroom becomes an avenue for impact. School-based BCBAs are not a new idea, but dissemination capacity
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Staff Training That Clicks

Guest blog by Rachel Thomas, RBT Respondent Conditioning Auditory stimuli used for changing behavior dates back to the 1890s when physiologist Ivan Pavlov studied the effects of associating a bell tone with meat powder to elicit salivating in dogs. Though dogs are born with the reflex of drooling in the presence of stimuli that will satisfy their hunger,
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Giving Good Feedback: Is It That Simple?

Guest Blog by Jackie Noto 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. Let’s Dig In How should feedback look, and more importantly, what
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Learning Through Play: A New CE Offering

  Pretend and imaginative play activities, like playing house and traveling in cardboard box spaceships, enrich cognitive and social development. Decades of research point to its impact and importance. Even researchers who arrive at contradictory conclusions about the benefits of play acknowledge it as a catalyst for expanding expressive language and social skills. Though the
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Making the Most of Your Conference (with our free planner)

Learning goals help you select the right talks to attend and frame your thinking so you’re actively engaged. Networking goals set your intentions for the interactions you’ll have with other professionals while at the conference.
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15 Ways to Make the Most of Your Conference Experience

  The Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) holds its 43rd annual convention Memorial Day weekend in Denver, Colorado. International, national, and even state or local conferences are a great opportunity to further your professional development, maintain your awareness of the current science and practice, earn continuing education units (CEUs), and network with your peers.
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A Quick Guide to Self-Management

  If you want to consistently achieve personal goals, you must first learn to manage your behavior. The field of Applied Behavior Analysis has developed a set of procedures to help you do this. We call these strategies self-management. Define clear goals: 1. Ultimate outcomes: Focus on a few goals that are important to you
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