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Huzzah! It’s the 5th annual Supervision September!! Enjoy all the episodes about supervision that you’ll need for the year including our definitive podcast about the classic business/supervision book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” with book club superstar, Alan Haberman. And if that weren’t enough, Dr. Manny Rodriguez joins us to talk about promoting ethics in the ABA workplace for a beautiful ethics/OBM sandwich. We’re in the process of planning the new year of ABA Inside Track. If you’ve got some time, we’d appreciate it if you shared you thoughts on a short survey. Thank you! Articles for September 2021 How to Win Friends and Influence People Book Club Carnegie, D. (1936). How to win friends & influence people: The only book you need to lead you to success (1981 edition). New York, New York: Gallery Books. McHugh, J. (2021). How to win friends and influence people (1936). In Americanon: An unexpected U.S. history in thirteen bestselling books (pp. 218-251). New York, New York: Dutton. Fong

Though more than ever humanity is waking up to the need to improve our sustainability efforts, doesn’t it still feel like looming environmental crises keep getting worse? This week, Dr. Meghan Martineau joins us to discuss the barriers and treatment options to improving human behavior around practices of sustainability. I mean, if an elementary school student can increase neighborhood recycling, shouldn’t we behavior analysts be able to effect meaningful change too? This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Schneider, S.M. & Sanguinetti, A. (2021). Positive reinforcement is just the beginning: Associative learning principles for energy efficiency and climate sustainability. Energy Research & Social Science, 74. doi: 10.1016/jrss.2021/101958 Keller, J.J. (1991). The recycling solution: How I increased recycling on Dilworth Road. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24, 617-619. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1991.24-617 If you're interested in ordering CEs for listening to

After recording our latest patron book club on the dog behavior book, “The Other End of the Leash”, we were ecstatic to have the opportunity to learn even more about applied animal behavior from the author herself, Dr. Patricia McConnell. We discussed how “The Other End of the Leash” isn’t a typical dog training book, how human behavior is intertwined with animal behavior, and what Dr. McConnell would add in a second edition. McConnell, P.B. (2002). The other end of the leash: Why we do what we do around dogs. Ballantine Books.

We were so excited to be a part of the inaugural BABA conference this June as sponsors and attendees. But we still wanted to learn more once the talks wound down. Fortunately, we were able to catch Adrienne Bradley and Dr. Danyelle Beal on a break from preparing next year’s conference to hear about the successes and the last minute stressors of pandemic conference planning. Plus, what makes Detroit the perfect site to visit (hopefully in person!) for the 2nd Annual BABA conference.

While token economies may be one of the earliest well-known examples of applied behavior analysis in practice, this may have led to two larger issues: overreliance and misunderstanding. This week, we review some older articles leveraging token economy technology in applied areas both old (classroom behavior!) and new (mining!) to see whether everything is as rose-colored as we might have remembered it. This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: McLaughlin, T.F. & Malaby, J. (1972). Intrinsic reinforcement in a classroom token economy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 5, 263-270. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1972.5-263 Bassett, J.E. & Blanchard, E.B. (1977). The effect of the absence of close supervision on the use of response cost in a prison token economy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 10, 375-379. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1977.10-375 Fox, D.K., Hopkins, B.L., & Anger, W.K. (1987). The long-term effects of a token economy on safety performance in open-pit mining.

As summer winds down, we’re still brining the heat with some hot research topics to discuss. First up, what’s the deal with token economies? Is one of our oldest applied technologies still all it’s cracked up to be? Then Dr. Meg Martineau has some thoughts on sustainability research for those of us who’d prefer some of our surface areas don’t become beachfront property in the next 50 years. And, while we take a much needed vacation, enjoy some bonus episodes discussing the awesome, inaugural Black Applied Behavior Analysis conference and an interview with applied animal behaviorist Dr. Patricia McConnell (featured on our recent book club cast). Articles for August 2021 Token Economies McLaughlin, T.F. & Malaby, J. (1972). Intrinsic reinforcement in a classroom token economy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 5, 263-270. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1972.5-263 Bassett, J.E. & Blanchard, E.B. (1977). The effect of the absence of close supervision on the use of response cost in a prison token economy. Journal o

As voted on by our patrons, we read and discussed Dr. Patricia McConnell's "The Other End of the Leash".  Jackie was thrilled to suggest that our summer book club choice feature one of her favorite writers/speakers about dog behavior.  But, this book wasn't just another training manual: It delved a lot deeper into both dog and human patterns of behavior.  We learned that humans love to talk, dogs don't love being patted on the head, and just why these two Peter Pan species get along so darn well.   Even though you may not currently be one of our premium $10 patrons, enjoy this preview of our full length discussion, including our thoughts on dogs, general chat about the book, and a detailed breakdown of the first chapters.   Want to hear the rest of the episode and earn 2 CEs.? We invite you to join us on Patreon to hear the rest of this and our other full-length book clubs (plus early access to shows and some other goodies).   And, if you enjoy the discussion (or just enjoy dogs), tune back in in Augus

While many of us might think that the variables maintaining police brutality have nothing to do with us, Dr. Cody Morris may disagree. In fact, in his recent article, he and his co-author, Dr. Nicole Hollins, posit that many of those variables may be responsible for direct-care staff engaging in client mistreatment. Join us as we talk red flags and responses to protect our most at-risk clients. This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Morris, C. & Hollins, N.A. (2021). On the uncanny similarities between police brutality and client mistreatment. Behavior Analysis in Practice. doi: 10.1007/s40617-021-00576-6 If you're interested in ordering CEs for listening to this episode, click here to go to the store page. You'll need to enter your name, BCBA #, and the two episode secret code words to complete the purchase. Email us at abainsidetrack@gmail.com for further assistance.

This week we continue our look at what makes practitioners practitioners and researchers researchers…and how we both need each other to create a symphony of best-practices. It’s the researchers turn at bat so we discuss studies on how to widen the window of relevant research topics, to reframe methodology into better ways to answer relevant questions, and to put social issues front and center in the laboratory. This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Baer, D.M.  (1977).  “Perhaps it would be better not to know everything.”  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 10, 167-172.  doi: 10.1901/jaba.1977.10-167 Odom, S.L., Brantlinger, E., Gersten, R., Horner, R.H., Thompson, B., & Harris, K.R.  (2005).  Research in special education: Scientific methods and evidence-based practices.  Exceptional Children, 71, 137-148.  doi: 10.1177/001440290507100201 Fawcett, S.B.  Some values guiding community research and action.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24, 621-636.  doi:

As a show about reading research to improve practice, you’d think we’d spent more time reviewing research on WHY practitioners should review research regularly. Well, just in case we haven’t made it clear in the past five years, we’re exploring both sides of the research/practitioner coin in these next two episodes. This week: how can practitioners think of themselves as researchers in their work and improve their evidence-based practices in the process. This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Kazdin, A.E. (2008). Evidence-based treatment and practice: New opportunities to bridge clinical research and practice, enhance the knowledge base, and improve patient care. American Psychologist, 63, 146-159.  doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.63.3.146 Slocum, T.A., Detrich, R., Wilczynski, S.M., Spencer, T.D., Lewis, T., & Wolfe, K.  (2014).  The evicence-based practice of applied behavior analysis.  The Behavior Analyst, 37, 41-56.  doi: 10.1007/s40614-014-0005-2 Valentino, A.L. &

A quick monthly update from our cabin in the mountains while we enjoy some summer R+R. We were inspired by the crisp, mountain air and solitude to do some reflection. What does it mean to be a practitioner? A researcher? And how can we use recent discussions of police brutality to check our own treatment of clients? We even came upon a hiking Dr. Cody Morris to join us. So, find your own zen place of reflection for some research-discussion goodness. Articles for July 2021 From Research to Practice Kazdin, A.E. (2008). Evidence-based treatment and practice: New opportunities to bridge clinical research and practice, enhance the knowledge base, and improve patient care. American Psychologist, 63, 146-159. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.63.3.146 Slocum, T.A., Detrich, R., Wilczynski, S.M., Spencer, T.D., Lewis, T., & Wolfe, K. (2014). The evicence-based practice of applied behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 37, 41-56. doi: 10.1007/s40614-014-0005-2 Valentino, A.L. & Juanico, J.F. (2020). Overcoming barrier

Behavior analysts sure do know everything. I mean, that’s why everyone on every multidisciplinary team calls us all the time to solve all the problems. Wait, they don’t?!?! Perhaps it’s time to eat some humble pie and learn what real collaboration means. Starting off this (hopefully) multi-part series, we chat with BCBA/SLP/Unicorn Dr. Erin Michaud about what it means to be an SLP, best practices for collaborating on speech treatment, and what to buy your SLP for their birthday (well, we tackle two out of three). This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Donaldson, A.L. & Stahmer, A.C. (2014). Team collaboration: The use of behavior principles for serving students with ASD. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 45, 261-276. doi: 10.1044/2014_LSHSS-14-0038 LaFrance, D.L., Weiss, M.J., Kazemi, E., Gerenser, J., & Dobres, J. (2019). Multidisciplinary teaming: Enhancing collaboration through increase understanding. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 709-

With summer just around the corner, many of us will have ample time to enjoy our leisure pursuits. But not everyone develops robust and entertaining hobby-finding behavior spontaneously. This week we're reviewing articles on supporting participation of autistic students and students with developmental disabilities in fun activities like computers, photography, and video game playing. Then Rob discusses how much he loves Guitar Hero 2 for an hour. A good time will be had be all!   This episode is worth 1.0 LEARNING CEU   Articles discussed this episode: Jerome, J., Frantino, E.P., & Sturmey, P. (2007). The effects of errorless learning and backward chaining on the acquisition of internet skills in adults with developmental disabilities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40, 185-189. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2007.41-06   Blum-Dimaya, A., Reeve, S.A., Reeve, K.F., & Hoch, H. (2010). Teaching children with autism to play a video game using activity schedules and game-embedded simultaneous video mode

Gather round, employees! I’ve bought you all something so special.  You’ll want to work twice as hard once you see what it is.  Drumroll please.  It’s tickets to the opera! What’s that? You don’t care for hours of singing in German? You can’t easily get a babysitter for a four-hour trip to the big city much less pay for parking? Well, guess I should have listened to that episode of ABA Inside Track where research on alternatives for managers making guesses as to what will function as a reinforcer for employees was discussed.  Maybe they’d have allowed us to avoid this embarrassing and disheartening exchange.  So, you cool if I scalp those tickets?   This episode is available for 1.0 SUPERVISION CEU.   Articles discussed this episode:  Cohen-Almeida, D., Graff, R.B., & Ahearn, W.H. (2000). A comparison of verbal and tangible stimulus preference assessments. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33, 329-334. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-329   Wilder, D.A., Wilson, P., Ellsworth, C., & Heering, P

We’d all love to ensure our teaching occurs at maximal efficiency, but it can be so hard to take advantage of emergent relations. What if Dr. Brian Blair and Dr. Lesley Shawler had some simple tech tweaks that you could explore to set up your own emergent relations training systems to make teaching efficient without the need for expensive software. Well, we hope you’d say, “I’d definitely listen to a podcast episode all about it,” and here it is! This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Blair, B.J. & Shawler, L.A. (2020). Developing and implementing emergent responding training systems with available and low-cost computer-based learning tools: Some best practices and a tutorial. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 509-520. doi: 10.1007/s40617-019-00405-x Blair, B.J., Shawler, L.A,, Albright, L.K., & Ferman, DM. (2021). An evaluation of the emergence of untrained academic and applied skills after instruction with video vignettes. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior.

After a year cooped inside, are you unsure how to start your summer? What if I told you that there was a podcast all about promoting new leisure skills, identifying reinforcers for adults, collaborating with other professionals, and learning new information as if by magic? Well, at least thematically, that’s just what we’ll be talking about all June on the show. Plus special guests Drs. Bryan Blair, Lesley Shawler, and Erin Michaud start their summer vacations with us. Toss on your sunglasses and join in! Articles for June 2021 Emergent Relations w/ Dr. Bryan Blair + Dr. Lesley Shawler Blair, B.J. & Shawler, L.A. (2020). Developing and implementing emergent responding training systems with available and low-cost computer-based learning tools: Some best practices and a tutorial. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 509-520. doi: 10.1007/s40617-019-00405-x Blair, B.J., Shawler, L.A,, Albright, L.K., & Ferman, DM. (2021). An evaluation of the emergence of untrained academic and applied skills after instru

Hey, ABA Inside Track, I thought I told you not to podcast in here no more. Hey, did you record that episode on research on bullying behavior? You took notes on a meta-analysis of current bullying prevention programs and single-subject research looking closer at specific programs in behavior analysis, including a program for individuals with disabilities? Think, ABA Inside Track, think! If you put out an episode detailing effective treatment for decreasing bullying behavior and improving victimization outcomes, I’ll be out of a job, and you wouldn’t want that to happen, woudja? Wouldja? This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Gaffney, H., Farrington, D.P., & Ttofi, M.M. (2019). Examining the effectiveness of school-bullying intervention programs globally: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 1, 14-31. doi: 10.1007/s42380-019-0007-4 Gaffney, H., Ttofi, M.M., & Farrington, D.P. (2019). Evaluating the effectiveness of school-bullying pr

And yea, the functional analysis sprung from the head of Iwata et al. And the results were good. Fast forward a few decades and researchers are still exploring the limits of this game changing assessment tool, finding ways for BCBAs to conduct safer and faster procedures. And to sum up some recent touchstone moments in this journey, we’re joined by researcher and FA history expert, Dr. Jessica Slaton to look at 40 year…and beyond! This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Smith, R.G. & Churchill, R.M. (2002). Identification of environmental determinants of behavior disorders through functional analysis of precursor behaviors. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 35, 125-136. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-125 Thomason-Sassi, J.L., Iwata, B.A., Neidert, P.L., & Roscoe, E.M. (2011). Response latency as an index of response strength during functional analyses of problem behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44, 51-67. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-51 Slaton, J.D.

Unlike mercy, our quality of life does NOT droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven. Instead, our perception of how well (or not) our lives are is based on a number of factors relating to job satisfaction, social relationships, and physical wellbeing. Or so we thought. Turns out, all measures of quality of life may not be created equally, especially for autistic individuals. This week, we hit the research journals to identify what does and doesn’t matter in improving quality of life (and, what research still has to find out!). This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Bernhardt, J.B., Larn, G.Y.H., Thomas, T., Cubells, J.F., Bohlke, K. Reid, M., & Rice, C.E. (2020). Meaning in measurement: Evaluating young autistic adults’ active engagement and expressed interest in quality-of-life goals. Ausitm in Adulthood, 2, 227-242. doi: 10.1089/aut.2019.0081 Burgess, A.F. & Gutstein, S.E. (2007). Quality of life for people with autism: Raising the standard for evaluating s

We were walking through the park today, because it’s the Merry Merry Month of May! And, who should we run into but our book club pal, Alan, to ring in the new topics we’ll be discussing this month. After reminiscing on the fun of discussing Neurotribes, we look forward to our episodes on quality of life, bullying, and the evolution of the functional analysis with Dr. Jessica Slaton. We’re about as funny as a screen door on a battleship. Articles for May 2021 Quality of Life Bernhardt, J.B., Larn, G.Y.H., Thomas, T., Cubells, J.F., Bohlke, K. Reid, M., & Rice, C.E. (2020). Meaning in measurement: Evaluating young autistic adults’ active engagement and expressed interest in quality-of-life goals. Ausitm in Adulthood, 2, 227-242. doi: 10.1089/aut.2019.0081 Burgess, A.F. & Gutstein, S.E. (2007). Quality of life for people with autism: Raising the standard for evaluating successful outcomes. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 12, 80-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2006.00432.x Ayres, M., Parr, JR., Rodgers