Scholarly publications

Includes peer reviewed journals within and adjacent to behavior analysis

(Starred journals available to BCBAs through the BACB portal)

Behavior Analysis in Practice
3/3 Curiel, H., Tolfree, C.K., Barrera, M.R. et al. Paired-Stimulus Preference Assessment for Videos. Behav Analysis Practice (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-026-01160-6
The authors used a web-based program to present pairs of videos as a preference assessment with 4 kids. They found preferences in all cases, and the videos functioned as reinforcers for 7/8 assessments 

Maraventano, J.C., LaRue, R.H., Budge, J. et al. The Use of Direct Vocational Assessments to Repair Performance Issues at Community-Based Job Placements of Autistic Adults. Behav Analysis Practice (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-026-01167-z
(Open access) 3 adults who experienced problems at their job placement were assessed for preferences, and their work was modified according to their preference. This reduced challenging behavior and increased on-task behavior. As an example, dishwashing was swapped with bussing tables because the subject preferred movement

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management *
Twyman, J. S. (2026). Generative AI as a behavioral cusp within organization. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2026.2640884
Twyman argues that AI adoption is not a change agent but a cusp, wherein staff acquire new capabilities. Or not

Behavior Modification * Volume 50 Issue 2 (3 articles, 1 open access)
Most intriguing: Machine Learning to Detect Vocal Stereotypy: Improving Duration-Based Measures
(Open access) Here's where "AI" might be useful: automated data collection

3/4 Kim, J. Y., Ravichandran, V., Moeyaert, M., Ditzler, H., Ryan, M., & Fienup, D. M. (n.d.). Interventions for Transition-Related Challenging Behavior in Individuals with Disabilities: A Targeted Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis of Studies Published in Behavior Analytic Journals. Behavior Modification, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01454455261421144
(Open access) 16 articles were identified that dealt with transitions, and they found that the greatest reductions in challenging behavior were consequence-based interventions without signals (though this was not statistically significant)

Education and Treatment of Children
3/5 Lee, M.S., Milne, C.M., Ferguson, J.L. et al. Evaluating the Replicability of Flexible Prompt Fading for Teaching Tacts. Educ. Treat. Child. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43494-026-00178-3
Flexible prompt fading was taught to novice staff, who successfully implemented it with 3 kids

The Psychological Record
3/4 Sabino, I.J.C., Carvalho, P.H., Bernardy, J.L. et al. Maintenance of Discriminative Function Across Successive and Simultaneous Procedures: An Experimental Demonstration. Psychol Rec (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-026-00674-3
(Open access) 10 undergrads were trained with either simultaneous presentation, or successive; then the phase was switched to the alternative. Regardless of group, the participants maintained discriminations. However, the simultaneous condition was more efficient

Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
3/1 Network analysis of psychological flexibility and sleep dysfunction in college students: Identifying key targets for ACT-based interventions
ACT helps with sleep, but it's unclear what qualities should be targeted for improvement. The authors found that present moment awareness, values, and experiential avoidance were the most important factors 

Time series machine learning for idionomic process-based treatment planning: A tutorial on tsBoruta
(In press) (Open access) 3 different algorithms analyzed trichotillomania, finding that cognitive fixation is a predictor, and that treatment areas should include fixation, valued action, and anxiety

Acta Comportamentalia Vol. 34 Núm. 1 (10 articles, 10 open access) Articles are in Portuguese, abstracts are in English
Most intriguing: Active Avoidance in BALB/c Mice Through Pavlovian Conditioning without Negative Reinforcement .
In this article, the authors compare Pavlovian conditioning to instrumental conditioning in an avoidance response in rats; the Pavlovian conditioning does result in an avoidance response, but a weaker response

Book publications

Textbooks, handbooks, manuals, or mass-market

Upcoming:
Personal Narratives on the Behavior Analysis of Human Language and Cognition:

Stories from Around the World, Harte et al. (Eds.) (Jul 2026)
WAVE Prosocial Assessment and Curriculum, Rehfeldt & Dixon (Pre-order)
Digital Technologies in Behavior Science: Theoretical and Practical Applications, Crone-Todd, Hantula, Layng (Eds.) (Pre-order Feb 25, 2026)
AIM Navigators, Dixon (Pre-order)
Promoting Language for Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Verbal Behavior Guide for Practitioners, Vladescu & Kissamore (Eds.)
Navigating Ethics in Behavior Analysis: Dealing with Gray Areas, Carr

Recent:
2025
2024
2023

Podcasts

ABA Inside Track
March 2026 Preview
Episodes will include:

• Down Syndrome and ABA w/ Dr. Kathleen Feeley (DUAL DIAGNOSIS)

• Social Preference Assessments w/ Dr. Casey Clay

• Public Posting

All Things Behavior
Introduction to the Juniper Garden Children's Project with Charles Greenwood

Functional Relations
#40 - Rethinking How We Teach Tacts w/ Dr. Judah Axe

Blogs

Generally these are produced by professionals

ABAI
You Do Not Actually Have a “Bad Memory,” I Promise
A guest post about memory

Cultural Troubles and Issues
What do you mean, everything is fine

OAR
Autism Just As Common In Girls As Boys, Study Finds
In Sweden over the course of 35 years, the ratio of male:female diagnosis has nearly become equal

Licensing & professional organizations

ASAN
DHS Violence Endangers the Autistic Community

Business world

Autism services, behavioral health, etc.

Aetna fined $550K for mental health parity violations

The state identified incomplete claims files, along with delays in deciding on claims and improper denials. Aetna was unable to explain those delays, the release said. The department also alleged inaccurate or incomplete assessment and application of benefit limits, as well as “flawed methods” for compliance. The company was allegedly not submitting required claim delay letters during that time, either, according to the government.

Autism spectrum disorder claims were of particular concern, especially for applied behavior analysis.

Accidentally behavior analysis

A mainstream news article that relates to behavior analysis

Body language in sports isn’t mystical. It can win or lose the next play, The Athletic
Imagine our surprise when we see a mainstream (The Athletic is owned by the NYT) article on body language in sports authored by Amy Cuddy of “power pose” infamy. “Body language” is behavior; some is easily discriminable (e.g., the middle finger) while some is less so (e.g., a heavy sigh). Still, her conclusions go beyond the evidence:

These aren’t poses we learn. They’re innate responses to success and failure — part of our evolutionary inheritance.

One of her main points is that expressing frustration via body language can cause teammates to make mistakes and opponents to gain confidence. But this is not universally true – individual teammates could, for example, perform better when a superstar teammate is frustrated. There are even ways to find this out!

Continuing education

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Flashback

Before The Behavior of Organisms

As reported in the book B.F. Skinner by John Weigel, Skinner published a book in 1928 – a decade before the one considered to be his first. At the behest of his father, a lawyer, he summarized 1,148 court cases regarding coal. This does appear to have been widely reported, including by Skinner himself in his autobiography. 

Skinner’s account is that it was intensely boring and he was suffering from hay fever throughout. But he was an author, in any case.