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
1/26 Milor, E., Giovagnoli, R., Peter, C.S. et al. Introduction to “Embracing Qualitative Research in Behavior Analysis: Lessons of Qualitative Research in/and Practice”—Part 2, Personal, Professional, and Pedagogical Perspectives. Behav Analysis Practice (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-026-01157-1
(Open access) Personal reflections on what happens when you "embrace qualitative research"

Behavior and Social Issues
1/29 Spencer, T.D., Thompson, V. & Watson-Thompson, J. Community-Engaged Scholarship: An Interpartner Approach for Collaborative Practice. Behav. Soc. Iss. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-025-00239-z
(Open access) A strong argument for, and steps to increase, collaboration

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior *
1/25 (2026), Correction to “The effects of discriminative stimuli on combined relapse: A preliminary human-operant investigation”. J Exp Anal Behav, 125: e70090. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.70090
An incorrect image of a graph was published

1/26 Kirkman, C. F., Losi, M., Gurin, K., & Hackenberg, T. D. (2026). Pigeons' choosing to go to work: Using reinforcement-based methods to balance animal welfare with research needs. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 125(2), e70084. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.70084
6 pigeons, when not involved in an experiment related to gambling behavior, lived together in an aviary where they could fly, nest, interact, etc. The pigeons were cued to enter an experimental box each day, and all pigeons entered on their own, obviating the need for human physical management

Education and Treatment of Children
1/30 Pennington, R. Leaning Further into the Education and Better Treatment of Children in Schools: An Editorial. Educ. Treat. Child. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43494-026-00177-4
(Open access) An introduction to the new EIC, plus his vision of what the mission of ETC should be

The Psychological Record
1/29 Farrell, C., Greer, R.D., Sun, Y. et al. The Mechanism for How Children Can Learn 10,000 Names by Age 5 by Observation Alone. Psychol Rec (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-025-00667-8
17 conventionally developing toddlers were tested for learning names (e.g., tacts, labels, etc.) by either observation or instruction. The toddlers learned around 2 per minute during observation and less than 1 per minute during instruction. Extrapolating with math, the toddlers should be able to learn 10k names with only 10 minutes of observation over the course of less than 2 years -- incredibly interesting!

Journal of Behavioral Education
1/31 Bosch, J., Lüke, T., Steiner, T. et al. Enhancing Pre-service Teachers’ Visual Analysis Skills for Single-Case Graphs: the Role of Trend and Intervention Effect. J Behav Educ (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-026-09615-0
(Open access) Training improved teacher's interpretation of hypothetical single-case graphs, but as found in previous studies, increasing trend can be confused with overall treatment effects 

Bulla, A., Kubina, R. The Use and Benefits of the Standard Celeration Chart in Single Case Research. J Behav Educ (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-026-09617-y
Who charted? 

Van den Noortgate, W., Moeyaert, M. Variance Estimation in Single-Case Data Meta-Analysis: Bootstrapping to the Rescue?. J Behav Educ (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-026-09619-w
"Standardization can induce substantial bias in the variance estimates, but this bias is reduced by applying Hedges’ small sample correction factor." Someone smart, explain this 

Kausch, T., Neely, L., Cox, D. et al. Machine Learning to Analyze Alternating Treatments Graphs. J Behav Educ (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-026-09616-z
(Open access) Visual analysis in alternating treatments design can have flaws; the authors used machine learning to analyze graphs and it worked ok

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 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:
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Podcasts

ABA Inside Track
The Changing Criterion Design

Behavioral Observations
Entrenamiento de Habilidades Conductuales: BOP en Español 16 con Maria Sanchez

Blogs

Generally these are produced by professionals

ABAI
A Modest Proposal
Tom Critchfield suggests that behavior analysis has limited its own reach

Conditioning a Behavioral Perspective
Introducing a new ABAI blog dedicated to the philosophy of behaviorism

Shaping a Radical Behaviorist: The Value of Seeking Diverse Training Experiences
Diversity of subject matter, that is

Fascinating, Horrifying, Essential: Teaching the History of Behavior Analysis
We mostly agree with Mirari Elcoro Calvo, therefore this is a very good and smart article. Readers of our work will know where we diverge...

Licensing & professional organizations

BACB
2025 data infographic
A huge increase in certified BCBAs, BCaBAs, and especially RBTs

ASAN
ASAN comments opposing HHS proposed rule undermining gender dysphoria protections

Business world

Autism services, behavioral health, etc.

'AI-native' outpatient surgery startup Oath Surgical inks Nvidia partnership
This is a story about a medical AI startup, but:

Oath’s operating rooms will use Nvidia’s AI infrastructure to analyze surgical video and audio in real time, helping deliver “unique insights and efficiencies for surgeons across the full care journey,” Oath Surgical said in announcing the partnership Tuesday, Jan. 27.

As usual, they pitch this as helping with “administrative tasks.” But are companies really rushing to invest millions or billions of dollars to cut down on administration?

Accidentally behavior analysis

A mainstream news article that relates to behavior analysis

Secretary Kennedy Appoints New Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee to Advance Fight Against Autism
Immediately, red flags are raised by the “fight against” metaphor – not support, not assistance, not research into, not partnership; the only worse metaphor would be “war.” But as it turns out, most of the people listed as being part of the committee are quacks, selling supplements, or involved in facilitated communication. Well, it’s not like it could get much worse

Continuing education

UPCOMING:

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Flashback

Facilitated communication: why are we still talking about this

Facilitated communication (FC) was fatally debunked in 1993 on an excellent episode of PBS Frontline. That same year, Doug Wheeler (featured in the Frontline episode) published his experimental data debunking FC. JADD published a similar result. In The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, Hall speculated on the mechanism behind facilitator control. Gina Green covered the whole issue comprehensively in 1994 in Behavior and Social Issues. In 1995, JABA published the results of an experiment similar to Wheeler’s, with the same findings.

Fast forward to 2015, and FC is at the heart of a tragic story of abuse. Netflix listed a documentary film about the case in 2024.

In 2026, FC is resurfacing in HHS. We may have a longer piece about this in the future.