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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
9/3 Raghunauth-Zaman, N., Jessel, J. & Chou, V. Parent- Guided Communication Training with Neurotypical Toddlers of Three Latin American Families. Behav Analysis Practice (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-024-00983-5
5 conventionally developing Latin-American toddlers with challenging behavior were treated by a 15 minute FA and function-based communication training, which was effective and which parents rated as acceptable
Fernandez, N., Argueta, T., DeLeon, I.G. et al. Barriers to Careers in Behavior Analysis among Hispanic and Latinx Undergraduate Students: A Preliminary Analysis. Behav Analysis Practice (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-024-00981-7
Major barriers identified by the authors include lack of mentorship and lack of positive examples
Behavioral Interventions *
9/1 degli Espinosa, F., & Hackenberg, T. D. (2024). Token economies: Evidence-based recommendations for practitioners. Behavioral Interventions, e2051. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.2051
Recommendations for 1.) starting a token economy, and 2.) managing a pre existing token economy
9/3 Chesbrough, E. A., King, H., Fornah, M., Quigley, S., & Falligant, J. M. (2024). Further analysis of fixed-lean approaches to reinforcement schedule thinning. Behavioral Interventions, e2055. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.2055
In fading schedules of reinforcement in FCT, there is typically a dense-to-lean schedule. The authors compared DTL to fixed lean (e.g., rapidly introduce the terminal schedule) along with noncontingent access to competing stimuli, and the fixed lean schedule was faster and more efficient
Kim, J. Y., Fienup, D. M., Geiger, H. M., & Jahromi, L. B. (2024). Effects of an online group-based intervention on effort tolerance in general education. Behavioral Interventions, e2053. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.2053
(Open access) Researchers gradually increased response requirements in math tasks to promote a "larger/later" contingency. This was effective for kids who were at grade level or below, but not for students above grade level -- perhaps because they started at a higher level, or because they selected the high-effort task in baseline, or for other reasons
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior *
9/2 Luoma, S. M., Miguel, C. F., LaFrance, D. L., & Lee, V. N. (2024). The role of intraverbal bidirectional naming in the establishment of comparative relations. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.4207
The authors hypothesize that covert intraverbals are at play during formation of emergent relations; in this test, they asked participants to speak aloud during tasks and found that relational training was not enough to establish bidirectional naming
The Psychological Record
9/3 Marin, R., Ribeiro, G.W. Mathematical Prediction of Emergent Relations in the Merger of Equivalence Classes. Psychol Rec (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-024-00605-0
Teaching 1 association between classes can cause all members of each class to be merged; the authors developed a mathematical equation to predict all emergent relations in this case, and it reliably predicted the results in 2 cases
Journal of Behavioral Education
9/4 Eyler, P.B., Ledford, J.R. Efficiency and Child Preference for Specific Prompting Procedures. J Behav Educ (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-024-09563-7
In kids with certain prerequisite skills, time delay or least to most prompting was used. In each case, kids made progress, and preferences were individual and stable
Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
9/6 Avoiding the Unwanted: A Cross-cultural Comprehensive Analysis of Experiential Avoidance and a Meta-Analysis
(In press) The authors find that East Asian populations engage in more experiential avoidance, but experience less stress, than Western populations
Feasibility, acceptability and outcomes of a Contextual Schema Therapy-based mobile program for depressive symptoms in adults
(In press) An app called nCompass (there are several apps called "ncompass" but none fitting this description) treated depression effectively and acceptably
Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin
The Logic and Code Behind the Cover & TOC Graphs, David J. Cox, Version of Record online: 02 September 2024 https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/B6XUH
Includes code and instructions for creating a unique graph
Book publications
Textbooks, handbooks, manuals, or mass-market
Elsevier
Training Human Service Staff: Evidence-Based Strategies for Promoting Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Trainee Acceptance, Reid & Green (Available 9/1)
A Practical Guide to Functional Assessment and Treatment for Severe Problem Behavior, Jessel & Sturmey (Available 11/1)
Routledge
Handbook of Organizational Performance, Volume I: Foundations and Advances, Edited by Douglas Johnson & C Merle Johnson (Available 8/30)
Psychology Essentials for Behavior Analysts, Edited by Toby & Ranade
Writing Skills for Behavior Analysts: A Practical Guide for Students and Clinicians, Edited by Reinecke, Knihtila, Papazian, Heyman & Bratton
Behavior Modification: What It Is and How To Do It, Martin & Pear
Sloan publishing
Reflections on Behaviorism and Society: Extended Edition, 2024, B. F. Skinner
Ethics: Proactive and Practical Decision Making for Behavior Analysts, LeBlanc & Karsten
Perspectives on Neurodiversity and Belonging: Reflections for Behavior Analysts, Dyer, Weiss, Tereshko, & Linnehan (eds.)
2023: A list here
Podcasts
Functional Relations
#22 - Using Radical Behaviorism to Set and Accomplish Goals - Pt. 1 with Dithu Rajaraman
ABA Inside Track
September 2024 Preview
Upcoming episodes:
Training Supervisees in Compassionate Care Practices
Remote Supervision
Discipline Without Punishment Book Club
Behavioral Observations
The Importance of Theory and Philosophy: Session 273 with Carol Pilgrim and Tim Hackenberg
Building Better Businesses in ABA
Episode 93: Behavior Live: The Business of ABA with Mellanie Page
ABA Technologies
Animal Behavior Training with Adam Geltz
Blogs
Generally these are produced by professionals
ABAI
“Something Interesting” Turns 1, and Confronts the Inevitable
Using Technology to Quantify Verbal Behavior
A very interesting description of quantifying and comparing complex verbal behaviors
OAR
The Tricky Thing About Getting Older
Licensing & professional organizations
ASAN
Join Us for a Webinar: Get Out the Vote with ASAN!
ASAT
September 2024 - Volume 21, Issue 9
Brushing? Adults increasing communication skills?
BACB
Noncertified RBT Supervisors
Maybe this is important to the only remaining noncertified RBT supervisor
Business world
Autism services, behavioral health, etc.
Shared Savings in Behavioral Health: A Realistic Approach to Value-Based Care
Fee-for-service (e.g., billing by the hour) incentivizes providing services, and unethical providers will provide unnecessary services. That is a problem, but other payment arrangements may discourage providing a full range of services. What if a provider got a percentage of a savings – say, if they achieve an agreed upon goal quickly and saved money over a standard rate? Surely not something to be exploited by unethical providers…
Accidentally behavior analysis
A mainstream news article that relates to behavior analysis
‘Right to Repair for Your Body’: The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine, 404 Media
A fascinating story about a group of people that uses an ingenious piece of software to reverse engineer prescription drugs. I’ve found myself frustrated by expensive gatekeeping of science: journal subscriptions, book publishers, academic program publishers, lawsuits against the Internet Archive. Should there be any reason that we don’t have an open-source Corrective Reading for *checks notes* …Californians?
Continuing education
UPCOMING:
BehaviorLive has a list of events, some of which are free: 9/10 (SUP), 9/10, 9/19 (SUP), 9/25
Flashback
It is a challenging question: how to judge the events of the past by the standards of today? How could we, times were different, etc. etc. And yet in virtually every case, there was someone living by exceptional values, someone who refrained from doing harm. R.C. Winkler, standing out from his era and from his culture, understood the potential harm that could be done when behavior analysis ignored the person served. And it turns out he was partly responsible for another classic warning.