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
4/1 Boggs, M.A., Rapp, J.T., Cook, J.L. et al. Are Keynote and Invited Speakers at State Behavior Analytic Conferences Experts on Their Presentation Topics?. Behav Analysis Practice (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01051-2
 (Open access) 735 keynote addresses from 2021-2023 were analyzed, and only 31% of speakers had a topic-specific publication, and the percentage increased over the years. Of the 69% of speakers who did not have a topic-specific publication, 40% of that number had no publications at all


4/2 Diffley, S., Kubina, R.M., Noone, C. et al. The Complexity of Procedural Fidelity in Precision Teaching: A Qualitative Analysis. Behav Analysis Practice (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01050-3
(Open access) A qualitative study on the barriers to precision teaching in schools, which includes numerous problems of procedural fidelity


Behavioral Interventions *
3/31 Hardesty, S.L., Workman, B.N., Quigley, S.L. and Bowman, L.G. (2025), Procedural Recommendations for Effective Staff Safety Monitoring Practices in ABA Organizations Serving Individuals With Challenging Behaviors. Behavioral Interventions, 40: e70015. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.70015
 (Open access) A comprehensive look at how to define, measure, and track staff injury data from Kennedy Krieger


Perspectives on Behavior Science
4/2 Gallistel, C.R. Reconceptualized Associative Learning. Perspect Behav Sci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-025-00442-8
 (Open access) An interesting, complicated accounting of association


Behavior and Social Issues
3/31 Rakos, R.F., Alavosius, M.P. & Krispin, J.V. Denial, Deception, and Ignorance: “Culturo-Behavior Unscience” Examined in Three Recent Books. Behav. Soc. Iss. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-025-00198-5
 3 popular science books and how they represent, or misrepresent, science


4/1 Breaux, C.A. A Pilot Study in Changing Self-Reported Assent Practices in ABA via an Asynchronous Continuing Education Unit. Behav. Soc. Iss. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42822-025-00199-4
 A before-and-after survey examined the assent practices of over 1,000 BCBAs who took a CEU course. According to the self-reports, BCBAs increased their assent practices


Behavior Modification *
3/30 Riden, B. S., Markelz, A. M., Germansky, S., Brown, T. S., Raso, A. J., & Morris, E. R. (2025). Increasing the Active Supervision of Inclusive Early Childhood Education Pre-Service Teachers Using Goal Setting and Step Counters. Behavior Modification, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01454455251325332
 Does increasing step count for supervisors at a school site lead to increased supervision? The results are mixed, but there was an increase over baseline levels


Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior *
4/2 Kurnellas, R., Sutton, C., Gelino, B., Taylor, H., Smith, A., Reed, D., & Yi, R. (2025). Projected alcohol demand in college students with heavy drinking. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.70006
 Asking students to rate the value of alcohol correlates with current and future drinking; this study asked students to predict the value of alcohol 3 months in the future. It seems that this prediction of value did not predict alcohol consumption, as drinking rates did not typically change in the 3 month window 


Toegel, F., Dumas, A. D., & Perone, M. (2025). Contributions of delay, duration, and intensity of shock on rats' choices involving conflicting-valence consequences. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.70008
 The authors conducted several experiments on rats to model self-control, wherein a response has both reinforcing and punishing consequences. When a lever delivers food plus a delayed shock, there are effects on delay and magnitude of the shock, but signaling the shock has no effect


Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
4/3 Luskin-Saxby, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M.J., Sulek, R. et al. Autism Early Intervention Providers: Their Priorities, Use of Empirically Supported Practices, and Professional Development Needs. J Autism Dev Disord (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06808-w
 (Open access) Providers mostly use evidence-based practices, but also use "sensory-based" practices that are not evidence based


Journal of Behavioral Education
4/4 Farnsworth, T., Thompson, R. Computer-Based Email Training for Undergraduates: A Replication and Extension. J Behav Educ (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-025-09586-8
 A training module in a learning management software package consisted of instructions, a model, and a quiz. The investigators recorded more checklist items used in subsequent emails, but recipients did not rate them as meaningfully improved


Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
4/4 Momentary Appraisals of Uncontrollable and Unpredictable Events Predict Caregiver Well-Being: Evidence from an Experience Sampling Study
 (In press) Caregivers who experience events as uncontrollable and unpredictable suffer more stress; participation in social activities mitigates that stress


4/5 Art in Context: A Multi-Level Analysis of Art
 (Open access) (In press) Can RFT explain art?


Book publications

Textbooks, handbooks, manuals, or mass-market

Upcoming:
Handbook of Operant Behavioral Economics, Reed, Kaplan & Gilroy (Eds.) (Available Jul. 1, 2025)
Ethical Decision Making in Applied Behavior Analysis, Schwartz & Kelly (Available now)


New this quarter:
Leadership and Management Practices in Human Services Organizations, Gardner et al.
Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis for Behavior Technicians and Other Practitioners, 4/E, Wallace & Mayer
Behavior Analysis for Lasting Change, 6/E, Mayer, Wallace, & Sulzer-Azaroff 

Using Functional Analysis in Psychotherapy, Niklas Törneke
Handbook for Behavioral Skills Training, Edition 1, Sturmey & Maffei-Almodovar 

Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis (3rd Edition), Bailey & Burch
Multiculturalism and Diversity in Applied Behavior Analysis: Bridging Theory and Application (2nd Edition), Conners & Capell (Eds.)
Talk Behavior to Me: The Routledge Dictionary of the Top 150 Behavior Analytic Terms and Translations, Samuel
The Behavior of Social Justice, Parks et al.
A Practical Guide to Functional Assessment and Treatment for Severe Problem Behavior, Jessel & Sturmey (Eds.)
Handbook of Organizational Performance, Volume II, D. Johnson & C. Johnson (Eds.)


Recent:

2024

2023


Podcasts

ABA Inside Track
April 2025 Preview
Episodes will include:


Behavioral Observations
Response to Name Interventions for Staff and Caregivers: Inside JABA 22


Functional Relations
#29 - Enhance Your Supervision w/ Dr. Ellie Kazemi


Blogs

Generally these are produced by professionals

ABAI
Why Climate Action Won’t Wait, Part One
 Susan Schneider argues that climate action won't wait -- but you’ll have to wait for part two


Management and the ‘New Science’: Part One
 A very interesting description of systems -- find out more in part two


Expanding Frontiers in Behavioral Analysis Application: Dissemination and Development of Social Skills Training Interventions
 Developing social skills in Brazil


“Mistakes of Undergraduate Proportions,” OR: Why ABA Survey Research Is So God-Awful Bad
 Tom Critchfield notes that ABA survey research could be good, but is in fact quite bad


Bridging Verbal Behavior and Second Language Acquisition for Adult English Learners
 A few interesting applications of behavior analysis to language acquisition


Steve Hayes
Why the World of Mental Health is Changing: A New Era of Personalization, Resilience, and Human Flourishing
 Interesting ideas about the future of treatment


How ACT Can Boost Your Exercise Routine: Fun, Pain, and Psychological Flexibility
 Milk curls?


OAR
Empowering Parents to Address Severe Behaviors
 A short post by Dr. Rachel Taylor


Inauthentic Autism in the Media
 A thoughtful post


Licensing & professional organizations

ASAN
ASAN Unimpressed by White House’s 2025 “Autism Awareness Day” Announcement

HHS Restructuring Harms People With Disabilities
Really appreciating ASAN’s no-nonsense direct approach with these blogs

BF Skinner Foundation
New issue of Operants magazine

BACB
BACB Removes DEI Content from Coursework Requirements
Last week we posted about the March BACB newsletter that detailed removing DEI requirements in future education and continuing education standards for the stated reason that “DEI” is now subject to federal threats. Behavioral Health Business has a reported piece that quotes a few sources who are similarly unhappy with the cowardly nature of the decision.


Business world

Autism services, behavioral health, etc.

AI tools could ease staffing, workflow if ROI improves
Old: AI is transformational, you don’t use it at your peril, the IPO for our donut factory includes 3 paragraphs about AI
New: OK, AI sucks now, but just wait


Autism Providers Leaving Authorized Hours on the Table, Multidisciplinary Care Models Booming
CentralReach has some kind of a huge data set on providers. What they find is that providers are only using about 42% of direct hours, and even less in parent training hours. There are more centers opening (except in California, perhaps due to costs?); more providers are including more service lines (e.g., PT, OT); and more parent training may reduce client churn.


Accidentally behavior analysis

A mainstream news article that relates to behavior analysis

It’s Always the Other Side That’s Been Brainwashed, The New Yorker
Apparently the topic of “brainwashing” (which we just wrote about) has had something of a resurgence, and the author of this New Yorker piece comments on 4 new books on the topic. His conclusion recalls a common thought about believers in conspiracies: that it is more comfortable to believe in a grand plan than to believe in no plan at all.

The most disturbing possibility isn’t that millions have been brainwashed. It’s that they haven’t.


Continuing education

UPCOMING:


BehaviorLive is back to posting free events: 4/8, 4/10 (ETH), 4/23 (SUP), 4/24, 


Flashback

Is ABA technological “to a fault”?