Scholarly publications
Includes peer reviewed journals within and adjacent to behavior analysis
(Starred journals available to BCBAs through the BACB portal)
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis *
8/14 Tincani, M., Gilroy, S. P., & Dowdy, A. (2024). Extensions of open science for applied behavior analysis: Preregistration for single-case experimental designs. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.2909
The authors argue in favor of "preregistration" of studies -- what this boils down to is detailing your study before you start it. This is in opposition to the morally and scientifically questionable practice of "p-hacking" where a researcher uses a bunch of statistical tests on a data set until they get a result.
Perspectives on Behavior Science
8/17 Marin, R., Fienup, D.M. Relating in the Wild: Toward an Analysis of Equivalence Relations Under More Naturalistic Conditions. Perspect Behav Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-024-00420-6
Equivalence relations are trained in a lab with controls for numerous variables, but the authors discuss how equivalence relations might arise in real life without those controls
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior *
8/13 McGee, R. E., Roberts, C. R., & Petursdottir, A. I. (2024). Effects of instructed visual imagining on emergent conditional discriminations. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.4205
"Visual imagining" (what Skinner might have called "seeing in the absence of the thing seen") was hypothesized by the authors to have a mediating effect on derived stimulus relations. During training for an intraverbal task, one group was instructed to imagine the stimuli, which improved their performance on the task
The Psychological Record
8/12 de Almeida, R.V., Barnes-Holmes, D. & Leslie, J.C. Differential Trial-Type Effects in an Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure: Extending the DAARRE Model. Psychol Rec (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-024-00604-1
In an IRAP test (essentially how quickly a participant responds to a word or image), some conditions resulted in fluent responding to relationships between words and images (e.g., a match, or opposites) while some conditions resulted in fluent responding to functions (e.g., in a test with happy/sad faces, there was a bias towards "happy" words and images). The authors argue that the distinction is meaningful for RFT as a whole
Journal of Behavioral Education
8/16 Stricker, C., Mao, J., Cassidy, S. et al. A Relational Frame Theory-Based Intervention for Improving Reading and Mathematical Competencies Among School Children. J Behav Educ (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-024-09559-3
(Open access) An online relational-training game, administered 1-3 time per week for 45 minutes, improved reading and math scores for students over treatment-as-usual. The authors note that the system is similar to Mark Dixon's PEAK, and I'll note the overlap with Direct Instruction
McLucas, A.S., Som, S., Fleming, J. et al. Using Video Modeling Plus Feedback to Teach Vocational Social Skills to Employment-Aged Autistic Youth. J Behav Educ (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-024-09561-9
(Open access) Video modeling with feedback was successful in teaching vocational skills to 3 autistic teens in a simulated program, though there were mixed results in generalization to real work sites with supervisors
8/17 Akers, J.S., Davis, T.N., Wicker, M. et al. A Practitioner Guide for Schedule Thinning Following Functional Communication Training. J Behav Educ (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-024-09558-4
The authors created, from a literature review, a guide to schedule thinning
Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
8/16 Development of the Southampton Experiential Avoidance and Acceptance Scale (SEAAS)
(In press) An 18 item scale for assessment
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
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
ABA Inside Track
Episode 1010 - (UNLOCKED) Walden Two Book Club
Functional Relations
#21 - Using SPACE to Treat Childhood Anxiety w/ Dr. Shauna Lynne
Blogs
Generally these are produced by professionals
ABAI
The Hall of Really Good People in Behavior Analysis – Inductee #1: Phil Hineline
Who is the Really-Goodest person in behavior analysis?
Update: AI Likes Us Better Now
Is AI good now? (No)
Building Bridges with Behavior Analysis: The Power of Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Dissemination
Clare St. Peter gives some concrete examples involving academic collaboration. Some projects are detailed on her website
OAR
Queer Dating for Autistic Young Adults: Tips for Staying Safe and Comfortable
Licensing & professional organizations
BACB
2023 Exam pass rates
Shoutout to FIT, the program with the highest pass rate of any triple-digit enrollment (517 students, 78% pass rate).
ASAT
August newsletter: Special issue on communication
ACQ
Blossom Center for Children Receives Accreditation
APBA
New look for the website
The old one was quite outdated
Business world
Autism services, behavioral health, etc.
Private equity in healthcare targeted in proposed California bill
Doesn’t the free market lead to better health outcomes? For example, when private equity takes over nursing homes, mortality rates increase by 10%, and everyone knows that increases are good.
Accidentally behavior analysis
A mainstream news article that relates to behavior analysis
Parents Rage Against New Fee to Keep Their Smart Bassinets Smart, The New York Times
“[Dr. Harvey Karp is] a former pediatrician who created the Snoo after becoming frustrated with the lack of progress in reducing rates of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.”
Air Crib is superior to Snoo, but “smart bassinet” is superior to “baby box.”
Continuing education
UPCOMING:
BehaviorLive has a list of events, some of which are free: 8/21 (ETH)
Flashback
Sure, there was the Air Crib, which may have saved the lives of a few babies. But what about the Pavlok, a device which you could use in order to give yourself a contingent electric shock (now described on the website as a “snap” or “electrical impulses”)? Or on a serious note, the MotivAider, a very cool device that seems to have been buried by smartphones. But the further you go back, the more that was produced.