Scholarly publications
Includes peer reviewed journals within and adjacent to behavior analysis
(Starred journals available to BCBAs through the BACB portal)
Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions *
8/3 Walker, V. L., Douglas, S. N., Reilly, A. M., Tapp, M. C., & Sobeck, E. E. (2025). Paraeducator Training to Support Students’ Behavioral Needs: Administrator, Teacher, and Paraeducator Perspectives. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10983007251335987
In interviews, the authors identify barriers to paraeducator training from the perspectives of paras and administrators
The Analysis of Verbal Behavior
8/7 Olaff, H.S., Holth, P. Acquisition of Incidental Bidirectional Naming: Isolating the Effects of Probing and Mixed-Operant Instruction. Analysis Verbal Behav (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40616-025-00221-1
(Open access) Some kids with autism acquired tacts during a repeated-probe condition (matching to sample when the experimenter tacts the stimulus). The remaining kids acquired tacts during mixed-operants training (e.g., tact, LR)
The Psychological Record
8/5 Guerin, B. Observing How Groups Shape Individual Behavior: The Importance of Group Social Exchanges of Both Resources and Social Activities. Psychol Rec (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-025-00656-x
(Open access) Guerin argues that resources are pooled, but so are relationship activities
8/7 Arntzen, E., Mensah, J., Sæterstøl, S.B. et al. Observing Matching-to-Sample Performance and Stimulus Sorting. Psychol Rec (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-025-00655-y
(Open access) When adults observe a matching to sample task where the participant is mostly correct, they will generally sort stimuli into classes according to their observations
Peck, S., Madden, G.J. An Episodic Thinking Intervention to Reduce Effort Discounting. Psychol Rec (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-025-00657-w
Delay discounting can be moderated by episodic future thinking, wherein participants are asked to vividly imagine future events leading up to the end of the delay interval, but this has not moderated effort. The authors modified EFT to relate to effortful tasks, which was effective in reducing discounting
8/8 Gade, A., Hayashi, Y. & Romanowich, P. Using Social Discounting to Measure Diabetes Discrimination. Psychol Rec (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-025-00658-9
In a hypothetical discounting task, 228 college students could share money with a person with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, or a no medical info control, across 7 social distances (e.g., family member, friend, stranger). People were willing to share more with a person with type 1 diabetes. The authors conclude that this is because type 1 diabetes is rare, but could it be due to a lack of social stigma around type 1 diabetes (and the stigma that persists with type 2)?
Journal of Behavioral Education
8/5 Manolov, R., Moeyaert, M. Multilevel Model Selection Applied to Single-Case Experimental Design Data. J Behav Educ (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-025-09593-9
(Open access) Multilevel modeling can explain effectiveness and variability in single-case designs; the authors discuss how to select and use a model
Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
8/7 Effects of an ACT-Based Intervention on University Students’ Self-Compassion and Psychological Well-Being (In press)
(Open access) A 5-session ACT workshop for college students moderately increased well-being and self-compassion
Relating-as-Context: Utilizing Functional Analytic Psychotherapy to Enhance Perspective- Taking and the Development of the Self
(In press) Functional analytic psychotherapy: it's good
Acta Comportamentalia Vol. 33 No. 2 (2025) (9 articles, 6 Portuguese & 3 Spanish) Abstracts are in English
Book publications
Textbooks, handbooks, manuals, or mass-market
Upcoming:
AIM Navigators, Dixon (Pre-order)
A.I.M. Explorers Curriculum Book Volume 2 Mountain Climb, Dixon (Pre-order)
Handbook of Operant Behavioral Economics, Reed, Kaplan & Gilroy (Eds.)
New this quarter:
Ethical Decision Making in Applied Behavior Analysis, Schwartz & Kelly
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:
Podcasts
ABA Inside Track
August 2025 Preview
Episodes will be:
Factors Influencing Skill Acquisition (Summer 2025 Listener Choice)
(UNLOCKED) Good Night, Sweet Dreams, I Love You Book Club
Why Jackie Hates DRO
Blogs
Generally these are produced by professionals
ABAI
From a Hotel Room to a Global Community: A Brief History of the Verbal Behavior SIG
OAR
New Guidance Published for Diagnosing Developmental Disabilities
from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Licensing & professional organizations
ASAN
ASAN troubled by recent vaccine policy choices
ASAT
Epilepsy and Autism: Understanding the Overlap
3% of the general population have epilepsy, while up to 20% of autistics do
Business world
Autism services, behavioral health, etc.
The McLean, Virginia-based startup bases its clinical approach on developmental relationship-based interventions (DRBI).
Well, let's look at their website: a quote about their services from "Dr. Diane Culinae" (apparently misspelled -- it's "Culinane"). Let's check out her company, and yes, it's DIR/Floortime. No need to denigrate it here, the writing and videos from the man himself do that well enough. Perhaps Positive Development saves money by avoiding use of the trademarked DIR/Floortime name
Accidentally behavior analysis
A mainstream news article that relates to behavior analysis
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End, The Atlantic
We wrote a story about Emanuil Enchmen, a Soviet scientist who nearly introduced a behaviorist paradigm to Russia. Unfortunately he lived in an environment where, as detailed in The Atlantic:
Later, at scientific conferences, [Roald] Sagdeev heard physicists criticize the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics on the grounds that it conflicted with Marxism.
Enchmen’s philosophy was officially suppressed because he interpreted human behavior outside of Marxist philosophy – and so, apparently, was physics. Now, in America, we have lists of banned words, and so:
Three-fourths of American scientists who responded to a recent poll by the journal Nature said they are considering leaving the country.
Continuing education
UPCOMING:
BehaviorLive is back to posting free events: 8/12, 8/13 (SUP), 8/20 (SUP), 8/27, 8/28
Flashback
Skinner’s poetry
When Skinner was an undergrad at Hamilton college, he wrote for the Hamilton Literary Magazine. After he graduated, he believed he would become a writer, and took a year at home – only to find that he had “nothing to write about.” At least he didn’t have a substack?
