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 *
8/10 Frank-Crawford, M. A., Cavanaugh, M. E. W., Piersma, D. E., & Sauter, S. (2026). A clinical evaluation and validation of a competing stimulus assessment targeting excessive functional communication responses. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 59(4), e70078. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.70078
Normally, competing stimulus assessments (CSA) are used for challenging behavior; in this case, the CSA was used to find alternative activities for FCT (e.g., different activities kids could ask for) after excessive FCRs during schedule thinning. When the high-frequency FCR was on extinction, other FCRs were available, resulting in less challenging behavior
8/14 Agana, T. R. T., Sidener, T. M., Pane, H. M., Macaraeg, O. P., Rodriguez, N. M., & Reeve, S. A. (2026). Social validity as an interactive process. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 59(4), e70079. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.70079
(Open access) Defining, recent historical measures, and future measures of social validity as an ongoing process
Behavior Analysis in Practice
8/11 Zimmerman, V.L., Valentino, A.L. & Jones, H.E. Increasing Access to the Scholarly Literature: A Replication and Extension to Build a Library in a Human Services Organization. Behav Analysis Practice (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-026-01217-6
Presumably within the organization Mindcolor Autism, the authors established a central research repository (a server?)
Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice Volume 26 , Issue 3 (5 articles, 1 open access)
Most intriguing: Effects of communication strategies on recall, clarity, and perceived understanding of verbal operant terminology
Compared to behavior-analytic language, people are better at remembering colloquial language with examples
Behavioral Interventions *
8/9 Abdel-Jalil, Awab, Mara Vanderzell, Danielle Badger, Alicia Zielenski, and Yvonne Smith. 2026. “ Teaching the Skills Required to Undergo a Dental Exam to Adults With Profound Autism Using a Communication and Reinforcement Package,” Behavioral Interventions: e70135. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.70135
3 adults with profound autism were taught an FCR for a break. For 1/3, this generalized to a dentist's office and they completed dental work without further training
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior *
8/11 Williams, C. L., Woodard, R. E., Fowler, M. R., & Franks-Jacobucci, B. A. (2026). Differential reinforcement using matched examples and nonexamples expedites the practice needed to learn concepts. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 126(2), e70130. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.70130
(Open access) The authors taught concepts using examples and non-examples; the non-examples were either matched (e.g., the same as the example but missing 1 must-have feature) or unmatched. Both conditions resulted in concept formation, but the matched non-examples resulted in fewer errors. In experiment 2, different subjects were given the same task but with no instructions or differential reinforcement, and no concept formation took place
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
8/11 Prabhakaran, N., Kaku, S.M., Moncy, A.M. et al. Gender-Based Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence From an Indian Clinical Cohort. J Autism Dev Disord (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-026-07483-1
In a retrospective review of 500 cases in India, ASD diagnosis had a male:female ratio of 4:1, and symptom severity was higher in females. This indicates an underdiagnosis in women
Acta Comportamentalia
Selected as a National Open Access Journal
Book publications
Textbooks, handbooks, manuals, or mass-market
Upcoming:
Nonlinear Contingency Analysis: Going Beyond Cognition and Behavior in Clinical Practice, Layng, Andronis, Codd, Abdel-Jalil (Eds.) (Nov 2026)
Case Studies and Applications in Nonlinear Contingency Analysis, Abdel-Jalil & Linnehan (Eds.) (Oct 2026)
WAVE Prosocial Assessment and Curriculum, Rehfeldt & Dixon (Pre-order)
AIM Navigators, Dixon (Pre-order)
Personal Narratives on the Behavior Analysis of Human Language and Cognition: Stories from Around the World, Harte et al. (Eds.)
Digital Technologies in Behavior Science: Theoretical and Practical Applications, Crone-Todd, Hantula, Layng (Eds.)
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
Podcasts
ABA Inside Track
Compassionate Care Conference 2026 Wrap-Up
All Things Behavior
A Discussion of ABAI's Response to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal with Alice Shillingsburg, Julie Kornack and Gordon Bourland
Behavioral Observations
What is Gestalt Language Processing? Session 337 with Kathleen Oppenheimer
Blogs
Generally these are produced by professionals
ABAI
Scaling Sustainability Solutions: Behavior Analysis and Implementation Science
Climate change is a big problem, and Susan Schneider includes a few resources for tackling big problems
Steve Hayes
Now, We Are All Old
Time is running out (for you)
Licensing & professional organizations
BACB
Revisiting 2027 requirements
ASAN
ASAN Opposes Executive Order Targeting Vaccines
OBM Network
Newsletter: Vol. 37 No. 1
Farewell to outgoing president and summary of presidential project; lifetime achievement award to Tim Ludwig; and a survey of what OBM Network members value in their membership
EAHB
A Brief (and Undoubtedly Incomplete) History of the EAHB SIG Fez
Business world
Autism services, behavioral health, etc.
How Nevada made big strides to keep kids with behavioral health issues out of institutions: it’s community-based treatment, which is considerably less expensive than institutionalization. Improbably, even the current federal administration appears to understand this
Accidentally behavior analysis
A mainstream news article that relates to behavior analysis
Should the M.M.R. Vaccine Be Split Into Three Separate Shots?, NYT
The answer is, believe it or not, more complicated than No, of course not, how stupid.
Where does the “separate MMR shots” idea come from? Andrew Wakefield, in his notorious retracted and debunked (and obviously faked) study, suggests that 3 separate shots are somehow safer – because he was attempting to patent a vaccine for measles.
The fun irony here: rabid anti-vaxxers are not going to accept “how about 3 shots instead of 1?”
Continuing education
UPCOMING:
BehaviorLive has free events: 8/26 (ETH), 8/27 (SUP)
Flashback
Behaviorism in 1905
