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
3/17 Jessel, J., Beaulieu, L. & Rajaraman, A. How to Conduct More Culturally Responsive and Trauma-Informed Functional Assessment Interviews: A Tutorial. Behav Analysis Practice (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01047-y
The authors share tips on conducting an open-ended intake interview, and their form is available for free here. It appears to be a good option, covering the bases from (for example) the FAIF
3/19 Machado, M.A., Elmore, C. & Hall, L. A Preliminary Evaluation of Dyslexie’s Influence on Adult Dyslexic Reading Performance. Behav Analysis Practice (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01048-x
Dyslexie is a font that claims to be more readable by those with dyslexia. The authors find this not to be true, though people voice preferences for fonts. The authors recommend actual evidence-based practices, such as phonological awareness training -- which is just associating letters with sounds
3/21 de la Cruz, B., Bourland, G. Introduction to the Special Issue on Public Policy Advocacy in Behavior Analysis: Chronicles from Behavior Analysts to Guide Future Public Policy Advocacy Action. Behav Analysis Practice (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01049-w
(Open access) Detailing the need for involvement in public policy
Behavioral Interventions *
3/16 Romo, C., Lechago, S.A., Martin, A., Santiago Rodrigues, J.L. and Carrera, J. (2025), The Effects of English and Spanish Instructional Sequences on the Acquisition of Conditional Discriminations. Behavioral Interventions, 40: e70005. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.70005
For three bilingual children, the authors taught tacts in 3 conditions: mixed, English then Spanish, and Spanish then English. Mixed was most efficient for 1/3, with the other 2 more efficient in Spanish then English; language preference was not correlated with learning
3/19 Lotfizadeh, A.D., McCoy, E. and Rico, C. (2025), A Comparison of Electronic and Pen-And-Paper Recording in ABA Sessions. Behavioral Interventions, 40: e70013. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.70013
The authors found essentially no difference, but staff tended to prefer electronic recording.
Park, S., Ward, P. and Goodway, J. (2025), The Effects of Developmentally Aligned Kicking Instruction for Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Behavioral Interventions, 40: e70012. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.70012
5 kids with ASD got developmentally-aligned kicking instruction and all improved their kicking skills
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior *
3/18 Kaplan, B. A., & Reed, D. D. (2025). shinybeez: A Shiny app for behavioral economic easy demand and discounting. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.70000
A free, online/offline app for studying delay discounting data
Education and Treatment of Children
3/18 Wills, H., Kamps, D. & Greenwood, C.R. Peer Tutoring and Teams Interventions for School-Aged Students: CWPT and CW-FIT. Educ. Treat. Child. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43494-025-00151-6
The Juniper Gardens preschool, associated with University of Kansas, detail two interventions used in their preschool: ClassWide Peer Tutoring, and ClassWide Function-related Intervention Team. Peer tutoring is where kids get a chance to teach each other using the classroom curriculum, and CW-FIT appears to be a package intervention similar to what you might see in PBIS
Journal of Behavioral Education
3/16 Whiting, S.W., Speelman, R.C. Increasing Optional Class Session Attendance in an Online Course with a Brief, Low-Effort Choice Intervention. J Behav Educ (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-025-09585-9
(Open access) In an online grad course, the professor offered an additional options class-as-usual or the option to vote for topics for the TA to address in an optional class. Attendance in the choice condition increased by 12% (though the attendance in the class-as-usual condition was absurdly low)
Book publications
Textbooks, handbooks, manuals, or mass-market
Upcoming:
Handbook of Operant Behavioral Economics, Reed, Kplan & Gilroy (Eds.) (Available Jul. 1, 2025)
Ethical Decision Making in Applied Behavior Analysis, Schwartz & Kelly (Available Mar. 25, 2025)
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:
Podcasts
ABA Inside Track
Episode 304 - (ETHICS) The Ethics of Meaningful Goals w/ Dr. Shanna Bahry
Behavioral Observations
Ethical Decision Making in Applied Behavior Analysis: Session 294 with Ilene Schwartz and Beth Kelly
Blogs
Generally these are produced by professionals
Steve Hayes
The Six Hidden Yearnings That Control Your Life: Why You’re Like This And Why It’s Okay
*corners you at a party* So the hexaflex
Licensing & professional organizations
Cambridge Center for Behavioral Science
Announcing the death of Dr. Aubrey Daniels
Dr. Aubrey Daniels was, as most people reading this already know, "the father of OBM." He also started his career in clinical work in the 60s
Business world
Autism services, behavioral health, etc.
How one health system looks to get ahead of Medicaid, ACA cuts
It’s not all doom and gloom, figuring out how to navigate the cuts that loom like the sword of Damocles.This health system, if you read between the lines of what the CEO says, wants to shunt people away from the emergency room (too expensive) into other types of primary care (cheaper). So, they claim they will increase usage of primary care! Here’s how:
You go through our app and interact with AI, present your symptoms and ask some questions.
Ok, but on the bright side,
Accidentally behavior analysis
A mainstream news article that relates to behavior analysis
Trump says Education Department will no longer oversee student loans, 'special needs'
After announcing these potential changes to the federal student loan portfolio, Trump then said, "Bobby Kennedy, the Health and Human Services [secretary], will be handling special needs," referring to cabinet member Robert F. Kennedy.
As usual, otherwise smart people are contorting themselves into Gordian knots “interpreting” what this “means,” insofar as it seriously impacts people’s “lives.” Parasite-brain guy “will be handling special needs” inspires hundreds to write credulous sentences like,
This appears to be a reference to the federal law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which the Education Department administers.
But on the bright side,
Continuing education
UPCOMING:
BehaviorLive is back to posting free events: 3/26, 3/27
Flashback
Dalmatian behavior in the tabloids
