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 *
9/26 McCullen, M. N., & Zerger, H. M. (2025). Using self-tailored deposit contracts and reinforcement thinning to increase physical activity of sedentary adults. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.70032
3 adults deposited money and received refunds for meeting increased step-count goals daily, every 3 days, and weekly. When the intervention was withdrawn, the effects did not maintain

Frank-Crawford, M. A., Hagopian, L. P., Scheithauer, M., McMahon, M. X. H., Argueta, T., Call, N. A., & Schmidt, J. D. (2025). Assessment and treatment of pica: A consecutive controlled case series study. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.70035
Description of successful treatment of pica in approximately 30/33 cases

Gilroy, S. P., Ledford, J. R., Elliott, T.-C. C., Ayres, K. M., & McGill, F. (2025). Extending the Single Case Analysis and Review Framework (SCARF-UI): A review and discussion. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.70033
Free software for evaluating single-case designs

Behavior Analysis in Practice
9/22 Newell, K.L., Ardoin, S.P. & Donaldson, J.M. Elementary Students Prefer Extra Reading Practice Before Reading in Front of Peers. Behav Analysis Practice (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01099-0
(Open access) Three students who were behind in reading engaged in "pre-teaching" reading practice, reading a passage in the morning. In the afternoon, if they could read their previously practiced passage aloud, they were more likely to volunteer to read aloud

9/25 Olaff, H.S., Koch, I.B. & Brand, D. Using Behavioral Skill Training to Extend Discrete-Trial Teaching Skills Across Instructional Programs. Behav Analysis Practice (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01094-5
(Open access) 3 teaching assistants were taught DTT via BST and IWPG (It Work Pretty Good)

Behavioral Interventions *
9/25 Strömberg, Dag, Smita Awasthi, Eva Bertilsson, Samuel L. Odom, Wissam Mounzer, and Lise Roll-Pettersson. 2025. “Shaping Social Eye Contact in Children With Autism Via Telehealth: A Parent-Implemented Intervention,” Behavioral Interventions: e70044. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.70044.
(Open access) 2 sets of parents in India received telehealth coaching on increasing eye contact using no prompting and only child-preferred social reinforcers to shape

Journal of Behavioral Education
9/26 Moeyaert, M., Lou, Y., Yang, P. et al. Systematic Review of Single-Case Designs to Identify Mediator Characteristics. J Behav Educ (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-025-09600-z
The authors analyze 11 meta-analyses on education research from 2023 and describe effects

9/27 Li, R., Wolfe, K. & Drasgow, E. The Effectiveness of Equivalence-Based Instruction on Time-Telling Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disabilities. J Behav Educ (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-025-09601-y
3 kids with ASD and/or intellectual disability were taught using equivalence-based instruction to tell time, with the 3 stimuli being analog clocks, digital clocks, and spoken times. All 3 "improved" untaught relations and their ability to tell time, but required teacher support for better accuracy

Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
9/22 “Finding your values is important. You only die once.” - Analysing goal-talk in incarcerated adolescents struggling with substance use from a Relational Frame Theory perspective
(In press) (Open access) Co-authored by Torneke, a manual was developed for justice-involved adolescents, and they found positive outcomes correlated with "appetitive values talk"

9/24 The Role of Psychological Flexibility in Mindful Parenting During the Postpartum Period: A Longitudinal Study on the Mediating Effect of Maternal Psychopathology
(In press) Behavioral awareness and openness to experience indirectly mediated depression and anxiety for new mothers, while valued action had no impact

Applied Knowledge of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Developing and Assessing the Utility of a Situational Judgement Test (SJT)
(In press) The authors detail the process of developing an assessment to measure practitioner knowledge

INCREASING INGESTIBLE ALLERGY SAFETY SKILLS IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN USING DERIVED RELATIONAL TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING
(In press) SOME TITLES IN JCBS ARE JUST LIKE THIS. 3 kids were taught using derived relations to avoid allergens

9/25 Derived hierarchical responding. A scoping review
(In press) (Open access) In a review of 16 studies on hierarchical responding (class formation), the authors found that the literature is too sparse to draw many conclusions

Book publications

Textbooks, handbooks, manuals, or mass-market

Upcoming:

Promoting Language for Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Verbal Behavior Guide for Practitioners, Vladescu & Kissamore (Eds.) (Pre-order)
Analyzing Ethics Questions from Behavior Analysts: A Student Workbook (2nd Edition), Bailey & Burch (Pre-order)

Navigating Ethics in Behavior Analysis: Dealing with Gray Areas, Carr (Pre-order)
AIM Navigators, Dixon (Pre-order)

New this quarter:
Principles of Behavior (9th Edition), Malott
A.I.M. Explorers Curriculum Book Volume 2 Mountain Climb, Dixon
Handbook of Operant Behavioral Economics, Reed, Kaplan & Gilroy (Eds.)
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:

2024

2023

Podcasts

ABA Inside Track
Episode 1019 - (SUPERVISION) OOPS! Book Club (feat. Dr. Judy Agnew)

All Things Behavior
A Scoping Literature Review of Demand Fading with Becca Ward and Stephanie Jones

Behavioral Observations
Some AI advertorial

Blogs

Generally these are produced by professionals

Steve Hayes
What Actually Works in Therapy (And What Doesn’t): A guide to identifying the processes that drive real change
Steve Hayes argues that psychological flexibility is the most important factor in positive change

Licensing & professional organizations

ASAN
ASAN urges FTC to abandon dangerous and pseudo-investigatory RFI
ASAN speaks up for transgender people because autistic people are more likely to be trans

Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Call for Decision-Making based on Quality Science and Compassion for the Autism Community
"Science" and "compassion" are going to have to take a backseat to "Tylenol"

Business world

Autism services, behavioral health, etc.

TRICARE Report Validates Making ABA Benefits Permanent for Military Families
TRICARE is military insurance, and is reportedly hard to deal with. Additionally, they have begun offering ABA as a covered service, then claimed it was not effective. Now, as we reported recently, the National Academy of Sciences recommends that TRICARE offer ABA coverage as a basic benefit, as well as some other good recommendations, though time will tell if this causes changes.

Accidentally behavior analysis

A mainstream news article that relates to behavior analysis

A good skeet, Bluesky

Given *gestures wildly* the current America, we can be unduly negative around these parts. But did you know that autistic people probably existed before Tylenol? For example, FERNS

ALSO: just as soon as we post about behavioral profiling of shooters, an article in the NYT describes what seems to be a relatively good program that identifies kids at risk, then intervenes appropriately (e.g., getting them help instead of sending them to prison for pre-crime).

Continuing education

UPCOMING:

BehaviorLive is back to posting free events: 10/1 (SUP), 10/2 (SUP), 10/8, 10/15, 10/23 (ETH)

Flashback

Pavlov’s problem-solving primates

Previously, we reported a very brief paper by Razran, detailing Pavlov’s experiments with teaching chains of behaviors to chimpanzees. As it turns out, there is footage of the chimp, Raphael, using a stick to cross between platforms on a lake, filling a cup, and putting out a flame. Reportedly, Pavlov and his researchers believed that this did not involve “true” thought, because Raphael did not scoop water from the lake itself and merely repeated a chain of behaviors it learned in a lab setting. However in this footage we see Raphael do exactly that – scoop water from the lake to extinguish the flame. Was Razran incorrect, or were Pavlov and his staff splitting hairs?