Behavior Analysis in Practice- The Podcast

S5E9: Advancing Methods in Animal‑Assisted Intervention: Demonstration of Starting Points in Clinical Practice for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Casey Clay

Casey Clay joins us to talk about their paper, Advancing Methods in Animal‑Assisted Intervention: Demonstration of Starting Points in Clinical Practice for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

 

Show Notes

 

• Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
  • https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
• Acknowledgments
  • Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    • https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
  • Assistant Producers
    • Jesse Perrin
    • Evan Switzer
  • Organizational Support
    • ABAI
      • https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
    • Behavior Analysis in Practice
      • Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
      • https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
    • Music
      • Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
        • http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
      • Link to Article
        • Advancing Methods in Animal-Assisted Intervention: Demonstration of Starting Points in Clinical Practice for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder | SpringerLink
      • References
        • Clay, C. J., Schmitz, B. A., Hogg, A. D., Keicher, E. S., Clohisy, A. M., & Kahng, S. (2022). Advancing methods in animal-assisted intervention: Demonstration of starting points in clinical practice for children with autism spectrum disorder. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16(1), 145–155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00704-w
        • Jorgenson, C. D., Clay, C. J., & Kahng, S. (2020). Evaluating preference for and reinforcing efficacy of a therapy dog to increase verbal statements. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53(3), 1419–1431. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.668

S5E8: Sustaining Personal Activism: Behavior Analysts as Antiracist Accomplices with Wendy Machalicek and Dana Cohen-Lissman

Wendy Machalicek and Dana Cohen-Lissman join us to talk about their paper, Sustaining Personal Activism: Behavior Analysts as Antiracist Accomplices

Show Notes

• Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
  • https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
• Acknowledgments
  • Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    • https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
  • Assistant Producers
    • Jesse Perrin
    • Megan Ellsworth
  • Organizational Support
    • ABAI
      • https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
    • Behavior Analysis in Practice
      • Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
      • https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
    • Music
      • Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
        • http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
      • Link to Article
        • Sustaining Personal Activism: Behavior Analysts as Antiracist Accomplices | SpringerLink
      • References
        • Machalicek, W., Strickland-Cohen, K., Drew, C., & Cohen-Lissman, D. (2021). Sustaining personal activism: Behavior analysts as antiracist accomplices. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15(4), 1066–1073. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00580-w

S5E7: Toward Efficiency and Effectiveness: Comparing Equivalence‑based Instruction to Progressive Discrete Trial Teaching with Julia Ferguson and Joe Cihon

Julia Ferguson and Joe Cihon join us to talk about their paper, Toward Efficiency and Effectiveness: Comparing Equivalence‑based Instruction to Progressive Discrete Trial Teaching

 

Show Notes

 

• Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
  • https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
• Acknowledgments
  • Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    • https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
  • Assistant Producers
    • Jesse Perrin
    • Evan Switzer
    • Jacob Oliveira
  • Organizational Support
    • ABAI
      • https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
    • Behavior Analysis in Practice
      • Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
      • https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
    • Music
      • Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
        • http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
      • Link to Article
        • Toward Efficiency and Effectiveness: Comparing Equivalence-based Instruction to Progressive Discrete Trial Teaching | SpringerLink
      • References
        • Ferguson, J. L., Cihon, J. H., Majeski, M. J., Milne, C. M., Leaf, J. B., McEachin, J., & Leaf, R. (2022). Toward efficiency and effectiveness: Comparing equivalence-based instruction to progressive discrete trial teaching. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15(4), 1296–1313. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00687-8

S5E6: A Practitioner’s Guide for Selecting Functional Communication Responses Elizabeth (Bethjoy) Houck and Joseph Dracobly

Elizabeth Houck and Joseph Dracobly join us to talk about their paper, A Practitioner’s Guide for Selecting Functional Communication Responses

 

Show Notes

 

• Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
  • https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
• Acknowledgments
  • Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    • https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
  • Assistant Producers
    • Jesse Perrin
    • Jacob Oliveira
    • Sarah Sudhoff
    • Biancé Ferrucci
  • Organizational Support
    • ABAI
      • https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
    • Behavior Analysis in Practice
      • Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
      • https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
    • Music
      • Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
        • http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
      • Link to Article
        • A Practitioner’s Guide for Selecting Functional Communication Responses | SpringerLink
      • References

 

Carr, E. G., & Durand, V. (1985). Reducing behavior problems through functional communication training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 18, 111-126. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1985.18-111

Falcomata, T. S., Roane, H. S., Feeney, B. J., & Stephenson, K. M. (2010). Assessment and treatment of elopement maintained by access to stereotypy. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 43(3), 513–517. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2010.43-513

Fritz, J. N., Iwata, B. A., Hammond, J. L., & Bloom, S. E. (2013). Experimental analysis of precursors to severe problem behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 46(1), 101–129. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.27

Greer, B. D., & Shahan, T. A. (2019). Resurgence as choice: Implications for promoting durable behavior change. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52(3), 816–846. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.573 

Grow, L. L., Kelley, M. E., Roane, H. S., & Shillingsburg, M. A. (2008). Utility of extinction‐induced response variability for the selection of mands. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41(1), 15-24.https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2008.41-15 

Harding, J. W., Wacker, D. P., Berg, W. K., Winborn-Kemmerer, L., Lee, J. F., & Ibrahimovic, M. (2009). Analysis of multiple manding topographies during functional communication training. Education & Treatment of Children, 32(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.1353/etc.0.0045

Houck, E. J., Dracobly, J. D., & Baak, S. A. (2022). A practitioner's guide for selecting functional communication responses. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16(1), 65–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00705-9

Najdowski, A. C., Wallace, M. D., Ellsworth, C. L., MacAleese, A. N.,& Cleveland, J. M. (2008). Functional analyses and treatment of precursor behavior. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 41(1),97–105.https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2008.41-97   

Randall, K. R., Greer, B. D., Smith, S. W., & Kimball, R. T. (2021). Sustaining behavior reduction by transitioning the topography of the functional communication response. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 54(3): 1013–1031. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.824

Ringdahl, J. E., Falcomata, T. S., Christensen, T. J., Bass-Ringdahl, S. M., Lentz, A., Dutt, A., & Schuh-Claus, J. (2009). Evaluation of a pre-treatment assessment to select mand topographies for functional communication training. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 30(2), 330–341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2008.06.002

S5E5: Social Justice is the Spirit and Aim of an Applied Science of Human Behavior: Moving from Colonial to Participatory Research Practice with Malika Pritchett and Shahla Ala’i-Rosales es

Malika Pritchett and Shahla Ala’i-Rosales join us to talk about their paper, Social Justice is the Spirit and Aim of an Applied Science of Human Behavior: Moving from Colonial to Participatory Research Practices

 

Show Notes

• Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
  • https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
• Acknowledgments
  • Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    • https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
  • Assistant Producers
    • Jesse Perrin
    • Hannah Grey
  • Organizational Support
    • ABAI
      • https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
    • Behavior Analysis in Practice
      • Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
      • https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
    • Music
      • Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
        • http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
      • Link to Article
        • Social Justice is the Spirit and Aim of an Applied Science of Human Behavior: Moving from Colonial to Participatory Research Practices | SpringerLink
      • Links from Talk
        • The Belmont Report | HHS.gov
      • References

 

Benjamin, R. (2019). Assessing risk, automating racism. Science, 366(6464), 421–422. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz3873.

Fawcett, S. B., Schultz, J. A., Collie-Akers, V., Holt, C. M., & Watson-Thompson, J. (2016). Community development for population health and health equity. In P. Erwin & R. Brownson (Eds.), Scutchfield and Keck’s principles of public health practice (4^th ed., pp. 443–460) Cengage Learning.

Henrich, J., Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33(2–3), 61–83. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x0999152x.

Heward, W. L., Critchfield, T. S., Reed, D. D., Detrich, R., & Kimball, J. W. (2022). ABA from a to z: Behavior science applied to 350 domains of socially significant behavior. Perspectives on behavior science, 45(2), 327–359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-022-00336-z

Maparyan, L. (2012). The womanist idea. Routledge.

Pritchett, M., Ala'i-Rosales, S., Cruz, A. R., & Cihon, T. M. (2021). Social justice is the spirit and aim of an applied science of human behavior: Moving from colonial to participatory research practices. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15(4), 1074–1092. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00591-7

Schwartz, I. S., & Kelly, E. M. (2021). Quality of life for people with disabilities: Why applied behavior analysts should consider this a primary dependent variable. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 46(3), 159–172. https://doi.org/10.1177/15407969211033629

Wolf M. M. (1978). Social validity: The case for subjective measurement or how applied behavior analysis is finding its heart. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 11(2), 203–214. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1978.11-203

 

 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41252-023-00352-3

S5E4: Defining and Measuring Indices of Happiness and Unhappiness in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Devon Ramey

Devon Ramey joins us to talk about their paper, Defining and Measuring Indices of Happiness and Unhappiness in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

 

Show Notes

 

• Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
  • https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
• Acknowledgments
  • Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    • https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
  • Assistant Producers
    • Jesse Perrin
    • Sarah Sudhoff
    • Shayne Rivard
    • Hannah Grey
  • Organizational Support
    • ABAI
      • https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
    • Behavior Analysis in Practice
      • Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
      • https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
    • Music
      • Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
        • http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
      • Link to Article
        • Defining and Measuring Indices of Happiness and Unhappiness in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (springer.com)
      • References

 

Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1(1), 91–97. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1968.1-91

McConachie, H., Mason, D., Parr, J. R., Garland, D., Wilson, C., & Rodgers, J. (2018). Enhancing the validity of a quality of life measure for autistic people. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 48(5), 1596–1611. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3402-z

Parsons, M. B., Reid, D. H., Bentley, E., Inman, A., & Lattimore, L. P. (2012). Identifying indices of happiness and unhappiness among adults with autism: Potential targets for behavioral assessment and intervention. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 5(1), 15–25. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391814

Ramey, D., Healy, O., Lang, R., Gormley, L., & Pullen, N. (2019). Measuring mood as a dependent variable in behavioral interventions for individuals with ASD: A systematic review. Review Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 6(3), 255–273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-019-00169-8

Ramey, D., Healy, O., & McEnaney, E. (2022). Defining and measuring indices of happiness and unhappiness in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16(1), 194–209.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00710-y

Schwartz, I. S., & Kelly, E. M. (2021). Quality of life for people with disabilities: Why applied behavior analysts should consider this a primary dependent variable. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 46(3), 159–172. https://doi.org/10.1177/15407969211033629

van Houten, R., Axelrod, S., Bailey, J. S., Favell, J. E., Foxx, R. M., Iwata, B. A., & Lovaas, O. I. (1988). The right to effective behavioral treatment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 21(4), 381–384.https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1988.21-381

S5E3: Leading the Charge: A Look Inside the Behavior Analysis in Practice Emergency Series of Publications on Systemic Racism and Police Brutality with Denisha Gingles

Denisha Gingles joins us to talk about their papers, Leading the Charge: A Look Inside the Behavior Analysis in Practice Emergency Series of Publications on Systemic Racism and Police Brutality & Igniting Collective Freedom: An Integrative Behavioral Model of Acceptance and Commitment Toward Black Liberation

 

Show Notes

 

• Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
  • https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
• Acknowledgments
  • Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    • https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
  • Assistant Producers
    • Jesse Perrin
    • Biancé Ferrucci
  • Organizational Support
    • ABAI
      • https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
    • Behavior Analysis in Practice
      • Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
      • https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
    • Music
      • Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
        • http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
      • Link to Article
        • Leading the Charge: A Look Inside the Behavior Analysis in Practice Emergency Series of Publications on Systemic Racism and Police Brutality | SpringerLink
        • Igniting Collective Freedom: An Integrative Behavioral Model of Acceptance and Commitment Toward Black Liberation | SpringerLink
      • Links from Article
        • Behavior Analysis in Practice | Volume 15, issue 4 (springer.com)
        • freire-pedagogy-of-the-oppressed.pdf (ucsc.edu)
        • Let's Talk About Race book by Julius Lester (thriftbooks.com)
      • References

• • • • • Gingles, D. (2022). Igniting collective freedom: An integrative behavioral model of acceptance and commitment toward black liberation. Behavior Analysis in Practice 15, 1050–1065. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00584-6
        • Gingles, D., Watson-Thompson, J., Anderson-Carpenter, K.D., Tarbox, J., & Peterson, S. (2022). Leading the charge: A look inside the behavior analysis in practice emergency series of publications on systemic racism and police brutality. Behavior Analysis in Practice 15, 1015–1022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00759-9
        • Matsuda, K., Garcia, Y., Catagnus, R., & Ackerlund Brandt, J. (2020). Can behavior analysis help us understand and reduce racism? A review of the current literature. Behavior Analysis in Practice 13, 336–347. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-020-00411-4
        • Mizael, T. M., de Almeida, J. H., Silveira, C. C., & de Rose, J. C. (2016). Changing racial bias by transfer of functions in equivalence classes. The Psychological Record, 66(3), 451–462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-016-0185-0
• Resources

• • Can Behavior Analysis Help Us Understand and Reduce Racism? A Review of the Current Literature by Matsuda, K., Garcia, Y., Catagnus, R.
  • Changing Racial Bias by Transfer of Functions in Equivalence Classes., Mizael, T.M., Almeida, J.H., Silveira, C.C., Rose, J.C.
  • https://www.amazon.com/You-Want-Talk-About-Race/dp/1580056776
  • https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/72657

S5E2: Research Ethics for Behavior Analysts in Practice with Matthew Normand & Hailey Donohue

Matthew Normand & Hailey Donohue join us to talk about their paper, Research Ethics for Behavior Analysts in Practice

Show Notes

• Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
  • https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
• Acknowledgments
  • Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    • https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
  • Assistant Producers
    • Jesse Perrin
    • Jacob Oliveira
    • Megan Ellsworth
  • Organizational Support
    • ABAI
      • https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
    • Behavior Analysis in Practice
      • Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
      • https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
    • Music
      • Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
        • http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
      • Link to Article
        • Research Ethics for Behavior Analysts in Practice | SpringerLink
      • References

• • • • • Fisher, W., Fuhrman, A., Greer, B., Ibañez, V., Peterson, K. & Piazza, C. (2023). Ethical considerations with balancing clinical effectiveness with research design. https://10.1016/B978-0-323-90969-3.00007-4
        •  
        • LeBlanc, L. A., Nosik, M. R., & Petursdottir, A. (2018). Establishing consumer protections for research in human service agencies. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 11(4), 445–455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-0206-3
        •  
        • Normand, M.P., & Donohue, H.E. (2023). Research ethics for behavior analysts in practice. Behavior Analysis in Practice 16, 13–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00698-5

S5E1: Behavior Skills Training with Zoological Staff to Increase Killer Whale Attending Behavior with Megan MacKellar

Megan MacKellar joins us to talk about their paper, Behavior Skills Training with Zoological Staff to Increase Killer Whale Attending Behavior

 

Show Notes

 

• Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
  • https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
• Acknowledgments
  • Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    • https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
  • Assistant Producers
    • Jesse Perrin
    • Evan Switzer
  • Organizational Support
    • ABAI
      • https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
    • Behavior Analysis in Practice
      • Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
      • https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
    • Music
      • Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
        • http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
      • Link to Article
        • Behavior Skills Training with Zoological Staff to Increase Killer Whale Attending Behavior | SpringerLink
      • Links from Talk
        • Applied Animal Behavior Analysis – Special Interest Group (abainternational.org)
        • References
          • MacKellar, M.E., Robeck, T.R., Staggs, L., Wilson, S., Hieneman, M., MacKellar, D., & Cumella, D. (2023). Behavior skills training with zoological staff to increase killer whale attending behavior. Behavior Analysis in Practice 16, 266–283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00719-3

 

 

S4E9: Evaluating the Effects of Technology-Based Self-Monitoring on Positive Staff–Consumer Interactions in Group Homes with Sandra Ruby & Florence DiGennaro Reed

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Sandra Ruby & Florence DiGennaro Reed join us to talk about their paper, Evaluating the Effects of Technology-Based Self-Monitoring on Positive Staff–Consumer Interactions in Group Homes

 

Show Notes

 

• Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
  • https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
• Acknowledgments
  • Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    • https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
  • Assistant Producers
    • Elizabeth Narvaez
    • Jesse Perrin
  • Organizational Support
    • ABAI
      • https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
    • Behavior Analysis in Practice
      • Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
      • https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
    • Music
      • Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
        • http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
      • Link to Article
        • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40617-021-00651-y
      • References
        • Ruby, S. A., & DiGennaro Reed, F. D. (2021). Evaluating the effects of technology-based self-monitoring on positive staff-consumer interactions in group homes. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15(3), 804–814. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00651-y