Just Do It: Finding Meaning in Symbols
1 How is it that a simple phrase: ‘Just Do It’ and a swoosh logo have taken on such special meaning in the last week? These have been highly recognized …
¿Puedo Criar a Mi Hijo con Autismo para que Sea Bilingüe?
Según las estadísticas más recientes de la Oficina del Censo, hay hasta 350 idiomas que se hablan en los hogares de los EE.UU. Los datos más recientes también indican que …
Can I Speak My Home Language?
1 According to the most recent estimates of the Census Bureau, there are at least 350 languages spoken in U.S. homes. Recent data also tells us that the increasing prevalence …
Meaning has Arrived: An Example of Skinnerian Analysis of Verbal Behavior in Pop Culture
GUEST BLOG by: Einar T. Ingvarsson, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA Virginia Institute of Autism The movie Arrival (2016) tells the story of an alien life form visiting Earth for the …
Gearing Up for San Diego
There is excitement in the air as behavior analysts around the U.S. and abroad make their way to the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) annual convention in San Diego. …
Let’s Talk, Baby!
3 As behavior analysts, we think of language as a special type of behavior that involves an interaction between a speaker and a listener. Skinner (1957) defined verbal behavior as …