The four reinforcement contingencies are the most fundamental principles of behavior. Unfortunately, it can be difficult for students to differentiate between the contingencies and generalize that knowledge of contingencies to …
Dear blog reader, for this month’s post we are excited to be joined by Dr Olive Healy. Olive started out as one of Dermot’s PhD students back in the 90’s …
This month’s Connecting the Dots blog is written by Guest Contributors Helen McCabe, Ph.D., BCBA and Zhang Ge. Dr. McCabe, an Associate Professor of Special Education at Daemen College, has worked …
Author: Jessica Akers, Ph.D., BCBA-D “Jessica, do you know what he is saying?” This is a question I was asked numerous times growing up. My brother has Fragile X-syndrome, and …
Dear blog reader, this month, we are delighted to be welcoming Maithri Sivaraman to the series. As you will see, Maithri’s work and research story really exemplify the fruits of …
You’re behind the wheel. You’re traveling 60 mph. Your phone vibrates. Eyes still on the road, you reach for it. You look at your phone-screen for 2 seconds. More than …
The Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) made another hard decision to move the annual convention online this year instead of being in San Francisco, California. Although I am sad …
Dear blog reader, we (Colin Harte and Dermot Barnes-Holmes, pictured below at Colin’s PhD defense) are delighted to be hosting the Symbolic Language and Thought blog series. We would first …
While the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has been collecting data and releasing information about the prevalence of autism in children for decades, 2020 marks the first time the CDC has reported …
This month I am excited to collaborate with ABAI’s Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group (VB SIG) to bring to you a Question & Answer section with the VB SIG’s past …
