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 …
ABAI 2018 Convention Preview: Connecting the Dots
The 44th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) will be held in San Diego, CA on May 24-28. This is an event we all looking forward …
Conference News from 4CABA
Every time I attend a conference, I come back reenergized and with more focus, eager to start a new experiment or try something new with a client. This time was …
Looking Outside Our Field: What We Can Learn from Neuroscience
When we are trained to practice and conduct research within an area, we can become highly specialized and often tend to limit the literature we contact. Thus, we may all …
Light It Up Blue
On April 2nd, #LightItUpBlue will be trending and many will wear blue to support people with autism, as we observe World Autism Awareness Day. The United Nations General Assembly will focus …
Behavior Analysis Under the Dome
1 There are nearly 330 million Americans in the United States today. In 2017, 131 million (39.8%) Americans were obese. 28 million (8.7%) had Type 2 diabetes. 523,050 (0.16%) died …
Connecting which dots?
As behavioral scientists working in the field of autism, we often like to brag about the “gold-standard treatment” that is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Yes, we have empirical evidence for …