Hippos, Narcissists, and Rabbit Pellets: Writing Tips for Sea Turtles… er, Students
A more or less functional approach.
The Power of Preference: Enhancing Functional Communication Training Through Learner and Caregiver Collaboration
Guest Blog post by: Cynthia Livingston, Ph.D., BCBA-D; Alexandra Cicero, M.A., BCBA; and Grace Lafo, M.S., CF-SLP Cynthia Livingston, Ph.D., BCBA-D is an assistant professor in the Severe Behavior Department at …
What is the Color of the Sky? Reasons for Answering “Blue”
1 Guest Blog Authored by: Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir, Ph.D., BCBA-D Dr. Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir is an associate professor in the Behavior Analysis program at the University of Nevada, Reno. She …
Can You Teach Mental Imagery to Someone Who Lacks It?
And just how powerful is the behavioral perspective on private events? We’re not doing enough to find out.
Autoclitics of Negation and Assertion
1 Broadly speaking, the autoclitic, in Skinner’s lexicon, is verbal behavior about one’s own verbal behavior. The verbal community wants to know, so to speak, some of the variables that …
Game of Scones (Is Autism the “Next Phase in Human Evolution”?)
About ABA and individuality.
VOX Tech: The Language Calculator
1 Guest Blog Authored by: Janet Sanchez Enriquez, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA Shapers at Work, PLLC Janet Sanchez Enriquez, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA, attended the University of North Carolina Charlotte as an …
Bridging Verbal Behavior and Second Language Acquisition for Adult English Learners
1 Guest Blog Authored By: Mei-Hua Li, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LABA Dr. Mei-Hua Li received her bachelor’s degree in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences from Boston University and a master’s and …
“Mistakes of Undergraduate Proportions,” OR: Why ABA Survey Research Is So God-Awful Bad
We have met the enemy and it is us.
Shakespeare’s Alchemy
Apparently, Lawrence was right. Visitations by zombies to the streets of Rome has happened before. Here’s how Shakespeare reported the “Caesar incident” in the opening scene of Hamlet: In the …