Welcome to the Behavior/Brain Podcast, the audio companion to Behavior/Brain Magazine! This podcast explores the science of behavior analysis in innovative, practical, and inspiring ways. Hosted by Melissa Druskis, BCBA and Editor-in-Chief, we dive into topics that challenge traditional roles in ABA and push the boundaries of our field.
From groundbreaking technologies and cutting-edge research to creative applications in education, mental health, and self-improvement, we bring you fresh perspectives that elevate your practice and inspire your work. Featuring expert insights from contributing writers and thought leaders in behavior analysis, we’re here to help you think outside the box and grow as a professional.
Whether you're looking for strategies to streamline supervision, tips for building better client relationships, or ways to expand the science of ABA into new arenas, the Behavior/Brain Podcast is your resource for actionable ideas and meaningful conversations.
Be sure to check out our latest issue at www.behaviorbrainmagazine.com
013: Navigating the 6th Edition Test Content Outline: Updates Every BCBA Needs to Know
Send us a textIn this episode of the Behavior/Brain Podcast, we dive into the recently updated 6th Edition Test Content Outline, which sets the foundation for behavior analysts' competencies and knowledge requirements. We'll explore what has changed, why these updates matter, and how they impact BCBAs, trainees, and the supervision process.Whether you’re a BCBA preparing to supervise or a student working toward certification, understanding these updates is essential to stay ahead in our evolv...
14 Jan 2025
012: Welcome to our Update Channel
Behavior/Brain Podcast hosts [Name] welcome listeners to their new home, sharing updates on their transition and inviting participation in the Behavior/Brain community through engaging episodes and a magazine for the field of ABA.
23 Feb 2024
Episode 11: 5 Methods for Faster ABA Re-Assessments
In this episode we're talking about how to save time and implement proactive strategies to write treatment plans and conduct re-assessments with less time and greater efficiency.
Get your 0.5 CEU's for this episode here (https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/podcast).
Be sure to check out our time-saving tools mentioned in the episode below:
Masterclass: Assessment and Report Writing (https://abcbehaviortx.thrivecart.com/assessment-report-writing/) includes 4.0 CEU's giving you all the training you need to master assessment selection, report writing, treatment goal development, and more.
The Report Writing Package (https://abcbehaviortx.thrivecart.com/report-writing-package/) includes over 30 documents to make report writing easier, including report templates, treatment goals, FBA cheat sheets, and more!
The Program Library (https://abcbehaviortx.thrivecart.com/program-library/) is an ever-expanding collection of treatment goals that can be input into an electronic data collection system or printed for a binder system, includes treatment goals, prompt levels, SD descriptions, target lists, summary graphs, and in editable documents to customize for your clients.
23 Nov 2023
Episode 10: Behavioral Feeding Therapy
This week we are covering feeding disorders in children with autism and treatment methods. If you want a more in-depth look at behavioral feeding therapy and competency-based mentorship, check out our Intensive Competency Workshop: Behavioral Feeding Therapy (https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/feeding-workshop).
17 Nov 2023
Episode 09: Steps to Effective Supervision
This week we are covering the steps you should take before, during, and after supervision to ensure you are providing effective supervision...or receiving effective supervision if you are a supervisee.
In addition to my own supervision experience, this episode includes information from the following article:
Sellers, T. P., Valentino, A. L., & LeBlanc, L. A. (2016). Recommended Practices for Individual Supervision of Aspiring Behavior Analysts. Behavior analysis in practice, 9(4), 274–286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-016-0110-7
Resources Mentioned:
Supervision Curriculum (https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/curriculum)
FREEBIE Supervision Checklist (https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/supervisionchecklist)
This week we are covering some commonly misunderstood supervision requirements from the BCBA Handbook. We also review the requirements of both the supervised fieldwork and concentrated supervised fieldwork.
Objectives:
Identify the requirements of BCBA fieldwork
Understand how the requirements should be implemented in practice
Resources Mentioned:
Intro to Supervision Course (https://abcbehaviortx.thrivecart.com/intro-to-supervision/)
Behavior Analyst Supervision Curriculum (https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/curriculum)
Masterclass: Exceptional Supervision (https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/supervisionmasterclass)
5th ed Supervision Documentation Package (https://abcbehaviortx.thrivecart.com/supervision-package/)
DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR CEU'S (https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/podcast)FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE!
16 Jul 2023
Episode 07: Interview on Supervision with Dr. Amanda Coffey
I'm so excited to have interviewed Dr. Amanda Coffey, the founder of The Behavior Network, one of the first BHCOE accredited training sites. We discuss how they provide such effective supervision, what sets their clinic apart from others, and what advice Dr Coffey has for other BCBA's that want to start their own clinic.
Objectives:
Identify strategies for effective supervision
Describe barriers to providing supervision in a clinic setting
Discuss considerations to clinic ownership
DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR CEU'S (https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/podcast)FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE!
30 Jun 2023
Episode 06: Antecedent Interventions for Automatically Reinforced Behaviors
In this episode, we will be talking about reducing automatically reinforced behaviors by using antecedent interventions.
Objectives:
Describe the challenges to reducing automatically reinforced behaviors
Discuss how to conduct a competing stimulus assessment
Identify appropriate behaviors to target for reduction
DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR CEU'S FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE! https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/podcast
23 Jun 2023
Episode 05: Graduated Exposure & Desensitization
In this episode, we will be talking about graduated exposure and desensitization including its history, steps to use, and practical applications in ABA therapy.
Objectives:
Demonstrate understanding of graduated exposure and desensitization
Identify how to implement this procedure
Discuss potential uses for this antecedent intervention in ABA therapy
DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR CEU'S FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE! https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/podcast
9 Jun 2023
Episode 04: All About Non-Contingent Reinforcement
In this episode, we will be talking about non-contingent reinforcement. What is it? What is it NOT? How to implement it? What are the pros and cons of utilizing non-contingent reinforcement?
Objectives:
Demonstrate understanding of examples and non-examples of non-contingent reinforcement
Identify how to utilize non-contingent reinforcement for different functions of behavior
Discuss pros and cons to utilizing non-contingent reinforcement in ABA therapy session
DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR CEU'S FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE! https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/podcast (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1dROHd2eE8yQXI3X2pLaGxHdDI3SFdXTU0zd3xBQ3Jtc0tuRDNZRHlQTG92V2JVbG1pQVRCWF9UN2tHNlJCQVhSTldsLVlaZ25pelI4UVBDNHA3RGtmTVdYTTdwNG5jZkd1bmNCT1FRZFZUTFdkMV9VY0NJbVdwLWZJY2xGLUF3NXNKbTJGWHF1ZGhjLTVUMFAzZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abcbehaviortx.com%2Fpodcast&v=n84_AG7Eay0)
22 Jan 2023
Episode 03: Science of Changing YOUR Behavior
In this episode, we will be talking about how to use ABA to change your own behavior to meet your goals. This section will talk about goal writing and how to write SMART goals.
Objectives:
Identify the meaning of the acronym SMART for goal writing
Demonstrate how to identify when goals to work on for ourselves
Discuss real-life relevance and how this goal creation and tracking system could be implemented.
30 Sept 2022
Episode 02: ABA Outside the Box: Interview with Dr. Todd Ward
I had the great opportunity to talk to Todd Ward, Ph.D., former BCBA-D, to discuss his recent decision to let his BCBA expire and what that means for the future direction of his career. Todd received his doctoral degree in behavior analysis from the University of Nevada, Reno and was the president and found of bSci21 Media, LLC, running one of the most successful blogs for behavior analysts, bSci21.org. Dr. Ward has also served on editorial boards and has worked in a wide variety of settings in ABA from centers, residential programs, homes, schools, and was the Director of the Behavior Analysis Online program for the University of North Texas.
Objectives:
Identify ways that ABA can be utilized outside the field of autism
Understand the differences between the science of behaviorism in general and utilizing ABA in therapy
Discuss how education paths towards becoming a BCBA may play a role in the breadth of our scope of practice.
DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR CEU'S (https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/podcast)FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE!
12 Sept 2022
Episode 01: Alternative Careers as a BCBA
In our first episode of The Behavior Crew podcast, we'll go over some of the things you can expect from this and future episodes! In this month's topic "ABA Outside the Box", we'll be exploring other career options and fields that we can explore as BCBA's outside of the world of Autism, while still utilizing our knowledge of the science of behavior analysis.
In this episode, we will be talking about several unique career options based on literature from the BACB and research articles in our field.
Objectives:
Identify at least two new fields that a BCBA can transition to outside of working with children with Autism.
Understand the previous and current ABA-related research in those fields.
Discuss transition planning into new fields as a BCBA
DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR CEU'S (https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/podcast)FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE!
References
Maragakis, A., Drossel, C., & Waltz, T. J., (Eds.). (2021). Applications of Behavior Analysis in Healthcare and Beyond. Springer.
Available at https://www.amazon.com/Applications-Behavior-Analysis-Healthcare-Beyond/dp/3030579689 (https://www.amazon.com/Applications-Behavior-Analysis-Healthcare-Beyond/dp/3030579689)
BACB. ABA Subspecialty Resources. https://www.bacb.com/about-behavior-analysis/ (https://www.bacb.com/about-behavior-analysis/)
Druskis, M. (2017). On Using ABA to Coach Baseball. ABC Behavior Training. https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/single-post/2017/05/02/on-using-aba-to-coach-baseball (https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/single-post/2017/05/02/on-using-aba-to-coach-baseball)
Other resources presented
Masterclass: Assessment and Report Writing (https://abcbehaviortx.thrivecart.com/assessment-report-writing/)
Report Writing Package (https://abcbehaviortx.thrivecart.com/report-writing-package/)
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