ABA Wizard – Details, episodes & analysis

Brandon Perez joins us to discuss his recent study focusing on simple and effective strategies for toilet training. The article discussed was published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis in May 2020..

Perez, B.C., Bacotti, J.K., Peters, K.P. and Vollmer, T.R. (2020), An extension of commonly used toilet-training procedures to children with autism spectrum disorder. Jnl of Applied Behav Analysis

Anna Kate Edgemon joins us this episode to discuss using BST to improve job interview skills with adolescents. This was the focus of her recent journal article published in the journal of applied behavior analysis.

Edgemon, A.K., Rapp, J.T., Brogan, K.M., Richling, S.M., Hamrick, S.A., Peters, R.J. and O'Rourke, S.A. (2020), Behavioral skills training to increase interview skills of adolescent males in a juvenile residential treatment facility. Jnl of Applied Behav Analysis.

Dr. Katie Wiskow joins us to discuss the good behavior game from her recent journal article. Everyone managing a classroom should take a listen to this episode and try out some of these ideas!

Silva, E. and Wiskow, K.M. (2020), Stimulus presentation versus stimulus removal in the Good Behavior Game. Jnl of Applied Behav Analysis.

Dr. Joshua Jessel joins us this episode to discuss his article about rich to lean error correction. If you’ve never heard of “rich to lean error correction” check out this episode!

Jessel, J., Ma, S., Spartinos, J. and Villanueva, A. (2020), Transitioning from rich to lean reinforcement as a form of error correction. Jnl of Applied Behav Analysis. doi:10.1002/jaba.717

Dr. Jennifer Fritz joins us to discuss her recent article on MSWO preference assessments. Have you ever considered that the individual's most preferred item may not be chosen first? Listen in to hear some things to consider when interpreting the results of your assessments.

Fritz, J.N., Roath, C.T., Shoemaker, P.T., Edwards, A.B., Hussein, L.A., Villante, N.K., Langlinais, C.A. and Rettig, L.A. (2020), Validity of the multiple‐stimulus without replacement preference assessment for edible items. Jnl of Applied Behav Analysis. doi:10.1002/jaba.703

Jessica Buckley, BCBA joins Kylan Heiner, BCBA as they discuss Jessica’s recent publication in the journal of applied behavior analysis titled Teaching students with autism spectrum disorder to tolerate haircutting.

Buckley, J., Luiselli, J.K., Harper, J.M. and Shlesinger, A. (2020), Teaching students with autism spectrum disorder to tolerate haircutting. Jnl of Applied Behav Analysis. doi:10.1002/jaba.713

Instructive feedback is a way to increase instructional efficiency. Dr. Casey Nottingham, BCBA-D joins the show as she discusses this powerful behavioral intervention with Kylan Heiner, BCBA. See the article citation below for the study in discussion.

Nottingham, C.L., Vladescu, J.C., DeBar, R.M., Deshais, M. and DeQuinzio, J. (2020), The influence of instructive feedback presentation schedule: A replication with children with autism spectrum disorder. Jnl of Applied Behav Analysis. doi:10.1002/jaba.706

How does a DRO work? Is it just extinction? Punishment? Or are we actually reinforcing "other" behavior as the name implies? Dr. Catalina Rey, PhD, BCBA-D joins Kylan Heiner, BCBA to discuss her recent study published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis addressing these questions.

Rey, C.N., Betz, A.M., Sleiman, A.A., Kuroda, T. and Podlesnik, C.A. (2020), Adventitious reinforcement during long‐duration DRO exposure. Jnl of Applied Behav Analysis. doi:10.1002/jaba.697

Forrest Toegel, Ph.D., BCBA-D joins Kylan Heiner, BCBA to discuss his recent study published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis on April 6th, 2020 titled Effects of time-based administration of abstinence reinforcement targeting opiate and cocaine use. References and links mentioned in this podcast:

Addiction SIG at ABAI: https://www.abainternational.org/constituents/special-interests/special-interest-groups.aspx

Dallery, J., Silverman, K., Chutuape, M. A., Bigelow, G. E., & Stitzer, M. L. (2001). Voucher-based reinforcement of opiate plus cocaine abstinence in treatment-resistant methadone patients: Effects of reinforcer magnitude. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 9(3), 317–325.

Toegel, F., Holtyn, A.F., Subramaniam, S. and Silverman, K. (2020), Effects of time‐based administration of abstinence reinforcement targeting opiate and cocaine use. Jnl of Applied Behav Analysis. doi:10.1002/jaba.702