O'Brien, Matthew J Pauls, Alexander M Schieltz, Kelly M McComas, Jennifer J Ringdahl, Joel E
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The extant literature demonstrates that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) exhibit preferences among communication modalities when multiple modalities are available and produce reinforcement on identical reinforcement schedules. High- and low-tech communication options, such as voice output devices and picture cards,...
Alzrayer, Nouf M
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This study aimed to compare the effects of echoic and listener responding in the emergence of complex intraverbal behavior in four children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Each participant was taught to provide an echoic response or a listener response for different discriminative stimuli for each condition. We used a nonconcurrent multiple pr...
Jennings, Adrienne M Cox, David J
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly a part of our everyday lives. Though much AI work in healthcare has been outside of applied behavior analysis (ABA), researchers within ABA have begun to demonstrate many different ways that AI might improve the delivery of ABA services. Though AI offers many exciting advances, absent from the behavior a...
O'Neill, Paige Magnacca, Carly Gunnarsson, Karl F Khokhar, Nazurah Koudys, Julie Malkin, Albert
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Cultural responsiveness is critical to providing high-quality behavior analytic services, particularly when providers and recipients have different cultural backgrounds. The purpose of this study was to systematically replicate and extend (Beaulieu et al. (2019) Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12(3), 557-575) by investigating the diversity among app...
Delgado, Diana Meindl, James N Al-Nasser, Thouraya Ivy, Jonathan W
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Cultural awareness reminds ABA service providers of the importance of considering the cultural practices of others when programming for behavior change. Decisions about the appropriateness of services may be difficult, however, when the values of the client conflict with the values of the culture(s) to which the client belongs or with the cultural ...
Andersen, Ashley S Patel, Meeta R
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There is a dearth of published research evaluating behavior-analytic assessment and treatment of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) given the recent revisions in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. In this study, therapists conducted periodic food preference assessments to help guide treatment fo...
Cowan, Landon S Kodak, Tiffany
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Individuals seeking certification as board certified behavior analysts (BCBAs) require training in both hard and professional (soft) skills. Trainees seeking certification complete coursework, supervised fieldwork experience, and a BCBA exam that assesses mastery of hard skills. However, training and mastery of soft skills is not as defined. BCBAs ...
Kranak, Michael P Brown, Katherine R
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Schedule thinning is a necessary treatment procedure following the acquisition of a communication response during functional communication training. In this article, we update and extend the Hagopian et al. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 4, 4-16, (2011) review and recommendations on schedule-thinning procedures following functional communication tr...
Marshall, Kimberly B Bowman, Kristin S Tereshko, Lisa Suarez, Victoria D Schreck, Kimberly A Zane, Thomas Leaf, Justin B
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Previous surveys revealed the majority of certified behavior analysts reported using applied behavior analysis (ABA) as a treatment for individuals on the autism spectrum. However, some certificants have also reported using treatments without evidence (Schreck et al. Behavioral Interventions, 31(4), 355-376, 2016; Schreck & Mazur Behavioral Interve...
Dawes, Jillian
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Many psychology programs include a course on learning and behavior theories, and a frequent assignment used in these courses is a self-management project, where students select a behavior for change, develop strategies to change the behavior, and self-monitor the behavior across baseline and treatment conditions. This assignment has several benefit...