In the first episode of the Behavioral Observations Podcast, we chat with Greg Hanley from Western New England University. We find out about how being a terrible painter and having poor grades set Greg off on a path to being a prolific contributor to our field. In all seriousness,...
I have launched two episodes of the Behavioral Observations Podcast. Unfortunately, I am having a little bit if difficulty getting the episodes uploaded to iTunes. As a result, I am having what people in the restaurant business might refer to as a "soft opening." Right now, you can listen...
I'm still not quite ready to publish interviews to iTunes yet, but I wanted to write a quick post to let you know that things are definitely moving in the right direction. If you've been to this website before, you'll notice that we've updated the look a little bit....
Well, it's been a while since my last post, and I'm tempted to make several references to Dick Malott's work in the area of procrastination. However, in an effort to stay on task, I want to let you know that I have made some decisions about the nature and...
I highly recommend that you check out Greg Hanley's new website, www.practicalfunctionalassessment.com. If you're not familiar with him, he is a professor at Western New England University, and has written a lot about the functional assessment process over the years. I've been an admirer of his work for a...
As they say, the truth hurts. After reading this article, I noticed that I have some of these phrases in my verbal repertoire. I don't ever say, "drill down," but I recall using the term, "Bandwith," the other day in a meeting.... Here is a list of the 25...
What type of chaining procedure was used to produce this? I thought about this question for a few minutes but stopped when I got a...
In an earnest yet vain effort to improve my writing skills, I started reading a book about punctuation called,”Eats, Shoots & Leaves,” by Lynne Truss. Ms. Truss is a self-described punctuation stickler, and within the first few pages, she describes some of her grammatical pet-peeves. On page 5, she...
At Mass ABA last week, I had the pleasure of attending not one, but two talks by Dr. Mark Dixon, of Southern Illinois University. Before going any further, if you take nothing else from this post, I encourage you to attend one of his talks if you have the...
I attended the 5th annual Massachusetts Association for Applied Behavior Analysis conference yesterday. I’ll get right to the point and tell you that I thought it was great (except for the Friday night traffic on the way home). I’ll have more posts that are specific to some of the...