Hi Folks, in today's episode I have a conversation with my good friend, Steve Lawyer. Steve and I met as first year graduate students at Auburn University way back in the day. Nowadays, he is the Director of Clinical Training at Idaho State University. In today's episode we have...
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...