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BEHAVIORAL – One of Seven Elements for Limitless Behavior Analytic Reach
Behavior Analysts (#bcba) stay true to our science, and make the biggest impact on our clients’ lives, by following the 7 Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis (#aba). This is the 3rd article in a series of 8. Previously, I summarized the 7 dimensions and wrote...
Our Behavior is Sabotaging Us
We know from research in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, that experiential avoidance is a source of many psychological problems. It can also be a source of societal problems. The COVID-19 pandemic is a case in point. Dr. Sanjay Gupta from CNN discusses in the...
Positive Reinforcement: Keys to Successfully Rewarding Behavior
You may have read that rewarding children for “good” behaviors that they “should” be doing is not the right thing to do. And that it can even lead to children losing interest in an activity. While there is some truth to that, it is not entirely accurate. How many of...
How to Teach your Employees to Receive Feedback
Those of us who keep up with the business world have heard endless discussions about how best to provide feedback to your employees as a manager. But less discussed is how to receive feedback, or how to even teach your employees how to receive it. A recent study in...
4 Easy Ways Of Making Your Home More Special Needs Friendly
If you are struggling to cope with the care of your child, then you could begin by changing how your home looks and feels. Many times, we don’t take into account just how far we will need to go, in order to give our children the better life they deserve. When you have...
How to keep teen boys happily singing – instead of giving up when their voices start to change
Boys like to sing. Adolescent boys around the world report the same thing: They enjoy singing and want to get better at it. Yet many boys stop singing during the transition from childhood to adolescence. There is a misconception that boys stop because their voices...
How to create common ground for your kids.
“My kids are just too different. They’ll never get along!” Does this sound like you? I recently asked, “If you have multiple children, what is the biggest struggle just getting them to get along?” Many answers came back about age differences, differences in gender,...
Teaching Robots with Positive Reinforcement at Johns Hopkins…
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are successfully using positive reinforcement procedures to help robots learn. Reinforcers in the form of points are given to the robots upon the successful completion of a block stacking task. If the robot makes a mistake, no...
Future teachers often think memorization is the best way to teach math and science – until they learn a different way
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea I found that college students who are taking courses to become teachers can change their beliefs of how science and mathematics should be taught to and learned by K-12 students....
