A BA Study Podcast

On today's episode, I have actual guests who are newly-minted BCBAs (and my favorite BCBAs ever). We discuss how we each studied for the BCBA exam. Listen in for our processes, hilarious banter (not), and to hear Dr. Samudre (aka Dr. Dre) give some sound advice on how to approach ethical dilemmas. 

Featured on today's episode: Elena Hitch, M.S., BCBA, LBA; Devin Graley, M.S., BCBA; and Mark Samudre, Ph.D., BCBA. 

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In this episode, I talk about changing criterion designs and I talk about one super cool article (McDougall, 2005) that utilizes this design. Visit the Instagram page @abastudypodcast to view the cheat sheet for this design. 

References: 

If you're looking for additional information on everything we talked about, you can find it on page 336-343 of the Ledford and Gast (2018) text and pg. 209-213 of the Cooper et al. (2020) text.

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In this episode, we talk about alternating treatments designs (ATD) and adapted alternating treatments designs (AATD)! Visit the Instagram page @abastudypodcast to view the cheat sheets. 

References: 

If you're looking for additional information on everything we talked about, you can find it in Ch. 11 of the Ledford and Gast (2018) text and pg. 180-192 of the Cooper et al. (2020) text.

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In this episode, we begin talking about experimental designs, starting with withdrawal/reversal designs! I also give a brief introduction into what single-case designs are and why we use them. 

References: 

If you're looking for additional information on everything we talked about, you can find it in Ch. 9 of the Ledford and Gast (2018) text and Ch. 8 of the Cooper et al. (2020) text. 

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In the first episode of really and truly talking about experimental design, I talk about the Fourth Edition Task List item B-03: Systematically arrange independent variables to demonstrate their effects on dependent variables. More specifically, I get into extraneous and confounding variables, plus threats to internal validity (#FUNAF). 

References: 

If you're looking for additional information on everything we talked about, you can find it here:

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Ya'll... It's a boring episode. I actually had fun reviewing this article, because I'm an ABA nerd - or a bad ass nerd if that exists. This episode covers the Fourth Edition Task List B-02: Review and interpret articles from the behavior-analytic literature. Today, we talked about the following article: 

Carr, E. G. & Durand, V. M. (1985). Reducing behavior problems through functional communication training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 18(2), 111-126. 

Link to download: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1307999/ 

Visit the Instagram page for a link to download the article so you can follow along while I review it! Contact me: E-mail me at [email protected] and reach out on Instagram @abastudypodcast.

In episode 8, we're kicking off Section B: Experimental Design. I talk about the Fourth Edition Task List Item B-01: Use the dimensions of applied behavior analysis (Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968) to evaluate whether interventions are behavior analytic in nature. In this episode, I reference: 

Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. W., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 91-97. 

Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. 

If you're looking for additional information on these dimensions, you can find it on pages 16-18 of the Cooper book and you can (and should!) read the seminal article by Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968). I want to hear from you!!!! E-mail me at [email protected] and reach out on Instagram @abastudypodcast.

In episode 7, I talk about the Fourth Edition Task List Item A-14: Design and implement choice measures. AKA I dive into preference and reinforcer assessments. In this episode, I reference Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. If you're looking for additional information on preference and reinforcer assessments, you can find it on pages 269-280. I want to hear from you!!!! E-mail me at [email protected] and reach out on Instagram @abastudypodcast. 

**RBT: This episode can be applied to the RBT Second Edition Task List for item B-1.

In episode 6, I talk about the Fourth Edition Task List Items A-12, continuous measurement procedures, and A-13, discontinuous measurement procedures. I talk about different time sampling methods and give you what you need to know for the exam!

In this episode, I reference Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. If you're looking for additional information on continuous and discontinuous measurement, you can find it on pages 104-105, and you can find more information on time-sampling methods on page 88-93 . E-mail me at [email protected] and follow on Instagram @abastudypodcast.

**RBT: This episode can be applied to the RBT Second Edition Task List for items A-1, A-2, and A-3.