Hello, Grab Bag, my old friend

I’ve come to pull from you again

Because the field of ABA is always growing

We disseminate studies for continued knowing

And the research that was experimentally controlled

With results told

Within the sound of podcast

This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU.

Articles discussed this episode:

Blackman, A.L., DiGennaro Reed, F.D., Gunter, M., & Braren, B. (2025). The effects of group virtual training and self-monitoring on leading a meeting. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. doi: 10.1002/jaba.70024

Patrone, V., Napolitano, D., Myles, F., & Shanahan, M. (2025). Curriculum-based evaluation of cultural competency coursework in an online applied behavior analysis graduate program. Behavior Analysis in Practice. doi: 10.1007/s40617-025-01067-8

Castillo, M. I., Frank-Crawford, M. A., Leisfeld, J. E., Doan, T. M., Newcomb, E. T., Rooker, G. W., & Borrero, J. C. (2022). Do persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities prefer to save the best for last in an MSWO? A preliminary investigation. Behavioral Interventions, 37, 1133-1148. doi: 10.1002/bin.1883

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LIVE via recording from St. Charles, Missouri! It’s a preview episode! Yes, we continue our fall tradition of discussing everything coming out this spoooooky month from the comfort of the Thompson Center Conference hall. We spend some time gushing about all the great talks we just experienced before getting prepared for our NEXT conference, BABAT 2025. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say, “hi” at the conference and for the Thompson Center for hosting us again. And keep your eyes out for an extra treat in your goodie bags later this month! Sadly, it’s not the 3K I needed to bid on a signed “Walden Two”.

Articles for October 2025

Hello, Grab Bag My Old Friend (Fall 2025 Grab Bag)

Blackman, A.L., DiGennaro Reed, F.D., Gunter, M., & Braren, B. (2025). The effects of group virtual training and self-monitoring on leading a meeting. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. doi: 10.1002/jaba.70024

Patrone, V., Napolitano, D., Myles, F., & Shanahan, M. (2025). Curriculum-based evaluation of cultural competency coursework in an online applied behavior analysis graduate program. Behavior Analysis in Practice. doi: 10.1007/s40617-025-01067-8

Castillo, M. I., Frank-Crawford, M. A., Leisfeld, J. E., Doan, T. M., Newcomb, E. T., Rooker, G. W., & Borrero, J. C. (2022). Do persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities prefer to save the best for last in an MSWO? A preliminary investigation. Behavioral Interventions, 37, 1133-1148. doi: 10.1002/bin.1883

Behavioral Artistry Revisited w/ Dr. Amy Bukszpan

Bukszpan, A.R., Anderson, A., Moon, E., Kaplan, A., & Leaf, J.B. (2024). Training behavior technicians to become behavior artists through the teaching interaction procedure. Behavioral Interventions, 38, 1-17. doi: 10.1002/bin.1963

Bukszpan, A.R., Leaf, J.B., O’Brien, J.G., Lewis, A., Kristiansen, S., Lord, J., Axe, J., & Weiss, M.J. (2025). Utilizing the teaching interaction procedure to train special education teachers in behavioral artistry.  Behavioral Interventions, 40, 1-14. doi: 10.1002/bin.70017

Safety Skills

Baruni, R.R. & Miltenberger, R.G. (2024). A survey of safety skills training used by behavior analysts in practice. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 17, 270-282. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00835-8

Miltenberger, R.G., Flessner, C., Gatheridge, B., Johnson, B., Satterlund, M., & Egemo, K. (2004). Evaluation of behavioral skills training to prevent gun play in children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37, 513-516. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-513

Kurt, O., Cevher, Z., & Kutlu, M. (2024). Effectiveness of video modeling in teaching earthquake and postearthquake evacuation safety skills for children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 57, 331-340. doi: 10.1002/jaba.1057

Baruni, R.R. & Miltenberger, R.G. (2022). Teaching safety skills to children: A discussion of critical features and practice recommendations. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15, 938-950. doi: 10.1007/s40617-021-00667-4

To celebrate the end of Supervision September, we’ve got an all new Book Club episode! And it’s available for everyone RIGHT NOW! We celebrate the life and work of Aubrey Daniels by checking off all of the supervision mistakes one can make as we read “OOPS! 13 Management Practices that Waste Time and Money”. And if hearing about 13 better ways to be a boss for your supervisees wasn’t enough, we also enjoy a visit from Dr. Judy Agnew from Aubrey Daniels International to share her memories of working with (and being supervised by) the late, great Dr. Daniels.

This episode is available for 2.0 SUPERVISION CEUs.

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Content discussed this episode:

Daniels, A.C. (2009). Oops! 13 management practices that waste time and money (and what to do instead). Performance Management Publications.

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Despite the huge increase in discussion articles, think pieces, personal sharing of tools, and summaries of commonly-liked programs, there is a real dearth of research on what ACTUALLY works in supervision practices. And we weren’t the only people to wonder this. That’s why we’re joined this week by Dr. Natalie Andzik and Dr. Michael Kranak who’ve written their fair share of all of the above research when it comes to supervision and have thoughts about where the field is and where we need to go to ensure only the best for our trainees.

This episode is available for 1.0 SUPERVISION CEU.

Articles discussed this episode:

Kranak, M.P., Andzik, N.R., Jones, C., & Hall, H. (2023). A systematic review of supervision research related to board certified behavior analysts. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16, 1006-1021. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00805-0

Kranak, M.P., Andzik, N.R., Jones, C., & Grunewald, K. (2024). A scoping review of research on and strategies for mitigating burnout among board certified behavior analysts. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 24, 195-210. doi: 10.1037/bar0000296

Andzik, N.R. & Kranak, M.P. (2021). The softer side of supervision: Recommendations when teaching and evaluating behavior-analytic professionalism. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 21, 65-74. doi: 10.1037/bar0000194

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This year we’re kicking off Supervision September by focusing our supervisory efforts with a growing category of supervisees, individuals with disabilities. Because, for a field based on helping people, we don’t always practice what we preach with our colleagues! We discuss the culture of disability in regards to humility in supervision as well as how to bring what other fields have learned to our own behavior analysis trainees.

This episode is available for 1.0 SUPERVISION or 1.0 ETHICS/CULTURAL CEU.

Articles discussed this episode:

Andrews, E.E., Kuemmel, A., Williams, J.L., Pilarski, C.R., Dunn, M., & Lund, E.M. (2013). Providing culturally competent supervision to trainees with disabilities in rehabilitation settings. Rehabilitation Psychology, 58, 233-244. doi: 10.1037/a0033338

Ecko Jojo, G. (2024). Disability-affirming supervision: future directions in applied behavior analytic supervision. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 17, 26-36. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00846-5

Gatzunis, K.S., Edwards, K.Y., Diaz, A.R., Conners, B.M., & Weiss, M.J. (2022). Cultural responsiveness framework in BCBA supervision. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15, 1373-1382. doi: 10.1007/s40617-022-00688-7

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Can you believe it! It’s Supervision September! An enitre month of episodes all about supervision, supervising, and supersizing your abilities to lead the next generation of awesome behavior analysts. We’ve got the amazing duo of Dr. Michael Kranak and Dr. Natalie Andzik reviewing what we ACTUALLY know about supervision from an evidence-based perspective. We’ve got a discussion with the core crew about building supervision skills that also promote disability affirming practices. And, in case you thought we couldn’t fit 4 hours of supervision talk into 3 weeks of episodes, we crammed in an entire Book Club reviewing one of Dr. Aubrey Daniels final books, “OOPS! 13 Management Practices That Waste Time and Money” featuring an interview with Dr. Judy Agnew from Aubrey Daniels INternational on the legacy of Dr. Daniels. We even save some time to make sure you know what really grinds our gears as we attempt to navigate our supervision tips into ways to make a U-turn on the hellish experience that is 2025 America.

Articles for September 2025

Disability-Affirming Supervision

Andrews, E.E., Kuemmel, A., Williams, J.L., Pilarski, C.R., Dunn, M., & Lund, E.M. (2013). Providing culturally competent supervision to trainees with disabilities in rehabilitation settings. Rehabilitation Psychology, 58, 233-244. doi: 10.1037/a0033338

Ecko Jojo, G. (2024). Disability-affirming supervision: future directions in applied behavior analytic supervision. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 17, 26-36. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00846-5

Gatzunis, K.S., Edwards, K.Y., Diaz, A.R., Conners, B.M., & Weiss, M.J. (2022). Cultural responsiveness framework in BCBA supervision. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15, 1373-1382. doi: 10.1007/s40617-022-00688-7

What Do We Actually Know About Supervision? w/ Dr. Natalie Andzik + Dr. Michael Kranak

Kranak, M.P., Andzik, N.R., Jones, C., & Hall, H. (2023). A systematic review of supervision research related to board certified behavior analysts. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16, 1006-1021. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00805-0

Kranak, M.P., Andzik, N.R., Jones, C., & Grunewald, K. (2024). A scoping review of research on and strategies for mitigating burnout among board certified behavior analysts. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 24, 195-210. doi: 10.1037/bar0000296

Andzik, N.R. & Kranak, M.P. (2021). The softer side of supervision: Recommendations when teaching and evaluating behavior-analytic professionalism. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 21, 65-74. doi: 10.1037/bar0000194

OOPS! Book Club (feat. Dr. Judy Agnew)

Daniels, A.C. (2009). Oops! 13 management practices that waste time and money (and what to do instead). Performance Management Publications.

One of our longest running mysteries is finally revealed in this week’s episode: Why does Jackie hate DROs so much?

This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU.

Articles discussed this episode:

Mazalesik, J.I., Iwata, B.A., Vollmer, T.R., Zarcone, J.R., & Smith, R.G. (1993). Analysis of the reinforcement and extinction components in DRO contingencies with self-injury. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26, 143-156. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1993.26-143

Hangen, M.M., Romero, A.N., Neidert, P.L., & Borrero, J.C. (2020). “Other” behavior and the DRO: The roles of extinction and reinforcement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53, 2385-2404. doi: 10.1002/jaba.736

Romano, L.M. & St. Peter, C.C. (2017). Omission training results in more resurgence than alternative reinforcement. Psychological Record, 67, 315-324. doi: 10.1007/s40732-016-0214-z

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Teaching new skills is a lot of fun. But sometimes it seems to take forever. And since we all only have so much time to learn everything needed to maximize access to reinforcement in our lives, we don’t really have the luxury of time to mess about. So, in good behavior analyst fashion, we look for a better way to min-max our learning activities. Thanks to our awesome patrons, we’re talking about increasing the efficiency of skill acquisition through preference assessment, choice, , and reinforcement timing. So many options, but which ones actually matter when it comes to running the most efficient teaching sessions?

Patrons receive a FREE CE for listening to this episode. Just go to the Patron Episode Page (you can even watch the raw video recording!) and enter the code at discount.

This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU.

Articles discussed this episode:

Weinsztok, S.C., Goldman, K.J., & DeLeon, I.G. (2023). Assessing parameters of reinforcement on efficiency of acquisition: A systematic review. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16, 76-92. doi: 10.1007/s40617-022-00715-7

Gureghian, D.L., Vladescu, J.C., Gashi, R., & Campanaro, A. (2020). Reinforcer choice as an antecedent versus consequence during skill acquisition. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 13, 462-466. doi: 10.1007/s40617-019-00356-3

León, Y., Campos, C., Baratz, S., Gorman, C., Price, A., & DeLeon, I. (2025). Effects of initial versus frequent preference assessments on skill acquisition. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 37, 471-487. doi: 10.1007/s10882-024-09971-7

Cividini-Motta, C., Livingston, C., & Efaw, H. (2024). Systematic review of differential reinforcement in skill acquisition. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 17, 401-416. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00903-z

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UNLOCKED from our Patreon page, it’s the “Good Night, Sweet Dreams, I Love You” Book Club! Interested in more Book Clubs? Want to vote on what we read next? Feeling FOMO at getting this a full year late? Wish your 2 CEs for listening to the episode were FREE??? Join us on Patreon to get all of our episodes a week early, access to these bonus episodes, plus other goodies.

There’s nothing more amazing than spending time with kids, whether in your family or as clients. But, man, is putting them to bed when you’re exhausted after a long day and they just have to watch one more episode of “Bluey” before they promise they’ll jump right under the covers but first can you get them a drink of water and leave on all the lights just the freaking worst. Pat Friman, save us with your succinct and well-tailored wisdom in book form, please! And could you be sure to write your book the same way you do awesome conference lectures? Like hilarious and true and entertaining? Thanks!

This episode is available for 2.0 LEARNING CEUs.

Content discussed in this episode:

Friman, P.C. (2005). Good night, sweet dreams, I love you now get into bed and go to sleep! Boys Town Press.

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If you’re looking for a podcast that describes some vacation activities AND lays out the content of multiple future episodes with citations to research articles, we’re your #1 source! Between describing waterskiing mishaps and Pocono hikes, we’ve got a brand new Listener Choice episode all about speeding up skill acqusition (and a video for patrons!) and our Book Club on Pat Friman’s “Good Night, Sweet Dreams, I Love You” now UNLOCKED for all. Then to wrap up this hot month, the answer a the long-running podcast mystery: Why does Jackie hate DROs so much? And who REALLY got married to Rob? (SPOILER ALERT: Rob’s been a dream ghost this whole time!).

Articles for August 2025

Factors Influencing Skill Acquisition (Summer 2025 Listener Choice)

Weinsztok, S.C., Goldman, K.J., & DeLeon, I.G. (2023). Assessing parameters of reinforcement on efficiency of acquisition: A systematic review. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16, 76-92. doi: 10.1007/s40617-022-00715-7

Gureghian, D.L., Vladescu, J.C., Gashi, R., & Campanaro, A. (2020). Reinforcer choice as an antecedent versus consequence during skill acquisition. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 13, 462-466. doi: 10.1007/s40617-019-00356-3

León, Y., Campos, C., Baratz, S., Gorman, C., Price, A., & DeLeon, I. (2025). Effects of initial versus frequent preference assessments on skill acquisition. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 37, 471-487. doi: 10.1007/s10882-024-09971-7

Cividini-Motta, C., Livingston, C., & Efaw, H. (2024). Systematic review of differential reinforcement in skill acquisition. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 17, 401-416. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00903-z

(UNLOCKED) Good Night, Sweet Dreams, I Love You Book Club

Friman, P.C. (2005). Good night, sweet dreams, I love you now get into bed and go to sleep! Boys Town Press.

Why Jackie Hates DRO

Mazalesik, J.I., Iwata, B.A., Vollmer, T.R., Zarcone, J.R., & Smith, R.G. (1993). Analysis of the reinforcement and extinction components in DRO contingencies with self-injury. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26, 143-156. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1993.26-143

Hangen, M.M., Romero, A.N., Neidert, P.L., & Borrero, J.C. (2020). “Other” behavior and the DRO: The roles of extinction and reinforcement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53, 2385-2404. doi: 10.1002/jaba.736

Romano, L.M. & St. Peter, C.C. (2017). Omission training results in more resurgence than alternative reinforcement. Psychological Record, 67, 315-324. doi: 10.1007/s40732-016-0214-z