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.

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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

One of the most exciting parts of any conference (shout out to BABAT!) is getting to see something new. And this week, we’re bringing that something new to the podcast with a behavioral hypothesis as to how fame-seeking mass shooters develop behavioral repertoires that can lead to tragedy. We’re excited to bring Dr. James Meindl’s work in this area to our audience as an amazing example of how behavior analysis can be supportive in the treatment of socially relevant causes. We review what information exists in the prediction of mass shooting behavior, how many of the reported patterns may function behaviorally, and, most importantly, what this could mean in the prevention of mass shooter behaviors actually resulting in violence.

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Articles discussed this episode:

Meindl, J.N., Ivy, J.W, Delgado, D.M., & Swafford, L. (under review). Towards a functional account of mass-shooting: Prediction and influence of violent behavior.

Meindl, J.N. & Ivy, J.W. (2018). Reducing media-induced mass killings: Lessons from suicide prevention. American Behavioral Scientist, 62, 242-259. doi: 10.1177/0002764218756918

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This week we’re revisiting our long-running series on professional collaboration by discussing how behavior analysts can engage in practices to work well with special education teachers. And, as a special treat, we’re joined by long-time friend of the show and special education teacher/BCBA extrordinaire, Carolyn Beaumier. We dig into recent articles on some of the “faux pas” BCBAs often find themselves in when working with educators and hear some tried and true strategies from someone who’s been on both sides of the behavioral consulting role. Plus, first-hand stories of how well (or badly!) Rob actually is as a school consultant.

This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU.

Articles discussed this episode:

Giangreco, M.F., Pennington, R.C., & Walker, V.L. (2023). Conceptualizing and utilizing board certified behavior analysts as related services providers in inclusion-oriented schools. Remedial and Special Education, 44, 73-85. doi: 10.1177/07419325211063610

Squires, M., Cutrer-Pãrraga, E.A., Morris, J.R., Miller, E.E., & Hansen, B.D. (2024). Navigating collaboration: Factors influencing special education teachers’ relationships with BCBAs in diverse school contexts. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 17, 1033-1049. doi: 10.1007/s40617-024-010009-w

Reilly, A.M., Crowell, G.E., Thoele, J.M. et al. School-Based Transdisciplinary Teaming to Maximize Behavioral Supports. Behav Analysis Practice (2025). doi: 10.1007/s40617-025-01054-z

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Though we’ve long been huge fans of single-case research designs—what behavior analyst isn’t?—and hold peer-reviewed research papers as one of our favorite genres of non-fiction, is it possible that not every research paper is…on the level? Sadly, for many coplex reasons, not every research paper you read is without risk for following questionable research practices. To help our field put a stop to this, Dr. Matthew Tincani has some ideas on how we can do better by looking at a number of open science practices. This week, Dr. Tincani called out the best and brightest to has out what needs to be fixed (and how we can do it) and is ready to share what might be next for identifying (and stopping) questionable research practices.

This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU.

Articles discussed this episode:

Tincani, M., Gilroy, S.P., & Dowdy, A. (2024). Extensions of open science for applied behavior analysis: Preregistration for single-case experimental designs. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. doi: 10.1002/jaba.2909

Tincani, M., Travers, J., Dowdy, A., Slocum, T.A.,& Dietrich, R. (2025). Questionable and improved research practices in single-case experimental design: Initial investigation and findings. Perspectives on Behavior Science. doi: 10.1007/s40614-025-00441-9

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While we’ve been discussing how to move away from just getting parents to buy in to proposed behavioral treatments, there’s still a huge gap between what works, what parents are told could work, and what parents like (when everything works). So we decided to kick off our Special Guest Month by having two experts at parent training, Drs. Roseanne Lesack and Jillian Wilson, help us figure out how to effectively promote better social validity practices when collaborating with parents. We revisit the classic Allen and Warzak article on parental nonadherence and delve deeply into what treatment ideas parents prefer at almost any child’s age. Plus: the secret history of validating statements!

This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU.

Articles discussed this episode:

Allen, K.D. & Warzak, W.J. (2000). The problem of parental nonadherence in clinical behavior analysis: Effective treatment is not enough. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33, 373-391. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-373

Wilson, J.B. & Lesack, R.S. (2024). Parent perceptions of behavior analytic interventions. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 17, 1050-1073. doi: 10.1007/s40617-024-01010-3

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