ABA Inside Track

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Given the preponderance of evidence that early intervention leads to better outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder, isn't it important to identify these children as early as possible? This week we review research in identifying early indicators of ASD in children, charting the course from preschool, to first-birthday parties, to TV-watching infants. It's the most adorable-sounding research we've ever discussed.

Articles discussed this episode:

Osterling, J. & Dawson, G. (1994). Early recognition of children with autism: A study of first birthday home videotapes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 247-257. doi: 10.1007/BF02172225

Jones, W. & Klin, A. (2013). Attention to eyes is present but in decline in 2-6 month-olds later diagnosed with autism. Nature, 504, 427-431. doi: 10.1038/nature12715

Sallows, G.O. & Graupner, T.D. (2005) Intensive behavioral treatment for children with autism: Four-year outcome and predictors. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110, 417-438. doi: 10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110[417:IBTFCW]2.0.CO;2

Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Rogers, T., Brian, J., & Szatmari, P. (2005). Behavioral manifestations of autism in the first year of life. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 23, 143-152. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2004.05.001

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Unless you love conducting job interviews, you're probably interested in keeping the employees you hire for as long as possible. But how much impact can your supervision have on minimizing staff heading for the hills? Dr. Byron Wine joins us to share his research and experience into staff turnover in the human services including whether employee rewards work, if rapport building can leads to better work outcomes, and how to start getting your organization prepared for the inevitability of positional vacancies.

Articles discussed this episode:

Wine, B., Chen, T., & Brewer, A. (2019). An examination of reward probability and delivery delays on employee performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 39, 179-193. doi: 10.1080/01608061.2019.1666776

Curry, S.M., Gravina, N.E., Sleiman, A.A., & Richard, E. (2019). The effects of engaging in rapport-building behaviors on productivity and discretionary effort. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 39, 213-226. doi: 10.1080/01608061.2019.1667940

Wine, B., Osborne, M.R., & Newcomb, E.T. (2020). On turnover in human services. Behavior Analysis in Practice, published online January 6, 2020. doi: 10/1007/s40617-019-00399-6

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In light of recent events in the US, we've decided to move up our conversation with Adrienne Bradley and Kat Jackson from Black Applied Behavior Analyst, Inc. on the subject of racial diversity and inclusion. We discuss the importance of cultural humility, barriers to meaningful diversity initiatives, and how racism goes beyond being a good person. Plus how to continue your own journey as a BCBA in promoting inclusive practices and managing your ability to take feedback on the many not so obvious ways BCBAs can practice discrimination in their daily interactions.

Articles discussed this episode:

Hook, J.N. & Watkins Jr., C.E. (2015). Cultural humility: The cornerstone of positive contact with culturally different individuals and groups? American Psychologist, 70, 661-662. doi: 10.1037/a0038965

Rangarajan, N. & Black, T. (2007). Exploring organizational barriers to diversity. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 27, 249-263. doi: 10.1177/0734371X06296203

Rosenberg, N.E. & Schwartz, I.S. (2019). Guidance or compliance: What makes an ethical behavior analyst? Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 473-482. doi: 10.1007/s40617-018-00287-5

Some additional resources from BABA:

Racial Equity Readiness Assessment

Anti-Racism for Kids 101

Multiculturalism and Diversity in Applied Behavior Analysis

Beautiful Humans Podcast

Shades of ABAB Podcast

So, you probably aren't planning on going on any exciting vacations this summer, for some reason. Why not take a trip to podcast-land, first stop, ABA Inside Track. We'll be here and so will many fabulous visiting guests (in vocal form) like Dr. Bryon Wine and like Cat Jackson and Adrienne Bradley from Black Applied Behavior Analysts. Why not throw on your swimsuit, grab a burger, slather on some sunscreen, and get ready for a series of June episodes that might almost help you forget that you had to cancel your Disney World trip.

Articles for June 2020

Staff Turnover w/ Dr. Bryon Wine

Wine, B., Chen, T., & Brewer, A. (2019). An examination of reward probability and delivery delays on employee performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 39, 179-193. doi: 10.1080/01608061.2019.1666776

Curry, S.M., Gravina, N.E., Sleiman, A.A., & Richard, E. (2019). The effects of engaging in rapport-building behaviors on productivity and discretionary effort. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 39, 213-226. doi: 10.1080/01608061.2019.1667940

Wine, B., Osborne, M.R., & Newcomb, E.T. (2020). On turnover in human services. Behavior Analysis in Practice, published online January 6, 2020. doi: 10/1007/s40617-019-00399-6

Early Indicators of Autism

Osterling, J. & Dawson, G. (1994). Early recognition of children with autism: A study of first birthday home videotapes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 247-257. doi: 10.1007/BF02172225

Jones, W. & Klin, A. (2013). Attention to eyes is present but in decline in 2-6 month-olds later diagnosed with autism. Nature, 504, 427-431. doi: 10.1038/nature12715

Sallows, G.O. & Graupner, T.D. (2005) Intensive behavioral treatment for children with autism: Four-year outcome and predictors. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110, 417-438. doi: 10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110[417:IBTFCW]2.0.CO;2

Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Rogers, T., Brian, J., & Szatmari, P. (2005). Behavioral manifestations of autism in the first year of life. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 23, 143-152. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2004.05.001

Diversity and Inclusion w/ Cat Jackson + Adrienne Bradley

Hook, J.N. & Watkins Jr., C.E. (2015). Cultural humility: The cornerstone of positive contact with culturally different individuals and groups? American Psychologist, 70, 661-662. doi: 10.1037/a0038965

Rangarajan, N. & Black, T. (2007). Exploring organizational barriers to diversity. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 27, 249-263. doi: 10.1177/0734371X06296203

Rosenberg, N.E. & Schwartz, I.S. (2019). Guidance or compliance: What makes an ethical behavior analyst? Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 473-482. doi: 10.1007/s40617-018-00287-5

LIVE from the TxABA conference—which, because of the pandemic, we recorded in the comfort of our homes—it's a fun-filled presentation from ABA Inside Track! Due to popular demand, we've switched up our original talk to discuss what research can tell us about promoting safety measures in our daily lives. Is there a way to improve hand washing in the general population? What does economic research tell us about social distancing? And how is the Green Movement like a global health initiative? Big thanks to our friends at TxABA for their kind invitation. We hope to see you at the Alamo next year!

Articles discussed this episode:

Fenichel, E.P. (2013). Economic considerations for social distancing and behavioral based policies during an epidemic. Journal of Health Economics, 32, 440-451. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.01.002

Fournier, A.K. & Berry, T.D., (2012). Effects of response cost and socially-assisted interventions on hand-hygiene behavior of university students. Behavior and Social Issues, 21, 152-164. doi: 10.5210/bsi.v.21i0.3979

Bowman, L.G., Hardesty, S.L., Sigurdsson, S.O., McIvor, M., Orchowitz, P.M., Wagner, L.L., & Hagopian, L.P. (2019). Utilizing group-based contingencies to increase hand washing in a large human service settings. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 600-611. doi: 10.1007/s40617-018-00328-z

Bordlein, C. (2020). Promoting hand sanitizer use in a university cafeteria. Behavior and Social Issues, Online Access. doi: 10.1007/s42822-020-00026-y

Chance, P. & Heward, W.L., (2010). Climate change: Meeting the challenge. The Behavior Analyst, 33, 197-206. doi: 10.1007/bf03392219

Pritchard, J. (2010). Virtual rewards for driving green. The Behavior Analyst, 33, 185-187. doi: 10.1007/bf03392216

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You may say "toe-may-toe", and I may say "toe-mah-toe", but we've all learned to accept that these differences are ok. However, not everyone can take such perspective taking skills for granted, including many individuals with autism. This week, we take a peek into the behavior analytic literature to see how we can use recent research to supercharge our teaching skill for this socially-important skill.

Articles discussed this episode:

Welsh, F., Najdowski, A.C., Strauss, D., Gallegos, L., & Fullen, J.A. (2019). Teaching a perspective-taking component skills to children with autism in the natural environment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 439-450. doi: 10.1002/jaba.523

Stauch, T.A., Plavnick, J.B., Sankar, S., & Gallagher, A.C. (2018). Teaching social perception skills to adolescents with autism and intellectual disabilities using video-based group instruction. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 51, 647-666. doi: 10.1002/jaba.473

Gould, E., Tarbox, J., O'Hora, D., Noone, S., & Bergstrom, R. (2011). Teaching children with autism a basic component skill of perspective-taking. Behavioral Interventions, 26, 50-66. doi: 10.1002/bin.320

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This week we go beyond freakonomics into the realm of behavioral economics. And who better to guide us through the economics of fake IDs, tornado safety measures, and legal marijuana pricing then Dr. Derek Reed. Plus, why can't ABA and behavioral economics research get along?

Articles discussed this episode:

Critchfield, T.S. & Reed, D.D. (2017). The fuzzy concept of applied behavior analysis research. The Behavior Analyst, 40, 123-159. doi: 10.1007/s40614-017-0093-x

Amlung, M., Reed, D.D., Morris, V., Aston, E.R., Metrik, J., & MacKillop, J. (2018). Price elasticity of illegal versus legal cannabis: A behavioral economic substitutability analysis. Addiction, 114, 112-118. doi: 10.1111/add.14437

Naude, G.P., Foster, R.N.S., Bartley, M., Martinetti, M.P., Ayers, L.O., Reed, D.D. (2019). Predicting adverse consequences of alcohol consumption in underage college students using a novel fake ID purchase task. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Online Access. doi: 10.1037/pha0000345

Gelino, B.W. & Reed, D.D. (2020). Temporal discounting of tornado shelter-seeking intentions amidst standard and impact-based weather alerts: A crowdsourced experiment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 26, 16-25. doi: 10.1037/xap0000246

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Are you ready to talk about resurgence? Well, I certainly wasn't, but we still recorded an episode all about it. And, y'know what, we had a great time doing so! Rob even demanded we add a bonus article on the topic, so moved by learning about this oft misunderstood component of behavior change. We hope that you are similarly moved…at the very least you'll remember the difference between resurgence and extinction and stop embarrassing yourself at BCBA cocktail parties.

Articles discussed this episode:

Lambert, J.M., Bloom, S.E., Samaha, A.L., Dayton, E., & Rodewald, A.M. (2015). Serial alternative response training as intervention for target response resurgence. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 48, 765-780. doi: 10.1002/jaba.253

Bloom, S.E. & Lambert, J.M. (2015). Implications for practice: Resurgence and differential reinforcement of alternative responding. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 48, 781-784. doi: 10.1002/jaba.266

Volkert, V.M., Lerman, D.C., Call, N.A., & Trosclair-Lasserre, N. (2009). An evaluation of resurgence during treatment with functional communication training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, 145-160. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-145

BONUS ARTICLE (that Rob reaaaaaaly loved): Greer, B.D. & Shahan, T.A. (2019). Resurgence as choice: Implications for promoting durable behavior change. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 816-846. doi: 10.1002/jaba.573

MAY we offer you some new podcast episodes about behavior analysis? This month we're talking about a whole dearth of issues. And, what with everyone staying at home, we even managed to squeeze in an additional full-length episode that we don't even mention in the preview. First, we tackle a listener topic with a discussion of resurgence. Then we welcome special guest Dr. Derek Reed to school us on behavioral economics. Finally, we return to a discussion of treatment for individuals with autism by reviewing articles on perspective taking. Then, we share one of our recent live talks from the TexABA conference on washing your hands and social distancing during a pandemic. MAYbe we're crazy, but that's one heck of a line-up!

Articles for May 2020

Resurgence

Lambert, J.M., Bloom, S.E., Samaha, A.L., Dayton, E., & Rodewald, A.M. (2015). Serial alternative response training as intervention for target response resurgence. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 48, 765-780. doi: 10.1002/jaba.253

Bloom, S.E. & Lambert, J.M. (2015). Implications for practice: Resurgence and differential reinforcement of alternative responding. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 48, 781-784. doi: 10.1002/jaba.266

Volkert, V.M., Lerman, D.C., Call, N.A., & Trosclair-Lasserre, N. (2009). An evaluation of resurgence during treatment with functional communication training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, 145-160. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-145

BONUS ARTICLE (that Rob reaaaaaaly loved): Greer, B.D. & Shahan, T.A. (2019> Resurgence as choice: Implications for promoting durable behavior change. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 816-846. doi: 10.1002/jaba.573

Behavioral Economics w/ Dr. Derek Reed

Critchfield, T.S. & Reed, D.D. (2017). The fuzzy concept of applied behavior analysis research. The Behavior Analyst, 40, 123-159. doi: 10.1007/s40614-017-0093-x

Amlung, M., Reed, D.D., Morris, V., Aston, E.R., Metrik, J., & MacKillop, J. (2018). Price elasticity of illegal versus legal cannabis: A behavioral economic substitutability analysis. Addiction, 114, 112-118. doi: 10.1111/add.14437

Naude, G.P., Foster, R.N.S., Bartley, M., Martinetti, M.P., Ayers, L.O., Reed, D.D. (2019). Predicting adverse consequences of alcohol consumption in underage college students using a novel fake ID purchase task. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Online Access. doi: 10.1037/pha0000345

Gelino, B.W. & Reed, D.D. (2020). Temporal discounting of tornado shelter-seeking intentions amidst standard and impact-based weather alerts: A crowdsourced experiment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 26, 16-25. doi: 10.1037/xap0000246

Perspective Taking

Welsh, F., Najdowski, A.C., Strauss, D., Gallegos, L., & Fullen, J.A. (2019). Teaching a perspective-taking component skills to children with autism in the natural environment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 439-450. doi: 10.1002/jaba.523

Stauch, T.A., Plavnick, J.B., Sankar, S., & Gallagher, A.C. (2018). Teaching social perception skills to adolescents with autism and intellectual disabilities using video-based group instruction. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 51, 647-666. doi: 10.1002/jaba.473

Gould, E., Tarbox, J., O'Hora, D., Noone, S., & Bergstrom, R. (2011). Teaching children with autism a basic component skill of perspective-taking. Behavioral Interventions, 26, 50-66. doi: 10.1002/bin.320

Promoting Pandemic Safety Measures (LIVE)

Fenichel, E.P. (2013). Economic considerations for social distancing and behavioral based policies during an epidemic. Journal of Health Economics, 32, 440-451. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.01.002

Fournier, A.K. & Berry, T.D., (2012). Effects of response cost and socially-assisted interventions on hand-hygiene behavior of university students. Behavior and Social Issues, 21, 152-164. doi: 10.5210/bsi.v.21i0.3979

Bowman, L.G., Hardesty, S.L., Sigurdsson, S.O., McIvor, M., Orchowitz, P.M., Wagner, L.L., & Hagopian, L.P. (2019). Utilizing group-based contingencies to increase hand washing in a large human service settings. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 600-611. doi: 10.1007/s40617-018-00328-z

Bordlein, C. (2020). Promoting hand sanitizer use in a university cafeteria. Behavior and Social Issues, Online Access. doi: 10.1007/s42822-020-00026-y

Chance, P. & Heward, W.L., (2010). Climate change: Meeting the challenge. The Behavior Analyst, 33, 197-206. doi: 10.1007/bf03392219

Pritchard, J. (2010). Virtual rewards for driving green. The Behavior Analyst, 33, 185-187. doi: 10.1007/bf03392216

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Outta tha' way, professors (Diana and Jackie). It's time for the BCBA working-class to shine! Joking aside, this week we focus on research related to being the best darn behavior consultants to teachers and to schools. And, to do it up right, we invited our podcasting pal, Matt Cicoria of the Behavioral Observations podcast to join us and to share his expertise. And if you think all we do is share our favorite TAs to teach new skills, then buckle up, because you're in for a deep dive into consulting culture.

Articles discussed this episode:

Critchfield, T.S., (2014). Ten rules for discussing behavior analysis. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 7, 141-142. doi: 10.1007/s40617-014-0026-z

Noell, G.H., Witt, J.C., LaFleur, L.H., Mortenson, B.P., Ranier, D.D., & LeVelle, J. (2000). Increasing intervention implementation in general education following consultation: A comparison of two follow-up strategies. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 33, 271-284. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-271

Nadeem, E., Gleacher, A., & Beidas, R.S. (2013). Consultation as an implementation strategy for evidence-based practices across multiple contexts: Unpacking the black box. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 40, 439-450. doi: 10.1007/s10488-013-0502-8

Menendez, A.L., Mayton, M.R., & Yurick, A.L. (2017). Board certified behavior analysts and related ethical and professional practice considerations for rural schools. Rural Special Education Quarterly, 36, 31-37. doi: 10.1177/8756870517703397

Guiney, M.C. & Zibulsky, J. (2017). Competent consultation: Developing self-efficacy for process and problem aspects of consultation. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 27, 52-71. doi: 10.1080/10474412.2016.1171718