In today’s episode of BOOST U! join Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, and Brecken Cornely, Ph.D., BCBA-D as they discuss performance diagnostics, OBM, and the Performance Diagnostics Checklist (PDC). 

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References:

Austin, J., Carr, J. E., & Agnew, J. L. (1999). The Need for Assessment of Maintaining Variables in OBM. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 19(2), 59–87. https://doi.org/10.1300/J075v19n02_05 

Echeverria, F., & Wilder, D. A. (2024). The Performance Diagnostic Checklist and its variants: A systematic review. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 44(3), 174–193. https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2023.2230945

Vance, H., Saini, V., & Guertin, E. L. (2022). A preliminary investigation of procedural refinements to the performance diagnostic checklist - human services. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 42(4), 282–308. https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2022.2043218 

In today’s episode of BOOST U! join Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, and Corey Robertson, MS, BCBA as they discuss operant and respondent conditioning. 

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In this episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, talks with Dr. Kaitlynn Gokey, PhD, BCBA, about the philosophical assumptions of behavior analysis. Listeners will learn about each of the philosophical assumptions, with examples provided. BOOST U! publishes 2 new episodes every month, and our goal is to help students study for the BCBA® exam. 

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In this episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, talks with Abigail Petronelli, MS, about culturally responsive supervision. Listeners will learn the definitions of cultural responsiveness and related terms and tips for incorporating cultural responsiveness into supervision practices. BOOST U! publishes 2 new episodes every month, and our goal is to help students study for the BCBA® exam. 

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References:

Leland, W., & Stockwell, A. (2019). A self-assessment tool for cultivating affirming practices with transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) clients, supervisees, students, and colleagues. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12(4), 816–825. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-019-00375-0

Thomas, D.E. & Inkson, K. (2017) Cultural Intelligence. Surviving and thriving in the global village. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., Oakland, CA

In this episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, talks with Lina Majdalany, PhD, BCBA-D about behavior chains and chaining procedures. Listeners will learn about behavior chains, task analyses, and the types of chaining procedures, among other topics. 

BOOST U! publishes 2 new episodes every month, and our goal is to help students study for the BCBA® exam. 

Complex Schedules: https://abatechnologies.com/operant-innovations-podcast/2023-10-20/boost-u-002-not-so-simple-complex-schedules-of-reinforcement 

Exact Instructions Challenge: https://youtu.be/FN2RM-CHkuI?si=-MfhiXLP9aG36psB 

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In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, discusses the risks of ineffective supervision (item I-1 on the 5th edition task list) and how to measure its effectiveness (item I-8 on the 5th edition task list).  Listen to learn more about how supervision affects clients, stakeholders, and the future of the supervisee. 

Supervision Resources:

https://abatechnologies.com/the-consulting-supervisor-and-new-supervisor-workbooks 

https://abatechnologies.com/products/building-and-sustaining-effective-relationships 

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In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA and Corey Robertson, MS, BCBA talk about how the exam is not trying to trick test-takers. Rather, this is an assessment to determine whether test-takers have the minimum competency required to be behavior analysts. 

Check out these past episodes about test questions:

https://abatechnologies.com/operant-innovations-podcast/2023-12-13/boost-u-005-test-success-breaking-down-scenario-questions

https://abatechnologies.com/operant-innovations-podcast/2024-04-18/boost-u-examining-ethics-questions 

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Information on Job Task Analysis can be found on page 29 of the BCBA Handbook: https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BCBAHandbook_240426-a.pdf 

In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, M.S., BCBA, and Christi Reed, M.S. cover verbal behavior. Listeners will learn about mands, tacts, codics, duplics, and intraverbals: what each looks like as well as how to teach learners to engage in each type of verbal behavior. 

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Recommended reading: https://marksundberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/T-Sundberg-2015.pdf

In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, and Corey Robertson, MS, BCBA talk about the unwanted effects of reinforcement, punishment, and extinction from section H of the BCBA® task list. Listeners will learn about the unwanted effects, strategies to mitigate each, and how to prepare for test questions in this area. 

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Recommended reading: Stokes, T. F., & Baer, D. M. (1977). An implicit technology of generalization. Journal of applied behavior analysis, 10(2), 349–367. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1977.10-349

In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, M.S., BCBA, and Bill Carlucci, M.S., BCBA talk about the threats to internal validity from section D of the BCBA® Task List. Listeners can expect to learn the main threats to internal validity, examples for each, and where to learn more about these threats. 

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Recommended reading: Gast, D. L., & Ledford, J. R. (Eds.). (2014). Single case research methodology: Applications in special education and behavioral sciences (2nd ed.). Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203521892

6th edition Test Content Outline can be found here: https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/bcba-outline-6thEd/ 

BCBA Handbook can be found here: https://www.bacb.com/bcba-handbook