CEUs That Don't Suck

Third episode and our FIRST with a guest. We welcome Kayla Perry (Honestly Unorthodox) with an article she picked to review.

In this episode we, three, cover the article: Parent-Led Exposure Therapy: A Pilot Study of a Brief Behavioral Treatment for Anxiety in Young Children

The article can be found at the following address: ⁠https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0772-y⁠

Learning Objectives:

1: Define anxiety and discuss if treating anxiety is within the scope of Behavior Analysis.

2: Identify barriers to parent led interventions.

Follow the link to pay and access your CEU Certificate:

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We review the 2007 article: "The Shame of American Education" Redux

Article available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.5210/bsi.v16i1.399

Is Everyday Math the Worst Math Program Ever: https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2013/12/10/is-everyday-math-the-worst-math-program-ever/?sh=771d01884dbc

What Works Clearinghouse: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/

For CEU's follow this link: https://buy.stripe.com/6oE2a8cMWc0t6ukdQR

We review Skinner's 1984 article "The Shame of American Education." Follow the link for the article: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=2c5fb64f91ee1900639e01218e43224ce1438d97

Learning Objectives:

1. Review the article as it pertains to ABA.

2. Contrast the time the article was written as compared to today (2023).

3. Give suggestions for those in the education field about what they can do to help combat the problem.

Follow the link below to pay and get your CEUs:

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On this episode we welcome Kathleen Oppenheimer to drop some truth bombs about what Gestalt Language Processors are and aren’t and what their proponents practice or claim to practice.  Below are some resources we discussed during the episode.

Learning Objectives:

1. Be able to differentiate between the terms Gestalt Language Processing (GLP), Analytic Language Processing (ALP), and Natural Language Acquisition (NLA), as they are used by proponents of the GLP/NLA framework.

2. Understand the proposed therapeutic approach of proponents of NLA/GLP framework.

3. Be able to identify key limitations of the GLP/NLA framework

Website: https://gestaltlanguageprocessing.org

Instagram: @language_processing

A handout Kathleen created about supporting children who use delayed echolalia, in hopes of promoting collaboration when there is disagreement about NLA/GLP: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Handout-Supporting-Communication-in-Children-who-use-Echolalia-13657733

Three articles providing thoughtful critiques of NLA/GLP:

https://asatonline.org/for-parents/learn-more-about-specific-treatments/natural-language-acquisition/

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13623613241287577

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40474-024-00312-z

Link to pay for your CEU Certificate: https://buy.stripe.com/aFa9ATg925ec0Bfer3eZ20b

This is a short episode worth .5 CEUs in Ethics. It's a little ranty but aren't all the pods...kinda? Adam solo podcasts about the RBT Competency Assessment and how to avoid possible ethical complications.

RBT Competency Assessment PacketRBT Ethics Code (2.0)

Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts

Follow this link if you want a CEU Certificate: https://buy.stripe.com/eVqdR90a4cGEcjX2IleZ20a

This episode is shorter, so the CEU fee is CHEAPER...only $2.00!!!

Adam, Kait, and Kayla discuss RFK's press conference where he discussed the ASD "epidemic" and finding a "cure." We only get off track for a little bit...that's a win for the 3 of us!

Learning Objectives:

• Differentiate between varying presentations of autism, including characteristics and support needs of individuals with Level 3 autism. 
• Review the current number of BCBAs and RBTs in comparison to the number of individuals diagnosed with autism, and how this may impact service delivery in the future given the increasing rise in diagnosis. 
• Develop communication strategies that promote client dignity, particularly in the context of emotionally charged or controversial topics. 
• Reflect on the balance between personal beliefs, professional responsibilities, and public advocacy as a BCBA.

Follow the link to pay for your CEU: https://buy.stripe.com/cN26qo14e1lP3i8eV3

Adam sits down with his supervisee, Natasha, as she puts a cherry on top of her supervision hours and gets ready to sit for her BCBA exam.  This episode is worth 1 SUPERVISION CEU.  

Learning Objectives:

1. What makes ABA different from other helping fields?

2. What are some Non-Examples for how to conduct supervision and be a BCBA?

3. Why is it important to understand your personal biases?

Follow the link to pay for your CEU Certificate: https://buy.stripe.com/9AQaGE5ku2pT3i828g

If you need anything, please email us at [email protected]

Adam and Kait discuss, in a swear laden manner, the Facilitated Communication documentary “Tell Them You Love Me.”  Follow along and try to stay a little less upset than Adam!

Learning Objectives:

Follow the link to pay for your CEU Certificate: https://buy.stripe.com/4gwcOM4gq7Kd5qg28f

If you need anything, please email us at [email protected]

Adam and Kait dissect one of their favorite articles: Balancing the right to habilitation with the right to personal liberties: the rights of people with developmental disabilities to eat too many doughnuts and take a nap.  They hit the following learning objectives and hopefully entertain you in the process!

Learning Objectives:

Link for the article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1286212/pdf/jaba00087-0081.pdf

Follow the link to pay for your CEU Certificate: https://buy.stripe.com/00gbKI9AKggJ9Gw8wC

If you need anything, please email us at [email protected]

You can get 1 Supervision CEU for listening to this episode!!!

We invited Carly Mappa, BCBA to join us on this podcast.  Carly has worked in schools as a supervisee and new practitioner followed by working in a school district as a new BCBA.  Carly also, luckily or unluckily, was a supervisee of Adam’s.  She sheds light on Adam’s supervision style AND what it is like to work in a school district from two different roles.   

Learning Objectives:

Follow the link to pay for your CEU Certificate: https://buy.stripe.com/dR6bKI00a1lPcSIaEJ

If you need anything, please email us at [email protected]