This week our special guest, Dr. Christopher Tullis, joins us to discuss his thorough literature review of preference assessment research. In addition, we take a side-trip to reflect on indices of happiness and review why “happy” isn’t such a bad word. Plus, Rob shares his beef with the MSW; only one of them comes out of this episode alive!

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Articles discussed this episode:

Tullis, C.A., Cannella-Malone, H.I., Basbigill, A.R., Yeager, A., Fleming, C.V., Payne, D., & Wu, P. (2011). Review of the choice and preference assessment literature for individuals with severe to profound disabilities. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 46, 576-595. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24232368

Richman, D.M., Barnard-Brak, L., Abby, L., & Grubb, L. (2016). Multiple-stimulus without replacement preference assessment: Reducing the number of sessions to identify preferred stimuli. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 28, 469-477. doi: 10.1007/s10882-016-9485-1

Dillon, C.M. & Carr, J.E. (2007). Assessing indices of happiness and unhappiness in individuals with developmental disabilities: A review. Behavioral Interventions, 22, 229-244. doi: 10.1002/bin.240

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