Dr. Sal Ruiz and I recorded a long overdue podcast where we went over all things SAFMEDS, Instructional Design, best practices for online learning, and much more. 

In this podcast we covered a lot of ground, but I think one of the most interesting things I took from the conversation are the procedural variations that have been explored. It turns out that there are some ways to do SAFMEDS that lead to better results depending on what outcomes you're looking for. 

We also explore instructional design, and in that, we talk about starting with the end in mind, tailoring lessons for in-person, synchronous, and asynchronous modalities, how guided notes fit into all of this, and much more. 

Long story short, whether you're a student, a university instructor, or even if you're responsible for training people outside of the university context, there are many lessons to be learned from this podcast. 

Lastly, Sal's parting advice to BCBAs is really good. The advice involves choosing continuing education topics. I'm not going to spoil the details of this advice here, so definitely listen all the way through and check out what he has to say on the topic!

Here are the links to the resources we discussed:

• Ruiz ABA on Facebook 
• Quigley 2014 dissertation, Evaluations of Various SAFMEDS Procedures 
• Ward-Horner and Sturmey 2013, Component Analysis of Single Subject Experimental Designs: A Review 
• Ruiz et al. 2021, Impact of Guided Notes on Graduate Student Retention of Facts 
• Riden et al., 2020, The Nature and Extent of Component Analyses for Improving or Mitigating Behavior: A Systematic Review 
• Since you're going to ask, you can find Jen Farris here and here, and ask her about the SSC for Practical Functional Assessment (and find training opportunities here)
• Wu 2015, Online learning in postsecondary education: a review of the empirical literature (2013-2014)
• Hunter College ABA Program 
• Sal's Mock exams (very reasonably priced IMHO!!!)
• Sal's social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram 

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