March 2021 Preview

It’s our 5th anniversary! And to celebrate, all the episodes this month have silly titles! But the topics we’ll be discussing are anything but silly. More like timely, relevant, and professionally fulfilling. First, we’ll be putting out our hot takes on the updated BACB ethics code. Then we’ll be joined by some special guests, Dr. Evelyn Gould and Tameika Meadows from I Love ABA and Dr. Josh Felver, to talk about acceptance and commitment therapy and its impact on our practice (and ourselves!) during the COVID-19 pandemic, how we can use student perseverative interests to improve learning outcomes, and the research behind utilizing mindfulness curricula in schools. Not all at once of course. That would be a really confusing episode.

Wondering if you should get us a gift for our anniversary? Nothing would make us happier than seeing you over at our Patreon page so we can all get together to discuss our March Book Club topic, “Neurotribes”. And, starting this month, patrons get access to our episodes a week early!

Articles for March 2021

The New Ethics Code: Skybridge to Tomorrow

Behavior Analyst Certification Board. (2020). Ethics code for behavior analysts. Littleton, CO: Author.

Introducing the new Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts. (December 2020). BACB Newsletter, 1-4. https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BACB_December2020_Newsletter-201209.pdf

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Time of COVID-19 w/ Dr. Evelyn Gould

Coyne, L.W., Gould, E.R., Grimaldi, M., Wilson, K.G., Baffuto, G., & Biglan, A. (2020). First things first: Parent psychological flexibility and self-compassion during COVID-19. Behavior Analysis in Practice. doi: 1007/s40617-020-00435-w

Fiebig, J.H., Gould, E.R., Ming, S., Watson, R.A. (2020). An invitation to act on the value of self-care: Being a whole person in all that you do. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 13, 559-567. doi: 1007/s40617-020-00442-x

Neuringer, A. (1991). Humble behaviorism. The Behavior Analyst, 14, 1-13. doi: 10.1007/BF03392543

Incorporating Unique Interests w/ Tameika Meadows

Baker, M.J. (2000). Incorporating the thematic ritualistic behaviors of children with autism into games: Increasing social play interactions with siblings. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2, 66-84. doi: 10.1177/109830070000200201

Vismara, L.A. & Lyons, G.L. (2007). Using perseverative interests to elicit joint attention behaviors in young children with autism: Theoretical and clinical implications for understanding motivation. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 9, 214-228. doi: 10.1177/10983007070090040401

Boyd, B.A., Conroy, M.A., Mancil, G.R., Nakao, T., & Alter, P.J. (2007). Effects of circumscribed interests on the social behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 1550-1561. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0286-8

Davey, L. (2020). Using the special interests of autistic children to facilitate meaningful engagement and learning. Good Autism Practice, 21, 43-64.

Bannerman, D.J., Sheldon, J.B., Sherman, J.A., & Harchik, A.E. (1990). Balancing the right to habilitiation with the right to personal liberties: The rights of people with developmental disabilities to eat too many doughnuts and take a nap. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 23, 79-89. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1990.23-79

Teaching Mindfulness w/ Dr. Josh Felver

Felver, J.C. & Singh, N.N. (2020). Mindfulness in the classroom. New Harbinger Publications, Inc.