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CNN discovers ABA

Published on 4 February 2009 in Increasing responding, News, Press, Reducing responding and Teaching b mod. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

Over on CNN Linda Saether is a story about Rick Schroeder of Autism Partnership applying behavior analytic teaching principles to help Marissa Bilson and her family manage behavior problems. Marissa—an early adolescent who has Autism—screams while jumping up and down, bites herself, takes things that do not belong to her, and behaves ritualistically.

Although Ms. Saether does not report on the research basis for it and actually undercuts it’s effectiveness (ABA is “one kind of approach,” “there are a variety of programs out there,” etc.), the story illustrates the value of the clear rules that are consistently implemented. I’ll be using this one in class.

Here’s the link. Learn more about Autism Partnership. Note that Harold Doherty of Facing Autism in New Brunswick has covered this story, too.

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Pennypacker on PT

Published on 2 February 2009 in Increasing responding, News, Press, Research, Teaching b mod and Understanding. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Over on Precision Teaching Rick Kubina has added another podcast to his published collection: It’s an interview with Hank Pennypacker (from 31 January 2009). Professor Pennypacker has been teaching about the appropriate analysis of behavior for many years, influencing many folks in positive ways. When you take the opportunity to jump over to Precision Teaching and look at the list of interviews, you may want to snag others, too.

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Sensible staff development session

Published on 18 January 2009 in Classroom management, Other Sites, Press and Teaching b mod. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

Over on Docere est Discere, G. Broaddus has a post about an in-service session that, from his well-written report, appears to have made a lot of sense. Here’s a snippet from his introductory paragraph:

We had Indiana State University (at Terre Haute) professor Todd Whitaker giving us a presentation entitled “What Great Teachers Do Differently,” and it was humorous, insightful, and engaging (and many other attributes would be appropriate). Whitaker is the author of several books, one of which shares the title of the presentation with the subtitle “Fourteen Things That Matter Most”; appropriately, we were given a list of these fourteen things, but Whitaker could only cover some of them in the four hours or so we would be there.

Mr. Broaddus, who apparently is documenting his experiences during he time he is completing student teaching, gives specific examples of points made by Professor Whitaker. Among them are factors in classroom management that have appeared here (e.g., use praise; manage one’s own behavior). I’ll be checking into Professor Whitaker’s books, and I’ll revisit Mr. Broaddus’ blog.

Link to the entry on Docere est Discere.

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BAAM last call 09 papers

Published on 26 November 2008 in News, Research, Teaching b mod and Training. 0 Comments

There is still time—but not much— to submit a proposal to present a paper at the annual convention of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan.

The deadline for proposal submissions for the 2009 convention of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan is December 1. The convention will be held February 19-20, 2009 at the beautiful new Student Center at Eastern Michigan University. You may find convention information and submission instructions here:

http://www.baam.emich.edu/baammainpages/confer1.htm

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DRI and IPSO

Published on 17 September 2008 in Classroom management, News, Reducing responding and Teaching b mod. 0 Comments Tags: , .

During today’s behavior management class, we spent a little time talking about differential reinforcement of incompatible (DRI) behavior. I asked students to list a behavior they didn’t want to have occur in their own classrooms and then identify an incompatible, pro-social opposite (IPSO) for that behavior. We then talked about using DRI to promote the IPSO. In a later part of the class I harangued the students with the importance of creating a learning environment that promotes academic success for learners, explaining that engaging students in academic tasks at which they can succeed (i.e., learn) was a big-time IPSO.

When I got back to my office, I found that I’d received a notice about a cartoon that makes the same point. Even though I don’t know enough about the success record for Singapore Math, the idea works. Click on the miniature of the cartoon or jump to it on Weapons of Math Destruction.

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Current Directions in Behavioral Science

Published on 12 August 2008 in News, Press and Teaching b mod. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Matt Normand, a professor at the University of the Pacific who maintains a site he calls “The Skinner Box,” publishes a series of podcasts about behavior analysis. The second of these, released 5 August 2008, is a discussion of functional behavioral analysis (FBA). Much of the content features a conversation with Brian Iwata about his experiences in early work on FBA as well as other matters (e.g., comparison of FBA and simpler descriptive analyses). The latest episode of “Current Directions in Behavioral Science” is available at Mr. Normand’s Web site. It’s worth a listen.

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