Dismantling Ableism in Applied Behavior Analysis: A Call for Reflective Practice
ABA has long been a cornerstone in supporting Autistic individuals, but its practices are not immune to ableism—a system of bias that views disabled people as inferior.
ABA Isn’t Just for the Kids: How Behavior Analysts Use Self-Management to Survive (and Thrive in) Doctoral Training
5 Written by: Tania Nainani and Sanam Rahimi Edited by: Ka’ala Bajo Doctoral training in behavior analysis often feels like a carefully arranged schedule of competing contingencies. In a single …
A Boojum Worth Taming: Theory, Behavior Systems, and “Constraints on Learning”
Guest post authored by Shamim Samipour, Middle East Technical University Lewis Carroll’s (1876) The Hunting of the Snark, follows a hunting party’s quest to catch an elusive, but tasty, snark …
How to Steer People Away From Pseudoscientific Treatments — Without Scaring Them Away From Us
Explaining treatment effectiveness evidence.
You Do Not Actually Have a “Bad Memory,” I Promise
2 Dr. J. Stephanie Gonzalez, PhD, BCBA-D, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavior Analysis at the University of North Texas and director of the Gonzalez Applied Behavior …
Cultural Troubles and Issues
Jeff Kupfer and Ron AllenUniversity of Colorado (Denver) and Simmons University (Boston) It seems that with every blog we post about our culture, conditions worsen for many individuals. Personal lives …