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Overtime. Pushing for a spot on the team. Gotta make the billable hours. No Pain, No Gain. Have to make the grade. These behaviors may ring too true for many, and they come with potentially fantastic reinforcers but how costly are these behaviors in the long run? It’s not uncommon these behaviors can signal burnout is on the horizon. And that’s ok. It’s understandable! Behavior is a product ...
Ep46 46 Feeling a Little Crispy or Overcooked? Investigating Burnout with Dr. Julie Slowia
Dec 30, 2022
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We’re going to be putting on our theory and philosophy hats for this one! In this LIVE talk with Kellie Sisson Snider, MS, artist, writer, and aggression consultant, we’re going to discuss the concept of reinforcement, Constructional Aggression Training, and Art in the behavioural sciences. Kellie worked with shelter animals, private practice, and her application of negative reinforcement to t...
Ep45 Learning to be Constructional through Art and Animals with Kellie Sisson Snider
Dec 30, 2022
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Oh man this is gonna be so cool! We’re gonna talk layers of reinforcement! We’re gonna talk animal training! We’re gonna talk about zoo animals learning to consent to receive necessary injections! AND we’re gonna talk Goldiamond and the importance of stories and listening, unpacking the organism/learner, and how behavior analysis can improve the lives of animals, their keepers, handlers, a...
Ep44 Curiosity, Creativity, Constructional Approach, and Critters with Lisa Clifton-Bumpas
Dec 30, 2022
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“We don’t ever need to remove reinforcement from the learner to achieve success.” Maasa and Sean ABAI 2022 Many behavior analysts and animal trainers are familiar with the concept of differential reinforcement and planned ignoring- an undesired behavior occurs, and attention is removed until a desired behavior emerges then attention is delivered. But this quote from ABAI 2022 has resonated w...
Ep43 Pandemics, and Puppies, and Pawsitives oh my! A conversation about the Constructional
Dec 30, 2022
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"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being." - Oscar Wilde There’s been a lot of discussion about empathy and compassion when it comes to providing behavior analytic services. Sometimes professionals get so caught up in the science they miss some of the more engagi...
Ep42 Unmasking Through Theatre with Sarah Duc
Nov 08, 2022
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There’s a common adage: “You can’t understand another person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” Sometimes those shoes take you into lesser charted territories. In a previous episode we discussed applications of behavior analysis in rural communities, but not all rural communities are the same, and we would be remiss to assume so! In this LIVE talk we meet with Matt Cicoria, owne...
Ep41 Rural Planets: The Impact of Geographical Differences and Evaluating Quality of Life
Nov 08, 2022
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When people go about their daily activities, there is variable privilege in navigating the world. One way this shows up is in ableism, and people with non-disabled privilege may not even notice the ease they have with navigation and mobility, accessibility to escape uncomfortable situations with ease, and privilege in their opinions, choices, consent, and assent being acknowledged. For those with ...
Ep40 The Invisible Gravity of Ableism and Consent with Worner Leland
Nov 02, 2022
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While many practicing in the field of behavior analysis would like to believe the general populace has an accurate understanding of the science, it can’t be ignore that quite the opposite is true. Spend a few minutes googling “ABA” and one can find there is a plethora of misinformation and misunderstandings about the application of behavior analysis. And while the first reaction may be...
Ep39 “‘ABA’ -- You keep using this term. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
Nov 02, 2022
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While there is plenty of discussion about the increase in autism diagnoses during the current and recent generation, we cannot forget there’s a generation of individuals, particularly female, who were overlooked. Depending on when a person receives a diagnosis, the changes and opportunities for an individual shift. In this LIVE talk, we meet with Sarah, who received her diagnosis of autism later...
Ep38 Battling Diagnostic Stigmas- A Discussion with Sarah Alford
Nov 02, 2022
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