Dana Do’s: How to Make Time for Studying for the BCBA® Exam
PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares helpful tips about incorporating studying into your already busy lives.
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Dana Do’s: The Secret to Test Questions
PTB founder Dana Meller shares a surprisingly easy trick to interpret the call-to-action of a mock or actual test question on the BCBA® or BCaBA® exam.
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Breaking Down a Mock BCBA® Exam Question: Identify a 3-Phase Reversal Experimental Design
Test your ABA experimental design skills with a breakdown of a BCBA® mock exam question about the identification of a three-phase experimental design.
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Test Your ABA Terminology ➠ Identify the Verbal Operant Explained in This Scenario
Learn how your verbal behavior, reinforced in the past, defines the operant, even if it’s not reinforced in the moment. PTB founder Dana Meller clears up common misconceptions about mands and their reinforcement history.
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Dana Do’s: The Problem With Making Assumptions on the BCBA® Exam
PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares practical insight on the importance of approaching exam questions at face value.
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Dana Do’s: Use Mistakes to Assess How You Test
PTB founder Dana Meller shares insights on how to use your mock BCBA® exam mistakes to assess and improve your test-taking behavior.
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Breaking Down a BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Identify the Compound Schedule of Reinforcement
Test your concepts and principles skills with PTB founder Dana Meller, as she reviews a BCBA® mock exam question about the compound schedule of reinforcement in the context of voting. Here, Dana details the key features of the mixed, concurrent, conjunctive, and tandem schedules of reinforcement, as well as provides corresponding examples.
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Breaking Down a BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Parameters for Using Punishment
Test your knowledge of concepts & principles with PTB founder Dana Meller as she reviews a BCBA® mock exam question about the parameters to consider when using punishment.
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Test your ABA Terminology ➠ Pivotal Behavior vs. Behavior Cusp
Test your behavior assessment knowledge with PTB co-founder Dana Meller as she compares and contrasts pivotal behavior vs. behavior cusp, providing several corresponding examples of each, as they relate to identifying the target behaviors that need prioritization for treatment.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section F-3: Identify and prioritize socially significant behavior-change goals.
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Test your ABA Terminology ➠ Types of Unwanted Treatment Side Effects Explained
Test your knowledge of planning interventions with PTB co-founder Dana Meller as she explained the types of unwanted treatment side effects. Also included is a description of the two types of contrast effects, positive behavioral contrast and negative behavioral contrast, as well as corresponding examples.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section H-5: Plan for possible unwanted effects when using reinforcement, extinction, and punishment procedures.
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