Dana Do’s

Dana Do’s: How to Determine Preference of Tested Stimuli

How do you determine the relative preference of tested stimuli during trial-based preference assessments? PTB Founder Dana Meller breaks it down.

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Dana Do’s: Clearing Up the Confusion Over Shaping and Chaining

Shaping and chaining are strategies for teaching complex behaviors that are often confused. PTB founder Dana Meller makes the differences clear.

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What’s a BCBA to do when extinction isn’t appropriate? PTB founder Dana Meller explains how to use a DRA without aversive control.

Dana Do’s: Fun Fact About Using DRA

You know how the textbooks say that there are two parts to differential reinforcement, one being reinforcement for the desired behavior and the other extinction for the target behavior? Applying

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Dana Do’s: Socially Significant Information

Social significance is such a buzzword ABA. PTB founder Dana Meller breaks down all the different areas in which social significance is important.

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Dana Do’s: The Distinction Between Analysis Types and Experimental Designs

What’s the difference between parametric, component, and comparative analyses? And what do experimental designs have to do with it? PTB founder Dana Meller clears up the confusion with a deep dive into analysis variations.

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There’s still time to Beat the Odds under the 5th Edition BCBA® Task List. Looking to make every moment count? PTB founder Dana Meller has advice and tips for the best last-minute study methods.

Dana’s Do’s: The Best Methods for Last-Minute Exam Prep

PTB founder Dana Meller has advice and tips for the best last-minute study methods.

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Dana Do’s: How to Prepare for the Transition to the BACB® 6th Edition Test Content Outline

With the 6th Edition transition weeks away, many BCBA®/BCaBA® exam candidates are uncertain about how to best prepare. PTB founder Dana Meller is here with advice on how 5th Ed. students can plan to Beat the Odds and navigate the new 6th Ed. Test Content Outline (TCO).

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