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PTB co-founder Dana Meller hones your experimental design skills with a focus on the alternating treatments design’s confounding variable.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section D-5: Use single-subject experimental designs (e.g., reversal, multiple baseline, multielement, changing criterion).
PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares an easy way to break down the 7 dimensions of ABA by using the dimensions to define what it means to be a behavior analyst, which in turn, makes it much easier to discriminate between each dimension.
BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section A-5: Describe and define the dimensions of applied behavior analysis (Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968).
Dana Do’s: How to Easily Break Down the 7 Dimensions of ABA Read More
What is the fundamental philosophical assumption of science? PTB founder Dana Meller dives into the crucial role of objective observation and measurement in shaping our understanding of behavior and how it forms the foundation of this evidence-based scientific field.
Unearthing the Bedrock of Scientific Inquiry with this Key Philosophical Assumption Read More
Explore the world of self-management with PTB founder Dana Meller as she discusses how controlled responses and self-controlling behaviors lead to improved behavior.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section G-20: Use self-management strategies.
Self Evaluate Your Understanding of ABA Terminology ➠ Self Management Read More
Test your experimental design skills with PTB founder Dana Meller as she reviews and breaks down a mock exam question about reversal design variations that display only one reversal. Included is a description of A-B-A, B-A-B, and A-B-A-B reversal designs.
PTB co-founder Dana Meller breaks down a BCBA® mock exam question about the concept of stimulus equivalence, focusing on the one that leads to an untrained relation with a reverse relation.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section G-12: Use equivalence-based instruction.
PTB co-founder Dana Meller discusses the potency of data-driven practices, objective observation, measurement, and experimentation in our scientific approach.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section A-2: Explain the philosophical assumptions underlying the science of behavior analysis (e.g., selectionism, determinism, empiricism, parsimony, pragmatism).
Fact It to the Max: Philosophical Assumptions & Data-Driven Decisions Read More
PTB co-founder Dana Meller has an exciting challenge for all of you behavior-change enthusiasts as she reviews a BCBA® mock exam question centered on extinction procedures.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section G-15: Use extinction.
PTB founder Dana Meller breaks down a BCBA® mock exam question that distills the factors that affect stimulus control in behavior analysis.
PTB co-founder Dana Meller reviews verbal behavior, and explains which of the six elementary verbal operants is controlled by a written verbal Sᴰ, and also shares point-to-point correspondence. Included is a comparison of the different Sᴰ(s) that control(s) each elementary verbal operant.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-14: Define and provide examples of the verbal operants.
Test your ABA Terminology ➠ Select the Correct Elementary Verbal Operant Read More