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Test your ABA experimental design skills with a breakdown of a BCBA® mock exam question about the identification of a three-phase experimental design.
Breaking Down a Mock BCBA® Exam Question: Identify a 3-Phase Reversal Experimental Design Read More
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.
Test Your ABA Terminology ➠ Identify the Verbal Operant Explained in This Scenario Read More
PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares practical insight on the importance of approaching exam questions at face value.
Dana Do’s: The Problem With Making Assumptions on the BCBA® Exam Read More
PTB founder Dana Meller shares insights on how to use your mock BCBA® exam mistakes to assess and improve your test-taking behavior.
Dana Do’s: Use Mistakes to Assess How You Test Read More
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.
Breaking Down a BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Identify the Compound Schedule of Reinforcement Read More
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.
Breaking Down a BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Parameters for Using Punishment Read More
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.
Test your ABA Terminology ➠ Pivotal Behavior vs. Behavior Cusp Read More
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.
Test your ABA Terminology ➠ Types of Unwanted Treatment Side Effects Explained Read More
Test your knowledge of interpreting descriptive assessment ABC data with PTB co-founder Dana Meller. Here she discusses conditional probability, including the rules that apply, and provides a step-by-step example using the calculation formula and how to report these data.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections F-7: Conduct a descriptive assessment of problem behavior; F-9: Interpret functional assessment data.
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Put your ABA terminology knowledge to the test with PTB founder Dana Meller as she compares two commonly confused terms: matching law vs. behavioral contrast, and discusses corresponding examples of each.
Test your ABA Terminology ➠ Matching Law vs. Behavioral Contrast in ABA Read More