Dana Do’s: Looking at the World Behavior Analytically
Why should you look at the world behavior analytically? Because it will help you build ABA fluency.
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Dana Do’s: Key Words to Watch For on the Big Exam
PTB founder Dana Meller shares some key words to watch for when breaking down test questions around compound schedules on the BCBA®/BCaBA® exam.
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Dana Do’s: Imagine the Task List is a Jigsaw Puzzle
PTB cofounder, Dana Meller treats the task list like a puzzle, and so should you. Like a puzzle, all the task list items are interconnected. To be exam ready, you need all the pieces, and every piece needs to be in place.
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Dana Do’s: If All Prompts Prompt Behavior, What’s the Difference?
If all prompts prompt behavior, how can you tell the different between stimulus and response prompts? PTB co-founder Dana Meller simplifies it with one word.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section G-4: Use stimulus and response prompts and fading (e.g., errorless, most-to-least, least-to-most, prompt delay, stimulus fading).
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Dana Do’s: How to Use the Ethics Code to Help Answer Questions on the BCBA® Exam
PTB founder Dana Meller illustrates how using the ethics Code can help BCBA/BCaBA exam candidates identify the correct answer on exam questions.
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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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Dana Do’s: How to Discriminate What ‘Is’ or ‘Is Not’ Behavior in BCBA® Exam Questions
There is a struggle with identifying what is or is not a behavior when it comes to BCBA® exam questions. PTB co-founder Dana Meller offers some simple yet critical ways to make those discriminations.
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Dana Do’s: How to Discriminate Between Extraneous and Confounding Variables
Extraneous and confounding variables are the same, but different. PTB founder Dana Meller breaks it down.
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Dana Do’s: How to Determine Value vs. Behavior Altering Effect
A motivating operation is not a thing that you hold in your hand. It is the state or condition of being deprived of something or satiated with something. PTB co-founder Dana Meller dives into the in-the-moment effects to help explain the difference.
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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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