Dana Do’s: Confused About Extinction and Negative Punishment?
PTB founder Dana Meller clears up the common confusion between extinction and negative punishment.
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Dana Do’s: Confused About Automatic and Socially Mediated Reinforcement?
It’s not wrong to associate sterotypic behaviors with automatic reinforcement— but there are other factors to consider. PTB co-founder Dana Meller offers a quick explainer to clear up the confusion.
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Dana Do’s: Clearing Up the Confusion Over Shaping and Chaining in ABA
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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Dana Do’s: Chain Chain Chain, Chain, Chain…
Which chaining method goes with which behavior? Dana Meller offers some considerations that may help you answer that question on the exam.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section Section G-8: Use chaining.
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Dana Do’s: Breaking Down a BCBA®/BCaBA® Mock Exam Question About Operational Definitions
PTB founder Dana Meller answers a follower request for an explanation around a mock question posted on social about the impact of an incomplete operational definition on trustworthy measurement.
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Dana Do’s: BCBA® Exam Prep Studying Tips
PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares helpful tips about incorporating studying into your already busy lives.
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Dana Do’s: BCBA® Exam Prep Short Cuts Don’t Work
PTB founder Dana Meller talks about avoiding shortcuts in your exam prep. Becoming a BCBA® is not just about passing the Big exam, it is about taking on a professional identity.
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Dana Do’s: Avoid BCBA® Exam Scams
Avoid BCBA® exam scams on social media. Learn how to spot fake offers, protect your money, and stay ethical in your test prep.
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Dana Do’s: And Just Like That, Context and Application for TCO Domain Items
How does going to ABA conferences help you pass the BCBA® exam? PTB founder Dana Meller recalls her student journey and the “a-ha moment” when she realized, attending forced her to generalize what she was studying, in context. Suddenly, ABA terminology was no longer a foreign language she was trying to master.
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Dana Do’s: All the Validities in ABA, Explained
PTB founder Dana Meller helps connect each of the validities to the validity of this explanation.
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