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Motor Skill Development for Learners with Disabilities

Written by Becca Byers Simon Dejardin, a BCBA, tells us about his gross motor skills/sports program at an ABA school in France — and gives insight on how he’s used…

A Clicker, a Timer, and Speech Pathology: Integrating SLP and PT

Written by Becca Byers Hailey Dumesny is a BCBA and SLP in Hoppers Crossing (near Melbourne), Australia. She’s the founder of The Helipad – Speech Pathology, and she generously agreed…

Can Thoughts and Feelings Be Counted, Measured, and Changed?

Written by Rick Kubina All people travel a path which forms their life’s journey. Along the way each person has a unique set of experiences that shape their behavior. Outside…

Takeaways from “The science of learning, instruction, and assessment as underpinnings of the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction”

Written by Amy Evans Why is the Morningside Model so successful? The Morningside (Seattle, WA) school “has consistently produced results in learners that far exceed their historic performance. Pre- to…

Takeaways from “Ogden R. Lindsley and the Historical Development of Precision Teaching”

Written by Dave Stevens How did Precision Teaching get started? What research and researchers helped to shape it? This article is a great start to understanding what brought around Precision…

So You Want to Get BACB Certified…

Written by Sal Ruiz (Guest blog) Behavior analytic literature provides some excellent guidelines for implementing the principles of behavior analysis with clients. For example, the dimensions of behavior analysis have…

Without Aims… You’re Aimless!

Written by Amy Evans I’ve spent a lot of time lately with folks who are trying their hand at Precision Teaching for the first time. Through this process, I’ve learned…

Functional Analysis Celeration Charting: Visual Analysis + Quantification

Guest Blog Written by Sal Ruiz, Ph.D, BCBA Functional Analysis Functional Analysis (FA) gives us an assessment to determine the function of challenging behavior. Without the ability to determine function,…

A Standard Celeration Chart Projects Social Behavior Outcomes

Written by Rick Kubina Problem behavior requires the best applied science available — applied behavior analysis (ABA). ABA developed from B. F. Skinner and his experimental work with animals in…

Training the Big 6 (and Becoming a Hero) with Chartlytics

Written by Simon Dejardin Hello fellow charters, My name is Simon Dejardin. I’m a BCBA in France, in the Paris suburbs. I supervise an ABA program for adolescents with ASD….