May 2024 Preview

This May, the Force is strong with the podcast as the summer of Book Club continues unabated with our unlock of last year’s “Calling Bullshit” Meanwhile, our normal episodes featuring Dr. Maeve Donnelly updating our knowledge of toilet training treatments, a long-overdue look at concurrent chains arrangments, and a boffo Listener Choice episode on behavior analytic consultation make other podcasts feel like so many scruffy-looking nerf herders. Do you love these topics? We know.

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Articles for May 2024

Toilet Training Revisited w/ Dr. Maeve Donnelly

Perez, B.C., Bacotti, J.K., Peters, K.P., & Vollmer, T.R. (2020). An extension of commonly used toilet-training procedures to children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53, 2360-2375. doi: 10.1002/jaba.727

Donnelly, M.G. & Karsten, A.M. (2024). Resolving barriers to continence for children with disabilities: Steps toward evidence-based practice. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 17, 157-175. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00891-0

Concurrent Chains Arrangement

Catania, A.C. & Sagvolden, T. (1980). Preference for free choice over forced choice in pigeons. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 34, 7-86. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1980.34-77

Hanley, G.P. (2010). Toward effective and preferred programming: A case for the objective measurement of social validity with recipients of behavior-change programs. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 3, 13-21. doi: 10.1007/BF03391754

Auten, E.M., Van Camp, C., & Ferguson, A.B. (2024). A review of the concurrent-chains arrangement to assess intervention choice: 2018-2023. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 57, 319-330. doi:10.1002/jaba.1059

Luck, K.M., Lerman, D.C., Wu, W.L., Dupuis, D.L., & Hussein, L.A. (2018). A comparison of written, vocal, and video feedback when training teachers. Journal of Behavioral Education, 27, 124-144. doi: 10.1007/s10864-017-9279-2

(LISTENER CHOICE) Consultation in Behavior Analysis

Feldman, E.S. & Kratcohwill, T.R. (2003). Problem solving consultation in schools: Past, present and future directions. The Behavior Analyst Today, 4, 318-330. doi: 10.1037/h0100022

McKelvey, I. (2010). The consultation hill: A new model to aid teaching consultation skills. British Journal of General Practice, 60, 538-540. doi: 10.3399/bjgp10X514936

McGimsey, J.F., Green, B.F., & Lutzker, J.R. (1995). Competence in aspects of behavioral treatment and consultation: Implications for service delivery and graduate training. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 28, 301-315. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1995.28-301

Ruble, L.A., Dalrymple, N.J., & McGrew, J.H. (2010). The effects of consultation on individualized education program outcomes for young children with autism: The collaborative model for promoting competence and success. Journal of Early Intervention, 32, 286-301. doi: 10.1177/1053815110382973

(UNLOCKED) Calling Bullshit Book Club

Bergstrom, C.T. & West, J.D. (2020). Calling bullshit. Random House.