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A few famous lines from the founding father of Behavior Analysis, B.F. Skinner:"Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.""Education is what survives when learning has been forgotten.""If you're old, don't try to change yourself. Change your environment.""We...

Free Association Cards

More free stuff? Yes, please.For learning "What goes together?": http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/GoTogether-2-cards.htmThese cards are great for training intraverbals. You can buy cute sets, make your own, or use something like these free ones to get...

Free visual Cues

This website offers free downloads in both pdf and Boardmaker format for various visual cues, including task analyses of common daily routines.Check it out, it's free!http://www.setbc.org/pictureset/SubCategory.aspx?id=9

September 06th, 2013

"Noise becomes data when it has a cognitive pattern. Data becomes information when assembled into a coherent whole, which can be related to other information. Information becomes knowledge when integrated with other information in a form useful for making decisions...

Professional Goal Setting

I work with chidlren, adolescents, and teenagers every day. We work on goal setting in so many formats- Precision Teaching Aims to earn a token reinforcer, goals for what to accomplish in one class period, and goals for the entire first quarter of school. Coming up...

Goal-Setting

There is a research base in Behavior Analysis literature supporting goal-setting. Students (and practitioners, parents, community members) can set SMART goals and track progress toward each goal.A SMART goal is: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and...

I feel old

At the start of each school year, Beloit College releases 'The Mindset List' about their incoming college freshman class. I think it's important for practitioners to stay current on this because it either sheds light on the perspectives of our clients/students OR on...

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