Behavior Analysis in Practice- The Podcast - S5E4: Defining and Measuring Indices of Happiness and Unhappiness in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Devon Ramey

S5E4: Defining and Measuring Indices of Happiness and Unhappiness in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Devon Ramey

08/14/23 • 58 min

Behavior Analysis in Practice- The Podcast

Devon Ramey joins us to talk about their paper, Defining and Measuring Indices of Happiness and Unhappiness in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Show Notes

Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
- https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
Acknowledgments
- Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
  - https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
- Assistant Producers
  - Jesse Perrin
  - Sarah Sudhoff
  - Shayne Rivard
  - Hannah Grey
- Organizational Support
  - ABAI
    - https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
  - Behavior Analysis in Practice
    - Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    - https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
  - Music
    - Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
      - http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
    - Link to Article
      - Defining and Measuring Indices of Happiness and Unhappiness in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (springer.com)
    - References

Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1(1), 91–97. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1968.1-91

McConachie, H., Mason, D., Parr, J. R., Garland, D., Wilson, C., & Rodgers, J. (2018). Enhancing the validity of a quality of life measure for autistic people. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 48(5), 1596–1611. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3402-z

Parsons, M. B., Reid, D. H., Bentley, E., Inman, A., & Lattimore, L. P. (2012). Identifying indices of happiness and unhappiness among adults with autism: Potential targets for behavioral assessment and intervention. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 5(1), 15–25. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391814

Ramey, D., Healy, O., Lang, R., Gormley, L., & Pullen, N. (2019). Measuring mood as a dependent variable in behavioral interventions for individuals with ASD: A systematic review. Review Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 6(3), 255–273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-019-00169-8

Ramey, D., Healy, O., & McEnaney, E. (2022). Defining and measuring indices of happiness and unhappiness in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16(1), 194–209.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00710-y

Schwartz, I. S., & Kelly, E. M. (2021). Quality of life for people with disabilities: Why applied behavior analysts should consider this a primary dependent variable. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 46(3), 159–172. https://doi.org/10.1177/15407969211033629

van Houten, R., Axelrod, S., Bailey, J. S., Favell, J. E., Foxx, R. M., Iwata, B. A., & Lovaas, O. I. (1988). The right to effective behavioral treatment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 21(4), 381–384.https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1988.21-381

Devon Ramey joins us to talk about their paper, Defining and Measuring Indices of Happiness and Unhappiness in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Show Notes

Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
- https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
Acknowledgments
- Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
  - https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
- Assistant Producers
  - Jesse Perrin
  - Sarah Sudhoff
  - Shayne Rivard
  - Hannah Grey
- Organizational Support
  - ABAI
    - https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
  - Behavior Analysis in Practice
    - Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    - https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
  - Music
    - Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
      - http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
    - Link to Article
      - Defining and Measuring Indices of Happiness and Unhappiness in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (springer.com)
    - References

Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1(1), 91–97. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1968.1-91

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S5E3: Leading the Charge: A Look Inside the Behavior Analysis in Practice Emergency Series of Publications on Systemic Racism and Police Brutality with Denisha Gingles

Denisha Gingles joins us to talk about their papers, Leading the Charge: A Look Inside the Behavior Analysis in Practice Emergency Series of Publications on Systemic Racism and Police Brutality & Igniting Collective Freedom: An Integrative Behavioral Model of Acceptance and Commitment Toward Black Liberation

Show Notes

Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
- https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
Acknowledgments
- Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
  - https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
- Assistant Producers
  - Jesse Perrin
  - Biancé Ferrucci
- Organizational Support
  - ABAI
    - https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
  - Behavior Analysis in Practice
    - Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    - https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
  - Music
    - Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
      - http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
    - Link to Article
      - Leading the Charge: A Look Inside the Behavior Analysis in Practice Emergency Series of Publications on Systemic Racism and Police Brutality | SpringerLink
      - Igniting Collective Freedom: An Integrative Behavioral Model of Acceptance and Commitment Toward Black Liberation | SpringerLink
    - Links from Article
    - References
- - - - Gingles, D. (2022). Igniting collective freedom: An integrative behavioral model of acceptance and commitment toward black liberation. Behavior Analysis in Practice 15, 1050–1065. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00584-6
      - Gingles, D., Watson-Thompson, J., Anderson-Carpenter, K.D., Tarbox, J., & Peterson, S. (2022). Leading the charge: A look inside the behavior analysis in practice emergency series of publications on systemic racism and police brutality. Behavior Analysis in Practice 15, 1015–1022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00759-9
      - Matsuda, K., Garcia, Y., Catagnus, R., & Ackerlund Brandt, J. (2020). Can behavior analysis help us understand and reduce racism? A review of the current literature. Behavior Analysis in Practice 13, 336–347. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-020-00411-4
      - Mizael, T. M., de Almeida, J. H., Silveira, C. C., & de Rose, J. C. (2016). Changing racial bias by transfer of functions in equivalence classes. The Psychological Record, 66(3), 451–462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-016-0185-0
Resources
- Can Behavior Analysis Help Us Understand and Reduce Racism? A Review of the Current Literature by Matsuda, K., Garcia, Y., Catagnus, R.
- Changing Racial Bias by Transfer of Functions in Equivalence Classes., Mizael, T.M., Almeida, J.H., Silveira, C.C., Rose, J.C.

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S5E5: Social Justice is the Spirit and Aim of an Applied Science of Human Behavior: Moving from Colonial to Participatory Research Practice with Malika Pritchett and Shahla Ala’i-Rosales es

Malika Pritchett and Shahla Ala’i-Rosales join us to talk about their paper, Social Justice is the Spirit and Aim of an Applied Science of Human Behavior: Moving from Colonial to Participatory Research Practices

Show Notes

Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.
- https://www.facebook.com/BApractice
Acknowledgments
- Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
  - https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris
- Assistant Producers
  - Jesse Perrin
  - Hannah Grey
- Organizational Support
  - ABAI
    - https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx
  - Behavior Analysis in Practice
    - Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
    - https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx
  - Music
    - Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude
      - http://www.newlatitudemusic.com
    - Link to Article
      - Social Justice is the Spirit and Aim of an Applied Science of Human Behavior: Moving from Colonial to Participatory Research Practices | SpringerLink
    - Links from Talk
      - The Belmont Report | HHS.gov
    - References

Benjamin, R. (2019). Assessing risk, automating racism. Science, 366(6464), 421–422. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz3873.

Fawcett, S. B., Schultz, J. A., Collie-Akers, V., Holt, C. M., & Watson-Thompson, J. (2016). Community development for population health and health equity. In P. Erwin & R. Brownson (Eds.), Scutchfield and Keck’s principles of public health practice (4th ed., pp. 443–460) Cengage Learning.

Henrich, J., Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33(2–3), 61–83. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x0999152x.

Heward, W. L., Critchfield, T. S., Reed, D. D., Detrich, R., & Kimball, J. W. (2022). ABA from a to z: Behavior science applied to 350 domains of socially significant behavior. Perspectives on behavior science, 45(2), 327–359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-022-00336-z

Maparyan, L. (2012). The womanist idea. Routledge.

Pritchett, M., Ala'i-Rosales, S., Cruz, A. R., & Cihon, T. M. (2021). Social justice is the spirit and aim of an applied science of human behavior: Moving from colonial to participatory research practices. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15(4), 1074–1092. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00591-7

Wolf M. M. (1978). Social validity: The case for subjective measurement or how applied behavior analysis is finding its heart. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 11(2), 203–214. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1978.11-203

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41252-023-00352-3