Episode 02: ABA Outside the Box: Interview with Dr. Todd Ward

09/30/22 • 63 min

I had the great opportunity to talk to Todd Ward, Ph.D., former BCBA-D, to discuss his recent decision to let his BCBA expire and what that means for the future direction of his career. Todd received his doctoral degree in behavior analysis from the University of Nevada, Reno and was the president and found of bSci21 Media, LLC, running one of the most successful blogs for behavior analysts, bSci21.org. Dr. Ward has also served on editorial boards and has worked in a wide variety of settings in ABA from centers, residential programs, homes, schools, and was the Director of the Behavior Analysis Online program for the University of North Texas.
Objectives:

Identify ways that ABA can be utilized outside the field of autism
Understand the differences between the science of behaviorism in general and utilizing ABA in therapy
Discuss how education paths towards becoming a BCBA may play a role in the breadth of our scope of practice.

DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR CEU'S FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE!

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Identify ways that ABA can be utilized outside the field of autism
Understand the differences between the science of behaviorism in general and utilizing ABA in therapy
Discuss how education paths towards becoming a BCBA may play a role in the breadth of our scope of practice.

DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR CEU'S FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE!

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Episode 01: Alternative Careers as a BCBA

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In our first episode of The Behavior Crew podcast, we'll go over some of the things you can expect from this and future episodes! In this month's topic "ABA Outside the Box", we'll be exploring other career options and fields that we can explore as BCBA's outside of the world of Autism, while still utilizing our knowledge of the science of behavior analysis.

In this episode, we will be talking about several unique career options based on literature from the BACB and research articles in our field.

Objectives:

Identify at least two new fields that a BCBA can transition to outside of working with children with Autism.
Understand the previous and current ABA-related research in those fields.
Discuss transition planning into new fields as a BCBA

DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR CEU'S FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE!

References

Maragakis, A., Drossel, C., & Waltz, T. J., (Eds.). (2021). Applications of Behavior Analysis in Healthcare and Beyond. Springer.

Available at https://www.amazon.com/Applications-Behavior-Analysis-Healthcare-Beyond/dp/3030579689

BACB. ABA Subspecialty Resources. https://www.bacb.com/about-behavior-analysis/

Druskis, M. (2017). On Using ABA to Coach Baseball. ABC Behavior Training. https://www.abcbehaviortx.com/single-post/2017/05/02/on-using-aba-to-coach-baseball

Other resources presented

Masterclass: Assessment and Report Writing

Report Writing Package

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Episode 03: Science of Changing YOUR Behavior

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In this episode, we will be talking about how to use ABA to change your own behavior to meet your goals. This section will talk about goal writing and how to write SMART goals.

Objectives:

Identify the meaning of the acronym SMART for goal writing
Demonstrate how to identify when goals to work on for ourselves
Discuss real-life relevance and how this goal creation and tracking system could be implemented.