Basic Vocab

In operant conditioning, MOs and Sds evoke behavior

Without principles

Many interventions for CWA are base.  When you ask what skills or behaviors will be observed, measured, and evaluated...you always get indeterminate responses.

Deserving respect

Jack Michael's writings about MOs are estimable as evidenced by the inclusion of his chapter in Cooper.

Failed to be grasped

The ability to make use of MOs in everyday teaching has eluded most behavior analysts.

Of greatest importance

The primacy of "pairing with positive reinforcment" can not be overstated.

Not careful

CWA can not afford decision makers to be improvident when developing educational programming.

Taper off

I have found that without top-heavy support, a parent's confidence and motivation to implement a schedule attenuates.

With great care

It pays to develop a home schedule assiduously for CWA.

• What happens when a response occurs in a respondent conditioning paradigm. 
• An eye blink is elicited by a puff of air in your eye

Innocence

Dr. Haque's therapist artlessness was humorous.

Not showing respect

I completely understand why many people are flippant towards ABA.

Good but not great

Peter Gerhardt makes the case that "evidence-based" may be creditable but often has no primacy for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Abundant

The research for ABA is copious, however, the the ability to apply the principles effectively to benefit individual children.... eludes many/most practitioners.

Short saying written in memorable form

My favorite aphorism is "One small deed is better than a million grand intentions".

Overly forward

I find that many people in the field of special education are presumptuous when making decisions regarding alternative communication.

Abnormal or deviant 

When a behavior is evoked in the operant paradigm we say that the behavior was emitted. The evocative stimulus leads to the emission of the operant response.

Highest point in the development of something.

Short lived, quickly fading or disappearing.

Facilitated communication, like many other quick fix therapies was evanescent.

Cheerfully obedient

After the first day or two of implementing a schedule, most children are very complaisant.

Reluctant

Many parents are loath to raise expectations for their child.

Sacred

Childish

I find that being puerile accelerates the pairing process.

Beginner

All great teachers, speech therapists, and behavior analysts were tyros at one time.

Harden

Schaffer 93' contends that assumed knowledge regarding picture systems has become ossified despite the fact that there is relatively little support.

Weepy, tending to cause tears.

It is common for the child to become lachrymose during extinction.

Make peace with

I enjoy seeing the child conciliate and cooperate.

Lively and enthusiastic

Being ebullient can break the ice and give you an edge when pairing.

Consequence

Inaction is a corollary that can have profound long term implications

Annoying

Be nettlesome when running extinction!

Not fully informed

Parents of newly diagnosed children are inchoate and desperate.

Hatred

I find that people from other fields have a real antipathy for ABA.

Greed

Avarice has led to the bastardization of ABA.

Scheme

Cookie cutter ABA programs are just gambits to make money and do more harm than good.

Make happen indefinitely

Unfortunately, parents often inadvertently perpetuate learned helplessness by doing everything for their child.

Witty saying

My favorite Skinner epigram is "the rat is never wrong".

Quickness

Fluency is celerity and accuracy combined.

Unbiased

I think most disinterested persons would agree with Skinner's analysis of VB if they understood it!

Hate

Many people in related fields show a real enmity  for ABA

Con artist

The charlatans in the field cannot specify what behaviors/skills will be targeted, measured, and evaluated.

Sudden realization

My first exposure to SAVB was a real epiphany for me.

Tire

After 15 years of trying to make the case, my enthusiasm is beginning to flag.

Demanding

Though the learning curve of radical behaviorism is so exacting, it is worth the journey.

Tendency to fight

FAPE can create truculence in special education.

Make holy

Smith & Iwata 97' consecrated Jack Michael's work on EOs.

Pompous

University tenure creates experts who are grandiloquent in their writings and/or presentations but have limited practical experience.

Without deception

I would rather work with an artless but willing aide than a grandiloquent BCBA.

Scholarly

Jack Michael is the least grandiloquent and most erudite person I have ever met.

Mysterious

Skinner 45' contends that even cryptic concepts such as VB, feelings, and emotions can be explained using the same behavioral principles.

Sorrowful

I am dolorous about my inability to help Aldo and his family.

For parents, the denouement of our children's life keeps us awake at night.

illusion

Many parents believe that a well-behaved and productive child is a chimera.

Powerful

Peaceful

I find great joy in seeing a home turn from anxiety-filled to halcyon.

Unlikely to succeed

Parents often feel unpropitious implementing a schedule.

Hasty

Intensely emotional

Extinction is often more tempestuous for the parent than it is for the child.

Short saying

My favorite Einstein apothegm is-- Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Wise

The PECs people are the most sagacious marketers in the field.

Stealthy

I prepare in advance because it helps me be surreptitious when delivering reinforcement.

Feeling of concern

Lessen the severity of

Zeroing in on the deficits that define the diagnosis helps to mitigate the impact the disability has on both the child and their family.

Exclude

Children who find no value in using language or in interacting with others, are more likely to be ostracized later in life.

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