Celebration of World Behavior Analysis Day 2021: B.F. Skinner: Father belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter clinic sessions and day-to-day service delivery.
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Join Free →B. F. Skinner was not only a scientist, he was a parent. This talk gives examples of what Skinner was like as a father. He interacted with my sister and me as a parent, not as a scientist. Still, the positive principles he advocated show in how he behaved as a father.
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
Julie Vargas, B.F. Skinner's daughter, is one of the founder's of the B.F. Skinner Foundation. She received her bachelors in music from Radcliffe College, a masters in music education from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in educational research from the University of Pittsburgh. She taught 3rd and 4th grade before becoming a faculty member at West Virginia University where she taught practicing and prospective teachers for over 35 years. Dr. Vargas is a former president of the Association for Behavior Analysis International and one of the founding editors of The Behavior Analyst. She is currently Chief Science Officer and Chairman of the Board of the B. F. Skinner Foundation, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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