Precision Teaching and Private Behavior is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of case conceptualization, intervention design, staff training, and literature-informed problem solving. In Precision Teaching and Private Behavior, for this course, the practical stakes show up in stronger conceptual consistency and better translational decision making, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Precision teaching is a widely used evidence-based teaching approach that was developed by Ogden in the 1960s. Precision teaching has been used across both special education as well as general education settings and during training programs as well. Private behavior has been of interest to behavior analysts across these settings. Can we use applied behavior analysis to measure private behavior? Yes, and precision teachers have been measuring and changing the frequency of private behavior for over 50 years. Research has shown that thoughts and feelings also known as private or inner behavior can be studied, shaped, reinforced and even extinguished to near zero levels. In this webinar you will learn how to measure inner behavior (private events), and change its frequency (count/time) using precision teaching. Learning objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Define private events and inner behavior. 2. Describe the history of precision teaching literature. 3. Describe the literature on precision teaching and private behavior. 4. Describe how to measure inner behavior using the standard celeration chart. 5. Describe how to change the frequency of inner behavior using frequency building procedures.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
Jared Van, PhD, BCBA graduated summer 2025 with a PhD in special education at The Pennsylvania State University under the supervision of Dr. Richard M. Kubina Jr. in the Special Education Department. He received his M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Jared worked as a behavior interventionist in the California Bay Area and greater Los Angeles Area for over half a decade working with a diverse population of clients with autism and other developmental disabilities. Jared's research interests are in the areas of Precision Teaching, Behavior Science, Instructional Design, Social Justice, education, special education, and Education Policy.
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