PM Workshop 2: The Learner Knows Best: Applying Precision Teaching to Your Instructional Programming belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter case conceptualization, intervention design, staff training, and literature-informed problem solving. In The Learner Knows Best: Applying Precision Teaching, for this course, the practical stakes show up in stronger conceptual consistency and better translational decision making, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Georgia Association for Behavior Analysis
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Join Free →Precision teaching can be defined as, "a system for precisely defining and continuously measuring dimensional features of behavior and analyzing behavioral data on the standard celeration chart to make timely and effective data-based decisions to accelerate behavioral repertoires' (p 2., Evans, Bulla, & Kieta, 2020). Thus, one can apply precision teaching to any program designed to increase or teach behaviors. Decades of research in the field of precision teaching has established precision teaching as an evidence-based practice (Gist & Bulla, 2020). Precision teaching moves beyond the notion that 80% accuracy is enough and helps teachers of all kinds verify student mastery through the specific outcomes associates with fluency. This interactive workshop will cover the core tenets of precision teaching and guide attendees through the process of enhancing their current instructional programs with precision teaching methodologies. Participants will receive and review sample programs and standard celeration charts.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 3 | General |
Dr. Andrew Bulla earned his Bachelor’s degree from Saint Joseph’s University in psychology with a minor in autism studies. Upon graduating, he completed his master’s and doctoral degrees in behavior analysis from Western Michigan University, and subsequently became a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst in 2014. He is currently an associate professor of psychology and program chair for behavior analysis programs at Georgia Southern University – Armstrong Campus. Drew is also a consultant for Morningside Teachers’ Academy, where he helps coordinate and run the Summer Institute to teach individuals all over the world about the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction. Drew has worked at a variety of organizations over the course of his career including autism centers, community mental health agencies, animal facilities and several school districts. During his time in these positions, Dr. Bulla applied behavior analysis to a variety of learners and situations. He has worked in autism early intervention, ancillary programs including social and recreational skills, the assessment and treatment of challenging behaviors, academic interventions for students with and without disabilities, instructional design, and animal training including loggerhead sea turtles and grey wolves. Drew has published and conducted research in the areas self-management, instructional design, precision teaching, physical activity, and animal training and welfare. He has published his research in a variety of journals including the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, The Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Journal of Behavioral Education, The European Journal of Behavior Analysis, Psychology in the Schools, and Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice. Dr. Bulla has presented over 100 peer-reviewed presentations, posters, and workshops at regional, national, and international conferences. He is currently a board member for the Standard Celeration Society and has served as the Lead Guest Editor for a special issue of Behavior Analysis in Practice on precision teaching, and is currently on the editorial boards for Behavior Analysis and Practice and Behavior and Social Issues. In his spare time, Drew can be spotted on the beach and in the ocean either swimming or paddling, giving guided kayak/paddle board tours, reading, (trying his hardest at) surfing, traveling, or spending time with his pups, Kobe and Aspen.
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.