Translating Behavioral Principles: Connecting Research to Real-World Application 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 Connecting Research to Real-World Application, 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 →In the last panel, three researchers will discuss the importance of translational research. They will share the systematic methods and procedures used in their labs that contribute to our current understanding of principles, such as, reinforcement schedules and token economy, simple and conditional discrimination, errorless learning, delay discounting, time as an experimental variable, and more. The panelists will then discuss how these principles advance our understanding of human behavior and the current practices of applied behavior analysis.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
| COA | 0 | — |
Dr. Sydney Berkman is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with a doctorate in behavior analysis from Western New England University and a master’s degree in special education from Simmons University. He has been working with individuals with developmental disabilities - at summer camps, in residential programs, in schools, and via telehealth - for almost 20 years.Dr. Berkman’s research has included assessing training methods and conducting workshops on how to create behavior-analytic graphs for publication and presentation with graduate students and BCBAs, developing methods for assessing and teaching observational learning to individuals with developmental disabilities, and exploring conceptual analyses of observational learning.Dr. Berkman is the Director of Educational Services at Melmark New England, and he currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Operants magazine, Vice President of the B. F. Skinner Foundation, and a Member of the B. F. Skinner Foundation’s Board of Directors. His behavior analytic interests include conceptual and practical issues related to observational learning and learning in a group, helping bring the science of behavior analysis to broader audiences, and expanding ABA services and training to underserved populations and areas. During his leisure time, you can find him outside -- biking, climbing, kayaking, and running or hiking -- usually with his trusty adventure dog, Buster.
Dig into the research behind this topic — plain-English summaries written for BCBAs.
252 research articles with practitioner takeaways
239 research articles with practitioner takeaways
225 research articles with practitioner takeaways
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