Episode description

It's that time of year again folks. If you're new to the show, every year, I get together with my friends from ABA Inside Track for a Year in Review show, and this year was no different. In this podcast, we went over a handful of happenings in the world of Applied Behavior Analysis. 

In this episode, we covered:

• The changes in leadership of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and the Association for Professional Behavior Analysis.
• What shows from each of our pods resonated with our respective audiences.
• Whether West Coast or New England IPAs are best (c'mon, is this even worth talking about?), including an impromptu short history of American Craft Beer. 
• Other questions from the audience.
• The passings of Tameka Meadows, Beth Sulzer-Azaroff, David Jarmolowicz, and Dale Bretthower.

With regard to the latter, I would like to say that I wish we had more time to elaborate on the contributions of these behavior analysts. We were pressed for time, not only for recording, but also in terms of show preparation, and I apologize if that segment of the show fails to live up to the standards you've come to expect from Behavioral Observations. 

We also fielded a great question from long time listener, Penny Holloway. Again, time did not allow us to do her question justice, but if you listen to the very end of the show, I do my best to address it, and I hope you get a chance to check that out. 

Huge thanks again for the ABA Inside Track crew, along with Alan Haberman for being such great conversational partners. I look forward to sharing more fun discussions with you in 2023 and beyond!!!

Here are the links to some of the things we discussed:

• Inside JABA 13 (John Borrero and Linda LeBlanc).
• Inside JABA 2 (Big Idea Papers).
• Session 205 (Matt Brodhead/Ethics and the use of Punishment).
• Session 201 (Holly Gover/Preference for Contingent Reinforcement).
• Session 180 (Merrill Winston/Why Your Behavior Plan Stinks).
• Inside JABA 10 (Rajaraman/Austin/Trauma Informed Behavior Analysis).
• Apollo Case Study Series.
• For Kids With Severe Behaviors, Hospital ERs Increasingly Becoming De Facto Homes.
• ABA Inside Track - Facilitated Communication.
• ABA Inside Track - A Call to Action re: Rekers and Lovaas.
• Session 122 (Justin Leaf/The Case Against Social Stories).