Chirping with ABA Owls
We are two people passionate about Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and helping others through this evidence based science. Our aim is to spread the word on ABA and how it can be used in our daily lives.
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Episodes
Dec 19, 2022
Dec 19, 2022
12 min
Hello Hello!
For today’s episode, we will be discussing Teaching Children with Autism to Mind Read, by Patricia Howlin, Simon Baron-Cohen and Julie Hadwin.
If you would like to teach emotions to a learner, this book is a good guide to read.
We hope you’ll enjoy this episode, feel free to contact us on instagram (@aba_owls), via email (aba.owls.uk@gmail.com) or through our website (www.abaowls.com)
Happy Holidays and see you next year!
Dec 12, 2022
Dec 12, 2022
29 min
A good Monday to you all!
For our December episode we have decided to dive back into our Training Staff series. We will be discussing how to use ABA to maintain staff skills.
We hope you enjoy this episode, feel free to contact us on instagram (@aba_owls), via email (aba.owls.uk@gmail.com) or through our website (www.abaowls.com).
Thank you so much for listening!
Dec 5, 2022
Nov 21, 2022
Nov 21, 2022
11 min
Hello all of you behaviour enthusiasts!
Let’s wrap up another month with a study done in the natural environment. This time, Lauren will take you through a functional analysis conducted in mainstream classrooms.
More specifically: Austin, J.L., Groves, E.A., Reynish, L.C. and Francis, L.L. (2015). Validating trial-based functional analyses in mainstream primary school classrooms. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 48(2), pp.274–288. doi:10.1002/jaba.208
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Resources
National Library of Medicine
Research Gate
Wiley Online Library
A discrete-trial approach to the functional analysis of aggressive behaviour in two boys with autismSigafoos, J. and Saggers, E. (1995). A discrete-trial approach to the functional analysis of aggressive behaviour in two boys with autism. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 20(4), pp.287–297. doi:10.1080/07263869500035621.
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We hope you’ll enjoy this episode, feel free to contact us on instagram (@aba_owls), via email (aba.owls.uk@gmail.com) or through our website (www.abaowls.com).
Have a great week!
Nov 7, 2022
Nov 7, 2022
40 min
Happy November everyone!
For this episode, we have invited Nicole to join us, she's a clinical psychologist and a BCBA. Nicole lives in Portugal and she gave us a reality check on what ABA looks like in her daily life.
Oct 31, 2022
Oct 31, 2022
10 min
Trick or Treat!
Our episode today is us discussing our favourite witches - no ABA involved.
Happy Halloween!
Oct 17, 2022
Oct 17, 2022
15 min
Happy October everyone!
For today’s episode, we will be discussing The Checklist Manifesto, by Dr. Atul Gawande.
Dive into the world of surgeries, aviation and construction with us, whilst using a checklist to navigate it all!
Oct 3, 2022
Oct 3, 2022
35 min
Happy Pumpkin month!
For this month's episode we thought we'd visit the supernatural world again, and how it relates to ABA.
Sep 19, 2022
Sep 19, 2022
17 min
Happy Monday everyone,
For this month, Lauren will walk us through a study done on engaging individuals with dementia - more specifically: Increasing activity attendance and engagement in individuals with dementia using descriptive prompts by Brenske et al., 2008, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Sep 5, 2022
Sep 5, 2022
44 min
Welcome back listeners!This month, Lauren will take us a bit deeper into PECS and how it works.
We have discussed PECS before (in our 2020 November's episode), this episode is done from the perspective of having done PECS level 1 course.