ABA Jargon Replacers: How to Talk Human

Live event July 26, 2023 – Resources and handouts available here and in the FB group.

If you were a member in July 2023, the video recording will be in your email inbox. If you were not a member in July 2023 you can watch below and the CEU certificate is available for purchase by scrolling to the bottom of this page.

Instead of our usual notes style pages, this CE event comes with an ABA Terms Glossary created for parents. Use it as something you can share directly with parents or to help you find some less jargon-y ways to say some of our typical technical terms. After looking it over let me know if you think any terms should be added to this glossary.

Resources

Bailey, J. S. (1991). Marketing behavior analysis requires different talk. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24(3), 445.

Critchfield, T. S., Becirevic, A., & Reed, D. D. (2017). On the social validity of behavior-analytic communication: A call for research and description of one method. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 33, 1-23.

Critchfield, T. S., & Doepke, K. J. (2018). Emotional overtones of behavior analysis terms in English and five other languages. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 11, 97-105. Chicago

Critchfield, T. S., Doepke, K. J., Epting, L. K., Becirevic, A., Reed, D. D., Fienup, D. M., … & Ecott, C. L. (2017). Normative emotional responses to behavior analysis jargon or how not to use words to win friends and influence people. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 10(2), 97-106.

LeBlanc, L. A., Taylor, B. A., & Marchese, N. V. (2020). The training experiences of behavior analysts: Compassionate care and therapeutic relationships with caregivers. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 13(2), 387-393.

Normand, M. P., & Donohue, H. E. (2022). Behavior analytic jargon does not seem to influence treatment acceptability ratings. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55(4), 1294-1305.

CE Certificate

CE Event Slide Deck

Handouts

Extras!