Dr. Anthony Cammilleri - better known as Tony to friends and colleagues - joins me in Session 276. In this episode, we talked about his early experiences in Behavior Analyst, his experiences working in Greg Hanley's lab as a grad student, of course his work collaborating with Greg and other colleagues in the founding and development of the FTF consultancy, the recent news of his migration over to Action Behavior Centers, and what opportunities lie ahead in this partnership.

We then talk more generally about what's new in the world of the IISCA or Practical Functional Assessment, along with Skills-Based Treatment, and how those processes have evolved over the years, common mistakes people make when implementing these procedures, and more.

We also talked about my semi-misgivings about terms like Compassionate-ABA, Trauma-Informed-ABA, Trauma-Assumed-ABA, and the like, as well as Tony's upcoming talk at the 2024 Stone Soup Conference.

Here are links to some of the resources we mentioned:

• Free State Brewing (Lawrence, KS).
• All thing FTF.
• FTF's credentialing options.
• Action Behavior Center's big announcement!
• Action Behavior Center's homepage.
• The 2024 Stone Soup Conference (use PODCAST24 to save at checkout!).
• Hanley (2012). Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior: Dispelling Myths, Overcoming Implementation Obstacles, and Developing New Lore.
• Anderson and St. Peter (2013). Functional Analysis With Typically Developing Children: Best Practice or Too Early to Tell?: In Response to Hanley (2012).
• Hanley et al. (2014). Producing meaningful improvements in problem behavior of children with autism via synthesized analyses and treatments.
• Rajaraman and Hanley (2020). Mand compliance as a contingency controlling problem behavior: A systematic review.
• Fisher et al. (1996). On the reinforcing effects of the content of verbal attention.
• Dr. Tim Vollmer's appearance on the podcast in Session 257.
• Session 176: Towards Trauma-Informed Applications of Behavior Analysis.

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My partner in crime and host of the BOP en Español Series, Miguel Avila, joins me to talk about Behavior Analysis in Spanish-speaking cultures.

In addition to his day job with Essential for Living, Miguel has been hard at work, and recorded over 10 Spanish language podcasts for Behavioral Observations listeners.

So in this episode, which we of course conduct in English because my Spanish did not progress past my Freshman year of college, I turn the tables and interview Miguel for a change.

We talk about his experience as an immigrant to the US, what constitutes "Spanglish," how he encountered Behavior Analysis, and how he ended up at Essential for Living, leading the efforts to translate those materials into Spanish.

We then broaden the discussion to talk about where Behavior Analysis stands in various Spanish-speaking countries. As you'll hear in the podcast, Miguel has spent time in many of these places in Latin America and Europe, so while he humbly claims to not be the ultimate authority on these matters, he certainly has gained lots of hands-on experience in these settings.

A conversation like this would not be complete if we didn't talk about efforts to provide training and consumer protections via regulatory institutions in these countries. In doing so, we touch on organizations including QABA, IBAO, LABA, ABA España, ABAI SIG Español, OMPAC, and more. Long story short, there's a lot to do in terms of supporting the profession of Behavior Analysis in these international contexts. In fact, Miguel will be speaking at the upcoming Puerto Rico ABA 2024 conference coming up in October.

Here are some links to the topics we discussed:

• Essential for Living
• PCMA
• Winston Behavioral Solutions
• Session 200 of the BOP (Miguel wrote and read the intro)
• Elcoro, at al (2024). Behavior Analysis in Venezuela: An Unrecognized Legacy

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• The Behavioral Toolbox. thebehavioraltoolbox.com is a new education and training site that my colleagues Anika Costa and Dr. Paulie Gavoni and I have been working on for over two years. We have two courses available: our first course, Ready, Set, Consult! and our newly released course, When Not to FBA: 5 Quick Strategies for Improving Behavior in Classrooms. Behavior University. Their mission is to provide university quality professional development for the busy Behavior Analyst. Learn about their CEU offerings, including their 8-hour Supervision Course, as well as their RBT offerings over at behavioruniversity.com/observations. Don't forget to use the coupon code, PODCAST to save at checkout!

Dr. John Austin returns to the show to discuss a topic that we touched on briefly back in Session 230: Psychological Safety.

While the idea of Psychological Safety might seem overly conceptual in nature, John breaks down what he thinks about it in very easily understood and measurable terms. More importantly, he talks about why Psychological Safety matters in the workplace.

Here are some of the aspects of this topic that we got into:

• The example of Google's Project Aristotle, where this term became popularized.
• Ways to measure Psychological Safety.
• Setting the occasion for employees saying what's on their minds.
• Creating conditions where feedback is accepted, and even desired.
• How employees might find meaning in their work.
• The concept of Behavioral Integrity.
• Leaders being surprised when employees quit unexpectedly.
• Other factors relating to employee retention.
• How to foster connections with coworkers and employees.
• What John will be talking about at the upcoming Stone Soup Conference (note: use promo code PODCAST24 to save $$$ at checkout!).
• Pivotal leadership behaviors, and lots more!

If you like John's content, you're in luck, because he's agreed to come back and do an episode on having difficult conversations, which as you'll hear, is a topic that many leaders struggle with.

Here are the resources we discussed in this episode:

• Free access to the audio version of John's book, Results: The Science-Based Approach

to Better Productivity, Profitability, and Safety.

• Sleiman, et al. (2020). A Quantitative Review of Performance Feedback in

Organizational Settings (1998-2018).

• John's website, drjohnaustin.com.
• Edmondson (2018). The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth (note: Amazon Associates Link).
• Google Project Aristotle - 5 Keys to Team Success.
• Other podcasts mentioned: Session 262 (Pat Friman) and Session 266 (Chris McGinnis).

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