008 | Esme Aubree - Leaning on Mentors in Behavior Analysis

Explanatory Fiction is a narrative-style podcast dictated purely by a dice roll. Each week a randomly generated case is structured into a unique narrative that keeps you thinking as you analyze behavior and earn BCBA® CEUs.

Episode Description

Esme Aubree is a 7-year-old girl who lives in Los Angeles County in California. She has an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis since she was 3 years old. She’s received behavior analytic therapy in the past via in-home therapy and is now located in a public school. Her BCBA Darcy oversees a self-contained room with an RBT who works with Esme every day. Darcy has been in the field for a couple of years and is someone you knew from graduate school. She reached out to you because she knew you were going to be in the Santa Clarita area delivering a lecture that evening and wanted you to review Esme’s case because she’s a little stumped.

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Show Notes

0:00:00 Get BACB® CEU’s at www.explanatoryfiction.com
0:00:15 Introduction to Explanatory Fiction
0:00:57 Introducing Esme Aubree
0:01:33 Learning more about Esme from her BCBA (Darcy)
0:03:05 Learning more about Esme from her RBT (Charlie)
0:05:53 General Information about Fluency
0:06:48 General Information on Least-to-Most Prompting
0:07:28 See Additional Resources Below for Information on Chaining (Total Task, Backwards, Forwards)
0:08:33 General Information related to Prompt Dependency
0:08:53 Observing Esme during Session
0:09:44 Dimitri reviews his Observations with the RBT (Charlie)
0:11:07 General Information on Precision Teaching (Link 1; Link 2)
0:11:46 See Additional Resources Below for Information on Prompting Strategies (Most to Least, Least to Most, etc.)
0:12:35 Reference to 2.15 Minimizing Risk of Behavior-Change Interventions in the BACB Ethics Code
0:18:25 General Information related to Inadvertent Prompting / Faulty Stimulus Control
0:18:53 Dimitri reviews his Observations and Suggestions with Esme’s Dad (Milo)
0:21:38 Dimitri and Milo (Esme’s Dad) discuss Home Strategies
0:23:00 General Information about Epilepsy and Autism
0:23:18 Reference to 2.12 Considering Medical Needs in the BACB Ethics Code
0:24:23 Take a Pause and let us know how you would handle this case!
0:24:39 The Hosts of the Podcast have an Open Discussion about Esme’s Case
0:28:00 See Additional Resources Below for Information on Faulty Stimulus Control
0:29:34 General Information on Matching-to-Sample
0:31:25 General Information on Generalization (e.g., Train and Hope method)
0:35:59 General Information related to Video Feedback
0:37:27 Jen Laluzerne
0:37:31 Morgan Aue
0:37:38 Christine Austin
0:39:35 GoPro
0:39:50 Fish Lab Operant Learning
0:43:30 General Information on Stimulus Recognition
0:44:08 General Information related to Reinforcement Immediacy and Delays
0:44:41 DISC (acronym mentioned by Dimitri)
0:48:21 General Information on the Big 6 + 6 (Link 1; Link 2)
0:50:44 Wrapping Up