
BOOST U! by ABA Technologies
A podcast for aspiring behavior analysts
Episodes
33 episodes
Everything You Need to Know About Skills Assessments with Dr. Jonathan Fernand
Join Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, and Dr. Jonathan Fernand, PhD, BCBA-D, as they talk all about the skills assessments you need to know to pass your exam. Listen to learn about the VB-MAPP, EFLS, ABLLS-R, PEAK, and Vineland assessments! <...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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39:39

Public Statements with Jackie Noto and Dr. Mary Lewis
In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie is joined by Mary Lewis, PhD, BCBA and Jackie Noto, MS, BCBA of the Behavior Self Podcast. Listen to learn all about public statements as defined by the BACB®. Find Mary Lewis on social media...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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44:35

Everything You Need to Know About Punishment
In this episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, and Corey Robertson, MS, BCBA, break down punishment from a behavior analytic perspective. Whether you're prepping for the BCBA exam or just looking to strengthen your understanding, this disc...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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35:45

Everything You Need to Know About Reinforcement
In this episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, and Corey Robertson, MS, BCBA, break down reinforcement from a behavior analytic perspective. Whether you're prepping for the BCBA exam or just looking to strengthen your understanding, this d...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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35:03

Learning About Behavioral Momentum and the Matching Law with Aaron Bevacqua
In today’s episode, join Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA and Aaron Bevacqua, MS, BCBA as they talk about the matching law and behavioral momentum. Definitions will be given for response allocation, resistance to change, and behavioral mass. Listeners wil...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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39:52

Multiple Test Takers: A Conversation with Dr. Mary Lewis
In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA talks with Dr. Mary Lewis, PhD, BCBA, who passed her BCBA exam on her second attempt. Listeners will learn strategies for self-care, studying, and finding community while preparing for the e...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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37:16

Motivating Operations and Discriminative Stimuli with Andrew Houvouras
In today’s episode of BOOST U! join Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, and Andrew Houvouras, MA, BCBA as they discuss motivating operations and discriminative stimuli. Listeners will learn the definitions, types, and effects of these two concepts in additi...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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49:55

All About Generalization with Jessica Jeno
In this episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, talks with Jessica Jeno, MA, BCBA about discrimination and generalization. Listeners will learn about stimulus discrimination, stimulus generalization, and response generalization, as well as ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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26:40

Performance Diagnostics and ABA with Brecken Cornely
In today’s episode of BOOST U! join Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, and Brecken Cornely, Ph.D., BCBA-D as they discuss performance diagnostics, OBM, and the Performance Diagnostics Checklist (PDC). BOOST U! publishes 2 new episodes every mon...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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42:36

All About Conditioning with Corey Robertson
In today’s episode of BOOST U! join Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, and Corey Robertson, MS, BCBA as they discuss operant and respondent conditioning. BOOST U! publishes 2 new episodes every month, and our goal is to help students study for ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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37:42

What are the Philosophical Assumptions of Behavior Analysis? With Dr. Kaitlynn Gokey
In this episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, talks with Dr. Kaitlynn Gokey, PhD, BCBA, about the philosophical assumptions of behavior analysis. Listeners will learn about each of the philosophical assumptions, with examples provided. BO...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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40:08

Culturally Responsive Supervision
In this episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, talks with Abigail Petronelli, MS, about culturally responsive supervision. Listeners will learn the definitions of cultural responsiveness and related terms and tips for incorporating cultura...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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53:53

Behavior Chains and Chaining Procedures: What You Need to Know
In this episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, talks with Lina Majdalany, PhD, BCBA-D about behavior chains and chaining procedures. Listeners will learn about behavior chains, task analyses, and the types of chaining procedures, among oth...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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49:27

Measuring Supervision Effectiveness
In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, discusses the risks of ineffective supervision (item I-1 on the 5th edition task list) and how to measure its effectiveness (item I-8 on the 5th edition task list). Listen to learn mo...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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15:46

It’s not a Trick, It’s an Assessment
In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA and Corey Robertson, MS, BCBA talk about how the exam is not trying to trick test-takers. Rather, this is an assessment to determine whether test-takers have the minimum competency required ...
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36:26

Teaching Verbal Behavior
In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, M.S., BCBA, and Christi Reed, M.S. cover verbal behavior. Listeners will learn about mands, tacts, codics, duplics, and intraverbals: what each looks like as well as how to teach learners to engage i...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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45:01

Unwanted Effects of Interventions
In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, MS, BCBA, and Corey Robertson, MS, BCBA talk about the unwanted effects of reinforcement, punishment, and extinction from section H of the BCBA® task list. Listeners will learn about the unwanted eff...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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43:37

Threats to Internal Validity in Single Subject Research Designs
In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, M.S., BCBA, and Bill Carlucci, M.S., BCBA talk about the threats to internal validity from section D of the BCBA® Task List. Listeners can expect to learn the main threats to internal validity, examp...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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38:17

Interobserver Agreement: Why It Matters
In today’s podcast, join Maddie Duke, M.S., BCBA, and Corey Robertson, M. BCBA, as they discuss interobserver agreement and measurement. Listeners will learn about validity, reliability, accuracy, and the types of IOA. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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38:14

Using Behavior Analysis in Supervision
In today’s podcast, join Maddie Duke, M.S., BCBA, and Shauna V. Costello, MA, MPP, BCBA, as they discuss section I of the BCBA task list! With over 10 years of experience supervising students, Shauna shares her secrets for using a human-first a...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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30:26

Examining Ethics Questions
On this episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke. M.S., BCBA talks with Tom Freeman, M.S., BCBA about all things ethics! Listeners will learn about the purpose of the ethics code, what “the spirit of the code” means, and how to break down ethics scenar...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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45:32

What are the conditions in a functional analysis?
In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, M.S., BCBA, and Corey Robertson, M.S., BCBA, discuss the conditions in a functional analysis (FA). Listeners will learn about the common functions of behavior, the most frequently used conditions in ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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42:13

10 Ways your Friends and Family Can Help You Study for the Exam
In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, M.S., BCBA, shares 10 ways your friends and family can help you study for the exam (no behavior analytic knowledge necessary!) BOOST U! uploads new episodes twice a month, and each episod...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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19:07

Measuring Behavior with Discontinuous Methods
In today’s episode of BOOST U!, Maddie Duke, M.S., BCBA, and Corey Robertson, M.S., BCBA, talk about discontinuous measurement from section C of the BCBA task list. Listeners can expect to learn when to use these measurement techniques, how wel...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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36:29

How does shaping use extinction in ABA?
In today’s episode of BOOST U!, we are talking about shaping and extinction- how do they relate? How does extinction and related side effects contribute to skill acquisition? Join Maddie Duke, M.S., BCBA, and Christi Reed, M.S., as they discuss...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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29:15
