Welcome to ABA Ultimate Showdown! - a podcast promoting constructive, respectful, and professional discourse to advance the field of behavior analysis. We use a structured debate format to achieve several goals: ~ Encourage respectful conversations among professionals in all settings ~ Advance a deeper knowledge about critical topics in our field through research presented from multiple perspectives ~ Promote civility and an understanding of perspectives that differ from your own ~Model a user friendly format for the education of future behavior analysts and those who organize conferences

Latest episodes of the podcast ABA Ultimate Showdown!

• Round 14: What is the goal of a functional assessment? Debaters: Dr. Mahshid Ghaemmaghami and Dr. Jeffrey Tiger
• Round 13: Is ABA inherently trauma informed?
• Round 12: Online Education or Traditional Learning? An Inside Look at the Future of Higher Education
• Round 11: Praise Be! A Critical Look into a Common Practice
• Chat with Round 10 Debaters: Stereotypy Follow Up
• Round 10: The Ethical Implications of Treating Stereotypy
• Round 9: Are BCBA Owned Businesses at an Ethical Disadvantage?
• Round 8: Crash and Burnout
• Round 7: Let's Get Physical with Prompts
• Something Completely Different
• Round 6: The Science vs. Religion Debate with an ABA Twist
• Round 5: Are We Providing Super-vision or Just Okay-vision?
• Round 4: To Use Restraints or Not to Use Restraints? That is the question.
• Hilarious Definitions of Behavior Analytic Terms (or Preview for Round 4)
• Round 3: The Ethical Dilemma of Gifts
• Round 2: When to Include Parents as Active Participants in Implementing the Behavior Plan
• Round 1: Practical Functional Assessment (IISCA) vs. the Traditional Functional Analysis
• Precursor to Round 1: Practical Functional Assessment(IISCA) vs. the Traditional Functional Analysis
• Introductory Episode