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Watering Our Roots: Bringing RFT back to BA

Watering Our Roots: Bringing RFT back to BA. Josh Pritchard, PhD Florida Tech. Tree of Natural Sciences. Atmospheric sciences. Earth sciences. Astronomy. Behavior Sciences. Chemistry. Biology. Physics. Philosophy of Science. Our tie in…Evolution.

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Watering Our Roots: Bringing RFT back to BA

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  1. Watering Our Roots: Bringing RFT back to BA Josh Pritchard, PhD Florida Tech

  2. Tree of Natural Sciences Atmospheric sciences Earth sciences Astronomy Behavior Sciences Chemistry Biology Physics Philosophy of Science

  3. Our tie in…Evolution • So – we know that our science has some really good stuff to offer…but why have we gotten there when others have not? • What exactly do we offer the other sciences? (especially EvoS)

  4. Cognitive Approach

  5. Too Fast.

  6. Golly…it takes so long!

  7. The Behavioral Tradition Is slow… …methodical ...self-correcting …sometimes boring but gives very robust and strong results

  8. Behavioral Approach

  9. Basic Science Applied Science Concepts and Philosophy Technology Behavior Sciences Autism Treatment

  10. Unfortunately Basic Science Autism Treatment Applied Science Concepts and Philosophy Technology Behavior Sciences

  11. Autism Treatment?! We can bring them into that symbolic stream!

  12. Not sure if you play in this world… • In the ABA world, there’s all sorts of criticisms of it (ABA) being too limited • Even though Skinner made it clear that he meant it as a comprehensive approach • With the advent of many BCBAs and third party funding – contingencies surrounding the “ABA of autism” creates systems that promote behavior that can, in fact, be very robotic/dead.

  13. Board Certified Behavior Analyst™ • Over 13,000 certificants! • Independent Practitioners • Have to have at least 225 hours of coursework in behavior analysis covering the Task List (115 items) • Have a master’s degree in behavior analysis or another related field

  14. BACB Task List

  15. BACB Task List • So – of the 115 content items which drive the development of all approved course sequences • It does not include RFT! • How many are guaranteed to know about RFT? • How many have even heard of RFT?

  16. Why?

  17. BF Skinner and Jack Michael are all wrong!

  18. Did he just do that?!

  19. The time is now!

  20. What can poor me do? • Bottom-up • Same way autism works…create a market for schools to teach it • Get folks comfortable/familiar with RFT • Show them how it works well for their clinical applications • Here are a few ways that I’ve done it…

  21. Florida Tech School of Behavior Analysis • We have: • ABA Online (1900 students) • Hybrid MA in ABA (~70-150) • ABA Online CEU modules • MS in ABA (~40 annually) • MS in OBM (~10 annually) • MS in ABA/OBM (~10 annually) • PhD in BA (~3 annually) • BS in ABA (Just launching)

  22. Bottom-Up • So – I wanted to teach RFT • It wasn’t part of our core curriculum • I might have been able to convince folks to include it as an elective [but it would take sooo long!] • So I started doing journal article readings each week • People heard about RFT…and enjoyed what it allowed our science to do

  23. Summer Fun Course Those weekly reading students asked me for a course in RFT (fat chance!) So – I did a summer Fun Course PSI style: There are readings each week (purple/green book) Weekly Reading Quiz Weekly Class

  24. Summer Fun Course

  25. Summer Fun Course

  26. Pick the cRel and cFuncs below… 1. A mouse is the same color as an elephant. 2. This game is much more fun for youngsters. 3. I am happier than I have ever been. 4. If your food is too salty, fix it with pepper. 5. Terrorists and congress are equally scary in their foreign policies. 6. Joey runs like a gazelle! 7. If you like baseball, you’re going to love basketball. 8. You throw the ball like a gir

  27. Some Questions… • What is the main difference between an analogy and a metaphor? • Create either an analogy or a metaphor and explain the various parts of it (ie - which are the contextual cues, which is the target, the base, what stimulus function is transformed, etc.) • What is the difference between valuative and strategic problem solving? • How is the RFT view of self-awareness different than the pigeon who behaves based on their own behavior (ie - they appear aware of their behavior, and change their responses accordingly).

  28. # of Students

  29. Outcomes • From the Summer Fun Course: • Now we have 6 students that went to PhD programs who are continuing to ask their professors for more RFT • A group of 11 students created a weekly study group to keep examining/reading into the RFT world • Lodestone Academy • Now it is included as a unit in the online certification course and the Hybrid MA • Asked to do an RFT unit for our online OBM sequence

  30. Thanks for your time! E-mail: josh@joshpritchard.com

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