Ep19 Superhero Scientist- Getting in the Ring(s) with Dr. Paulie Gavoni

Atypical Behavior Analyst

Like the many rings of Saturn, Behavior Analysts in our field find themselves working across various environments. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Paulie Gavoni, BCBA, OBM consultant, former Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion, and professional MMA coach. For many educators, sometimes going into the school setting can feel like stepping into the ring or cage as they fight through various obstacles to help students achieve In this episode, Paulie talks with us about how he incorporates the same behavioral strategies he uses to train and coach his fighters to to train and coach educators.

Learning Objectives:

1. Select potential strategies that are applicable to novel settings and learners.

2. Discuss the importance of setting small, achievable goals and how a BCBA can become an SD for those behaviors

3. Discuss the importance of fading oneself out so the learner can perform in the natural environment.

Take-Aways: your bite sized educational noms

- Feedback loops are important not just when teaching teachers, but also when working with fighters and athletes! The learner needs to be aware not just what they did wrong (let’s be honest, they probably know that) but what they did right and what discriminative stimuli helped make the behavior successful.

- BCBAs desire their programs to be successful in the long run and it is a multi-step process. There needs to be a deliberate establishing process for the desired behavior (making yourself a potential discriminative stimulus) and then a fading process that encourages the learner to perform independently in the natural environment.

- Learning isn’t just the occurrence of a behavior, but can the behavior occur under the specific environmental contingencies without assistance.

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