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The BG SIG committee are deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of Amy Shaw. Amy was a wonderful behavioral gerontologist and doctoral student at Western Michigan University studying under Dr Jonathan Baker. This sudden and tragic […]
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By Gordon Bourland For many years I have been an ardent basketball fan. In addition to watching games, I enjoyed playing basketball. I never was very good. I was better at the rebounding and defensive parts of the […]
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By: Shawna Fleming, MSc., BCBA & Brittany Clark, M.S., CCC-SLP Interprofessional collaboration involves using the strengths of each profession to design a treatment approach that is effective and founded upon the best available research. It involves creating an […]
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By: Zoe Lucock, Ph.D., BCBA-D Note: This is a personal opinion piece Behavioural gerontologists research and practice in an incredibly small and niche field, one that has historically been around for many decades, but has not seen the […]
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By: Zoe Lucock, Ph.D., BCBA-D Behavioural gerontology is in its infancy in the UK, with very few if any active practitioners and only a brief mention of ABA for older adults on most ABA MSc courses. While ABA […]
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By: Ebony Vardy-Jones As part of my degree, I started to collect my supervision hours needed to work towards my Behavior Analyst Certification Board accreditation. I collected my hours in a residential home for older adults, some of […]
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By: Jacqueline Pachis, M.A., BCBA Have you ever heard the phrase, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” when referring to an adult learning a new skill or engaging in a new behavior? Sometimes you might hear […]