Matt Harrington

Designed for BCBAs, clinic directors, and senior RBTs, this post explains the seven dimensions of ABA and how to apply them as a practical quality checklist. It shows how to turn ABA data into clear, ethical decisions about target selection, intervention design, and evaluation. You’ll learn to write replicable procedures, justify choices with behavioral principles, and plan for maintenance and generalization.

Targeted at BCBAs, clinic directors, senior RBTs, and caregivers learning ABA, this article clarifies the distinctions among Behaviorism, Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Applied Behavior Analysis, and professional practice. It explains how to translate lab findings into real-world, data-driven decisions within ethical and credentialed boundaries. By focusing on measurable progress and clear labeling, it helps you communicate with families, protect clients, and make sound, ethical decisions grounded in your data.

Designed for practicing BCBAs, clinic leaders, and supervisors, this post explains the five core philosophical assumptions of behavior analysis: determinism, empiricism, parsimony, pragmatism, and selectionism. It shows how these beliefs guide what we measure, how we interpret data, and which interventions we try first—always through an ethical, least-restrictive lens. By linking philosophy to daily clinical decisions, it helps turn ABA data into clear, defendable choices that protect clients.

This post is for practicing clinicians, clinic leaders, and senior supervisors—BCBAs, RBTs, and caregivers—who want to apply ABA data ethically. It clarifies the three goals of ABA—description, prediction, and control—and shows how to turn data into clear, testable decisions while upholding informed consent, least-restrictive practices, and social validity. By emphasizing objective description and data-driven interventions, it helps you move from observation to reliable action that respects client dignity and improves outcomes.

This post is for BCBA students and practicing clinicians seeking to rethink overwhelmed task lists and regain clarity. It translates ABA data and exam content into practical, ethical steps—capture, clarify, prioritize, and review—with accessible frameworks like Top 3 and the Eisenhower Matrix. With a diagnostic flow and a quick 30-minute reset, it helps translate study and clinical tasks into clear, ethically sound actions.