November 2025 Preview
As spooky season begins to transition to the holiday season, we’re thankful around the ol’ podcast mics to have another month’s worth of episodes to look forward to. First we celebrate Jackie’s winning of the Listener Choice poll with an episode all about physical transitions. Like moving from one activity to another and everything that can go wrong in between. Then, Rob is proved correct in that we’ve already done an episode about safety skills…but never one about WATER safety. And we’re joined by Dr. Doug Johnson who shares how instructional design can be pivoted into creating meaningful trainings for businesses. Sadly, we had to cut out the 30 minutes where Rob and Dr. Johnson talked about comic books. But don’t worry: The conversation continued long into the night at the BABAT Speaker’s Dinner. Do I smell a bonus episode?
Sad you didn’t get to vote for this fall’s listener choice episode? Well, you better get on over to our Patreon page so you have a say in this winter’s all-ethics choices.
Articles for November 2025
Difficulty During Transitions (Fall 2025 Listener Choice)
Waters, M.B., Lerman, D. C., & Hovantez, A. N. (2009). Separate and combined effects of visual schedules and extinction plus differential reinforcement on problem behavior occasioned by transitions. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 42, 309-313. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-309
Wilson, J.D., Federico, C.A., Perrin, J., & Morris, C. (2025). Treatment of challenging behavior during physical transitions: A case study. Behavior Analysis in Practice. doi: 10.1007/s40617-025-01086-5
Instructional Design for Business Trainingw/ Dr. Doug Johnson
Johnson, D.A. (2021). The foundations of behavior-based instructional design within business. In Houmanfar, R.A., Fryling, M., & Alavosius, M.P. (Eds.), Applied behavior science in organizations. (pp. 65-80). Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003198949-3
Johnson, D.A., Li, A., McCalpin, A.L., & Laske, M.M. (2024). The advancement of training within business using behavior-based instructional design. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 44, 150-171. doi: 10.1080/01608061.2023.2225792
Water Safety Skills
Martin, C. & Dillenberger, K. (2019). Behavioural Water Safety and Autism: a Systematic Review of Interventions. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 6, 356-366. doi: 10.1007/s40489-019-00166-x
Levy, K. M., Ainsleigh, S. A., & Hunsinger-Harris, M. L. (2017). Let’s go under! Teaching Water Safety Skills using a behavioral treatment package. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 52, 186-193. doi: 10.1177/215416471705200208
Tucker, M. & Ingvarsson, E. (2021). Teaching water safety skills to children with autism spectrum disorders. Behavioral Interventions, 36, 535-549. doi: 10.1002/bin.1791