The ABA and PT Podcast Mandy Mason

Dr. Hank Pennypacker, a pioneer in the Science of Human Behavior, shared profound insights about the standard celeration chart in amongst the many wisdoms he describtes in this podcast. Despite its limited adoption, he emphasized the immeasurable value of the chart to those wanting to make accurate predictions about behavior.
Dr. Pennypacker passionately advocates for the widespread use of precise measurement to fields involving human behavior and why percent correct lacks the arguably greatest contribution of B.F. Skinner's, being Rate of Response, and Hank's contribution of celeration as a measure to predict future performance.
He also talks about his contributions to identification of early breast detection through this program, Mammacare. 
Join us as we delve into the Hank's 6 decade career in Behavior Science and his discussions of the Standard Celeration chart in his advice to Try the Chart!
 
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HIGHLIGHTS
0:05 Dr. Hank Pennypacker’s journey: From teaching psych to transforming behavior
15:00 The success and challenges of incorporating self-charting and personalized learning
21:45 Collaborating with Ogden: Pioneering precision teaching and behavior change
30:11 Developing technology and training for effective breast self-examination
39:17 Hope for the future of precision teaching and charting
49:11 The challenges of promoting the use of the chart in the field of ABA and its value in making accurate predictions and anticipating behavior
 
RESOURCES
About Dr. Hank Pennypacker: https://www.abainternational.org/constituents/bios/henrypennypacker.aspx
Link to Engineering the Upswing (book): https://www.engineeringtheupswing.org
The MammaCare Method: https://mammacare.org/
 
QUOTES
41:05 "The power of the measurement system lies in the recognition of the fact that the frequency is the correct measure of behavior." - Dr. Hank Pennypacker
49:26 “It's not easy. I don't pretend otherwise but that doesn't make it invaluable.” - Hank Pennypacker
49:51 “If you're in any kind of activity in which you have to anticipate what's going to happen, and what's going to happen is behavior, you're better off if you're using a device which allows you to make accurate predictions.” - Dr. Hank Pennypacker
 

In this episode, we take a quick side step from ABA to talk about one of the most hotly debated issues in the US right now and one that Precision Teacher Abigail Calkin writes about in her book, The Carolyne Letters; A Story of Birth, Abortion, and Adoption .
In this episode, Abigail poses questions and talks about the complexities of pregnancy and parenthood and the impact those complexities have on family units.
Abigail Calkin, a published author and a precision teacher, will shed some light on the choices each woman faces when she becomes pregnant. In her book, Abigail explores the three choices a young mother,Amelia, faced. 
The book is divided into three sections, and in each section, Amelia, the young mother in the narrative, writes letters to the three Carolynes in the story explaining her choices.
Abigail also discusses how she used the celeration chart while she was pregnant to count fetal movements, and a whole lot more!
I hope you enjoy this wonderful author talking about The Carolyne Letters. 
 
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HIGHLIGHTS
3:20 The inspiration behind the book, The Carolyne Letters.
8:24 Abigail introduces Amelia and Carolyne, the main characters in the book.
9:59 Should you keep the baby if you knew they would likely die soon or have severe disabilities?
12:37 The court’s ruling on a minor’s request for permission to have an abortion.
16:10 Why a lot of young women become pregnant after losing a loved one.
19:22 Advantages of programs that teach teenagers how to be parents.
25:53 The growing US trend of men getting vasectomy procedures while women get their tubes tied.
33:44 A summary of the book's sections.
44:38 How Abigail's experience becoming a mother affected the way she wrote the book.
49:12 The viewpoint of a woman who has experienced both legal and illegal abortion, as well as the current movement to make abortion illegal.
1:02:27 Counting fetal kicks using the standard celeration chart.
1:31:46 Abigail got a job at the University of Oregon after not getting a contract renewal because of pregnancy
1:38:19 Why do some people love precise instruction and stick with it, while others don't? 
1:47:53 How she tallies the data on charts at the start of the day.
 
RESOURCES
The Carolyne Letters: A Story of Birth, Abortion and Adoption by Abigail Calkin (*Amazon affiliate link)
Abigail’s website - www.abigailbcalkin.com
 
QUOTES
49:17 “It's interesting to me to have lived in the times of illegal abortion, legal abortion, and now we're moving into illegal abortion. And frankly, I don't think that's going to work.”
55:09 “The issue is not pregnancy. The issue is [that] society is changing, and it's changing dramatically.”
58:14 “We're only one race, it is the human race.”
59:15 “Our whole worldwide culture is changing.”
59:56 “Choice is there, and you can choose to have a child—keep the child and give the child up for adoption, or have an abortion.”
1:00:00 “If abortion is illegal, there is no choice. There's only one option. And you have to go with that option. And to me, that's not what a democracy or Republicans are about.”

Be prepared for Dr. Kimberly Berens’ extraordinarily important message regarding learning disabilities! 
In the US, 20% of kids are considered to have a learning disability of some kind. Dr. Berens explains in Episode 14 of the podcast that only a tiny fraction of children—less than 1%—have a real neurological impairment. This suggests that more kids are being labeled with learning disabilities that are Explanatory Fictions, as opposed to measuring learning across time and assessing for skill deficits that account for why a child struggles with reading or other learning.
This episode explores the reasons behind children's academic difficulties, the truth behind neuropsychological testing, and the damaging effects that the DSM-5 learning disability labeling of children has.  Dr. Berens explains that labels that children are given are predominantly a result of ineffective instructional environments as opposed to a made up reason for what is occurring in the brain. Most importantly, Dr. Berens explains what we can do to disrupt this vicious cycle and improve children's learning abilities.
She explains that for the majority of children, “school does not work” and why. She makes it clear that she is not blaming teachers, but rather that teachers need explicit training in behavior science and effective teaching practices.
You’ll hear Dr. Berens' real anger at a professional that after testing a student’s performance on one occasion, then makes a profound leap to explain that the reason for the performance is due to something in the brain that cannot be measured, and that there is no scientific support for the label given to the child.  
Dr. Berens then reviews a case study of a student with a Neuropsychological Report versus the type of report that a Precision Teacher would produce, to look at skill deficits a child has to account for their reading challenges, as opposed to a hypothetical construct of why the student performed badly on a test one time.
Dr. Berens is a scientist-educator, a precision teacher, and the founder of Fit Learning. She is also the author of the book, Blind Spots: Why Students Fail... and the Science that Can Save Them.  Her stand is to transform education on the planet through the use of behavior science, and how that science can change the world.
 
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HIGHLIGHTS
3:19 The truth behind neuropsychological testing and learning disabilities.
6:11 The types of assessments that neuropsychologists conduct.
8:04 What distinguishes a scientific method from an Explanatory Fiction?
21:48 Common forms of disabilities, backed by neuroscience.
28:21 Why does Dr Berens think school is ineffective?
51:51 The application of behavior science to video game creation.
54:37 Imitation is the main method by which infants learn; it is not a genetic trait.
1:00:17 What can we do to change this vicious cycle?
1:17:41 Scientific illiteracy: The difference between neuroscience and neuropsychology.
1:24:22 A sneak preview of what Dr Berens will discuss at the Annual Conference of the Standard Celeration Society in Denver in November 2022 as the keynote speaker. 
 
RESOURCES
Learn more about Dr. Kimberly Beren’s work: https://www.drkimberlyberens.com
 
Listen to her podcast episodes: https://www.drkimberlyberens.com/new-pageNow to Next with Nanton featuring Kimberl

This is Part 2 of Patrick McGreevy's ABA & PT Podcast interview.
In this episode, we'll learn more about how the standard celeration chart works and how a slight difference in its size can cause the frequency multiplier to be distorted. Patrick emphasizes the benefits of using frequency data over percentage correct, among other things. He also recalls the final moments of Ogden's life.
 
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HIGHLIGHTS
0:36 Pat goes on to discuss how he came to understand and appreciate Ogden's mission.
6:58 The scientific community's reluctance to use a standard celeration chart is explained. 
10:39 Data's power: Frequency versus percent correct
25:26 The rationale behind why tolerating errors is viewed as a teaching opportunity. 
28:26 Renaming the Y axis on the chart: Purpose and application.
34:00 Why does the correct size of the chart matter? 
40:05 Pat reminisces about Og’s final moments.
47:43 About the upcoming new version of his book, Essential for Living. 
52:39 Without hesitation: Pat defines the first opportunity probe. 
1:01:19 Pat gives emphasis on frequency. 
1:07:38 How long-timers like himself help the younger generation have a sense of connection.
 
RESOURCES
Learn about Journal of applied behavior analysis
Check out Patrick’s book, Essential for Living (*Amazon affiliate link)
 
QUOTES
05:57 "Science doesn't progress without standard measurement. You can't decide to measure things however you want to in whatever unit you want to. That has to be accepted by the scientific community. "
11:18 "You see, if you don't include those elements [occurrence of behaviour and time], then anything that you purport to be measurement is less sensitive to changes than it would be if you had included those elements."
16:21 "That is how a chart shows up, that you can immediately come in contact with the learning of that student because of how much information that our chat conveys. It's phenomenal."
18:22 "It's important to remember that when you go to percent, you lose fluency."
24:29 "There are certain things that you can practice over and over again for a minute or 30 seconds or 20 seconds or whatever, but certain things just aren't feasible."

If you were Dr Ogden R. Lindsley’s student, you were either all in or you weren’t, because precision teaching necessitates passion, dedication and an adherence to B.F. Skinner’s discovery of Rate of Response as the primary and most sensitive measure of behavior. 
From the first time Patrick McGreevy heard Ogden speak he was “all in”!
This is Part 1 of the recording of my interview with Dr Patrick McGreevy, or Brother Pat as Og called him. In part 1 he shares how he fell in love with teaching children with severe disabilities, which led him to change his career path from psychology to special education. 
Patrick goes on to share what he learned from Ogden back when he was a doctoral student, his dedication to teaching others and passing on Og’s commitment to the Standard Celeration Chart - precise measurement and closely attending to the learner. He acknowledges all the mentors he’s had along the way - the Long Timers as he calls them - who have been and continue to be all in! 
 
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HIGHLIGHTS
3:57 Pat switches careers from psychology to special education.
9:55 How he and Ogden met.
14:43 Ogden’s expectations of his students.
27:46 His collaboration with “Dr. Fluency”, Eric Haughton.
37:40 About the Essential for Living assessment.
41:29 Why "percent correct" is not a measurement, and Ogden’s commitment to Rate of Response as the most sensitive measure of behavior.
47:41 Pat's vision for the precision teaching community and the world of standardized measurement.
 
RESOURCES
Patrick Macgreevy’s book: Teaching and Learning in Plain English: An Introduction to Precision Teaching and Precision Tutoring (*Goodreads)
Ogden’s article in the Journal of Precision Teaching: Say Reward, Relief, Punishment or Penalty
Ogden’s book: Skinner on Measurement
Visit Essential for Living’s website.
 
QUOTES
07:41 “I wasn't particularly interested in teaching children to read. That didn't interest me. I was more interested in teaching daily living skills to kids that couldn't communicate, the kids that couldn't toilet properly, the children that didn't know how to feed themselves, and the children who had orthopaedic impairments. Those were the kids that really interested me.”
32:50 “You have to decide the context in which to teach it because a lot of kids with more severe disabilities don't experience generalization like the rest of us do, so you've got to teach it. You've got to teach the right skills—the skills that matter. You got to teach them into context. You see, and then you have to teach them the fluency. Yeah. And then you have to have the teaching procedures to get you there.”

Precision teachers, according to Jack Auman, have an impact on students similar to the Butterfly Effect because of the small changes that can have enormous positive outcomes.
In this episode, Jack talks about his journey to Precision Teaching after he met Steve Graf. From scorekeeping at a baseball game together to the adventures that they had together. He goes on to discuss Steve's brilliant ideas and how he used his own programming knowledge to bring them to life.
 
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HIGHLIGHTS
2:03 How Jack's father instilled a love of math in him at a young age.
13:34 Three strategies that worked for him as a math teacher.
16:05 A little background on how he became interested in precision teaching.
27:20 Combocoach's goal and design.
32:02 The Typing Coach concept.
43:28 The PracticeSheeter.
49:05 What he discovered while assisting with Og's archives.
52:48 Steve thinking and looking at things differently.
 
RESOURCES
Learn more about Steve Graf and his works at https://www.stevegraf.org/
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QUOTES
08:02 “He [Prof. Frank Ciotola] brought to life a whole new dimension of math, where you could take an idea that you could have, and take the negation, and work with that negation with the laws of logic, and make a whole new geometry that was valid and applicable.”
19:39 “Steve had all these marvelous ideas, and I was lucky enough to learn enough programming to incorporate his ideas into our games. Checking my timeline, here's where we bridge into precision teaching or the standard celebration chart.”