Episode 240 - Synchronous Reinforcement w/ Dr. Claudia Dozier

IMPORTANT NOTICE: To earn CEUs for listening, you MUST sign up and listen to this episode on our website to get credit. To listen for the fun of learning? Just push play! Email us at [email protected] for further assistance. Contingent reinforcement is great and all. But what if I could have the reinforcement delivered at the same time as my target behavior? Despite having been described for some time, very little has been done to explore the potential use of synchronous reinforcement. Fortunately, Dr. Claudia Dozier joins us this week to get this new line of research up to speed by discussing two of her recent publications on the subject. So listen in while eating a big bag of your favorite snack! This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Diaz de Villegas, S.C., Dozier, C.L., Jess, R.L., & Foley, E.A. (2020). An evaluation of synchronous reinforcement for increasing on-task behavior in preschool children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53, 1660-1673. doi: 10.1002/jaba.696 McHugh, C.L., Dozier, C.L., Diaz de Villegas, S.C., & Kanaman, N.A. (2022). Using synchronous reinforcement to increase mask wearing in adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55, 1157-1171. doi: 10.1002/jaba.950