Episode Details

Dr. Jim Moore returns to Behavioral Observations in this session. And I'm so thankful he had the time to chat, because this episode is jam-packed with great information for practitioners at all experience levels.

We spent a few minutes catching the audience up on some of the changes in Jim's life since his last appearance on the show. In particular, we discuss his new job as Chief Clinical Officer of Apollo Behavior and his move to the Atlanta area.

Afterwards, we managed to touch on several important issues in clinical practice, including the following:

• Our differing (initially) views on what it means to engage in scientific behavior... i.e., who is and is not a scientist.
• How identifying research questions differs in academia and practice.
• Solving behavior problems by examining overly strict rule adherence (and what to do about it).
• What to pay attention to when interviewing caregivers about problem behavior.
• How to trouble shoot stalled learner progress.
• Using Socratic questioning during clinical supervision (if you listen to any part of this episode, listen to this one!).
• A preview of what sounds like an incredibly interesting talk at the upcoming Stone Soup Conference (and if you're interested in attending this incredibly affordable and informative event, use the code PODCAST to save even more at checkout).
• Jim's point of view on the varying functional analysis practices that are being discussed in the literature.

We also recorded about 20 or so minutes of bonus content, which is available to Patreon subscribers (check out this link to learn more). In this segment of the show, Jim went into some detail regarding his ups and downs with his health and fitness, and how he's trying to get back on track, what it's like to be a Saints fan in the Atlanta Metro area, the parallels between good coaching and good leadership, and lots more.

Lastly, Jim was too gracious to shamelessly plug his practice group, but if the type of practice he describes interests you, hit him up on LinkedIn, or elsewhere on social media, as he's pretty easy to find.

Here are links to some resources we discussed:

• Jim's Research Gate page (lots of cool stuff!).
• Hayes, et al., 1986. Instructions, Multiple Schedules, and Extinction: Distinguishing rule-governed from scheduled-controlled behavior.
• Hayes, et al., 1986a. Rule-governed behavior and sensitivity to changing consequences of responding.
• Skinner's Six Attitudes of Science Quizlet (credit: Hillary Robbins).
• The Seven Steps to Instructional Control.

Quote #1:

The differences between applied and basic research are not differences between that which "discovers" and that which merely "applies." Both endeavors ask what controls the behavior under study

Baer, Wolf, & Risley (1968)

Quote #2:

An applied behavior analysis will make obvious the importance of the behavior changed, its quantitative characteristics, the experimental manipulations which analyze with clarity what was re