Describe the importance of such elasticity and the importance of “letting the data speak,” citing your own work if applicable (e.g., have you encountered a situation in which your data told you one thing but you continued to implement a potentially non-effective intervention?).
Barbara Etzel was an influential leader in ABA and is described as being a scientific and conscientious problem solver and genuine helper. Her students recall that she taught them “the key to solving problems was understanding stimulus control, contingencies of reinforcement, and parsimony. Above all, parsimony.” Explain your understanding of these concepts and why they […]