Jill Dardig's guest appearances

Jill Dardig

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Turn Autism Around

The World Behavior Analysis Day Podcast

OwlTail

Bill Heward

Behavior analysts' jobs focus on improving lives through the science of behavior. Similarly, there is a responsibility to disseminate behavior analysis by making information about the science more accessible and engaging. However, it is often challenging to effectively translate our procedures and technical language into our unique communities to inspire and motivate change.During this interview, accomplished authors and professors Jill C. Dardig and William L. Heward discuss their lives' work across the world and their pursuits in doing just that.  Episode Description:In this episode, we discuss their entry into the field of Behavior Analysis and Special Education, their thoughts on effective programming for individuals with disabilities, and their motivation to write their first book together titled, Sign Here: A Contracting Book for Children and their Parents. They share the success of its distribution and translation into multiple languages across the globe and discuss the need to provide an updated, inclusive version of the book today: Let's Make a Contract: a Positive Way to Change your Child's Behavior. In Let's Make a Contract, parents learn a research-based practice, behavioral contracting, that is easy to use and benefits all learners. The authors provide beautifully illustrated stories to show children how contracts address everyday challenges like completing chores, achieving goals, getting along, and becoming more independent. Each story ends with questions designed to spark age-appropriate discussion. The book and accompanying website provide sample contracting forms and supporting materials that can be found below. Show NotesLet’s Make a Contract: A Positive Way to Change Your Child’s BehaviorCompanion website: https://contractingwithkids.comReview in Behavior Analysis in Practice “Parents will look at this book and think, ‘I would like to read that’.”  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40617-022-00723-7Review in Science in Autism Treatment “Dardig and Heward’s engaging storytelling highlights the numerous ways in which contracting can be used to create positive behavior change.” https://asatonline.org/research-treatment/book-reviews/review-of-lets-make-a-contract/CaregiversDardig, J. C. (2008). Involving Parents of Students with Special Needs: 25 Ready-to-Use Strategies. Corwin Press. https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/book/involving-parents-students-special-needsHeward, W. L. (2012). It’s OK to say I don’t know. Science in Autism Treatment, 9(4), 1-3. Heward, W. L., Alber-Morgan, S. R., &amp; Konrad, M. (2022). Ten Guidelines for Communicating with Parents. In Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education (12th ed.) (p. 90). Pearson.  Educators Dardig, J.C.  (1995).  I'd been doing it wrong for so long it looked like right to me: Using case method to teach introduction to ABA. The Behavior Analyst, 18(1), 161-166.  https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392702Heward, W. L., Critchfield, T. S., Reed, D. D.,  Detrich, R., &amp; Kimball, J. W. (2022).  ABA from A-to-Z: Behavior science applied to 350 domains of socially significant behavior. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 45, 327-359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-022-00336-z. 

Behavior analysts' jobs focus on improving lives through the science of behavior. Similarly, there is a responsibility to disseminate behavior analysis by making information about the science more accessible and engaging. However, it is often challenging to effectively translate our procedures and technical language into our unique communities to inspire and motivate change.During this interview, accomplished authors and professors Jill C. Dardig and William L. Heward discuss their lives' work across the world and their pursuits in doing just that.  Episode Description:In this episode, we discuss their entry into the field of Behavior Analysis and Special Education, their thoughts on effective programming for individuals with disabilities, and their motivation to write their first book together titled, Sign Here: A Contracting Book for Children and their Parents. They share the success of its distribution and translation into multiple languages across the globe and discuss the need to provide an updated, inclusive version of the book today: Let's Make a Contract: a Positive Way to Change your Child's Behavior. In Let's Make a Contract, parents learn a research-based practice, behavioral contracting, that is easy to use and benefits all learners. The authors provide beautifully illustrated stories to show children how contracts address everyday challenges like completing chores, achieving goals, getting along, and becoming more independent. Each story ends with questions designed to spark age-appropriate discussion. The book and accompanying website provide sample contracting forms and supporting materials that can be found below. Show NotesLet’s Make a Contract: A Positive Way to Change Your Child’s Behavior<ul><li>Companion website: <a href="https://contractingwithkids.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://contractingwithkids.com</a></li><li>Review in Behavior Analysis in Practice “Parents will look at this book and think, ‘I would like to read that’.”  <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40617-022-00723-7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40617-022-00723-7</a></li><li>Review in Science in Autism Treatment “Dardig and Heward’s engaging storytelling highlights the numerous ways in which contracting can be used to create positive behavior change.” <a href="https://asatonline.org/research-treatment/book-reviews/review-of-lets-make-a-contract/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://asatonline.org/research-treatment/book-reviews/review-of-lets-make-a-contract/</a></li></ul>Caregivers<ul><li>Dardig, J. C. (2008). Involving Parents of Students with Special Needs: 25 Ready-to-Use Strategies. Corwin Press. <a href="https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/book/involving-parents-students-special-needs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/book/involving-parents-students-special-needs</a></li><li>Heward, W. L. (2012). It’s OK to say I don’t know. Science in Autism Treatment, 9(4), 1-3. </li><li>Heward, W. L., Alber-Morgan, S. R., &amp; Konrad, M. (2022). Ten Guidelines for Communicating with Parents. In Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education (12th ed.) (p. 90). Pearson. </li></ul> Educators <ul><li>Dardig, J.C.  (1995).  I'd been doing it wrong for so long it looked like right to me: Using case method to teach introduction to ABA. The Behavior Analyst, 18(1), 161-166.  <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392702" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392702</a></li><li>Heward, W. L., Critchfield, T. S., Reed, D. D.,  Detrich, R., &amp; Kimball, J. W. (2022).  ABA from A-to-Z: Behavior science applied to 350 domains of socially significant behavior. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 45, 327-359. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-022-00336-z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-022-00336-z</a>. </li></ul>

Drs. Jill Dardig & Bill Heward: Changing the World with Behavior Analysis - One Book at a Time

This was a fun one for sure. In Session 188, I chatted with Drs. Jill Dardig and Bill Heward about a whole host of topics, including their new book, Let's Make a Contract: A positive way to change your child's behavior.  In this conversation, we covered:  How Jill and Bill discovered Behavior Analysis, especially at a time when it wasn't as ubiquitous as it is now. How they of course met each other (yes, there is a love story here). Why they wrote an earlier iteration of this book titled, Sign Here: A contracting book for children and their parents. The success Jill and Bill had in getting their works translated in various languages, and distributed to countries across the globe. The power of storytelling. The basics of behavioral contracting.  Special circumstances that make contracting challenging, and what to do about them. What to make of the "open economy" of today's screen-based reinforcers. Directions for future research in this area. Advice for the newly minted. Their hopes for the future of ABA.   This bullet list of course could go on and on. There are so many storylines in this conversation, from the history of ABA, to dissemination across cultures and languages, to the power of storytelling, to parenting, and so much more. I think there is something in this episode for everyone (note: we get to the actual mechanics of behavioral contracting about 1/2 to 2/3 the way into the conversation). Bill and Jill more generally offer some great parenting strategies in their description of the contracting process. We discussed some of the following resources in this episode:  Their book of course, Let's Make a Contract. Michael (1993). Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis. Highlights for Children magazine. Risley (2005). Montrose Wolf memoriam in JABA. Today's ABA with Greg Hanley (Session 160; shameless plug: CEU for this podcast here). Gover et al (2021). On the generality of preference for contingent reinforcement.  Their soon-to-be developed companion website for the book.  Strain and Joseph (2004). A not so good job with "good job," A response to Cohn (2001).  Session 188 is brought to you with support from:  HRIC Recruiting. Barb Voss has been placing BCBAs in permanent positions throughout the US for just about a decade, and has been in the business more generally for 30 years. When you work with HRIC, you work directly with Barb, thereby accessing highly personalized service. So if you're about to graduate, you're looking for a change of pace, or you just want to know if the grass really is greener on the other side, head over to HRIColorado.com to schedule a confidential chat right away. Behavior University. Their mission is to provide university quality professional development for the busy Behavior Analyst. Learn about their CEU offerings, including their brand new 8-hour Supervision Course, as well as their RBT offerings over at behavioruniversity.com/observations. The University of Cincinnati Online. UC Online designed a Master of Education in Behavior Analysis program that is 100% online and asynchronous, meaning you log on when it works for you. Want to learn more? Go to online.uc.edu and click the “request info” button.  Also:  Check out the BOP Patreon Tiers if you want an ad-free feed that includes occasional bonus content! Need CEUs on the go? Check out the podcasts that are available for BACB Continuing Education. 

This was a fun one for sure. In Session 188, I chatted with Drs. Jill Dardig and Bill Heward about a whole host of topics, including their new book, <a href="https://amzn.to/3N5qITX" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Let's Make a Contract: A positive way to change your child's behavior</a>.  In this conversation, we covered: <ul> <li>How Jill and Bill discovered Behavior Analysis, especially at a time when it wasn't as ubiquitous as it is now.</li> <li>How they of course met each other (yes, there is a love story here).</li> <li>Why they wrote an earlier iteration of this book titled, Sign Here: A contracting book for children and their parents.</li> <li>The success Jill and Bill had in getting their works translated in various languages, and distributed to countries across the globe.</li> <li>The power of storytelling.</li> <li>The basics of behavioral contracting. </li> <li>Special circumstances that make contracting challenging, and what to do about them.</li> <li>What to make of the "open economy" of today's screen-based reinforcers.</li> <li>Directions for future research in this area.</li> <li>Advice for the newly minted.</li> <li>Their hopes for the future of ABA. </li> </ul> This bullet list of course could go on and on. There are so many storylines in this conversation, from the history of ABA, to dissemination across cultures and languages, to the power of storytelling, to parenting, and so much more. I think there is something in this episode for everyone (note: we get to the actual mechanics of behavioral contracting about 1/2 to 2/3 the way into the conversation). Bill and Jill more generally offer some great parenting strategies in their description of the contracting process. We discussed some of the following resources in this episode: <ul> <li>Their book of course, <a href="https://amzn.to/3vUAfXZ" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Let's Make a Contract</a>.</li> <li>Michael (1993). <a href="https://amzn.to/3vVXHUP" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3kTxaS0" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Highlights for Children</a> magazine.</li> <li>Risley (2005). <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1226164/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Montrose Wolf</a> memoriam in JABA.</li> <li>Today's ABA with Greg Hanley (<a href="https://behavioralobservations.com/what-is-todays-aba-session-160-a-q-and-a-with-greg-hanley/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Session 160</a>; shameless plug: CEU for this podcast <a href="https://behavioralobservations.com/downloads/session-160-what-is-todays-aba-a-conversation-with-greg-hanley/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>).</li> <li>Gover et al (2021). <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jaba.892" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">On the generality of preference for contingent reinforcement</a>. </li> <li>Their soon-to-be developed <a href="https://contractingwithkids.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">companion website</a> for the book. </li> <li><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10983007040060010801" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Strain and Joseph (2004)</a>. A not so good job with "good job," A response to <a href="https://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/5-reasons-to-stop-saying-good-job-alfie-kohn.1714/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cohn (2001)</a>.</li> </ul> Session 188 is brought to you with support from: <ul> <li>HRIC Recruiting. Barb Voss has been placing BCBAs in permanent positions throughout the US for just about a decade, and has been in the business more generally for 30 years. When you work with HRIC, you work directly with Barb, thereby accessing highly personalized service. So if you're about to graduate, you're looking for a change of pace, or you just want to know if the grass really is greener on the other side, head over to <a href="https://www.hricolorado.com/contact" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HRIColorado.com</a> to schedule a confidential chat right away.</li> <li><a href="https://behavioruniversity.com/observations" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Behavior University</a>. Their mission is to provide university quality professional development for the busy Behavior Analyst. Learn about their CEU offerings, including their brand new 8-hour Supervision Course, as well as their RBT offerings over at <a href="https://behavioruniversity.com/observations" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">behavioruniversity.com/observations</a>.</li> <li>The University of Cincinnati Online. UC Online designed a Master of Education in Behavior Analysis program that is 100% online and asynchronous, meaning you log on when it works for you. Want to learn more? Go to <a href="https://online.uc.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">online.uc.edu</a> and click the “request info” button.</li> </ul> Also: <ul> <li>Check out the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/behavioralobservations" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BOP Patreon</a> Tiers if you want an ad-free feed that includes occasional bonus content!</li> <li>Need CEUs on the go? <a href="https://behavioralobservations.com/get-ceus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out the podcasts</a> that are available for BACB Continuing Education.</li> </ul>

How to Write a Behavior Contract: Session 188 with Jill Dardig and Bill Heward

William Heward

"Sign Here", you may have heard your child say with a loose leaf scribbled contract in hand to get something they desire. This is actually a research based tool that you can use to get real change and meet real goals. Today I am interviewing Dr. William Heward and Dr. Jill Dardig, authors of the book, Let's Make a Contract, a family friendly book about changing your child's behavior in a positive way. We get into what a behavior contract is, who it's for, and how you can make it work. 

"Sign Here", you may have heard your child say with a loose leaf scribbled contract in hand to get something they desire. This is actually a research based tool that you can use to get real change and meet real goals. Today I am interviewing Dr. William Heward and Dr. Jill Dardig, authors of the book, Let's Make a Contract, a family friendly book about changing your child's behavior in a positive way. We get into what a behavior contract is, who it's for, and how you can make it work.