Reward and Consent ™: I'm Happy to Say I'm Published Again

January 16, 2013

I'm Happy to Say I'm Published Again

Truthout included a condensed version of my Op-Ed opposing the mental health gun check database January 15, 2013 in their Speakout page, which is a "treasure chest for bloggy, quirky, personally reflective, or especially activism-focused pieces." They publish "fearless, independent news and opinions." They featured on the front page that day a Second Amendment analysis by Thom Hartmann, a progressive syndicated radio talk show host. For the long version of the essay, see the previous post.

Please share it with your family, friends, colleagues, and followers. Schizophrenics are people too, with feelings that are hurt by this media blitz against them. Will a powerful national leader ever speak out and defend us?

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I am an advocate for people with disabilities certified to teach special education with a Master of Arts in Teaching. I am not a Licensed Psychologist or a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. When in doubt, seek the advice of an MD, a PhD, or a BCBA. My ability to analyze the ethics of ABA stems from the fact that I am disabled and ABA interventions are often done to people like me, which I voluntarily accept, but only when I alone am the person granting consent, and not a parent, sibling, guardian, or institution.

Hello everybody,

Welcome to Reward and Consent. This web log is about the ethics of behavior modification, also known as behavior analysis. Readers ask, "Whose behavior are we changing here?" I suggest we start with ourselves, that we focus on people who have the power to heal the world, the "normal" adults, and that we do it with their consent, with positive reinforcement of desirable behavior, and with nothing more harsh than a mild punishment of anyone.

If we can determine how ethically the analysts have treated the children and disabled adults whose behaviors they commonly study, then we will be in a better position to promote their findings to the general public, either by calling on them to improve or by reporting that their work does contain a commendable system of ethics. The goal of this blog is to help expand and clarify the teachings of B.F. Skinner and his colleagues with a deliberate concentration on ethics and to assist in the dissemination of constructive uses of behavior change, which have the potential to solve the global problem of human aggression.

If you only read one article, please read this one on consent.

Over 70% of the respondents of an informal survey on this blog said they believed ABA is ethical to a degree, but it has room for improvement.

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Whether or not you agree with an argument in any of the posts in this blog, I will publish all non-spam, on-topic reader comments, with the exception of ad hominum, personal criticism of anyone's character, which thankfully hasn't happened.

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Dave
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I'm Happy to Say I'm Published Again

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