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Join us on October 9, 2025 for a CEU presentation on &quot;Buying in or Selling Out: Have Behavior Analysts Abandoned Skepticism&quot; presented by Andrew&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="color: rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1)); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --Ys-XuQ: none; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none;" id="isPasted" style="color: rgba(0,0,0,var(--O42jJQ,1)); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --Ys-XuQ: none; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-kerning: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Houvouras, MS, BCBA. 5:30pm - Check In and Networking6:00 to 7:00pm - Presentation Abstract:&nbsp;<div fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">It has been said that those who don&#39;t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The exponential growth in RBTs, BCaBAs, and BCBAs has been, in many ways, good for the field. At the same time, many of those pursuing registration and certification&mdash;by virtue of their age alone&mdash;are not privy to some of the movements within popular psychology that have historically served as faulty explanations for behavior. In fact, some behavior analysts now openly accept and promote non-evidence-based explanations for behavior, such as trauma histories or self-esteem levels, without anchoring these concepts in observable, measurable events.</div><div fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">This presentation explores how once-popular psychological frameworks&mdash;like those found in The Courage to Heal and similar movements&mdash;captured the public imagination while lacking empirical support and, in many cases, causing harm. By examining these cultural phenomena through a radical behaviorist lens, we will challenge participants to re-commit to our field&rsquo;s philosophical foundation: the scientific analysis of behavior. Participants will be encouraged to practice professional skepticism, recognize covert hypotheticals masquerading as causes, and defend the integrity of behavior analysis in the face of ideological drift. Ultimately, this session aims to reinvigorate a radical behaviorist perspective as a tool for interpreting modern psychological narratives and upholding the field&rsquo;s commitment to empirical rigor.</div><div fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; 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font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:</div><div fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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Join us on October 9, 2025 for a CEU presentation on "Buying in or Selling Out: Have Behavior Analysts Abandoned Skepticism" presented by Andrew Houvouras, MS, BCBA. 5:30pm - Check In and Networking6:00 to 7:00pm - Presentation Abstract: <div>It has been said that those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The exponential growth in RBTs, BCaBAs, and BCBAs has been, in many ways, good for the field. At the same time, many of those pursuing registration and certification—by virtue of their age alone—are not privy to some of the movements within popular psychology that have historically served as faulty explanations for behavior. In fact, some behavior analysts now openly accept and promote non-evidence-based explanations for behavior, such as trauma histories or self-esteem levels, without anchoring these concepts in observable, measurable events.</div><div>This presentation explores how once-popular psychological frameworks—like those found in The Courage to Heal and similar movements—captured the public imagination while lacking empirical support and, in many cases, causing harm. By examining these cultural phenomena through a radical behaviorist lens, we will challenge participants to re-commit to our field’s philosophical foundation: the scientific analysis of behavior. Participants will be encouraged to practice professional skepticism, recognize covert hypotheticals masquerading as causes, and defend the integrity of behavior analysis in the face of ideological drift. Ultimately, this session aims to reinvigorate a radical behaviorist perspective as a tool for interpreting modern psychological narratives and upholding the field’s commitment to empirical rigor.</div><div> </div><div>Learning Objectives</div><div>By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:</div><div> </div><ol><li>Critically evaluate popular but non-evidence-based cultural movements (e.g., The Courage to Heal, trauma) using the principles of radical behaviorism, identifying how these narratives promote faulty explanations of behavior.</li><li>Discriminate between empirically supported practices and pseudoscientific or ideologically driven approaches, and explain how behavior analysts can maintain professional skepticism when confronted with widespread but unvalidated claims.</li><li>Articulate the ethical and practical responsibilities of behavior analysts to uphold scientific integrity by interpreting behavior through observable, measurable variables—rather than hypothetical constructs or culturally popular, non-behavioral explanations.</li></ol> Participants will receive 1.0 General CE Hours.

Association for Behavior Analysis of Brevard (ABAB)

CEU: Buying in or Selling Out: Have Behavior Analysts Abandoned Skepticism

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$10

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$15

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Free