
The Matt Harrington Show
Journal review, extinction shaping, and why big box ABA is struggling — 2026-08-20
Journal review, extinction shaping, and why big box ABA is struggling - I read a study on masked visual analysis (MVA) versus traditional visual analysis in multiple baseline designs. Two methods only agreed with each other on 75% of graphs, so I dug into why. - My take: MVA exists because statistical analysis used to be too hard for clinicians to run. That barrier is mostly gone now. In five years I think insurances will want numbers, not graphs. - A student asked how to operationally define a kid shutting down. I said look at what they are not responding to...

