December 2025 Preview

ABA Inside Track

Robert Parry-Cruwys

Social Sciences, Science, Education

4.7 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Much like the amount of time the New England sun stays up, enjoy a short preview of what's coming out in the darkest days of December on the podcast. This month we've got three special guests including SLP, Judy Southey leading us through the new "How To" all about PECS; Denisha Gingles to lead us through a discussion of leadership practices in ABA, and Matt Cicoria leading us into the new year by reviewing what happened in ABA in 2025 in our yearly special episode. And, to round things out, a discussion about exactly what makes up assent practices. Yule love it all!

Articles for December 2025

Tutorial: PECS with Judy Southey

Robertson, M. & Harris, T. (2024, December 30th). How to best determine if an autistic individual is using an effective communication system. Autism Spectrum News. https://autismspectrumnews.org/how-to-best-determine-if-an-autistic-individual-is-using-an-effective-communication-system

Wannapaschaiyong, P., Vivattanasinchai, T., & Wongkwanmuang, A. (2025). Predictors of successful Picture Exchange Communication System training in children with communication impairments: Insights from a real-world intervention in a resource-limited setting. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 9, 1-13. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-003282

Ganz, J.B., Mason, R.A., Goodwyn, F.D., Boles, M.B., Heath, A.K., & Davis, J.L. (2014). Interaction of participant characteristics and type of AAC with individuals with ASD: A meta-analysis. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 119, 516-535. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-119.6.516

Culturally Reponsive Leadership Practices in ABA w/ Denisha Gingles

Sriram, V., Atwal, A., & McKay, E.A. (2024). Exploring aspects of mentoring for black and minoritised healthcare professionals in the UK: A nominal group technique study. BMJ Open, 14. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089121

Kemzang, J., Bekolo, G., Jaunky, S., Mathieu, J., Contant, H., Oguntala, J., Rahmani, M., Louisme, M.C., Medina, N., Kendall, C.E., Ewurabena, S., Hubert, D., Omecq, M.C., & Fotsing, S. (2024). Mentoring for admission and retention of black socio-ethnic minorities in medicine: A scoping review. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 11, 1-9. doi: 10.1177/23821205241283805

Shaikh, A.N., Gummaluri, S., Dhar, J., Carter, H., Kwag, D. (2024). Application of the principles of anti-oppression to address marginalized students and faculty's experiences in counselor education. Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, 6, 94-105. doi: 10.7290/tsc06laio

Laloo, E. (2022). Ubuntu leadership - an explication of an Afrocentric leadership style. The Journal of Values-Based Leadership, 15, 1-9. doi: 10.22543/1948-0733.1383

Mathur, S.K. & Rodriguez, K.A. (2022). Cultural responsiveness curriculum for behavior analysts: A meaningful step toward social justice. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15, 1023-1031. doi: 10.1007/s40617-021-00579-3

Operationalizing Assent

Mead Jasperse, S.C., Kelly, M.P., Ward, S.N., Fernand, J.K., Joslyn, P.R., & van Dijk, W. (2025). Consent and assent practices in behavior analytic research. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 18, 826-841. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00838-5

Flowers, J. & Dawes, J. (2023). Dignity and respect: Why therapeutic assent matters. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 16, 913-920. doi: 10.1007/s40617-023-00772-6

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to ABA Inside Track, the podcast, that's like reading in your car, but safer.
0:18.6	I'm your host, Robert Perry Cruz, and with me, as always, are my fabulous co-hosts. Hey there, it's me, Jackie McDonald, even though it's December. And it's me, Diana, Perry Cruz. Hello. Hi, hi, hi. I'm just practicing. I'm just practicing. And most weeks on the show, we discuss a relevant behavior analytic topic and talk about some research tied into that topic.
0:37.7	But at the beginning of the month on our free feed and at the end of the month, if you
0:41.3	are a patron, you get a little preview of what's coming out in the upcoming month.
0:45.7	And so this is our December 2025 preview.
0:48.8	We're ending this year with podcast, just like the past nine-ish years or so that we've ended the year with some more
0:58.7	podcasts coming out. So we'll be talking about that as well as a couple other interesting
1:04.0	tidbits, at least interesting to us about the show and about what's going on. So let's start
1:10.3	with the December episode list.
1:13.3	Diana, what are we going to be talking about to wrap up 2025?
1:17.8	Okay.
1:18.4	So in December, we have three different episodes prepared for you.
1:23.1	And two of them have special guests.
1:24.8	So it's pretty exciting month coming up.
1:27.9	The first episode for December includes a special guest, Judy Southie.
1:33.0	She'll be joining us.
1:34.0	She is an SLP.
1:36.1	And we're going to do a tutorial episode regarding pecs, how to do pecs or use pecs or whatever you want to call it.
1:43.7	So picture exchange.
1:45.2	And so she's provided us with three different articles.
1:49.5	I might put my glasses on here to be able to tell you about these.
1:53.3	And those...
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