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Megan MacKellar joins us to talk about their paper, Behavior Skills Training with Zoological Staff to Increase Killer Whale Attending Behavior   Show Notes    Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors.https://www.facebook.com/BApractice   AcknowledgmentsHost and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBAhttps://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris   Assistant ProducersJesse Perrin Evan Switzer   Organizational SupportABAIhttps://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx   Behavior Analysis in PracticeEditor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx   MusicCruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitudehttp://www.newlatitudemusic.com   Link to ArticleBehavior Skills Training with Zoological Staff to Increase Killer Whale Attending Behavior | SpringerLink   Links from TalkApplied Animal Behavior Analysis – Special Interest Group (abainternational.org) ReferencesMacKellar, M.E., Robeck, T.R., Staggs, L., Wilson, S., Hieneman, M., MacKellar, D., &amp; Cumella, D. (2023). Behavior skills training with zoological staff to increase killer whale attending behavior. Behavior Analysis in Practice 16, 266–283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00719-3          

Megan MacKellar joins us to talk about their paper, Behavior Skills Training with Zoological Staff to Increase Killer Whale Attending Behavior Show Notes <ul><li>Remember to join us on Facebook to suggest articles to review and questions for authors. <ul><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BApractice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/BApractice</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Acknowledgments <ul><li>Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA <ul><li><a href="https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://salve.edu/users/dr-cody-morris</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Assistant Producers <ul><li>Jesse Perrin</li> <li>Evan Switzer</li> </ul> </li> <li>Organizational Support <ul><li>ABAI <ul><li><a href="https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.abainternational.org/welcome.aspx</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Behavior Analysis in Practice <ul><li>Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA</li> <li><a href="https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.abainternational.org/journals/bap.aspx</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Music <ul><li>Cruising Altitude by Jim Carr and his band New Latitude <ul><li><a href="http://www.newlatitudemusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.newlatitudemusic.com</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Link to Article <ul><li><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40617-022-00719-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Behavior Skills Training with Zoological Staff to Increase Killer Whale Attending Behavior | SpringerLink</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Links from Talk <ul><li><a href="https://aab-sig.abainternational.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Applied Animal Behavior Analysis – Special Interest Group (abainternational.org)</a></li> <li>References <ul><li>MacKellar, M.E., Robeck, T.R., Staggs, L., Wilson, S., Hieneman, M., MacKellar, D., &amp; Cumella, D. (2023). Behavior skills training with zoological staff to increase killer whale attending behavior. Behavior Analysis in Practice 16, 266–283. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00719-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-022-00719-3</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li></ul>

S5E1: Behavior Skills Training with Zoological Staff to Increase Killer Whale Attending Behavior with Megan MacKellar

Hey Everyone! On Episode 9 of The Behavior Trap Podcast I had the opportunity to talk to Megan Mackellar. Megan is currently a Senior 1 Animal Trainer at SeaWorld Orlando and an RBT with Life Skills Behavioral Services. She has been working in the behavior service delivery field for 20 years. This has given her experience with athletes, students, children with ASD and behavioral struggles, horses, pets, exotic reptiles, birds of prey, sharks, otters, penguins, pinnipeds, small mammals, pilot whales, and killer whales. She received her B.Sc. from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a major in marine biology, minor in chemistry, and concentrated in animal behavior research. There she studied the behavior of snails, freshwater muscles, and even jellyfish! The program sent her to the Dominican Republic for four months where she studied and observed Humpback whales. Megan’s senior research study questioned the correlation between the disposition compared to the learning curve and retention rates in canines.She is a recent graduate from Purdue Global University with a M.Sc. specializing in ABA. Megan took a different path for her thesis and addressed an opportunity for the expansion of ABA within zoos, specifically with marine mammals. Her research established and operationally defined a socially significant behavior with killer whales, used a condensed functional analysis, and paired Behavior Skills Training with Discrete Trial Training. Many might feel that animal behavior studies should automatically be considered basic research, Megan’s study adds to the growing number of investigations demonstrating that applied animal behavior fits firmly within the seven dimensions of ABA.Megan’s goals are to help bring awareness and address the current gap in knowledge of ABA technology within zoos, support the generalization of established behavior treatments within zoological facilities, increase the understanding and ABA technology within zoos, and demonstrate how the science of ABA can be used to operationally define, assess, and quantify animal welfare.Tune In to learn more about Megan!See Ya!

Hey Everyone! On Episode 9 of The Behavior Trap Podcast I had the opportunity to talk to Megan Mackellar. Megan is currently a Senior 1 Animal Trainer at SeaWorld Orlando and an RBT with Life Skills Behavioral Services. She has been working in the behavior service delivery field for 20 years. This has given her experience with athletes, students, children with ASD and behavioral struggles, horses, pets, exotic reptiles, birds of prey, sharks, otters, penguins, pinnipeds, small mammals, pilot whales, and killer whales. She received her <a href="http://B.Sc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">B.Sc</a>. from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a major in marine biology, minor in chemistry, and concentrated in animal behavior research. There she studied the behavior of snails, freshwater muscles, and even jellyfish! The program sent her to the Dominican Republic for four months where she studied and observed Humpback whales. Megan’s senior research study questioned the correlation between the disposition compared to the learning curve and retention rates in canines. She is a recent graduate from Purdue Global University with a <a href="http://M.Sc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">M.Sc</a>. specializing in ABA. Megan took a different path for her thesis and addressed an opportunity for the expansion of ABA within zoos, specifically with marine mammals. Her research established and operationally defined a socially significant behavior with killer whales, used a condensed functional analysis, and paired Behavior Skills Training with Discrete Trial Training. Many might feel that animal behavior studies should automatically be considered basic research, Megan’s study adds to the growing number of investigations demonstrating that applied animal behavior fits firmly within the seven dimensions of ABA. Megan’s goals are to help bring awareness and address the current gap in knowledge of ABA technology within zoos, support the generalization of established behavior treatments within zoological facilities, increase the understanding and ABA technology within zoos, and demonstrate how the science of ABA can be used to operationally define, assess, and quantify animal welfare. Tune In to learn more about Megan! See Ya!

9. Megan Mackellar, M.S, RBT - Florida 