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Achievement - A New Perspective
Photo by Ev on Unsplash On January 15 of 2023 I wrote a blog about a homeless man whom we gave some food. He shared part of his food...
bob4340
Feb 29, 20242 min read
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Interdependent Actualisation: A Different View
My wife, son and I were driving around town a few days ago, and saw someone standing on the corner with a sign saying he was homeless and...
bob4340
Jan 15, 20232 min read
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Interdependent Actualisation – An Example from World War II
The extermination of millions of people in the concentration camps operated by the Nazi regime before and during World War II is known as...
bob4340
Dec 22, 20222 min read
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"Differences, Not Disorders"
Answering the question “what do people need?” has been central to my work for many years. It was the question that resulted in a...
bob4340
Dec 8, 20224 min read
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Marshall McLuhan – A Prophet Well Before His Time
Most people today have no idea who Marshall McLuhan was, except for those working in media related jobs. McLuhan was an English...
bob4340
Nov 1, 20223 min read
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The Power to Change Behaviour
I presented a symposium on the Ethics of Behavior Support vs. Behavior Management at Malone University last week. It was well received,...
bob4340
Oct 20, 20223 min read
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Birds Of A Feather
In a 2021 LinkedIn blog post, Samantha Stern suggested adding “Flock” to the list of stress responses, which are typically thought of as...
bob4340
Oct 4, 20222 min read
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An Ordinary Life – Hope to Reality
In 2009, the Hon. Bill Shorten, now the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia, gave a speech to the...
bob4340
Aug 8, 20222 min read
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With each other, not with things
Gabor Maté is a physician in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he serves people with addictions and mental health concerns. His book,...
bob4340
Jun 17, 20223 min read
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Flying united
I recently returned from my first overseas flight in 2 years, and while I enjoyed meeting old friends and colleagues, 2 years without...
bob4340
May 9, 20222 min read
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Interdependent Actualisation – An Idea for Our World
I was talking with my brother-in-law recently, who is a psychologist, and he was sharing his perception that in our world we have taken...
bob4340
Mar 29, 20222 min read
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Invitational Healing
Nancy Ward is a woman who lives in the United States and describes herself as having an intellectual disability. She is also very clear...
bob4340
Feb 24, 20225 min read
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Reciprocal Interactions
When I was doing my undergraduate work at the University of Northern Iowa, getting my BA in social work, I came across a book that I...
bob4340
Feb 1, 20222 min read
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A New Way of Thinking
Robert Murphy was an anthropology professor at Columbia University for over 30 years, wrote about the effects of his physical disability...
bob4340
Jan 27, 20223 min read
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The Myth of Attention-Seeking Behavior
As a behavioral consultant, one of the most common reasons for receiving a referral is that the behaviors which are causing concern are...
bob4340
Nov 2, 20214 min read
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Inviting Cooperation and Change
In 1993, Murray Sidman wrote what I believe is one of the most important articles in the field of positive behaviour support. Entitled...
bob4340
Aug 9, 20213 min read
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Between Stimulus and Response
Viktor Frankl was born in Austria in 1905 and went on to become one of the world’s leading philosophers. He was also a psychiatrist and...
bob4340
Aug 6, 20212 min read
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Behavioural Barriers
In my work as a behavioural consultant, I have encountered many different terms over the years. The current term “challenging behavior”...
bob4340
Jul 16, 20213 min read
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Maximising Safety: Using the Matrix of Needs to Increase Quality of Life
The Matrix of Needs is a model which was developed to reframe human needs, building on the work of Abraham Maslow and others. The model...
bob4340
Jun 30, 20212 min read
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The Matrix of Needs: Organisational Applications
The word “organisation” is used in so many ways that most people use the word in similar ways. According to the website...
bob4340
Jun 21, 20214 min read
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