Artificial intelligence and the behavior analyst
What machine learning actually changes about measurement, supervision and clinical decision-making — and the several things it does not change at all.
Writing & Speaking
Thirty-five papers, one book, and a standing willingness to argue
Peer-reviewed work on verbal behavior, organizational behavior management, supervision, pay equity and licensure — plus the talks and interviews where I say the same things with my hands.
The book
Organizational Behavior Management: The Essentials
Edited by Byron Wine and Joshua K. Pritchard · 2018 · Hedgehog Publishers, Orlando · ISBN 978-0-9995467-1-0
A working reference for the field, assembled because the OBM literature was scattered across journals that practitioners do not read. Reviewed in Perspectives on Behavior Science in 2019.
Selected writing
Six worth your time
The complete list is on the CV. These are the ones I would hand you first.
Issues with Private Practice
Wine, B., & Pritchard, J. K. (2020). Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 40(3–4), 170–185.
What actually goes wrong when clinicians become owners. Reprinted in 2024 in the Handbook of Organizational Performance.
The Gender Pay Gap for Behavior Analysis Faculty
Li, A., Gravina, N., Pritchard, J. K., & Poling, A. (2019). Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12(4), 743–746.
We counted. The numbers were not flattering to anyone.
Using Scorecards and a Lottery to Improve the Performance of Behavior Technicians
Griffin, M., Gravina, N. E., Matey, N., Pritchard, J., & Wine, B. (2019). Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 39(3–4), 280–292.
Two autism clinics, a scorecard, and a lottery. Cheap interventions that moved real performance.
The Licensing of Behavior Analysts: Protecting the Profession and the Public
Hassert, D. L., Kelly, A. N., Pritchard, J. K., & Cautilli, J. D. (2008). Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 5(2), 8–19.
Written before the first licensure act passed. I then went and helped pass one.
The Importance of Professional Discourse for the Continual Advancement of Practice Standards: The RBT® as a Case in Point
Leaf, J. B., et al. (2021). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(5), 1789–1801.
Twenty authors arguing that the field should be allowed to argue with itself.
A decade later: Creating single-subject design graphs with Microsoft Excel 2007
Pritchard, J. K. (2008). The Behavior Analyst Today, 9, 153–161.
The most downloaded thing I have ever written, and a lesson in what practitioners actually need.
Talks & interviews
On the record
A Conversation with Joshua K. Pritchard: Advancing Behavior Analysis
InterviewBehaviorLive — recorded interview, 1.0 BACB learning CEU
Verbal Behavior and Relational Frame Theory
PodcastThe Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria, Session 80, with David Palmer
Dr. Josh Pritchard on teaching and learning
PodcastCELT Podcast, Western Connecticut State University
Data Collection: The Next Frontier
Invited talkABAI Education Conference, Chicago — invited presentation, with Ryan O'Donnell
Speaking
What I will come and talk about
Conferences, state associations, graduate programs, and company all-hands. I will tailor any of these, and I would rather do a workshop than a keynote.
OBM for people who did not sign up for it
Every clinician who becomes a supervisor or owner inherits a performance-management job they were never trained for. This is the crash course.
Supervision that produces good behavior analysts
Building training systems with feedback loops tight enough to change behavior, across in-person, hybrid and fully remote models.
Owning the thing you practice
The business of a clinical practice: rates, payers, staffing math, and the decisions that quietly determine whether the clinical standard holds.
Advocacy that works
What actually moved a state Medicaid agency off a 50% rate cut, and what any state association can copy.