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In Session 197 I'm joined by Drs. Bruce Tinor and Merrill Winston to discuss the talk Merrill gave at the BABA Conference that was recently held in Detroit. 

The full title of Merrill's talk is, "Whitesplaining Racism: Part Deux! Logic, Disproportionality, Avatars, Hate Crimes, and Uncomfortable Feelings."

As you'll learn in this episode, Bruce was in the audience for most of Merrill's talk, and was so enthused with it, he wanted him to review its main points here on Behavioral Observations. So we did just that, and Bruce was kind enough to join us as a discussant. 

But in the first segment of the show, we get to know a little about Bruce and his background. It turns out that he's had quite a bit of success reducing the overall rates of restraint in the school he worked in, so we spend a some time discussing how he was able to create that change. Bruce also closed out the show with some great advice for BCBAs, so you'll definitely want to stick around for that.

This episode is quite long, even by Behavioral Observations' standards, so I'm going to keep these notes short. For your convenience, I tracked down most of the links and references we discussed below:

• Black Applied Behavior Analysts. 2023 Conference Info. Donate to BABA.
• Winston Behavioral Solutions.
• Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network.
• The movie, Highlander (not to be confused with Outlander).
• All-things Merrill on BOP.
• Adam Ruins Everything.
• Daryl Davis' Ted Talk.
• The restraint reduction outcome data Bruce mentioned (see below)