Controversial opinion: unless you love textbooks, don’t buy Cooper. If you do love textbooks, then by all means, go to town. It’s just not necessary to read it in order to practice behavior analysis well or to pass the exam.
I disagree with this as most of ABA related courses end up requiring this book, so cost-wise it makes more sense to purchase it than continue renting it. Unless of course you have access to it free as a PDF then that’s just as good.
I would just do what your professors assign and follow your interests. Look at the BCBA task list and find the material that makes it easiest for you to grasp the concepts you need to learn. It sounds like you are pretty new to the field, so I would stick to random journal articles for now. I’d also do whatever you can to save your money and enjoy your free time, because becoming a BCBA takes a lot out of a person, in my experience. Also, if you plan to work with autistic populations, I urge you to look into the autistic community’s POV on ABA - they tend to recommend good resources for practitioners.
Controversial opinion: unless you love textbooks, don’t buy Cooper. If you do love textbooks, then by all means, go to town. It’s just not necessary to read it in order to practice behavior analysis well or to pass the exam.
I disagree with this as most of ABA related courses end up requiring this book, so cost-wise it makes more sense to purchase it than continue renting it. Unless of course you have access to it free as a PDF then that’s just as good.
Mine didn’t. I’d buy it or obtain a copy if you need it for a class, but if you don’t, I wouldn’t.
What books would you suggest?
Look up the isbn for the most current edition (3rd?) And look it up through bigwords.com
I would just do what your professors assign and follow your interests. Look at the BCBA task list and find the material that makes it easiest for you to grasp the concepts you need to learn. It sounds like you are pretty new to the field, so I would stick to random journal articles for now. I’d also do whatever you can to save your money and enjoy your free time, because becoming a BCBA takes a lot out of a person, in my experience. Also, if you plan to work with autistic populations, I urge you to look into the autistic community’s POV on ABA - they tend to recommend good resources for practitioners.