B.F. Skinner Foundation

B.F. Skinner Foundation The B. F. Skinner Foundation promotes the science founded by B. Skinner and supports the practices derived from that science.

In so doing, the Foundation advances a more humane world by replacing coercive techniques with positive procedures.

🏛️ Introducing our top sponsorship tier: Skinner's Legacy SponsorFor organizations that want to make a real investment i...
09/03/2026

🏛️ Introducing our top sponsorship tier: Skinner's Legacy Sponsor

For organizations that want to make a real investment in the future of behavior analysis, the Legacy Sponsorship for the Fall Skinner Session 2026: Verbal Behavior In Action is our most comprehensive partnership.

Here's what's included:
✨ Unlimited registrations for your entire staff
✨ A private 30-minute meet and greet with the Foundation Board member of your choice
✨ An invitation to the B.F. Skinner Foundation Board Reception
✨ Featured logo and a live shout-out during the event
✨ Featured listing on the Foundation's website and event page
✨ A special recognition plaque
✨ A dedicated thank-you to our email list — logo, link, and QR code
✨ Special recognition on our social media
✨ A set of Skinner books for your office
✨ Skinner swag for up to 50 employees 🎁

Sponsorship supports the Foundation's ongoing work: making Skinner's writings accessible, recognizing outstanding contributions to the field, and giving the next generation of behavior analysts the resources to engage deeply with the science.

It's a way to put your values into action — and to be recognized for it. 💙

Learn more: https://behaviorlive.com/conferences/SkinnerSession2026/call-for-sponsors/4327

SALE EXTENDED! GET YOUR COPY OF VERBAL BEHAVIOR IN PAPERBACK FOR ONLY $15!Through September 15, the paperback edition of...
09/01/2026

SALE EXTENDED! GET YOUR COPY OF VERBAL BEHAVIOR IN PAPERBACK FOR ONLY $15!

Through September 15, the paperback edition of Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition is just $15 (plus shipping) in the B. F. Skinner Foundation bookstore*.

Even better, every copy includes our exclusive companion Study Guide!

Whether you're a student, instructor, or behavior analyst looking to revisit a classic, there's never been a better time to own this essential resource.

The B. F. Skinner Foundation's exclusive Extended Edition includes three of Skinner’s articles published after his 1957 original book: “A Lecture on Having a Poem” (1971), “The Evolution of Verbal Behavior” (1986), and “The Behavior of the Listener” (1988). They address creativity, how verbal behavior arose, and the role that listeners play in Skinner's analysis. This edition also features a foreword by Dr. David C. Palmer.

Don't miss this limited-time offer! B. F. Skinner Foundation's Official Extended Edition with Study Guide paperback is 50% off, only $15 plus shipping*.

Every purchase from our bookstore supports the B. F. Skinner Foundation's mission to preserve, advance, and share the science of behavior for the benefit of future generations.

* Promotional pricing is valid through September 15, 2026, and does not apply to previous purchases. Please note that all products are shipped via USPS Priority Mail, and we are unable to ship to addresses outside the United States. Promotional offers and gifts are available exclusively to customers purchasing directly from bfskinner.org and are not available through third-party sellers.

https://www.bfskinner.org/product/verbal-behavior-extended-edition/

🎉 Happy Birthday to Judah Axe, PhD, BCBA-D! 🎂Please join us in wishing a very happy birthday to Dr. Judah Axe, President...
09/01/2026

🎉 Happy Birthday to Judah Axe, PhD, BCBA-D! 🎂

Please join us in wishing a very happy birthday to Dr. Judah Axe, President of the B. F. Skinner Foundation!

We are grateful for Judah’s leadership, scholarship, and commitment to advancing and sharing the science of behavior. His dedication helps the Foundation continue its mission of preserving B. F. Skinner’s legacy while supporting the continued growth and dissemination of behavioral science around the world.

Judah, we hope your birthday brings plenty of reasons to celebrate—and perhaps a little positive reinforcement along the way! 🥳

Happy Birthday from all of us at the B. F. Skinner Foundation! 💙

09/01/2026

🔬 Tuesday Sneak Peek | The Experimental Series

Before it was famous for the wrong reasons, the Air Crib was simply a father's attempt to make caregiving a little easier.

In 1944, B. F. Skinner designed the Air Crib — the Baby Tender — a temperature- and humidity-controlled space meant to keep an infant comfortable while sparing parents endless blankets and laundry. It was invention in service of the everyday: less fuss, more rest, for baby and family alike.

When it appeared in the October 1945 Ladies' Home Journal under the title "Baby in a Box," the sensational framing overshadowed the intent. Many confused it with Skinner's operant-conditioning chamber, and a myth took root around his daughter Deborah that grew more distorted with each retelling.

Deborah answered those stories in her own words: she was never a "lab rat," she was not harmed by the Air Crib, and she and her father had a wonderful relationship — a bond no rumor could rewrite.

Watch the video for a photo from the family's personal collection. 🖤

Making behavior visible.

Explore the digital archives → www.bfskinnerarchives.org

🚨 Last call! Tomorrow is the final day of the .Get B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition softcover + a free...
08/30/2026

🚨 Last call! Tomorrow is the final day of the .

Get B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition softcover + a free PDF study guide for just $15 (plus shipping).

Whether it's your first read or a return to a classic of behavior science, the study guide helps you dig deeper into the text.

⏳ Don't miss out — the sale ends tomorrow!

🛒 Shop here: https://www.bfskinner.org/product/verbal-behavior-extended-edition/

📦 U.S. shipping only • $12 flat-rate shipping

📢 Registration is open for the Fall Skinner Session 2026: Verbal Behavior In Action!Join us October 23 for an afternoon ...
08/28/2026

📢 Registration is open for the Fall Skinner Session 2026: Verbal Behavior In Action!

Join us October 23 for an afternoon exploring Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior — from the stage, from the archives, and from the clinic floor.

🎤 Sage Against The Machine: Using Skinner's Verbal Behavior to Infuse Sustainability Through Spoken Word Poetry
Andre Anderson, BCBA — 20 years a behavior analyst, and a poet even longer.

🎧 Revelations from the Skinner Tapes
David Palmer, Ph.D. & David Roth, M.A., BCBA — Newly discovered recordings of Skinner's 1967 seminar reveal a side of him many never saw: patient, egalitarian, and surprisingly funny. Excerpts included!

🗣️ Skinner's Analysis of Verbal Behavior in Action Across Clinical Settings (Panel)
Emily Kerwin, Ph.D., BCBA-D leads a five-person panel with Marietta Hemming, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA(MN), LABA(MA); Gina Tirri, M.S. Ed., BCBA; Troy Fry, M.S., BCBA; and Toni Rose Agana, Ph.D., BCBA-D — honest stories from practice, plus advice for early career BCBAs. 🌱

📅 October 23 | 1:00–5:30 PM ET
🎓 1.5 BACB® ETH | 3.0 BACB® LRN
🎟️ Early bird registration is just $60: https://behaviorlive.com/conferences/SkinnerSession2026/registration

08/27/2026

And the winner is ...

Stay tuned for more details!

08/26/2026

🤝 Sponsorship Opportunities: Skinner Session 2026 — Verbal Behavior In Action

Behind every practitioner using Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior is a body of work that someone chose to preserve, translate, and pass forward.

The B.F. Skinner Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the science of behavior analysis and keeping Skinner's contributions accessible to new generations — supporting the dissemination of behavioral science, recognizing outstanding contributions to the field, and providing resources for educators, researchers, practitioners, and students.

Sponsoring the Skinner Session is a direct investment in that work. It also offers your organization:

▪️ Recognition across the Foundation's website, social media, and during the Skinner Session
▪️ Registrations for your team to learn from and connect with leaders in the field
▪️ Opportunities at higher levels to engage directly with Foundation Board members and attend the Board Reception
▪️ Alignment with one of the most recognized institutions dedicated to the history, science, and advancement of behavior analysis

Most of all, sponsorship is a way to put values into action — a visible commitment to the scientific foundation of ABA and to ensuring high-quality behavioral science continues to shape where the field goes next.

Sponsorship levels are available from $250 to $5,000, so organizations of every size can participate.

📩 Explore the levels: https://behaviorlive.com/conferences/SkinnerSession2026/sponsors

⏳ Only 5 days left in the !Get back to basics with B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition.For just $15 (plus...
08/26/2026

⏳ Only 5 days left in the !

Get back to basics with B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition.

For just $15 (plus shipping), you'll get:
📗 Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition — paperback
📄 PLUS the Verbal Behavior Extended Edition Study Guide — PDF

Whether you're reading Verbal Behavior for the first time or returning to a classic of behavior science, the study guide is a great way to dig deeper into the text.

🛒 Shop here: https://www.bfskinner.org/product/verbal-behavior-extended-edition/

📦 U.S. shipping only • $12 flat-rate shipping

Stock up on Skinner for back-to-school season!

08/25/2026

🔬 Tuesday Sneak Peek!

It's probably not an exaggeration to call the operant chamber the most consequential thing Skinner ever devised. Thousands of experiments were born inside that small space — and much of how we understand behavior today was framed there.

But it didn't arrive fully formed. Skinner began where his contemporaries did: rats in mazes. What set him apart was noticing the small things. Retrieving rats grew tedious, so he built a path for them to return on their own. When they lingered, he found he could get clean learning curves from something far simpler — a rat reaching for food.

Worried that reaching was too deeply wired into the animal, he chose something arbitrary instead: a lever, picked mostly because it was easy to build. That modest decision became the centerpiece of his lab, and soon of learning laboratories around the world.

The "Skinner Box," as Hull first called it, is a reminder that foundational tools often begin as practical fixes.

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