positive reinforcement

March 27, 2018

Manage Your Professional Inbox, Behavior Analysis Style

Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer It is no secret that email runs most of our lives as we send and receive data in all forms via email. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is…

March 26, 2018

Find your reinforcers, and fail.

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi Brett DiNovi & Associates Behavior analysts produce what you could call miraculous results. Sure, BA’s know that there’s nothing magical about it, but miracles don’t necessarily involve the supernatural – they’re…

March 21, 2018

How to Stop a Tantrum on the Way to a Store Using ABA

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D & Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Parents are often faced with problem behaviors while trying to accomplish necessary everyday tasks such as running errands. In a…

February 14, 2018

Telehealth: ABA’s New Frontier

Harla B. Frank, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer That’s going to be the story for the next year or so: [digital health] moving from a curiosity, to a research tool, to an actual mainstream, accepted clinical tool. I think it’s…

February 9, 2018

The behavioral science of social media influence.

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Social media has become a strong influence in our lives. Most people now interact with social media more often than any other type of media….

February 8, 2018

Using the ABA DrOmnibus App After Gaining Stimulus Control

Elena Burch, M.Ed, BCBA I’m a BCBA with extensive experience in early autism, and was a director for a center-based ABA program in Vermont, as well as a consultant for in-home therapy. Currently, I’m a consultant for DrOmnibus, and offered…

February 6, 2018

Should Employees Be Asked to Choose Their Own Rewards?

Jess Graham, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer Decades of research have shown that, when done effectively, providing rewards to employees can boost performance, morale, and productivity. What’s somewhat less conclusive is how leaders should determine which rewards to provide. Many leaders…

January 22, 2018

The Four Functions of Behavior Made Simple

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates In a recent YouTube video, Brett DiNovi, CEO of the largest Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) agency on the East Coast, gives us an overview of…

December 28, 2017

How to use differential reinforcement for parenting.

By Leanne Page, M.Ed., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Dear Behavior BFF, I’ve read enough of your work to know you don’t recommend punishing your child in your articles. But as a parent, punishment is typically what is easy and what…

December 22, 2017

Designing an App with ABA: An Interview with Lukasz Prochwicz of DrOmnibus

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC I recently sat down with Lukasz Prochwicz, a self-descibed “techie” with seven years experience in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) who is working in consultation with the Polish tech firm DrOmnibus. The company, one…

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