By Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer It is close to that time of year again, people start making “new years resolutions.” Within weeks to a few months, many will face obstacles, challenges, or simply choose not to live up…
By Tiffany N. Kilby, MS, BCBA Founder and Director of The Behavior Station, LLC One thing that all fields have in common is workers. While there are all different kinds of jobs, most jobs seem to have a hierarchical structure in which…
By Zainab Fazal, M.ADS, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer If you were asked what the most important skill a professional should have, I’d bet many of you would say the ability to build relationships with your clients. And you would be…
By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer, and your “Behavior BFF” A parent writes to Behavior BFF: “We just started doing The Elf on the Shelf this holiday season. So far it’s just given me a headache. Isn’t it…
By Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA CEO of World Evolve, Inc. It was a hot and overcast day in May 2015, and I was standing dangerously close to the water in the middle of San Antonio’s famed Riverwalk, just outside of…
By Chelsea Wilhite, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer With our culture’s increasing awareness of bullying in schools, our nation’s dropping academic scores, and the news coverage of violence against children, I wanted to find happy news about how children are…
By Clelia Sigaud, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer Over the next few months, I will be sharing some thoughts on leadership and direct clinical roles within the field of behavior analysis, from the point of view of a professional fairly new…
By Thomas G. Szabo, PhD., BCBA-D Florida Institute of Technology Each year since I first went to grad school, I’ve observed friends and colleagues go through whirlwinds of behavioral excesses and adjoining tidal waves of emotion. At first I thought…
By Daniel B. Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Have you ever been in a meeting and noticed that nearly everyone there was on their cell phones? Or perhaps you have been shopping and felt that mix of frustration and anger…
By Jennifer Fisahn, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Teachers! Have you heard? The elves are back! Elfie, Buddy, Jingle, Chippy, La La, and Snowflake are probably whooping it up at a few of your students’ homes right this very second! …