By Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Violence within schools has become an issue of growing concern in the United States. The discussion on bullying took a devastating turn in April 2016, when a 16-year-old girl was killed in…
By Dan Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer A few years back the California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA) partnered with the OBM Network to co-host their annual conferences. In addition to the great presentations and well run events, there was…
By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer, and your “Behavior BFF” “Dear Behavior BFF: My child is 2 ½ and is super defiant. Like he won’t do anything I ask him to. Every little thing is a battle. A…
By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer One thing I got into when I was in graduate school was stand-up comedy. It was always something that I had dreamed of doing. When I was a kid I used to imagine…
By Matt Cicoria, M.S., BCBA Host, The Behavioral Observations Podcast In Session 6 of The Behavioral Observations Podcast, Dr. D.J. Moran, BCBA-D joins me to provide an overview of one of my favorite topics in Behavior Analysis: Acceptance and Commitment…
By Leanna Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer, and your “Behavior BFF” “Dear Behavior BFF, my daughter is 3 ½ years old and has recently started getting out of her bed at night and screaming until one of us goes…
By Adam Ventura bSci21 Contributing Writer Protégé: Hey, Professor. It’s good to see you. Long time no talk. How have you been? Mentor: Hi there. It’s good to see you as well. And I am doing great—another day in paradise. What…
Adrienne Fitzer, MA, BCBA Guest Author For forty minutes I was captivated by The Voyeur’s Motel , written by Gay Talese and published in the The New Yorker this past month. While the article focuses on Gerald Foos, a self-admitted voyeur who…
By Sarah Kupferschmidt, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer I have had the opportunity to develop the content for, and to teach Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) courses for, a local college over the past ten years. I find this to be…
By Katherine DeCotiis Wiedemann, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer I’m going to ask you to picture yourself in two similar situations. Here’s the first: You just landed a great job. It’s come after a string of mediocre, unfulfilling internships and part-time…