September 2019

Zen Meditation: Experience of a Behavioral Scientist

September 20, 2019 bsci21 3

Todd A Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA bSci21Media, LLC “Staring at a wall for 75 minutes is good for your wellbeing.” That was from a recent Facebook post of mine the other day, after I left […]

Ivory Tower

Did B.F. Skinner contribute anything to Applied Behavior Analysis?

September 23, 2015 3

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org What exactly was B.F. Skinner’s contribution to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)? That was the question asked by Ed Morris, Nathaniel Smith, and Deborah Altus in their […]

ABA Practice

Billing from the BCBA’s Perspective

September 15, 2016 2

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D (bSci21Media, LLC) Michele Robinson and Emily Roche (ABA Billing) Jamie Pagliaro (Rethink Behavioral Health) It’s Friday afternoon. You’re about to end a long week driving hundreds of miles to supervise […]

ABA Practice

An A-L-A-R-M for Autism

May 28, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Dr. Marty Nygaard has an article on TheSpectrum.com on an acronym (ALARM) to aid in physicians’ detection of autism. We summarized the acronym below. Take a […]

Society

bSci21 Exclusive Interview: Criss Wilhite and the Fresno State Sustainability Project

January 26, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Tell us a little about yourself. What is your background in behavior analysis? I received a Master of Arts in Experimental Psychology in 1986 from […]

ABA Practice

Teamwork, Collaboration, and the Pesky Issue of Ethics

October 17, 2016 1

Shelley McLean, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Sometimes I wonder if it’s just me . . . One of my favorite authors, leadership experts, and public speakers, Simon Sinek, recently wrote a great little book […]

Society

Combating Plagiarism: Function-based – and Other – Approaches

April 27, 2017 0

Harla Frank, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower. (Marguerite Gardiner, 19th Century, Irish novelist) Research has identified many reasons college students borrow the intellectual […]