August 2020

6 Guidelines for incorporating ACT into traditional ABA practice.

August 31, 2020 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA bSci21Media, LLC Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or Acceptance and Commitment Training, originated in the 1980s as an approach to well being that targets language and cognition from a functional […]

Why Behavioral Scientists should Understand Financial Markets

August 19, 2020 bsci21 0

Todd Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA bSci21Media, LLC Sometimes people in the behavioral sciences are overly focused on the individual. They want to understand and influence people’s lives for the better by looking at factors in […]

How the Pandemic Changed Dating

August 7, 2020 bsci21 0

Todd Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA bSci21Media, LLC Dating has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a recent article on CNN dives deep into the topic with case studies and input from experts in the dating […]

ABA Practice

Behind the Scenes of Early Intervention

February 15, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D As a parent, when you start an Early Intervention (EI) program using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to develop your child’s skills, you may have many questions about what your child’s […]

ABA Practice

Response to: 5 Considerations Before Using Restraints and Seclusions

February 15, 2016 9

Josh K. Pritchard, PhD, BCBA-D (Florida Institute of Technology) Marc D’Antin, M.A., BCBA (Lodestone Academy) Guest Authors After reading the article “5 Considerations Before Using Restraints and Seclusions” [1], we sat down to write a […]

Lifestyle

My Kids Won’t Stop Fighting!: How ABA Can Reduce Sibling Rivalry

April 3, 2016 0

By Zainab Fazal, M.ADS, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer You look at your children and marvel in their awesomeness, how they are growing so quickly right before your eyes. And then…they start playing with their sibling, […]

Ivory Tower

A science of behavior vs a science of Autism.

December 11, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi and Associates “One is a science and the other is a disability.” — Brett DiNovi The quote above is from […]

ABA Practice

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports in Union Maine

July 23, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The Bangor Daily News recently reported on the efforts of Union Elementary School, in Union Maine, to change the culture of the school through Positive Behavior […]

Ivory Tower

Challenging Dick Malott’s Jewish Mother

May 9, 2018 0

Scott Herbst, Ph.D. & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi Brett DiNovi & Associates Everywhere I go, people are always like, “Man, what controversy is Brett DiNovi stirring up today?” In this […]