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How wordless storybooks benefit your child

June 4, 2013 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The University of Waterloo recently reported the results of a study that suggests reading wordless storybooks to toddlers may enrich their language development more than books […]

Skinner’s Rorshach Test

June 2, 2013 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Behavior analysts don’t use projective tests…or do they? The BBC published an article titled “What’s behind the Rorschach inkblot test?” As quoted from the article “The Rorschach […]

Future Implications of Drone Technology from a Skinnerian Perspective

November 28, 2011 bsci21 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Over the past decade, drones have become commonplace on the battlefield. In fact, NPR recently reported that the Air Force now recruits more drone pilots than fighter […]

Business/OBM

How to Raise Employee Motivation and Engagement Using Behavioral Science

August 24, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, MA & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Americans are by current measures chronically disengaged from work. Approximately 40% of workers indicate low motivation […]

Society

The Quantified Self Movement and Behavior Analysis

June 22, 2019 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC The Quantified Self Movement emerged in recent years to support “every person’s right and ability to learn from their own data.” Members regularly meet at events around […]

ABA Practice

On teaching skills to mastery vs fluency

January 31, 2017 2

Shelley McLean, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Sometimes I wonder if it’s just me . . . In my work with learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and diverse needs, I always focused on teaching […]

ABA Practice

Knowing what’s under your control as a BCBA

December 20, 2018 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Healthcare professionals in most specialties go into their field to create a better world. They often care deeply for their […]

ABA Practice

6 Ways to Improve your Delivery of Non-Contingent Reinforcement

February 24, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Non-Contingent Reinforcement (NCR) can be a powerful technique of behavior change. The crucial element that makes NCR effective is that it breaks, or dilutes, the contingency […]

Ivory Tower

JEAB: Contingent Shock Increases Response Rate

November 17, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The presentation of shock contingent on a response should decrease responding, right? Not necessarily. A study by Everly and Perone in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of […]