advocacy

The Gucci Model with Down’s Syndrome

July 15, 2020 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA President, bSci21Media, LLC In a previous bSci21 article, Meghan Cave and Justyna Balzar, both Board Certified Behavior Analysts, highlighted the need for advocacy for special needs populations. In doing […]

ABA Practice

ACT for Parents of kids with Asthma

May 16, 2019 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or “ACT”, is now backed by several hundred Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) since the 1980s, with applications ranging from the treatment of mental disorders […]

Lifestyle

Fighting Fair Behavior: What it looks like and it’s positive effects on marriage

February 7, 2018 0

By Justyna Balzar, M.Ed., BCBA Guest Author Recently I came across two different media outlets discussing problem behaviors detrimental to marriage. The first was an article posted on bSci21.org by Dr. Todd Ward titled, “Changing Four […]

Society

Parents Treat Disabilities with Marijuana

August 6, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Bill Laitner of the Livingston Daily discussed a growing treatment among parents of children with disabilities — marijuana. Bill notes that under Michigan state law, medical marijuana is […]

Society

ISIS and Applied Behavior Analysis

February 25, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org ISIS is the best financed group ever. That is the opinion of Matthew Levitt, director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington […]

Business/OBM

OBM Sound Bytes: How to introduce OBM to those outside the field.

May 8, 2017 0

By Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer In this episode of OBM Sound Bytes, I answer a common question received by bSci21 readers – “How do you introduce OBM to non-ABA managers and leaders?” In […]

Ivory Tower

Positive vs. Negative Reinforcement is Useless!

October 7, 2015 8

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The distinction between positive and negative reinforcement is useless! That was the conclusion published by Baron and Galizio in The Behavior Analyst. Though Jack Michael was the first […]