animal behavior

How to Save Shelter Dogs with Behavior Analysis

August 1, 2017 bsci21 0

By Emaley McCulloch, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Darius, Lillie and Dexter all had one major thing in common: they were shelter dogs who weren’t being adopted. To be fair, they had many circumstances against […]

Business/OBM

10 Business Hacks for Entrepreneurs

September 15, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, MA & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Though many behavior analysts start businesses few, if any, receive appropriate business training as a part […]

Society

Forbes: B.F. Skinner Can Save Education

July 10, 2015 10

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Phil DeMuth wrote an article for Forbes called “How B.F. Skinner Will Save Online Education.” Online education, according to Phil, was supposed to be the answer […]

Society

How ABA Got Drivers To Hang Up And Buckle Up

September 21, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A study by Michael Clayton, Bridgett Helms, and Cathy Simpson in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis demonstrated the successful application of Applied Behavior Analysis toward driver safety. […]

Society

Would you pay me to be healthy?

July 7, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Aaron Carroll of the New York Times recently wrote an article describing a growing body of research supporting the idea of paying people to be healthy. He […]

Lifestyle

What Losing Your Cellphone Does To Your Behavior

February 18, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org When I first arrived to college in 1999, I remember a piece of paper taped to the wall next to my desk. On the paper was […]

ABA Practice

A New Era of Behavior Plans

February 16, 2015 3

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org As a practicing behavior analyst, have you ever been”stuck” trying to think of specific target or replacement behaviors or, more importantly, how to accurately measure them? […]