autism in china

Autism, and ABA, in China

May 23, 2015 bsci21 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The Wall Street Journal recently published a story on the state of autism services in China. Analysts estimate several million children with autism likely live in […]

Society

How Applied Behavior Analysis is Tackling Childhood Obesity

June 19, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity in the United States has more than doubled since 1980 to 18% for children aged 6-11, and […]

Business/OBM

The 5 Most Common Unethical Workplace Behaviors

October 21, 2015 4

By Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer Have you ever seen unethical behavior? If you did, did you say something or wonder whether it was truly unethical? Nearly three-quarter of employees who responded to one […]

Society

An ACT-guided analysis of elite athlete behavior.

February 28, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D & Angela Cathey, M.A. bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Over the last few decades Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), pronounced “ACT” as one word, has […]

Business/OBM

Is Your Organization Ready for Pay for Performance?

April 18, 2019 0

Barbara Bucklin, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer As someone who’s studied, researched, and implemented pay-for-performance systems over the past two decades, I’m encouraged by the number of Health and Human Service agencies starting to use pay […]

Ivory Tower

Behavioral Science is All Around You

December 31, 2018 4

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Behavioral science is all around you. It doesn’t “look” like anything and you don’t have to “do” anything for it to be there. Instead, at its core, it […]

Society

The 11 American Nations of Macrobehavior

February 13, 2015 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The Washington Post published an intriguing article on the “11 American nations.” These refer to regions of North America “where dominant cultures explain our voting behaviors and attitudes […]