autism penguin

Will a robotic penguin revolutionize ABA therapy?

October 25, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to the Brown Daily Herald, researchers at Brown University are hard at work developing a robotic penguin to aid the assessment and treatment of autism […]

Business/OBM

20 Performance Hacks: A Cheat Sheet for Behavior Change

April 23, 2015 3

Joshua Lipschultz, M.A., BCBA, guest author Manny Rodriguez, M.S., bsci21 contributing writer Stop me if you’ve heard this before… “Why are my employees not doing what they are supposed to do? I’m paying them to […]

ABA Practice

Four Ways ABA Doesn’t Apply to Autism

September 30, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC It is no secret that Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has been incredibly effective when working with children and adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). So much so, […]

Business/OBM

Opportunities in OBM: Addressing conflict, creativity, and motivation with RFT

September 8, 2016 0

By Angela J. Cathey, M.A. Guest Author Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) is booming and poised to grow exponentially. There are several fairly recent advancements in the behavior analysis of symbolic thought (RFT; Hayes, Barnes-Holmes, Roche, 2001) […]

Business/OBM

Pay-nful Negotiations: 5 Tips For ABA Businesses To Make Salary Negotiations Less Aversive

November 14, 2017 1

Adam Ventura, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.” –Publilius Syrus, 1st century BC In Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), determining what others are willing to […]

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 […]

Business/OBM

One Way Behavioral Science Can Build Your Company Culture

June 19, 2017 0

By Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Culture is defined by how people behave and interact with one another inside an organization. Culture is learned behavior— it’s not created overnight by hanging fancy quotes […]