baron and galizio

Positive vs. Negative Reinforcement is Useless!

October 7, 2015 bsci21 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 […]

Lifestyle

What to do when your child is screaming in public

March 31, 2017 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Anytime we take our toddler somewhere new, she freaks out. She cries and tantrums until we end up leaving. She even does this when we take her […]

Lifestyle

Three Steps to Effective Self-Management

April 14, 2015 6

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC At first glance, the term “self-management” sounds antithetical to a science of behavior. We usually talk about behavior as a function of the environment…that a reference […]

ABA Practice

PECS giving you trouble? Use Precision Teaching.

July 18, 2016 7

My name is Simon Dejardin. I’m a BCBA in France, in the Paris suburbs. I supervise an ABA program for adolescents with ASD. Last November, I welcomed a 14-year-old girl named Cecilia. She has a […]

ABA Practice

The Four Functions of Behavior Made Simple

January 22, 2018 8

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates In a recent YouTube video, Brett DiNovi, CEO of the largest Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) agency on the East Coast, […]

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When behavior persists during extinction…

November 15, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Intermittent schedules of reinforcement make behavior more resistant to extinction, right? Maybe not. According to a study published by MacDonald, Ahearn, Parry-Cruwys, Bancroft, and Dube in […]