behavior and social issues

Behavior Analysts Battle Fake News

August 1, 2018 bsci21 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC We live in a world of language, of information, consumed by millions of people through the Internet. Unfortunately, recent years have seen a misinformation trend in the form […]

ABA Practice

Abduction Prevention in Children with Autism

January 24, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A recent study by Bergstrom, Najdowski, and Tarbox (2014) in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis successfully taught children with autism how to respond to strangers’ […]

ABA Practice

Behavioral Skills Training at Dinner Time

January 26, 2018 0

Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Dear Behavior BFF, I need some serious help with dinnertime. My two sons argue, yell, goof off, refuse to eat, you name it. We can’t go out to […]

Society

Blood, Sweat, and Science: How Behavior Analysis and MMA make a Winning Combo

December 30, 2016 3

By Paul Gavoni, Ed.D & Nick Green, M.S., BCBA Guest Authors With the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) closing in on 4 million Twitter followers, it is clear the popularity of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) continues […]

Society

How So Many Of Society’s Problems Can Be Solved With A Little Change Management

April 25, 2017 0

By Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Lately I’ve been asking myself: “Why are we so divided as a nation, planet, and species?” “Have things ever been this bad?” “What will become of humans […]

Business/OBM

Scaling an ABA agency with CentralReach: An Interview with Jennifer Kirby of Thrive Autism Solutions

December 8, 2017 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Jennifer Kirby, M.S., BCBA, LBA, is the Clinical Director for Thrive Autism Solutions, which has three locations in Arkansas and Missouri, with a fourth opening soon. The […]

Lifestyle

Increase your productivity with Behavioral Momentum and the Premack Principle

January 16, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Let’s be honest for a second – we aren’t always motivated to work. Sometimes we just can’t get “in the […]