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Knowing what’s under your control as a BCBA

December 20, 2018 bsci21 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Healthcare professionals in most specialties go into their field to create a better world. They often care deeply for their […]

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Square Peg in a Round Hole – Special Education Teacher Evaluation Systems

November 2, 2015 2

By Jennifer Fisahn, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer If you are a teacher in America, teacher evaluation systems are probably on your mind. If you are a special education teacher utilizing the principles of Applied […]

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When school suspension reinforces maladaptive behavior.

December 20, 2017 3

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, MA., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Sometimes suspending students from school can be the worst thing for that learner’s future behavior. If a behavior problem functions […]

Ivory Tower

What is a metacontingency?

February 5, 2015 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org There are contingencies and then there are metacontingencies. The prefix “meta” suggests something that subsumes operant contingencies to include something more. This “something more” refers to […]

Lifestyle

Want sweet dance moves? Use ABA!

March 6, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Fresh off the press at the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is a new study by Quinn, Miltenberger, and Fogel (2015) reporting on the use of […]

Society

Scientists Transplant Memories: Implications for Behavior Analysis

May 17, 2018 4

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Memory is a huge topic for behavior analysts. A quick search of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, for instance, reveals 772 articles on the topic. B.F. […]

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Isn’t positive reinforcement bribery??

October 13, 2017 2

Leanne Page, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Dear Behavior BFF, I have read many of your articles and it sounds to me like you just want us all to bribe our kids to behave. How […]