behavioral contingencies

Why changing our behavior is hard during COVID-19.

November 29, 2020 bsci21 2

Dr. Todd Ward bSci21.org The spread of COVID-19 rests squarely on our own behavior of distancing, masks wearing, and hand sanitizing. But we don’t do it as well as we should. Why? NPR recently put […]

Supporting Each Other to Reach Our Goals

September 30, 2018 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, MA, BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates The day you walk across that stage to receive your high school diploma is monumental. It represents the culmination of […]

How D.C. Made Drivers Safe

September 1, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Have you ever received a traffic ticket in the mail? I have, and it isn’t fun. My ticket, from Denton County, in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, even […]

ABA Practice

3 Things That Should Be Hanging On Your Classroom Walls If You Are Utilizing the Verbal Operants as a Guide for Language Assessment & Intervention

January 24, 2016 0

By Jennifer Fisahn, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer In special education classrooms, there are a few things that teachers are short on. Time is definitely one of them! With or without it, we still have […]

Society

Applied Behavior Analysis and Counterterrorism

January 27, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org If one had to describe global events of the 21stcentury in one word, it would likely be this — terrorism. Terrorism may be thought of […]

ABA Practice

Time-out or Not?

April 12, 2016 1

By Shelley McLean, M.Ed, BCBA The Autism in Education (AIE) Partnership Controversy over the use of time-out in schools seems to span time and international borders. Common questions that arise tend to focus on how […]

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It takes a team: Strategies for effective collaboration among BCBAs and SLPs

July 14, 2017 0

Rosemarie Griffin CCC/SLP, BCBA Guest Author If you are a BCBA working with students with autism, you most likely are interacting with a number of professionals from non- behavior analytic fields. One of these professionals […]

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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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Beyond the Spectrum: Careers in Behavior Analysis

July 19, 2017 0

By Harla B. Frank, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Author I think when one becomes identified with a label, that’ll become all anyone sees – the expansiveness and breadth of the ‘all who you are’ suddenly […]