being a registered behavioral technician

All I really need to know… I learned as a Behavior Technician

October 30, 2017 bsci21 3

By Emaley McCulloch bSci21 Contributing Writer I practiced as a Behavior Technician/ABA Therapist for the first 6 years of my career. A behavior technician has many jobs and roles, but they’re primarily responsible for carrying […]

ABA Practice

Autism, Oral Language, & Missing Curriculum: Is DI the Answer?

January 24, 2017 2

By Jennifer Fisahn, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer If you are (or ever were) a public school special education teacher in a self-contained autism classroom, chances are you have had to beg for, borrow, and […]

ABA Practice

Mother Jones Slams “The Skinner Method” in Schools

August 21, 2015 11

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Mother Jones recently published a provocative critique of “the Skinner Method” as it pertains to school behavior programs. The article noted that the so-called method is […]

Society

The Taliban, Eric Rudolph, and Competing Contingencies of Religious Fundamentalism

October 30, 2015 0

By Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Religious fundamentalism is an exceptionally prominent topic covered by nearly all media outlets. Whether on TV, on the Internet, in a newspaper, or within the context of […]

Business/OBM

Master the Two C’s of Effective Teamwork with Online Tools: Collaboration & Communication

September 6, 2017 0

POMPANO BEACH, September 6th, 2017 — If you lead a team or manage individuals, nothing is more important than finding effective methods for the two big C’s of teamwork: Collaboration and Communication. The two are […]

Society

Using the Matching Law in Real Life

October 21, 2017 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates “All life is a whole bunch of…concurrent operant schedules.” The quote above is taken from a talk by Matt […]