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How Relational Frame Theory Is Giving “Brain Training” Apps Competition

August 12, 2015 bsci21 3

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Bryan Roche, PhD, co-author of the seminal book Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human Language and Cognition, wrote an article recently for The Conversation, criticizing […]

Society

Gender X and Deictic Relations

January 2, 2019 5

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC New York City recently joined California, Oregon, and Washington state with a recent change in law that allows for a third gender option – simply called “X”. According […]

Lifestyle

Tips for Transitioning Activities, from your Behavior BFF

August 29, 2015 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer and your “Behavior BFF” A mom writes: I enjoy taking my 4-year-old son to the park, play areas at the mall, and other fun places. Lately, though, he […]

ABA Practice

Mitigating Risk in your ABA Agency

March 21, 2017 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Daniel Law, ARM, CRIS The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Dawn Mackey & Jamie Pagliaro Rethink Behavioral Health Your ABA agency faces various risks on a daily basis. Insurance […]

Society

How ABA Increased Designated Drivers in a College Bar

September 17, 2015 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Richard Kazbour and Jon Bailey published a study in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis which increased the prevalence of designated drivers in a college bar. The researchers used […]

ABA Practice

Ethical Drift. What is it?

June 22, 2018 1

By Nicole Postma, M.S., BCBA Guest Author I made it up, but here is what I think it means. Definition: An unintended consequence subsequently from a gradual change in ethical behavior as a result of unplanned […]

Society

The Use of Respondent Conditioning in Improving Health Outcomes

February 6, 2017 0

Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA, LABA bSci21 Contributing Writer Approximately 133 million Americans (50% of the overall population) suffer from chronic illness, which results in 7 in 10 deaths each year (Center for Disease Control and […]