bst – Behavioral Science in the 21st Century

Supporting Lean Learning with Behavioral Skills Training and ACT

June 26, 2020 bsci21 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA President, bSci21Media, LLC According to the Harvard Business Review, corporations spend over $350 Billion each year on staff training. Yet, only a small fraction of employees believe their trainings […]

Behavior Skills Training in 4 Steps

September 29, 2015 bsci21 1

By Zainab Fazal, M.ADS, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer On June 22, 2015, I received a phone call from a staff at a local residential home serving adults with developmental disabilities. With a lot of excitement, […]

Society

Would you pay me to be healthy?

July 7, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Aaron Carroll of the New York Times recently wrote an article describing a growing body of research supporting the idea of paying people to be healthy. He […]

ABA Practice

Benefits to working as an in-home BCBA.

August 31, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC These days, Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) are in high demand for Autism Spectrum Disorder treatment. With so many employment options available, it can be difficult to tell […]

ABA Practice

Prompt Fading for Parents

June 22, 2017 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Dear Behavior BFF, I am not a parent myself but am writing you about my nephew. My sister and brother in law are constantly telling him what […]

ABA Practice

Why behavior analysts should use defusion in their work.

December 4, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC As behavior analysts working in applied settings, we sometimes struggle to gain buy-in from parents, front-line staff, or even ourselves in the form of self-doubt in our abilities […]

Society

Lessons for Talking About Behavior Analysis, from ABAI 2016

June 28, 2016 5

By Daniel B. Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer In case you missed it, the annual conference for behavior analysis recently occurred, which to me is like a wonderful, really nerdy music festival. Spending a large […]

Lifestyle

Use Natural Environment Teaching (NET) to Support Summer Skills Learning

July 25, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, M.A. & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC For most children, summer is a time for playing in the sun and learning through play. The fun times had in the sun with […]