california drought

Saving Water: The Potential Impact of Behavior Analysis

December 2, 2015 bsci21 0

By Julia Fiebig, PhD, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Recently, I was driving from Los Angeles to my home in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s an easy drive once you get through LA traffic, the […]

ABA Practice

On teaching skills to mastery vs fluency

January 31, 2017 2

Shelley McLean, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Sometimes I wonder if it’s just me . . . In my work with learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and diverse needs, I always focused on teaching […]

Society

An Incentive System to Reduce Smoking During Pregnancy

July 22, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A team of UK researchers lead by David Tappin recently published a Randomized Controlled Trial in the BMJ evaluating the effectiveness of financial incentives in a smoking cessation […]

ABA Practice

How to stay consistent with ABA programming during the summer months.

June 13, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Summer is upon us again! And for parents that means one thing – school is out, and the kids are at home. On one hand, that means the […]

Society

Sustainability and ABA, Sustainability of ABA, Chasing Skinner’s Dream

July 11, 2016 13

By Molly Benson, M.S., BCBA Guest Author Another ABAI has come and gone. One month out and I’m still flying high, inspired by the collective work of our community. Presentations and workshops aside, I relish […]

Lifestyle

Increase your productivity with Behavioral Momentum and the Premack Principle

January 16, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Let’s be honest for a second – we aren’t always motivated to work. Sometimes we just can’t get “in the […]

ABA Practice

5 Effective Strategies to Diversify Funding for ABA Services

December 6, 2016 0

By Tina Patterson, M.Ed., BCBA Guest Author As Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) continues to grow as an established, effective methodology for teaching new skills to all individuals with and without disabilities, practitioners need to establish […]