competing contingencies

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

October 30, 2015 bsci21 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

The Unicorn that is OBM: Believing is Doing

August 30, 2015 6

Josh Lipschultz, M.A., BCBA, guest author Manny Rodriguez, M.S., bSci21 contributing writer How does one become interested in the field of ABA? For many, the interest builds after completing an academic course in the subject. […]

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 […]

Business/OBM

Getting Fired for not Speaking Your Truth

February 1, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates As a professional and as a leader you may at times be asked to do things that are against your […]

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 […]

Business/OBM

How to disseminate OBM to the corporate world.

June 26, 2016 2

By Carolyn Brayko Editor, Organizational Behavior Management Newsletter The most recent Network News issue from the Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) Network includes a thoughtful call to action by Dr. Joe Dagen entitled “Three sides of the […]

Society

Crowd Behavior Analysis from the Sky Aims to Prevent Tragedy

July 11, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Computer scientists at Middlebury College are working on a way to improve public safety at large public events through computer vision algorithms that detect anomalies in crowd behavior […]