Continuing Education

ABA Tech Startup Helps BCBAs Succeed

May 15, 2019 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC George Joshua, a behavior analysis graduate student from Western Michigan University (WMU), was the recent recipient of a $10,000 Brian Patrick Thomas Entrepreneurial Spirit Award for his […]

ABA Practice

ABA is not a prescription for Autism.

January 19, 2016 8

By Clelia Sigaud, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer In an ultimately humorous yet professionally troubling anecdote, I recently came to realize that the conceptual foundations of behaviorism and verbal behavior theory are so deeply paired with […]

Ivory Tower

Reinforcement Isn’t Real

March 13, 2015 5

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC Yep, you heard me right. Reinforcement isn’t real. Not if you are a functional contextualist. You see there are at least two dominant philosophical views in […]

Society

The Quantified Self Movement and Behavior Analysis

June 22, 2019 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC The Quantified Self Movement emerged in recent years to support “every person’s right and ability to learn from their own data.” Members regularly meet at events around […]

Ivory Tower

Challenging Dick Malott’s Jewish Mother

May 9, 2018 0

Scott Herbst, Ph.D. & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi Brett DiNovi & Associates Everywhere I go, people are always like, “Man, what controversy is Brett DiNovi stirring up today?” In this […]

ABA Practice

Learning How to Label Emotions

April 3, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D & Zachary H. Morford, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates The private experience of emotions has been a difficult topic for behavior analysts. Though […]

Business/OBM

To Profit or Not to Profit, That Is the Ethical Question: Five Ways Your ABA Company Will Profit by Behaving Ethically

December 5, 2016 6

Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Running a business in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) can be a challenging endeavor, and those who try and fail can end up feeling like their story is one […]