covid-19 policy

How Language Research can Inform COVID-19 Policy.

July 22, 2020 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA bSci21Media, LLC Several news outlets recently reported on a PloS Medicine study which concluded that a large pandemic can be prevented with three behaviors: social distancing, hand washing, and […]

Business/OBM

Using Analytics Data from Social Media to Shape Behavior

May 18, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, M.A. & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates As the depth of behavior analytic knowledge has increased over the decades it has become increasingly […]

Society

How to talk ABA to the rest of the world.

February 14, 2018 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Angela Cathey, M.A. ENSO Group As behavior analysts, we pride ourselves in our technical training and language. Skinner described this as the language of the experimental analysis of […]

ABA Practice

The “Big Six” Elements of Human Performance

January 10, 2016 1

By Richard McManus The Fluency Factory The reach to a box of cereal, the grasp of a spoon, the strumming gesture across a guitar, the point toward a door by a character in a play. […]

ABA Practice

This Assessment Can Help You Manage Your Human Service Staff

April 29, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org In a recent bSci21 article titled 20 Performance Hacks: A Cheat Sheet for Behavior Change, the authors provided a detailed overview of a popular assessment tool […]

ABA Practice

How to Manage Classroom Behavior

June 11, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Adel Najdowski, PhD, BCBA-D and Shannon Penrod recently wrote an article for SEEN Magazine that provided a few simple strategies for teachers to manage classroom behavior. […]

ABA Practice

The BCAT: A Certification Designed for ABA and Autism Treatment

June 23, 2017 1

Todd Ward, PhD, BCBA-D (bSci21.org) Dawn Mackey (Rethink) Lauren Rivera-Whitlock, M.S. (Behavioral Intervention Certification Council) Jamie Pagliaro (Rethink) Most everyone in the field of behavior analysis is familiar with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and […]