depression

Pandemic got you down? Psychological flexibility may help.

September 17, 2020 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it social isolation and uncertainty. Most people don’t deal well with these things. Most of us want to interact with other people. After all, relationships are […]

ABA Can’t Survive the 21st Century Without Mobile Technology

July 15, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A recurring theme on bSci21 is the increasing role of technology in measuring and predicting our behavior, such as incorporating the Internet into behavior plans, and […]

Ivory Tower

New “Brain Control” Study Published: Implications for Behavior Analysis

September 1, 2013 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org CNN recently reported that researchers at the University of Washington have successfully developed technology that allows your behavior to be influenced by the brain activity of […]

ABA Practice

Four qualities of ABA staff for a successful year.

December 29, 2017 0

COLUMBIA, MD, December 28th, 2017 – In the midst of the 2017 holiday season, with a new year upon us, we wanted to reflect on the past year at Verbal Beginnings. Ours was a year […]

Business/OBM

How To Predict Your Driving Patterns and How OBM Can Help

January 20, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to PychCentral, Ola Benderius at Chalmers University of Technology has developed a mathematical model that accurately predicts how drivers move steering wheels moments before they […]

Lifestyle

How Pokemon Go Could Change the Game for Behavioral Medicine

August 31, 2016 0

By Emily Mandel, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer If you are like me – and others who enjoy fun – you have undoubtedly been swept up in the craze that is Pokemon Go. What makes […]

Society

Rule-Governed Behavior in the Twittersphere

April 10, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC In an effort to improve behavior, Twitter has partnered with researchers affiliated with Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center to see how making Twitter’s rules of conduct more visible to […]

ABA Practice

Protecting the Future of our Field

July 26, 2017 1

By Melissa Druskis, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer When a company hires a BCBA that has passed their exam and met all other requirements from the BACB, they expect to be hiring a quality therapist that […]