derived relational responding

Did she really say that? Or was it my derived relational response?

November 10, 2015 bsci21 5

By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer I’d like to write about reinforcing good social behavior. It’s something we recommend; I don’t know that we practice it so well. I was really confronted by this […]

ABA Practice

Mentoring in Behavior Analysis: How Mentoring Has Changed and the Value It Brings to Both the Mentor and the Protégé

May 15, 2016 1

By Adam Ventura bSci21 Contributing Writer Protégé: Hey, Professor. It’s good to see you. Long time no talk. How have you been? Mentor: Hi there. It’s good to see you as well. And I am doing […]

ABA Practice

How to Build Positive Relationships with Families

January 7, 2019 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC If you are providing in-home therapy as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), your ability to form a positive relationship with the family you are working with is […]

Society

Behavior Analysts Battle Fake News

August 1, 2018 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC We live in a world of language, of information, consumed by millions of people through the Internet. Unfortunately, recent years have seen a misinformation trend in the form […]

Lifestyle

Behavior Change ’17 – Apps, Tech, and the Web

February 16, 2017 0

Melissa Druskis, M.S., BCBA Guest Author Fitness trackers in the form of pedometers have been around since 1965, but not until the introduction of Fitbit, Pebble, Jawbone, and others around 2010, did simple pedometers combined […]

ABA Practice

Supercharge Your Goal Setting with These Four Simple Rules

February 28, 2016 1

By Joan Orr MSc and Anne Wormald BA TAGteach International One critical component of the behavior analytic approach is to break a big goal down into smaller and easily achievable behavior goals. Ironically the instruction […]

Lifestyle

Bah, Humbug! Why Behavior Analysts Hate the Holidays: And 4 Quick Ways to Survive Them

December 12, 2016 4

By Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Happy Thanksgiving? Merry Christmas? Happy Hanukah? I think not. There is nothing “merry” or “happy” about any of the holidays. Well, at least not for behavior analysts. […]