designated driver

How ABA Increased Designated Drivers in a College Bar

September 17, 2015 bsci21 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Richard Kazbour and Jon Bailey published a study in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis which increased the prevalence of designated drivers in a college bar. The researchers used […]

ABA Practice

Using ABA as a parent

November 30, 2017 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Dear Behavior BFF, I’ve followed your column for some time and it sounds like the parents have to put in a lot of work up front to […]

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 […]

Society

Drone Shows: A new behavioral trend for Independence Day

July 4, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC B.F. Skinner devoted a healthy portion of his writings towards culture, cultural practices, and social issues, from a behavioral perspective, heavily overlaid with biological metaphors, as was his […]

ABA Practice

The Game That Will Turn Your Classroom Around

October 15, 2015 0

By Zainab Fazal, M.ADS, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Do you want to play a game? If you asked your students this question, my guess is that you would get some enthusiastic yeses! Because who doesn’t […]

Society

Teaching Robots with Positive Reinforcement at Johns Hopkins University

November 20, 2020 0

Dr. Todd A. Ward bSci21.org Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are successfully using positive reinforcement procedures to help robots learn. Reinforcers in the form of points are given to the robots upon the successful completion […]

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 […]