difference between positive and negative reinforcement

Positive vs. Negative Reinforcement is Useless!

October 7, 2015 bsci21 8

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The distinction between positive and negative reinforcement is useless! That was the conclusion published by Baron and Galizio in The Behavior Analyst. Though Jack Michael was the first […]

Lifestyle

On training people to be great people.

January 4, 2016 5

By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer This month, I’d like to pose a question or two that I think are worth behavior analysts exploring. To pose them, I’d like to tell the story about […]

ABA Practice

Why a BCBA should work for Verbal Beginnings

March 22, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC I recently had a chance to talk with Diana Wolf and Nick Chappell about what makes their company, accredited by the Behavioral Health Centers of Excellence, attractive to […]

Business/OBM

Fulfilling Skinner’s Vision through Entrepreneurship

July 10, 2017 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D (bSci21.org) Dawn Mackey & Jamie Pagliaro (Rethink Behavioral Health) In May, I had the pleasure of conducting a live webinar as part of Rethink’s ABA Entrepreneurship series on a […]

Lifestyle

How wordless storybooks benefit your child

June 4, 2013 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The University of Waterloo recently reported the results of a study that suggests reading wordless storybooks to toddlers may enrich their language development more than books […]

Lifestyle

Jazz in Deep Ellum, Texas

July 10, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC; Ignite STEAM Labs If direct acting contingencies had a sound, it would sound like improvisational jazz. No words, just reacting to the present moment. No thinking, only feeling. […]

ABA Practice

Motivate your ABA students with Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

May 8, 2016 1

By Sarah Kupferschmidt, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer I have had the opportunity to develop the content for, and to teach Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) courses for, a local college over the past ten years. […]