dinner time

Toddlers & Mealtimes: Hope for Parents Everywhere

January 27, 2016 bsci21 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer and your “Behavior BFF” A mom writes: Behavior BFF, my child totally loses his cool at dinnertime. Every. Single. Day. Is there a way to make dinnertime […]

ABA Practice

NET Strategies to Transition Back to School

August 15, 2016 1

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “I’d really like to work with my son on pre-K and kindergarten skills before school starts back up, but whenever I get out the flashcards or workbooks, […]

Lifestyle

How To Get Your Child To Fall Asleep

August 25, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org In a recent Huffington Post article, Sarah Kupferschmidt, M.A., BCBA provided four simple tips for parents struggling to get their kids to sleep. When appropriate, examples from […]

Society

The Use of Respondent Conditioning in Improving Health Outcomes

February 6, 2017 0

Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA, LABA bSci21 Contributing Writer Approximately 133 million Americans (50% of the overall population) suffer from chronic illness, which results in 7 in 10 deaths each year (Center for Disease Control and […]

Society

The Taliban, Eric Rudolph, and Competing Contingencies of Religious Fundamentalism

October 30, 2015 0

By Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Religious fundamentalism is an exceptionally prominent topic covered by nearly all media outlets. Whether on TV, on the Internet, in a newspaper, or within the context of […]

ABA Practice

Behavior reduction tips during diaper changes, from your Behavior BFF!

August 9, 2015 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer, and your “Behavior BFF” From a mom: I have a two-year-old daughter who has lately decided to despise getting her diaper changed. It’s so bad that when […]

Ivory Tower

Do you really understand selection by consequences?

February 2, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org B. F. Skinner is best known for the development of operant conditioning — the process by which the consequences of our behavior affect the future probability of its […]