discrete trial teaching

Traditional vs. Embedded Discrete-Trial Teaching: Which is more effective?

October 4, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Kaneen Geiger and team published a study in Behavior Analysis in Practice evaluating two types of Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT). DTT is a popular teaching method used by […]

Four Ways Your Discrete Trial Is All Tied Up!

May 8, 2015 bsci21 0

by Brohavior Ogden Lindsley was a graduate of B. F. Skinner and had a knack for mixing things up. The first human free-operant lab was at Metropolitan State Hospital in Waltham, MA, set up by […]

Lifestyle

A functional view of ACT and ACT related behaviors.

July 17, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, M.A. & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or “ACT” is a behavioral therapy. ACT teaches people to notice the […]

ABA Practice

A Challenge to Behavior Analysts for the New School Year

September 5, 2015 0

By Clelia Sigaud, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer As a Special Education teacher to students with Autism, I was fortunate to attend a training session over the summer on the use of the Picture Exchange Communication […]

Business/OBM

How to Survive as a Behavior Analytic Entrepreneur

November 12, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates As behavior analysts look to start their own businesses many initially struggle. Entrepreneurship has been referred to as a roller […]

Lifestyle

The Speaker Doesn’t Matter: What Research in Verbal Behavior Can Tell Us About Effective Communication

April 21, 2015 0

By Scott Herbst, PhD (scottaherbst@yahoo.com) bSci21 Contributing Writer In 1982, Charlie Catania, Byron Matthews, and Eliot Shimoff published a study looking at the effects of shaping verbal behavior. What they did was set up a multiple schedule. If […]

ABA Practice

Helping all parents harness the power of positive reinforcement

May 2, 2018 0

New ABA training website for all parents! Behavior analysts change the world through the science of behavior. Parenting with ABA specifically saves parents’ sanity through the use of evidence-based positive behavior supports. All parents can […]

Society

Applied Behavior Analysis and Counterterrorism

January 27, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org If one had to describe global events of the 21stcentury in one word, it would likely be this — terrorism. Terrorism may be thought of […]