dna – Behavioral Science in the 21st Century

The best way to diagnose autism is…

September 2, 2015 bsci21 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org What is the best way to diagnose autism? That was the question asked by Dr. Stephen Scherer and colleagues in a study published in the Journal […]

Society

Defunding Police: What behavioral science can contribute.

June 24, 2020 3

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA President, bSci21Media, LLC The Issue: Defunding Police Departments The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police was a watershed moment in the Black Lives Matter movement and for police […]

Business/OBM

5 Questions Every Mentor Should Ask

May 7, 2018 0

Zachary H. Morford, PhD, BCBA-D & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21 Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Whether in graduate school or in a company, almost every behavior analyst will […]

Business/OBM

5 Ways To Sell Your Ideas, With Help From Steve Jobs, ACT, and RFT.

April 15, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC Everyone has to sell their ideas every day. The term “sell” doesn’t necessarily imply money, but it does imply persuasion — convincing people that your way […]

Business/OBM

Preventing Credit Card Fraud with Goal Setting and Prompting

October 3, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Chris Downing Jr., Nicole Capriola, and Scott Geller recently published a study in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management on the effects of goal-setting and prompting to increase the likelihood […]

ABA Practice

Three things you can do instead of accepting gifts from clients

January 30, 2017 6

By Emaley McCulloch, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Gift-giving is an expected norm in most cultures. Thus, many behavioral professionals will find themselves in the awkward situation of having to turn-away a gift offered by […]

Society

Netflix’s Queen’s Gambit a Motivating Operation for Chess

December 7, 2020 0

Dr. Todd Ward In behavioral science, we have a concept known as a motivating operation. It is something that increases the incentive value of something else, and makes it more likely that we will seek […]