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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 […]

Lifestyle

The place before “I” – Undercutting your Deictic Relations

November 3, 2019 4

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA bSci21Media, LLC I cooked dinner tonight… or did I? As Dr. Scott Herbst said before on this site, “I” is just a bit of language. It only exists as […]

ABA Practice

Are Functional Analyses in Schools Effective?

July 13, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Public schools are one of the most common places of employment for behavior analysts. However, conducting behavioral assessments in such environments can sometimes be challenging, let […]

ABA Practice

The Four Functions of Behavior Made Simple

January 22, 2018 8

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates In a recent YouTube video, Brett DiNovi, CEO of the largest Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) agency on the East Coast, […]

Business/OBM

Do this with your behavior analytic business idea.

January 13, 2018 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media Skinner once wrote a paper titled “How to discover what you have to say.” The main point of his paper was that you should start writing about your […]

ABA Practice

When “First, Then” isn’t working.

May 4, 2017 2

By Leanne Page, M.Ed., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “I’m still waiting for the First, Then strategy to work. Every day I say “First car seat, then book. But getting my son into the car seat […]

Lifestyle

Challenged? Try Behavioral Momentum!

April 3, 2015 0

by Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer manny@abatechnologies.com Have you ever faced a challenge that just seemed unbelievably difficult to overcome? Do you have a colleague, friend, student, or child that is facing such […]