energy information administration

Shifting Macrocontingencies: Renewable Energy Overtakes Coal

May 7, 2019 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Dr. Tony Biglan, a noted behavior analyst known for his work on a variety of large-scale social issues, introduced behavior analysts to the concept of negative externalities in […]

ABA Practice

Autism, Oral Language, & Missing Curriculum: Is DI the Answer?

January 24, 2017 2

By Jennifer Fisahn, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer If you are (or ever were) a public school special education teacher in a self-contained autism classroom, chances are you have had to beg for, borrow, and […]

ABA Practice

Are all BCBAs robots, or just mine?

April 8, 2016 7

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “We recently hired a behavior analyst to work with our 4 year old son. She seems like a robot! Are all BCBAs so ‘professional’ and focused on […]

ABA Practice

7 Strategies for Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports

June 1, 2016 0

By Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Violence within schools has become an issue of growing concern in the United States. The discussion on bullying took a devastating turn in April 2016, when a […]

Society

Training Rats to Save Lives

March 23, 2017 0

By Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA, LABA bSci21 Contributing Writer An NGO based out of Belgium is responsible for saving thousands of lives around the world. Apopo uses behavior training strategies to teach African Giant-Pouched Rats […]

ABA Practice

The “Big Six” Elements of Human Performance

January 10, 2016 1

By Richard McManus The Fluency Factory The reach to a box of cereal, the grasp of a spoon, the strumming gesture across a guitar, the point toward a door by a character in a play. […]

Society

The best way to diagnose autism is…

September 2, 2015 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 […]