europe

Barriers to Autism Treatment in Northern Ireland

July 9, 2019 bsci21 2

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Over the past ten years, the prevalence of autism in Northern Ireland has increased by several percentage points. However, a recent article by Karola Dillenburger, Director of the […]

The European Misinformation Campaign Against ABA

May 15, 2015 bsci21 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC Mickey Keenan recently wrote in The Conversation about the gulf in Applied Behavior Analysis services between the U.S. and Europe. He highlighted, for example, that 41 […]

Society

How to Bring ABA to the World Through Public Speaking

April 5, 2016 3

By Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer The field of behavior analysis has come a long way from the early days, however more can be done. I teach a course with this same title for the […]

Lifestyle

Say This on a First Date…It’s Science

February 26, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD Founding Editor, bSci21.org Time.com recently discussed five scientifically-supported ways to increase the likelihood of a successful first date — measured in terms of followup dates, self-report of connection felt during […]

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 […]

Business/OBM

How Pay for Performance Benefits Your Company

October 13, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates As behavior analysts, our world view is based on the act-in-context. One of the most prevalent contexts that occasion our […]

Society

Crowd Behavior Analysis from the Sky Aims to Prevent Tragedy

July 11, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Computer scientists at Middlebury College are working on a way to improve public safety at large public events through computer vision algorithms that detect anomalies in crowd behavior […]

Lifestyle

Behavior Change ’17 – Apps, Tech, and the Web

February 16, 2017 0

Melissa Druskis, M.S., BCBA Guest Author Fitness trackers in the form of pedometers have been around since 1965, but not until the introduction of Fitbit, Pebble, Jawbone, and others around 2010, did simple pedometers combined […]