ferguson

Ferguson PD and The Chicago Community Data Project

March 17, 2015 bsci21 7

bSci21 contributing group “Saving the world” with behavior analysis has been an ambitious dream since the science of behavior was founded. The field of behavior analysis has been type-casted over the past 20 years […]

ABA Practice

4 Simple Steps to Supercharge Instruction with Behavioral Fluency

May 2, 2018 0

4 simple ways behavioral fluency from Chartlytics. It’s oh-so-easy for students to immediately forget what they worked so hard to learn. Students practice, but as football coach Vince Lombardi once said, “Practice does not make […]

Society

Whatever happened to “saving the world” with ABA?

March 3, 2015 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Drs. Mark Mattaini and Molli Luke provide a provocative editorial for the newest issue of Behavior and Social Issues, titled “‘Saving the World’ with a Matrix.” […]

Ivory Tower

Did B.F. Skinner contribute anything to Applied Behavior Analysis?

September 23, 2015 3

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org What exactly was B.F. Skinner’s contribution to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)? That was the question asked by Ed Morris, Nathaniel Smith, and Deborah Altus in their […]

ABA Practice

Battling BCBA Burnout

March 1, 2019 0

Melissa Druskis, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer In our field, we are all aware of the high-turnover rate for direct Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapists and Registered Behavioral Technicians (RBTs). It is a reality […]

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 […]

Lifestyle

My Kids Won’t Stop Fighting!: How ABA Can Reduce Sibling Rivalry

April 3, 2016 0

By Zainab Fazal, M.ADS, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer You look at your children and marvel in their awesomeness, how they are growing so quickly right before your eyes. And then…they start playing with their sibling, […]