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How can parents find effective reinforcers?

July 17, 2017 bsci21 2

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Dear Behavior BFF, I’ve tried using a token economy and it helped for a little while. But lately my son has told me that he doesn’t want […]

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For High Performance, Focus on Results

November 4, 2016 0

By Daniel B. Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Do you remember the jobs that you used to get as a kid? Mowing the lawn, raking leaves, shoveling snow, or working a paper route. When you […]

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Understanding Behavior Functionally

July 28, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, M.A. & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates A functional approach to understanding behavior is often difficult for non-behavior analysts to grasp. Tracking functional […]

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Changing Four Behaviors that Predict Divorce with Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

February 12, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to BusinessInsider.com, researchers at the University of Washington’s Gottman Institute have identified four behaviors most likely to predict divorce with 93% accuracy in longitudinal studies […]

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How to turn people on to behavior analysis.

June 27, 2019 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Behavior analysis has been around at least since Skinner’s (1938) publication of Behavior of Organisms. At the end of his […]

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Scaling an ABA agency with CentralReach: An Interview with Jennifer Kirby of Thrive Autism Solutions

December 8, 2017 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Jennifer Kirby, M.S., BCBA, LBA, is the Clinical Director for Thrive Autism Solutions, which has three locations in Arkansas and Missouri, with a fourth opening soon. The […]

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What is variability and why do you as a behavior analyst care?

June 5, 2018 0

Variability from Chartlytics on Vimeo. Statistical variability is taught in school: range, standard deviation, and variance are familiar terms. But what about behavioral variability? What is it? And more importantly, what is it telling us […]