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Bah, Humbug! Why Behavior Analysts Hate the Holidays: And 4 Quick Ways to Survive Them

December 12, 2016 bsci21 4

By Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Happy Thanksgiving? Merry Christmas? Happy Hanukah? I think not. There is nothing “merry” or “happy” about any of the holidays. Well, at least not for behavior analysts. […]

Business/OBM

OBM Sound Bytes: How to introduce OBM to those outside the field.

May 8, 2017 0

By Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer In this episode of OBM Sound Bytes, I answer a common question received by bSci21 readers – “How do you introduce OBM to non-ABA managers and leaders?” In […]

ABA Practice

Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis

February 21, 2015 3

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21 Founding Editor Training behavior analysts is tedious. The intricacies of supervised fieldwork alone can be a harrowing experience for many — meeting with interdisciplinary teams, parents, challenging clients, […]

Society

Greta Thunburg, Power, and Countercontrol

October 5, 2019 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA bSci21Media, LLC Greta Thunburg, the 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden, has attracted much attention as of late. Including a passionate speech at the United Nations, which led to […]

Business/OBM

How to build an ABA website in 3 steps.

February 13, 2018 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC What would the modern world be without websites? Web designers are the new construction workers, the builders of the virtual world which occasions nearly all of our […]

Lifestyle

It’s Normal to Fear Public Speaking! Seven Tips to Help You Prepare

May 19, 2017 0

By Barbara Bucklin, PhD and Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writers A year ago, Manny wrote an overview about presentation skills that discussed how public speaking is behavior that can be learned. In the article, How […]

Society

The role of behavioral science in the Thai cave rescue.

July 6, 2018 5

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC By now you have probably heard about the Wild Boar soccer team trapped in an underground cave in Thailand since going missing June 23rd. CNN reported that the […]