halloween

Halloween in the 1900s: How Applied Behavior Analysis shaped the future of Trick-or-Treating

October 29, 2015 bsci21 3

By Emaley McCulloch, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer On a typical October 31st, dozens of children may ring your door bell, yell “trick-or-treat” and then hold out their bag for candy. Have you ever thought […]

Lifestyle

The Speaker Doesn’t Matter: What Research in Verbal Behavior Can Tell Us About Effective Communication

April 21, 2015 0

By Scott Herbst, PhD (scottaherbst@yahoo.com) bSci21 Contributing Writer In 1982, Charlie Catania, Byron Matthews, and Eliot Shimoff published a study looking at the effects of shaping verbal behavior. What they did was set up a multiple schedule. If […]

ABA Practice

ACT for Parents of kids with Asthma

May 16, 2019 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or “ACT”, is now backed by several hundred Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) since the 1980s, with applications ranging from the treatment of mental disorders […]

Society

A New Incentive System for Inmates

June 10, 2015 1

By Todd Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org If you are an inmate in the LaPorte County Jail in Indiana, you can look forward to a new program that provides food incentives for good behavior, […]

Business/OBM

5 things Behavior Analysts should know about Organizational Behavior Management (OBM)

May 28, 2016 9

By Dan Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer A few years back the California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA) partnered with the OBM Network to co-host their annual conferences. In addition to the great presentations and […]

Lifestyle

Seven Ways You Are Ruining Your Kids

August 13, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Kathy Caprino of Forbes Magazine recently interviewed leadership expert Dr. Tim Elmore on his view of modern parents as coddlers, whose overprotective parenting styles prevent children […]

ABA Practice

Common Misconceptions about Behavior Analysis

June 26, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, MA & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has an image problem. A science built on behavioral principles is difficult […]