holidays

Giving the Gift of Happiness during the Holidays, with Applied Behavior Analysis

December 14, 2017 bsci21 0

COLUMBIA, MD, December 13, 2017 — The holidays can be stressful. Visiting with extended family, shopping for last minute gifts, and cooking once-a-year dishes for a large group means life can get a bit hectic. […]

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. […]

Society

Smart Cities Will Know You Better Than You Know Yourself

July 12, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org You have heard of smart phones, and the countless apps that account for said smartness. But zoom out a bit and just look at the technological […]

Society

Fighting words in ABA?

September 6, 2016 3

By Paul Gavoni, Ed.D Guest Author In 2006, the New York Times article What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage went viral as one of the top emailed articles of the year. The article, […]

Society

Behavior Analysts Battle Fake News

August 1, 2018 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC We live in a world of language, of information, consumed by millions of people through the Internet. Unfortunately, recent years have seen a misinformation trend in the form […]

Lifestyle

How to Increase Hand Sanitizer Use with ABA

April 5, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC A college cafeteria is filled with germs. Thousands of people a week come in and out, their hands having been who-knows-where. Those hands touch the same […]

Business/OBM

To Profit or Not to Profit, That Is the Ethical Question: Five Ways Your ABA Company Will Profit by Behaving Ethically

December 5, 2016 6

Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Running a business in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) can be a challenging endeavor, and those who try and fail can end up feeling like their story is one […]

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 […]