how to be a better parent

Helping all parents harness the power of positive reinforcement

May 2, 2018 bsci21 0

New ABA training website for all parents! Behavior analysts change the world through the science of behavior. Parenting with ABA specifically saves parents’ sanity through the use of evidence-based positive behavior supports. All parents can […]

Using ABA as a parent

November 30, 2017 bsci21 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Dear Behavior BFF, I’ve followed your column for some time and it sounds like the parents have to put in a lot of work up front to […]

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

April 3, 2016 bsci21 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, […]

Lifestyle

Learning to say “No” for a better life.

April 20, 2017 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21.org Debra Bingham Living Courageous Consulting Dawn Mackay & Jamie Pagliaro Rethink Behavioral Health It’s no secret that BCBAs are overworked. Talk of high caseloads, hundreds of miles on the […]

Lifestyle

How ABA Can Get You Off the Couch

January 18, 2015 5

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org If obesity doesn’t kill you, a sedentary lifestyle will. That is the message of an LA Times article discussing new research study that followed hundreds […]

Lifestyle

How to Reduce Public Tantrums

October 12, 2016 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Dear Behavior BFF, “If a child starts crying to their mum to have more sweets whilst on a busy train, what should the mum do? As someone […]

Ivory Tower

Transferring Repertoires from Brain To Brain — It’s A Thing Now.

July 9, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org So you remember in The Matrix when Trinity needed to learn how to fly a helicopter and had software uploaded into her brain which instantly gave her […]

ABA Practice

When school suspension reinforces maladaptive behavior.

December 20, 2017 3

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, MA., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Sometimes suspending students from school can be the worst thing for that learner’s future behavior. If a behavior problem functions […]

Business/OBM

The Paradox of Power and the Nature of Human Bias: A behavior analyst’s notes on Uber, Tesla, Wells Fargo, and multi-systems change processes.

March 10, 2017 0

By Angela Cathey, M.A. bSci21 Contributing Writer As a behavior analyst my attention is often drawn to cycles of behavior. Where there is a pattern, there can be prediction and change. In recent news, I […]