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Four ways to set up a self management system.

February 8, 2019 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Self management is almost a paradoxical concept for behavior analysts with a deterministic scientific philosophy. On one hand our behavior […]

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Making Hospitals More Efficient with Behavioral Systems Analysis

October 11, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Kelley and Gravina (2018) recently published a study in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management in which a successful process redesign produced significantly lower door-to-order and door-to-discharge times in the […]

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Forbes: B.F. Skinner Can Save Education

July 10, 2015 10

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Phil DeMuth wrote an article for Forbes called “How B.F. Skinner Will Save Online Education.” Online education, according to Phil, was supposed to be the answer […]

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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 […]

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Impact Investing: Aligning Reinforcement Contingencies to Save the Planet

April 4, 2019 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC If there is one thing that affects behavior more than anything else in the world, it is money. And money-related topics are becoming increasingly frequent here at bSci21, […]

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Police Reward Good Behavior

March 15, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to NBC News, a police department in Farmington, New Hampshire is doing things a bit differently these days — rewarding good behavior with gift cards […]

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Behavior Analysts: Think outside the box.

April 4, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC The founder of our field, B.F. Skinner, had a grand vision – a technology of behavior for the world. He wasn’t talking about a science of autism, […]