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How Peer Tutoring and Group Contingencies Can Improve Academic Performance

June 20, 2016 bsci21 0

By Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer A study conducted by Pigott, Fantuzzo, and Clement (1986) investigated the effects of reciprocal peer tutoring and group contingencies on the academic performance of elementary school children. […]

Ivory Tower

How Darwin and Skinner got it wrong and what it means for ABA.

February 8, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org In a sense, Darwin was wrong…and for that matter Skinner was too. Both men regarded biological traits as constants that affected survival and reproduction, or that […]

ABA Practice

Beyond the Spectrum: Careers in Behavior Analysis

July 19, 2017 0

By Harla B. Frank, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Author I think when one becomes identified with a label, that’ll become all anyone sees – the expansiveness and breadth of the ‘all who you are’ suddenly […]

Society

Saving Water: The Potential Impact of Behavior Analysis

December 2, 2015 0

By Julia Fiebig, PhD, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Recently, I was driving from Los Angeles to my home in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s an easy drive once you get through LA traffic, the […]

ABA Practice

Increasing Parent Engagement and Treatment Effectiveness using Values

August 17, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, MA & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates As a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), or other care provider, for developmentally disabled children it […]

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Ways You Can Spread Autism Awareness Beyond the Month of April

May 4, 2018 0

Zachary H. Morford, PhD, BCBA-D Lucero Neri-Hernandez, MS, BCBA Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21 Media, LLC April is autism awareness month. Launched over two decades ago by the Autism Society, the whole month is […]

Business/OBM

Three Ways to Find Reinforcers for Your Staff Members’ Performance

May 26, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Byron Wine, Malanie Reis, and Donald Hantula published a study evaluating three different preference assessment procedures to motivate staff. In the first experiment, the team compared […]