how to prevent homelessness

The “A-B-Cs” of Homelessness

April 19, 2018 bsci21 2

Harla B. Frank, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can’t solve. — Linda Lingle We’ve all seen them – the […]

ABA Practice

The “Big Six” Elements of Human Performance

January 10, 2016 1

By Richard McManus The Fluency Factory The reach to a box of cereal, the grasp of a spoon, the strumming gesture across a guitar, the point toward a door by a character in a play. […]

Lifestyle

What to do when your child is screaming in public

March 31, 2017 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Anytime we take our toddler somewhere new, she freaks out. She cries and tantrums until we end up leaving. She even does this when we take her […]

Lifestyle

The Gucci Model with Down’s Syndrome

July 15, 2020 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA President, bSci21Media, LLC In a previous bSci21 article, Meghan Cave and Justyna Balzar, both Board Certified Behavior Analysts, highlighted the need for advocacy for special needs populations. In doing […]

ABA Practice

Benefits to working as an in-home BCBA.

August 31, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC These days, Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) are in high demand for Autism Spectrum Disorder treatment. With so many employment options available, it can be difficult to tell […]

ABA Practice

When BACB ethical violations go unnoticed.

April 20, 2016 15

By Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer About a year ago, I worked with a high schooler diagnosed with high-functioning Autism. His mother requested that the primary focus of treatment be his social skills […]

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 […]