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How BCBAs Should Read Research Papers

January 4, 2018 bsci21 4

Maithri Sivaraman, M.Sc., BCBA Guest Author With the advent of digital technology, the Internet is replete with information about various available treatment options for autism. I open my news feed and one of the first […]

ABA Practice

Building Childrens’ Communication Skills via Telehealth

July 21, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A crucial skill emphasized by behavior analysts working with children with autism is communication, encapsulated via Functional Communication Training (FCT). If a child can gain communication […]

Ivory Tower

Do you really understand selection by consequences?

February 2, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org B. F. Skinner is best known for the development of operant conditioning — the process by which the consequences of our behavior affect the future probability of its […]

Business/OBM

Defused feedback is behavioral feedback.

October 31, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Open up any issue of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management and you are bound to find performance feedback to […]

ABA Practice

Supercharge Your Goal Setting with These Four Simple Rules

February 28, 2016 1

By Joan Orr MSc and Anne Wormald BA TAGteach International One critical component of the behavior analytic approach is to break a big goal down into smaller and easily achievable behavior goals. Ironically the instruction […]

ABA Practice

Best Practices for Teaching Receptive Language

October 12, 2015 3

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Receptive language skills — the ability to respond to the language of another person — is a crucial component of child development. Grow and LeBlanc provide […]

ABA Practice

10 Myths of Applied Behavior Analysis

April 10, 2015 17

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC Applied Behavior Analysis has seen enormous growth over the past 15 years due to its successes in the areas of autism and developmental disabilities. ABA is […]