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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 […]

Motivating Operation: Culprit or Unsung Hero?

May 16, 2017 bsci21 1

Harla B. Frank, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer After a time, you may find that ‘having’ is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as ‘wanting.’ It is not logical, but it is often true. […]

Business/OBM

Preventing Credit Card Fraud with Goal Setting and Prompting

October 3, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Chris Downing Jr., Nicole Capriola, and Scott Geller recently published a study in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management on the effects of goal-setting and prompting to increase the likelihood […]

Business/OBM

Lessons on Pay in ABA from the Wells Fargo Bonus Scandal

April 1, 2017 1

By Daniel B. Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer If you haven’t heard, late last year Wells Fargo Bank landed in very hot water for its employees fraudulently opening customer accounts. The effects of this have […]

Society

Super Bowl Riots: What turns celebration into destruction?

February 18, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D & Angela Cathey, M.A. bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Following the recent Super Bowl victory of the Philadelphia Eagles over the New England Patriots, celebration […]

Business/OBM

Do you have a “quality” ABA service provider?

July 31, 2016 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, Jamie Pagliaro, and Sara Gershfeld, MA, BCBA During a recent webinar, Rethink Behavioral Health and the Behavioral Health Center of Excellence asked the question: “What does ‘quality’ really mean?” […]

ABA Practice

Mother Jones Slams “The Skinner Method” in Schools

August 21, 2015 11

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Mother Jones recently published a provocative critique of “the Skinner Method” as it pertains to school behavior programs. The article noted that the so-called method is […]

Society

3 Ways Behavior Analysis & Artificial Intelligence Will Change The World

February 21, 2017 2

By Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer As behavior analysts, we are in the science of predicting and influencing behavior. As we look to the future, one trend is sure to have a global […]