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PBIS “Positive Peer Pressure” Program Changes School Culture

February 13, 2019 bsci21 2

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC WSLS News in Roanoke, Virginia recently reported on a Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) program aimed to boost school attendance and academic performance across Henry County schools. One […]

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Behavioral Skills Training at Dinner Time

January 26, 2018 0

Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Dear Behavior BFF, I need some serious help with dinnertime. My two sons argue, yell, goof off, refuse to eat, you name it. We can’t go out to […]

Lifestyle

Four Prolific Writing Tips from B.F. Skinner

February 22, 2015 2

Back when I was a doctoral student at UNR, I came across an article by B.F. Skinner (1981) titled “How to Discover What you Have to Say — A Talk to Students.” In it, Skinner […]

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Product Development at CentralReach: An Interview with Greg Paquette

September 12, 2017 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC I recently had a chance to talk with Greg Paquette, the Vice President of Clinical Product Development for CentralReach, a company that provides a comprehensive software […]

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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 […]

Business/OBM

How to Start an ABA Blog

February 16, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Angela Cathey, M.A. ENSO Group As we recently mentioned in our article, “How to talk ABA to the rest of the world.” behavior analysts are trained really well […]

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Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk: In ABA, It Can Be Hard to Do Both.

August 28, 2016 0

By Katherine DeCotiis Wiedemann, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Last week, I totally bombed an interview, and it wasn’t because I showed up 10-minutes late in yoga pants, or because I had horrible garlic breath. […]