jobm – Behavioral Science in the 21st Century

Does swag attract talent to your job booth? Here’s some data.

July 8, 2020 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA President, bSci21Media, LLC Job seekers beware. The best job market in 50 years came crashing down thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, and 2020 graduates are entering the “worst job […]

Shifting Macrocontingencies: Renewable Energy Overtakes Coal

May 7, 2019 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Dr. Tony Biglan, a noted behavior analyst known for his work on a variety of large-scale social issues, introduced behavior analysts to the concept of negative externalities in […]

Defused feedback is behavioral feedback.

October 31, 2018 bsci21 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 […]

Business/OBM

Workplace Conflict: Embarrassing but real and raw.

April 3, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi Brett DiNovi & Associates Being a leader is arguably one of the most complex behavioral repertoires that a human can master, and one of the least […]

Ivory Tower

Do theory and philosophy even matter?

March 22, 2016 1

By Naomi Homayouni and Benjamin Witts St. Cloud State University *Special thanks to Dr. Billy Baum for helpful comments on an earlier draft. Science and philosophy are closely related, both historically and currently. Consider that […]

Business/OBM

Compassionate Leadership: Mentoring in an ABA Service Provider

November 14, 2016 3

Pierre Louis, M.S. Ed., BCBA Executive Director of Training and Leadership Development, DiNovi & Associates It’s no secret that we are in a “Golden Age” of ABA. The industry is booming and agencies are hiring […]

ABA Practice

Four Ways Your Discrete Trial Is All Tied Up!

May 8, 2015 0

by Brohavior Ogden Lindsley was a graduate of B. F. Skinner and had a knack for mixing things up. The first human free-operant lab was at Metropolitan State Hospital in Waltham, MA, set up by […]

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 […]

Society

Revolutionizing Behavioral Measurement with MIT’s Marko System

May 22, 2019 3

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Good data goes a long way, but sometimes it is hard to collect. This is especially so in the behavioral sciences. We have historically relied on self-report, or […]