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JEAB: Contingent Shock Increases Response Rate

November 17, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The presentation of shock contingent on a response should decrease responding, right? Not necessarily. A study by Everly and Perone in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of […]

Business/OBM

Top 5 Ways to Ruin Your Reputation as an Ethical Leader

April 17, 2017 6

By Brett Dinovi, M.A., BCBA CEO, Brett DiNovi & Associates When leaders put profits before people, ethical transgressions are often inevitable. There is no shortage of this in the corporate world recently. Enron. Wells Fargo. […]

ABA Practice

The ACT Hexaflex for BCBAs

March 21, 2019 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates The first Randomized Controlled Trials using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or “ACT” started in 1986. More than 30 years and […]

Business/OBM

Technologies to help manage employees: Mobile performance support.

January 10, 2018 1

By Barbara Bucklin, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer This is the first installment in a series on technology to help manage employees. We’ll start with Mobile Performance Support (think mobile job aids). In recent years, technology […]

Business/OBM

Making Hospitals More Efficient with Behavioral Systems Analysis

October 11, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Kelley and Gravina (2018) recently published a study in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management in which a successful process redesign produced significantly lower door-to-order and door-to-discharge times in the […]

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Feedback: Taking the Criticism out of Constructive Criticism

October 24, 2017 0

Harla B. Frank, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer It’s not a proper feedback if it’s given to flatter and/or belittle someone. True feedback should be given to empower someone [sic] perform better. — Assegid Habtewold I […]

ABA Practice

When Ethical Guidelines Conflict in ABA Practice

March 28, 2016 4

By Clelia Sigaud, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer Even as a not-yet-certified student of behavior analysis, it is incredibly easy for me to personally connect with virtually all guidelines within the Behavior Analysis Certification Board’s Professional […]