matching law

If You’re Not Following this Rule, You’re Not Delivering Excellent Service

November 28, 2017 bsci21 0

Jess Graham, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer As the service manager for a customer-facing organization, I have one rule in my team that we all follow (no matter how difficult): Don’t blame the customer! Every single […]

Predict your next football game with the Generalized Matching Equation!

October 19, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Stilling and Critchfield, in a study published in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, tested the degree to which the Generalized Matching Equation (GME) predicted the selection […]

Ivory Tower

Did B.F. Skinner contribute anything to Applied Behavior Analysis?

September 23, 2015 3

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org What exactly was B.F. Skinner’s contribution to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)? That was the question asked by Ed Morris, Nathaniel Smith, and Deborah Altus in their […]

ABA Practice

One way to teach self control with ABA.

November 19, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Self control is something many applied behavior analysts target in their behavior plans as it is a skill that, if learned, can help remove barriers to […]

Lifestyle

How to Reduce Public Tantrums

October 12, 2016 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Dear Behavior BFF, “If a child starts crying to their mum to have more sweets whilst on a busy train, what should the mum do? As someone […]

ABA Practice

6 Ways to Improve your Delivery of Non-Contingent Reinforcement

February 24, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Non-Contingent Reinforcement (NCR) can be a powerful technique of behavior change. The crucial element that makes NCR effective is that it breaks, or dilutes, the contingency […]

Business/OBM

An OBM Perspective on the Task List

June 19, 2018 1

By Contributing Writer Manuel “Manny” Rodriguez and Guest Writer Shannon Biagi Do you want to be an Organizational Behavior Management professional (OBMer for short)? Are you pursuing your Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) or […]

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 […]