money

JEAB: How we think about time affects impulsivity.

July 18, 2015 bsci21 5

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A recent study by William DeHart and Amy Odum in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior found that our tendency to act impulsively — to […]

ABA Practice

January Edition of “You Know You’re a Behavior Analyst When…”

January 12, 2016 1

By Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Back in November, we published “You know you are a behavior analyst when…” – a tongue-in-cheek list of ways to identify a behavior analyst, and a way […]

Business/OBM

Leading Without Authority: How to motivate people who don’t have to do what you say.

October 27, 2015 1

By Dan Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Ever worked with a colleague or boss and struggled to get them to do something that needed to be done? In many situations we have the benefit of […]

Lifestyle

Control Yourself! Integrity and Being a Human Being

September 8, 2015 0

By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer In just about every circle I travel, integrity is a big deal. In behavior analysis, we mostly worry about integrity with respect to our treatment programs. In fact, […]

Society

Racial Disparities in Autism Diagnoses

May 31, 2019 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC As behavior analysts, we know that three selective processes influence behavior. Biological selection, based on survival of the species, influences our genetic susceptibilities to our environment. Operant […]

Ivory Tower

How Darwin and Skinner got it wrong and what it means for ABA.

February 8, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org In a sense, Darwin was wrong…and for that matter Skinner was too. Both men regarded biological traits as constants that affected survival and reproduction, or that […]

ABA Practice

Are all BCBAs robots, or just mine?

April 8, 2016 7

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “We recently hired a behavior analyst to work with our 4 year old son. She seems like a robot! Are all BCBAs so ‘professional’ and focused on […]