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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 […]

Society

The “A-B-Cs” of Homelessness

April 19, 2018 2

Harla B. Frank, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can’t solve. — Linda Lingle We’ve all seen them – the […]

ABA Practice

Motivating Operation: Culprit or Unsung Hero?

May 16, 2017 1

Harla B. Frank, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer After a time, you may find that ‘having’ is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as ‘wanting.’ It is not logical, but it is often true. […]

ABA Practice

How parents can fit ABA into their busy schedules.

June 11, 2018 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Dear Behavior BFF, I have followed your posts for a while now. The problem I see is that in order for me to be successful as a […]

Business/OBM

Increase employee value and retention through reinforcement.

April 10, 2017 0

By Natalie Parks, PhD, BCBA-D Guest Author Employee recruitment, retention, and output have been long-standing issues with corporations of all kinds. Employee turnover is hugely costly to any company, with costs ranging anywhere from one […]

Society

How Relational Frame Theory Is Giving “Brain Training” Apps Competition

August 12, 2015 3

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Bryan Roche, PhD, co-author of the seminal book Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human Language and Cognition, wrote an article recently for The Conversation, criticizing […]

Lifestyle

The Speaker Doesn’t Matter: What Research in Verbal Behavior Can Tell Us About Effective Communication

April 21, 2015 0

By Scott Herbst, PhD (scottaherbst@yahoo.com) bSci21 Contributing Writer In 1982, Charlie Catania, Byron Matthews, and Eliot Shimoff published a study looking at the effects of shaping verbal behavior. What they did was set up a multiple schedule. If […]