obama

Behavior Analyst Honored at White House

May 5, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Mark Mautone, a lead teacher in the Applied Behavior Analysis/Special Education Department in Hoboken Public Schools, was honored at the White House, along with 54 other […]

ABA Practice

You know you are a behavior analyst when…

November 5, 2015 16

By Emaley McCulloch, M.Ed., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer You know you are a behavior analyst when… you are making a behavior plan in your head for the kid in front of you in the grocery […]

Society

Predicting Earthquakes With Animal Behavior

July 20, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Normally, when seismic activity is on the rise and earthquakes are predicted, we hear form organizations such as the U.S. Geological Survey that provide quantitative data from […]

ABA Practice

On teaching skills to mastery vs fluency

January 31, 2017 2

Shelley McLean, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Sometimes I wonder if it’s just me . . . In my work with learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and diverse needs, I always focused on teaching […]

Business/OBM

Reward and Recognize Employees Like This, Not That!

October 26, 2017 4

By Barbara Bucklin, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer If you’re a business owner, manager, or supervisor, in your best attempt to reward and recognize your employees, you may unintentionally do more harm than good. Expert Organizational […]

ABA Practice

Greg Hanley discusses Function-Based Treatment on the Behavioral Observations Podcast

June 13, 2016 1

By Matthew J. Cicoria MS, BCBA Host, The Behavioral Observations Podcast Dr. Greg Hanley returns to the Behavioral Observations Podcast, and in this episode we talk about best practices for functional analyses and function-based treatment. He […]

Society

The Use of Respondent Conditioning in Improving Health Outcomes

February 6, 2017 0

Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA, LABA bSci21 Contributing Writer Approximately 133 million Americans (50% of the overall population) suffer from chronic illness, which results in 7 in 10 deaths each year (Center for Disease Control and […]