origins

Halloween in the 1900s: How Applied Behavior Analysis shaped the future of Trick-or-Treating

October 29, 2015 bsci21 3

By Emaley McCulloch, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer On a typical October 31st, dozens of children may ring your door bell, yell “trick-or-treat” and then hold out their bag for candy. Have you ever thought […]

Society

Fahrenheit 451?: Book Burning in the Information Age

December 19, 2017 0

Harla B. Frank, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer How easy it is for so many of us today to be undoubtedly full of information yet fully deprived of accurate information. —Criss Jami First published in […]

ABA Practice

The Top 4 Insurance Policies for ABA Providers

June 2, 2017 2

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D (bSci21.org) Daniel Law (The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers) Dawn Mackey & Jamie Pagliaro (Rethink) ABA agencies face an array of unique liability risks due to the nature of the services […]

ABA Practice

Legal Tactics Used Against Schools & How Behavior Analysis Resolves Disputes

October 28, 2016 1

By Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA CEO, DiNovi & Associates I’ve had the unfortunate experience of finding myself in the middle of extremely litigious and emotional disputes between parents and school districts for a couple decades […]

Business/OBM

Should Employees Be Asked to Choose Their Own Rewards?

February 6, 2018 0

Jess Graham, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer Decades of research have shown that, when done effectively, providing rewards to employees can boost performance, morale, and productivity. What’s somewhat less conclusive is how leaders should determine which […]

Lifestyle

Find your reinforcers, and fail.

March 26, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi Brett DiNovi & Associates Behavior analysts produce what you could call miraculous results. Sure, BA’s know that there’s nothing magical about it, but miracles don’t necessarily […]

Society

Predictive Policing: Mapping Future Crime with PredPol

February 20, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to Forbes, police departments across America are paying up to $150,000 a year to PredPol, a predictive policing firm, to use its mapping technology to […]