pabi – Behavioral Science in the 21st Century

Will a robotic penguin revolutionize ABA therapy?

October 25, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to the Brown Daily Herald, researchers at Brown University are hard at work developing a robotic penguin to aid the assessment and treatment of autism […]

Society

Behavior Analyst Honored at White House

May 5, 2015 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 […]

Society

What to do when our behavior is replaced by robots?

April 18, 2016 0

By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer I have this irrational fear of starving to death. It’s not debilitating; it doesn’t seem to interfere with me living my life at all, but once in a […]

Lifestyle

Tips for Transitioning Activities, from your Behavior BFF

August 29, 2015 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer and your “Behavior BFF” A mom writes: I enjoy taking my 4-year-old son to the park, play areas at the mall, and other fun places. Lately, though, he […]

ABA Practice

Mother Jones Slams “The Skinner Method” in Schools

August 21, 2015 11

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Mother Jones recently published a provocative critique of “the Skinner Method” as it pertains to school behavior programs. The article noted that the so-called method is […]

ABA Practice

It takes a team: Strategies for effective collaboration among BCBAs and SLPs

July 14, 2017 0

Rosemarie Griffin CCC/SLP, BCBA Guest Author If you are a BCBA working with students with autism, you most likely are interacting with a number of professionals from non- behavior analytic fields. One of these professionals […]

Lifestyle

9 Tips to Avoid Paralysis by Analysis

November 12, 2015 0

By Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer How do you behave when it comes to decision-making? Do you spend a long time thinking over every single decision? Are you sometimes afraid of making the wrong decision? […]