persuation

How Language Research can Inform COVID-19 Policy.

July 22, 2020 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA bSci21Media, LLC Several news outlets recently reported on a PloS Medicine study which concluded that a large pandemic can be prevented with three behaviors: social distancing, hand washing, and […]

ABA Practice

What is variability and why do you as a behavior analyst care?

June 5, 2018 0

Variability from Chartlytics on Vimeo. Statistical variability is taught in school: range, standard deviation, and variance are familiar terms. But what about behavioral variability? What is it? And more importantly, what is it telling us […]

Society

Police Reward Good Behavior

March 15, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to NBC News, a police department in Farmington, New Hampshire is doing things a bit differently these days — rewarding good behavior with gift cards […]

Lifestyle

A Letter to My Younger Self: Five Things I Would Have Done Differently as a Young Behavior Analyst

September 19, 2016 5

By Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Dear Adam, I am from the future, and I have traveled back in time to give you advice and some information about your future to help you […]

ABA Practice

Three Obstacles to Treating Inappropriate Sexual Behavior in a School Setting

August 5, 2015 4

By Clelia Sigaud, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer (cleliasigaud@aol.com) I’ve decided to kick off my contribution to bsci21 with a post on a controversial, uncomfortable, and significant topic; namely, sexually inappropriate behaviors in the school setting […]

Lifestyle

3 Tips to Improve Behavioral Self-Management

July 27, 2016 4

Daniel B. Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Sometimes it can be hard to get started on a task. Just when it seems like you are ready to get moving on that thing you have been […]

Business/OBM

How to Start an ABA Blog

February 16, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Angela Cathey, M.A. ENSO Group As we recently mentioned in our article, “How to talk ABA to the rest of the world.” behavior analysts are trained really well […]