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PECS giving you trouble? Use Precision Teaching.

July 18, 2016 bsci21 7

My name is Simon Dejardin. I’m a BCBA in France, in the Paris suburbs. I supervise an ABA program for adolescents with ASD. Last November, I welcomed a 14-year-old girl named Cecilia. She has a […]

Lifestyle

Divorce, Kids & Behaviour Analysis

February 4, 2016 0

By Zainab Fazal, M.ADS, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Let’s talk about the D word – divorce! Some statistics show an increase in the number of divorces over the last two decades. In 2002, Kreider & […]

Society

Fighting Cancer with Positive Reinforcement

February 10, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The New York Times recently reported on a program at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center that teaches dogs to sniff out cancer using positive reinforcement. […]

Business/OBM

How to disseminate OBM to the corporate world.

June 26, 2016 2

By Carolyn Brayko Editor, Organizational Behavior Management Newsletter The most recent Network News issue from the Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) Network includes a thoughtful call to action by Dr. Joe Dagen entitled “Three sides of the […]

ABA Practice

Behind the Scenes of Early Intervention

February 15, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D As a parent, when you start an Early Intervention (EI) program using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to develop your child’s skills, you may have many questions about what your child’s […]

Lifestyle

Bah, Humbug! Why Behavior Analysts Hate the Holidays: And 4 Quick Ways to Survive Them

December 12, 2016 4

By Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Happy Thanksgiving? Merry Christmas? Happy Hanukah? I think not. There is nothing “merry” or “happy” about any of the holidays. Well, at least not for behavior analysts. […]

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Reinforcement Isn’t Real

March 13, 2015 5

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC Yep, you heard me right. Reinforcement isn’t real. Not if you are a functional contextualist. You see there are at least two dominant philosophical views in […]