plos medicine

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 […]

Business/OBM

Pay-nful Negotiations: 5 Tips For ABA Businesses To Make Salary Negotiations Less Aversive

November 14, 2017 1

Adam Ventura, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.” –Publilius Syrus, 1st century BC In Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), determining what others are willing to […]

ABA Practice

Billing from the BCBA’s Perspective

September 15, 2016 2

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D (bSci21Media, LLC) Michele Robinson and Emily Roche (ABA Billing) Jamie Pagliaro (Rethink Behavioral Health) It’s Friday afternoon. You’re about to end a long week driving hundreds of miles to supervise […]

Lifestyle

Your behavior says you’re lying!

June 10, 2015 0

By Todd Ward, PhD, BCBA-D (todd.ward@bsci21.org) Founding Editor, bSci21.org Behavior analysts have talked a little about lying. For example, Skinner (1957) regarded lying as a distorted tact. For him, lying was indicative of a certain […]

ABA Practice

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Disciplines

September 7, 2017 0

By Brett Blevins, M.Ed, BCBA, LBA Guest Author “Sometimes when two worlds collide, a better one is created.” -Anonymous The Divide Natural Science vs Social Science. Behaviorism vs Mentalism. Behavior Analysis vs Psychotherapy. Can’t we […]

Society

How Applied Behavior Analysis is Tackling Childhood Obesity

June 19, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity in the United States has more than doubled since 1980 to 18% for children aged 6-11, and […]

Lifestyle

On the Ethics of Curiosity: Observing Behavior at the Voyeur’s Motel

May 10, 2016 0

Adrienne Fitzer, MA, BCBA Guest Author For forty minutes I was captivated by The Voyeur’s Motel , written by Gay Talese and published in the The New Yorker this past month. While the article focuses on […]