positive externalities

Shifting Macrocontingencies: Renewable Energy Overtakes Coal

May 7, 2019 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Dr. Tony Biglan, a noted behavior analyst known for his work on a variety of large-scale social issues, introduced behavior analysts to the concept of negative externalities in […]

ABA Practice

What is Applied Behavior Analysis?

September 24, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, MA & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Many people misunderstand Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). “ABA” is often confused with Autism treatment or misunderstood […]

Society

Forbes: B.F. Skinner Can Save Education

July 10, 2015 10

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Phil DeMuth wrote an article for Forbes called “How B.F. Skinner Will Save Online Education.” Online education, according to Phil, was supposed to be the answer […]

Lifestyle

How Behavior Principles Can Affect You Around The House

April 18, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D & Angela Cathey, M.A. bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates People often have a difficult time grasping the true ubiquity of behavior analysis. Our field is […]

Society

Parents Treat Disabilities with Marijuana

August 6, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Bill Laitner of the Livingston Daily discussed a growing treatment among parents of children with disabilities — marijuana. Bill notes that under Michigan state law, medical marijuana is […]

ABA Practice

“Touch Your Head” or “Make Your Bed”? Staying true to the Applied dimension of ABA when creating program goals for students with profound cognitive impairment

March 6, 2016 23

By Katherine DeCotiis Wiedemann, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Nearly six months had gone by since we began Lily’s home-based ABA program, and she had not mastered a single target of a single program. Not […]

ABA Practice

Traditional vs. Embedded Discrete-Trial Teaching: Which is more effective?

October 4, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Kaneen Geiger and team published a study in Behavior Analysis in Practice evaluating two types of Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT). DTT is a popular teaching method used by […]