pregnant

An Incentive System to Reduce Smoking During Pregnancy

July 22, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A team of UK researchers lead by David Tappin recently published a Randomized Controlled Trial in the BMJ evaluating the effectiveness of financial incentives in a smoking cessation […]

Society

Predicting Earthquakes With Animal Behavior

July 20, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Normally, when seismic activity is on the rise and earthquakes are predicted, we hear form organizations such as the U.S. Geological Survey that provide quantitative data from […]

Business/OBM

How do I transition to an OBM career?

September 10, 2018 0

Barbara Bucklin, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer People often contact me with a question like this– “I’ve been a behavior consultant working with ASD clients for my entire career. I know ABA and now I’m starting […]

ABA Practice

An ABA Practitioner’s Guide to Evidence-Based Staff Training

November 4, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Parsons, Rollyson, and Reid provided a six-step guide to providing evidence-based staff trainings for practitioners of Applied Behavior Analysis, published in Behavior Analysis in Practice. The authors […]

Society

ABA Can’t Survive the 21st Century Without Mobile Technology

July 15, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A recurring theme on bSci21 is the increasing role of technology in measuring and predicting our behavior, such as incorporating the Internet into behavior plans, and […]

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 […]

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. […]