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 […]

Lifestyle

How wordless storybooks benefit your child

June 4, 2013 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The University of Waterloo recently reported the results of a study that suggests reading wordless storybooks to toddlers may enrich their language development more than books […]

Business/OBM

Tips for training your staff: Basic instructional design

June 21, 2018 0

By Barbara Bucklin, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer If you’ve followed my articles, you know a bit about my background. I’m educated in OBM and have been working with organizations for around 20 years, with the […]

Business/OBM

Human Resources for the ABA Entrepreneur

September 30, 2016 2

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D (bSci21Media, LLC) Dawn Mackey & Jamie Pagliaro (Rethink Behavioral Health) If you are familiar with Skinner’s writings, you know that he had big ideas for the science of behavior. When […]

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

Dr. Ward: Two important lessons for ABA entrepreneurs.

July 24, 2017 3

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC The annual Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference concluded at the end of May, and one thing is clear – behavior analysts are hungry for information […]

Lifestyle

“I” is just a bit of verbal behavior.

March 4, 2016 2

By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer …and what’s funny is that I am writing an article about rule governed behavior and psychological flexibility, will eventually challenge you to break some of your rules, and […]