process

Streamlining ABA Processes with Theralytics

November 16, 2018 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC I recently had a chance to talk to Zo Rana, the Founder and CEO of a new tech company, Theralytics. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, the […]

What is a metacontingency?

February 5, 2015 bsci21 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org There are contingencies and then there are metacontingencies. The prefix “meta” suggests something that subsumes operant contingencies to include something more. This “something more” refers to […]

ABA Practice

Making the most out of a school-based Functional Behavior Assessment

December 11, 2017 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Sometimes Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) are conducted in schools simply to fulfill requirements set forth by the Individuals with Disabilities […]

Business/OBM

Stick with the Science – Even in Silicon Valley!

October 5, 2016 1

By Zainab Fazal, M.ADS, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Sunny California, a beautiful city and home to “Silicon Valley” is where thousands of new and innovative companies are starting up every year. It is the leading […]

ABA Practice

The Top 10 Things Every Traveling Behaviour Analyst Needs

January 2, 2016 2

By Zainab Fazal, M.ADS, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer On today’s agenda: 1 new client you will meet for the first time, 1 client you are starting an assessment with, and 1 client you’ve been working […]

Society

Behavior Analysts Battle Fake News

August 1, 2018 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC We live in a world of language, of information, consumed by millions of people through the Internet. Unfortunately, recent years have seen a misinformation trend in the form […]

Lifestyle

Replacement Behaviors to Helicopter Parenting

September 8, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Helicopter parenting — the phenomenon by which parents hover over their children at all times, for every life decision — has gained increased media attention as […]

Lifestyle

A Letter to My Younger Self: Five Things I Would Have Done Differently as a Young Behavior Analyst

September 19, 2016 5

By Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Dear Adam, I am from the future, and I have traveled back in time to give you advice and some information about your future to help you […]