pros and cons of performance reviews

Why Annual Performance Reviews Only Are a Problem

June 28, 2018 bsci21 0

Angela Cathey, M.A. & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates For most of us, annual performance reviews have been a part of our employment for our […]

Society

Blood, Sweat, and Science: How Behavior Analysis and MMA make a Winning Combo

December 30, 2016 3

By Paul Gavoni, Ed.D & Nick Green, M.S., BCBA Guest Authors With the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) closing in on 4 million Twitter followers, it is clear the popularity of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) continues […]

Business/OBM

Three Ways to Find Reinforcers for Your Staff Members’ Performance

May 26, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Byron Wine, Malanie Reis, and Donald Hantula published a study evaluating three different preference assessment procedures to motivate staff. In the first experiment, the team compared […]

ABA Practice

The “Big Six” Elements of Human Performance

January 10, 2016 1

By Richard McManus The Fluency Factory The reach to a box of cereal, the grasp of a spoon, the strumming gesture across a guitar, the point toward a door by a character in a play. […]

Society

How to Save Shelter Dogs with Behavior Analysis

August 1, 2017 0

By Emaley McCulloch, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Darius, Lillie and Dexter all had one major thing in common: they were shelter dogs who weren’t being adopted. To be fair, they had many circumstances against […]

Society

Could this behavior game turn the world green?

June 22, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Bill Heward, co-author of the foundational ABA text that has come to be known as “The White Book,” published an article with co-author Jonathan Kimball in […]

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 […]