psychological well being

The role of behavioral science in the Thai cave rescue.

July 6, 2018 bsci21 5

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC By now you have probably heard about the Wild Boar soccer team trapped in an underground cave in Thailand since going missing June 23rd. CNN reported that the […]

Society

JABA Study Increases Recycling Behavior at Texas University

July 26, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A study by O’Connor, Lerman, and Fritz in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis at the University of Houston – Clear Lake found a simple solution to encourage […]

Business/OBM

The Chief Behavioral Officer in Fortune 500 Companies

March 28, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Does your company have a Chief Behavioral Officer? John Balz, CBO of Opower, makes a case for one. According to his article, the position is on […]

ABA Practice

January Edition of “You Know You’re a Behavior Analyst When…”

January 12, 2016 1

By Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Back in November, we published “You know you are a behavior analyst when…” – a tongue-in-cheek list of ways to identify a behavior analyst, and a way […]

ABA Practice

Will a robotic penguin revolutionize ABA therapy?

October 25, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to the Brown Daily Herald, researchers at Brown University are hard at work developing a robotic penguin to aid the assessment and treatment of autism […]

Society

Explaining the Distrust of Trump with Human Operant Research

December 18, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC As Special Council Robert Mueller’s investigation heats up, with recent court filings and sentencings, a recent USA Today/Suffolk University poll found that 59% of Americans do not trust President […]

ABA Practice

Legal Tactics Used Against Schools & How Behavior Analysis Resolves Disputes

October 28, 2016 1

By Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA CEO, DiNovi & Associates I’ve had the unfortunate experience of finding myself in the middle of extremely litigious and emotional disputes between parents and school districts for a couple decades […]