respondent conditioning

The Use of Respondent Conditioning in Improving Health Outcomes

February 6, 2017 bsci21 0

Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA, LABA bSci21 Contributing Writer Approximately 133 million Americans (50% of the overall population) suffer from chronic illness, which results in 7 in 10 deaths each year (Center for Disease Control and […]

Society

Fighting words in ABA?

September 6, 2016 3

By Paul Gavoni, Ed.D Guest Author In 2006, the New York Times article What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage went viral as one of the top emailed articles of the year. The article, […]

ABA Practice

ACT for BCBAs: A Resource Guide

March 25, 2019 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, or “ACT” represents a behavior analytic approach explicitly designed to leverage the power of language, and to overcome barriers to functioning inherent in language, […]

Society

The best way to diagnose autism is…

September 2, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org What is the best way to diagnose autism? That was the question asked by Dr. Stephen Scherer and colleagues in a study published in the Journal […]

Lifestyle

One Way to Clarify your Own Values

October 23, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Bret DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates It is no secret that Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a hot topic in behavior analysis. Workshops and “boot […]

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 […]

Business/OBM

10 Steps To A Successful Incentive System

August 18, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Wherever you work — in the Fortune 500, at a school district, or as a reclusive author — performance is crucial to success. Aubrey Daniels, PhD, […]