robotics

Teleporting our Behavior to Mars

November 28, 2020 bsci21 0

Dr. Todd A. Ward bSci21.org Teleportation is now a thing…but with our behavior rather than our bodies. And researchers believe this technology could eventually allow humans to teleport their behavior onto robots colonizing Mars. A […]

Teaching Robots with Positive Reinforcement at Johns Hopkins University

November 20, 2020 bsci21 0

Dr. Todd A. Ward bSci21.org Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are successfully using positive reinforcement procedures to help robots learn. Reinforcers in the form of points are given to the robots upon the successful completion […]

ABA Practice

How to turn people on to behavior analysis.

June 27, 2019 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Behavior analysis has been around at least since Skinner’s (1938) publication of Behavior of Organisms. At the end of his […]

Lifestyle

How MMA champs fight anxiety with ACT and behavior analysis.

April 25, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, MA, LPC & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D & bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Succeeding at professional sports is challenging both on physical and psychological levels. Today, we’ll […]

Business/OBM

JOBM: Staff Schedules Reduce Turnover in a Human Service Agency

October 20, 2020 2

Dr. Todd Ward bSci21.org As we have discussed elsewhere, staff turnover in Applied Behavior Analysis is a problem, as it is across the Human Services sector. It’s not really a secret, and many factors are […]

Lifestyle

How to Increase Hand Sanitizer Use with ABA

April 5, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC A college cafeteria is filled with germs. Thousands of people a week come in and out, their hands having been who-knows-where. Those hands touch the same […]

Business/OBM

Three Behaviors That Motivate Your Staff

October 26, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The vast majority of you lead others in one way or another — your behavioral technicians running your programs, your grad students carrying out research, the […]

ABA Practice

Protecting the Future of our Field

July 26, 2017 1

By Melissa Druskis, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer When a company hires a BCBA that has passed their exam and met all other requirements from the BACB, they expect to be hiring a quality therapist that […]