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Abduction Prevention in Children with Autism

January 24, 2015 bsci21 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A recent study by Bergstrom, Najdowski, and Tarbox (2014) in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis successfully taught children with autism how to respond to strangers’ […]

How To Predict Your Driving Patterns and How OBM Can Help

January 20, 2015 bsci21 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to PychCentral, Ola Benderius at Chalmers University of Technology has developed a mathematical model that accurately predicts how drivers move steering wheels moments before they […]

ABA Practice

How parents can use noncontingent reinforcement

February 9, 2017 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Dear Behavior BFF, I’ve read several of your articles and notice a theme of always giving your child something they want as reinforcement. But as a dad, […]

ABA Practice

Baby’s First Sticker Chart

May 25, 2016 1

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer, and your “Behavior BFF” “Dear Behavior BFF: My child is 2 ½ and is super defiant. Like he won’t do anything I ask him to. Every little […]

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 […]

ABA Practice

Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) sees Success in Sacramento Schools

March 17, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The Sacramento Bee recently reported on a program across area schools that produced notable decreases in student suspension and expulsion rates. Under the new program, the […]

Lifestyle

How to Reduce Public Tantrums

October 12, 2016 0

By Leanne Page, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer Dear Behavior BFF, “If a child starts crying to their mum to have more sweets whilst on a busy train, what should the mum do? As someone […]

Society

Why Behavioral Scientists should Understand Financial Markets

August 19, 2020 0

Todd Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA bSci21Media, LLC Sometimes people in the behavioral sciences are overly focused on the individual. They want to understand and influence people’s lives for the better by looking at factors in […]