sanitation

Promoting Hygiene and Safe Drinking Water across Africa and Asia

June 3, 2019 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Behavioral science and industrial design have merged to improve healthy behavior in schools across Africa and Asia. Artefact, an industrial design firm, and Splash, an international development organization, […]

Society

Behavior Detection Officers: Where they are and what they are doing.

March 26, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC You probably didn’t know, but since 2007 Behavior Detection Officers have been watching you. The officers are part of the TSA’s SPOT program, which stands for Screening […]

ABA Practice

DTT Retention Checks Made Easy With These 7 Steps

March 15, 2016 0

By Jennifer Fisahn, M.Ed., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer In order for our students to learn and function as independently as possible, they must possess the ability to retain/maintain skills over time. Response maintenance is defined […]

ABA Practice

Why behavior analysts should use defusion in their work.

December 4, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC As behavior analysts working in applied settings, we sometimes struggle to gain buy-in from parents, front-line staff, or even ourselves in the form of self-doubt in our abilities […]

Society

Police Reward Good Behavior

March 15, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to NBC News, a police department in Farmington, New Hampshire is doing things a bit differently these days — rewarding good behavior with gift cards […]

Business/OBM

Engaging the Doers: A Menu for Employee Engagement

June 9, 2016 1

By Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer Note: the following is an excerpt from an upcoming book titled “OBM Applied!” written by Manuel “Manny” Rodriguez, Dan Sundberg, and Shannon Biagi. As eloquently stated by Peter […]