school accountability

4 Fixes to Improve Public Education in High Poverty Schools

February 27, 2017 bsci21 2

By Paulie Gavoni, Ed.D Guest Author Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer From time to time we hear and read suggestions that all underperforming schools be shut down and underperforming teachers be fired. Coincidentally, we […]

Society

Behavioral Science and Art: Primal Musical Expression in a Rule-Governed Society

July 2, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC, Ignite STEAM Labs “I’m early”, I say to myself as I pull up to the venue. Searching for a parking spot, I park and kill 30 minutes on […]

Lifestyle

Give your brain a break and feel your environment.

May 2, 2019 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC The man-made world is made up of language or “thinking.” The natural world is made up of direct experience or “feeling.” In reality, we need both, but sometimes […]

Lifestyle

What Losing Your Cellphone Does To Your Behavior

February 18, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org When I first arrived to college in 1999, I remember a piece of paper taped to the wall next to my desk. On the paper was […]

Society

Racial Disparities in Autism Diagnoses

May 31, 2019 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC As behavior analysts, we know that three selective processes influence behavior. Biological selection, based on survival of the species, influences our genetic susceptibilities to our environment. Operant […]

Business/OBM

Lessons on Pay in ABA from the Wells Fargo Bonus Scandal

April 1, 2017 1

By Daniel B. Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer If you haven’t heard, late last year Wells Fargo Bank landed in very hot water for its employees fraudulently opening customer accounts. The effects of this have […]

Business/OBM

How do I transition to an OBM career?

September 10, 2018 0

Barbara Bucklin, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer People often contact me with a question like this– “I’ve been a behavior consultant working with ASD clients for my entire career. I know ABA and now I’m starting […]