school behavior

Selecting and Teaching “School Survival Skills” to Elementary Students with Autism

October 5, 2015 bsci21 8

By Clelia Sigaud, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer As a teacher to young children with autism in a self-contained public school classroom, one of my important professional responsibilities this year is to prepare my students for […]

Mother Jones Slams “The Skinner Method” in Schools

August 21, 2015 bsci21 11

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Mother Jones recently published a provocative critique of “the Skinner Method” as it pertains to school behavior programs. The article noted that the so-called method is […]

ABA Practice

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Disciplines

September 7, 2017 0

By Brett Blevins, M.Ed, BCBA, LBA Guest Author “Sometimes when two worlds collide, a better one is created.” -Anonymous The Divide Natural Science vs Social Science. Behaviorism vs Mentalism. Behavior Analysis vs Psychotherapy. Can’t we […]

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Three Common Myths of ABA

October 18, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Lauren Rabin, President & Founder of the Autism Family Center, recently wrote 3 Common Myths About Applied Behavior Analysis published in the Huffington Post. In her work, […]

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Four Ways Your Discrete Trial Is All Tied Up!

May 8, 2015 0

by Brohavior Ogden Lindsley was a graduate of B. F. Skinner and had a knack for mixing things up. The first human free-operant lab was at Metropolitan State Hospital in Waltham, MA, set up by […]

Business/OBM

5 things Behavior Analysts should know about Organizational Behavior Management (OBM)

May 28, 2016 9

By Dan Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer A few years back the California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA) partnered with the OBM Network to co-host their annual conferences. In addition to the great presentations and […]

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How to Manage Classroom Behavior

June 11, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Adel Najdowski, PhD, BCBA-D and Shannon Penrod recently wrote an article for SEEN Magazine that provided a few simple strategies for teachers to manage classroom behavior. […]

Society

11 Presentation Tips to Capture and Keep Their Attention

August 10, 2017 0

Barbara Bucklin, PhD and Manny Rodriguez, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writers This is the third article in our Presentation Skills series. As we mentioned in the previous articles, this series is intended to help Behavior Analysts […]