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Parents Treat Disabilities with Marijuana

August 6, 2015 bsci21 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Bill Laitner of the Livingston Daily discussed a growing treatment among parents of children with disabilities — marijuana. Bill notes that under Michigan state law, medical marijuana is […]

Society

Predictive Policing and Applied Behavior Analysis

January 22, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to CBS News in San Francisco, police are cracking down on bike theft in the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system with predictive policing. BART […]

Society

Smart Cities Will Know You Better Than You Know Yourself

July 12, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org You have heard of smart phones, and the countless apps that account for said smartness. But zoom out a bit and just look at the technological […]

Lifestyle

Behavioral Science and Art: Don’t Overthink Writing

May 16, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC & Ignite STEAM Labs Writing, painting, sculpting, music production…the creative process is the same. Such modes of expression can be thought of as a myriad of creative or […]

Society

The Paradox of Testimonials: Why They are Unethical and Why We Can’t Stop Using Them

December 20, 2015 5

By Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA CEO of World Evolve, Inc. It was a hot and overcast day in May 2015, and I was standing dangerously close to the water in the middle of San Antonio’s […]

Lifestyle

How To Get Your Child To Fall Asleep

August 25, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org In a recent Huffington Post article, Sarah Kupferschmidt, M.A., BCBA provided four simple tips for parents struggling to get their kids to sleep. When appropriate, examples from […]

ABA Practice

The “Big Six” Elements of Human Performance

January 10, 2016 1

By Richard McManus The Fluency Factory The reach to a box of cereal, the grasp of a spoon, the strumming gesture across a guitar, the point toward a door by a character in a play. […]