shaping behavior

Using Analytics Data from Social Media to Shape Behavior

May 18, 2018 bsci21 0

Angela Cathey, M.A. & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates As the depth of behavior analytic knowledge has increased over the decades it has become increasingly […]

Supercharge Your Goal Setting with These Four Simple Rules

February 28, 2016 bsci21 1

By Joan Orr MSc and Anne Wormald BA TAGteach International One critical component of the behavior analytic approach is to break a big goal down into smaller and easily achievable behavior goals. Ironically the instruction […]

ABA Practice

An A-L-A-R-M for Autism

May 28, 2015 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Dr. Marty Nygaard has an article on TheSpectrum.com on an acronym (ALARM) to aid in physicians’ detection of autism. We summarized the acronym below. Take a […]

Society

JABA Study Increases Recycling Behavior at Texas University

July 26, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org A study by O’Connor, Lerman, and Fritz in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis at the University of Houston – Clear Lake found a simple solution to encourage […]

Lifestyle

Teaching Gambling with Behavioral Skills Training

May 10, 2017 0

Alden Gartrell Guest Author Research has shown that a high percentage of the American population gambles recreationally. It should come as no surprise, then, that many of these recreational gamblers are at risk for losing […]

ABA Practice

Autism, Oral Language, & Missing Curriculum: Is DI the Answer?

January 24, 2017 2

By Jennifer Fisahn, M.Ed, BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer If you are (or ever were) a public school special education teacher in a self-contained autism classroom, chances are you have had to beg for, borrow, and […]

Business/OBM

Pay-nful Negotiations: 5 Tips For ABA Businesses To Make Salary Negotiations Less Aversive

November 14, 2017 1

Adam Ventura, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer “Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.” –Publilius Syrus, 1st century BC In Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), determining what others are willing to […]

Society

How to talk ABA to the rest of the world.

February 14, 2018 1

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Angela Cathey, M.A. ENSO Group As behavior analysts, we pride ourselves in our technical training and language. Skinner described this as the language of the experimental analysis of […]