thai soccer team

The role of behavioral science in the Thai cave rescue.

July 6, 2018 bsci21 5

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC By now you have probably heard about the Wild Boar soccer team trapped in an underground cave in Thailand since going missing June 23rd. CNN reported that the […]

ABA Practice

How To Use Your Smartphone For Behavior Change

February 4, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Smartphones. Those gadgets we just can’t seem to live without, that create so much anxiety if they turn up missing or (worse) are damaged beyond repair, […]

Society

The Germanwings Crash: An Industry Problem with a Relational Frame Theory Solution.

March 29, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC NBC News recently ran a story on the tragic Germanwings crash that occurred earlier this week. One of the pilots, Andreas Lubitz, locked his fellow pilot […]

Society

Crowd Behavior Analysis from the Sky Aims to Prevent Tragedy

July 11, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Computer scientists at Middlebury College are working on a way to improve public safety at large public events through computer vision algorithms that detect anomalies in crowd behavior […]

Society

How ABA Increased Designated Drivers in a College Bar

September 17, 2015 2

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Richard Kazbour and Jon Bailey published a study in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis which increased the prevalence of designated drivers in a college bar. The researchers used […]

Society

Harry Potter and Dragon Training for a Better World

August 16, 2015 1

By Chelsea Wilhite, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer I cannot wait until my infant son is old enough to understand chapter books, especially fun, exciting ones with positive moral messages… you know, like Harry Potter. […]

Business/OBM

An OBM Perspective on the Task List

June 19, 2018 1

By Contributing Writer Manuel “Manny” Rodriguez and Guest Writer Shannon Biagi Do you want to be an Organizational Behavior Management professional (OBMer for short)? Are you pursuing your Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) or […]