unicef

Promoting Hygiene and Safe Drinking Water across Africa and Asia

June 3, 2019 bsci21 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Behavioral science and industrial design have merged to improve healthy behavior in schools across Africa and Asia. Artefact, an industrial design firm, and Splash, an international development organization, […]

ABA Practice

Two Ways Technology Can Make Treatment for Individuals with Autism More Innovative

January 8, 2016 0

By Sarah Kupferschmidt, M.A., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer More and more people are using technology for different things. Whether it be to communicate with our smartphone and/or tablet, or measure the number of steps we […]

Business/OBM

Tips for training maintenance: It’s not just for orientation.

March 8, 2016 5

By Carolyn Brayko, M.A. Editor, OBM Network Newsletter In a recent article published by the Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) Network, Dr. Barbara Bucklin (Ardent Learning) discusses a common issue in the field: maintaining behavior change. […]

Society

Police Reward Good Behavior

March 15, 2015 1

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org According to NBC News, a police department in Farmington, New Hampshire is doing things a bit differently these days — rewarding good behavior with gift cards […]

Lifestyle

“I” is just a bit of verbal behavior.

March 4, 2016 2

By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer …and what’s funny is that I am writing an article about rule governed behavior and psychological flexibility, will eventually challenge you to break some of your rules, and […]

Society

Realigning contingencies around student debt with Income Share Agreements

January 23, 2019 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC Yahoo Finance recently reported on a novel solution to the $1.5 Trillion student loan crisis affecting over 44 million Americans. Tony James, of the private equity firm […]

Ivory Tower

Positive vs. Negative Reinforcement is Useless!

October 7, 2015 8

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org The distinction between positive and negative reinforcement is useless! That was the conclusion published by Baron and Galizio in The Behavior Analyst. Though Jack Michael was the first […]