what is operant selection

Do you really understand selection by consequences?

February 2, 2015 bsci21 4

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org B. F. Skinner is best known for the development of operant conditioning — the process by which the consequences of our behavior affect the future probability of its […]

ABA Practice

DJ Moran & Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on the Behavioral Observations Podcast

May 20, 2016 0

By Matt Cicoria, M.S., BCBA Host, The Behavioral Observations Podcast In Session 6 of The Behavioral Observations Podcast, Dr. D.J. Moran, BCBA-D joins me to provide an overview of one of my favorite topics in […]

Society

Refining the early detection of skin cancer with behavioral science.

December 12, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC In a 2016 study published in The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, Tom Critchfield and Derek Reed sought to untangle and refine how we train members of the public on […]

Society

Gender X and Deictic Relations

January 2, 2019 5

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC New York City recently joined California, Oregon, and Washington state with a recent change in law that allows for a third gender option – simply called “X”. According […]

ABA Practice

Babbling: A Key Milestone for Speech and Language Development

July 19, 2018 0

Angela Cathey, M.A & Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC At Verbal Beginnings, intervention focuses on increasing a variety of areas within each learner’s repertoire, including verbal behavior, social skills, functional life skills, and […]

ABA Practice

How CentralReach can Streamline your ABA Agency: An Interview with Nikki Holway

July 25, 2017 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC I recently had the opportunity to talk with Nikki Holway, Business Development Manager at CentralReach, about their software designed to streamline operations for ABA providers. The […]

Society

Dreaming with Skinner: How Walden Two Continues to Inspire Big Thinking

April 1, 2016 0

By Daniel B. Sundberg, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Note: The following was adapted from an article written in the Operants Newsletter (Q4, 2015), published by the B.F. Skinner Foundation Have you ever sat down and […]