zen meditation

Zen Meditation: Experience of a Behavioral Scientist

September 20, 2019 bsci21 3

Todd A Ward, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA bSci21Media, LLC “Staring at a wall for 75 minutes is good for your wellbeing.” That was from a recent Facebook post of mine the other day, after I left […]

ABA Practice

Behind the Scenes of Early Intervention

February 15, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D As a parent, when you start an Early Intervention (EI) program using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to develop your child’s skills, you may have many questions about what your child’s […]

ABA Practice

Working with Grief Using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

August 15, 2018 0

Jacob Martinez, MA, LPC In my last post I talked about how grief can teach us Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. Today I’ll show you some practical tips for working with the bereaved. Remember It’s Still […]

Lifestyle

The Speaker Doesn’t Matter: What Research in Verbal Behavior Can Tell Us About Effective Communication

April 21, 2015 0

By Scott Herbst, PhD ([email protected]) bSci21 Contributing Writer In 1982, Charlie Catania, Byron Matthews, and Eliot Shimoff published a study looking at the effects of shaping verbal behavior. What they did was set up a multiple schedule. If […]

Lifestyle

Control Yourself! Using Your Audience to Make Your Presentations More Powerful and Engaging

October 3, 2015 6

By Scott Herbst, PhD bSci21 Contributing Writer Anyone who regularly spends time at the front of the room is well aware of the effects that the environment can have on one’s behavior. If the audience […]

ABA Practice

Traditional vs. Embedded Discrete-Trial Teaching: Which is more effective?

October 4, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Kaneen Geiger and team published a study in Behavior Analysis in Practice evaluating two types of Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT). DTT is a popular teaching method used by […]

Business/OBM

How to build a culture of transparency and trust in business.

January 31, 2019 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates Corporate culture is a hot topic these days. It encapsulates a milieu of interpersonal interactions across your organization – how […]