The human brain is miraculously malleable. It can continuously learn and adapt to any number of scenarios. Unfortunately though, that flexibility means negative thinking patterns can take root just as quickly as positive ones. When traumatic events, mental illness, addiction, …
With over a month of social distancing under our belts, pretty much everyone in the country is entirely sick of sitting around the house right now. Those who don’t have the option to work from home are more than just …
Applied behavior analysts, assemble! Your moment to save the world is upon us. As COVID-19 ravages populations across the planet, it’s becoming clear that the one easy, effective, ultimate counter to the disease is primarily a behavioral one: social distancing. …
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you’re well aware that the United States is facing a drug addiction crisis of immense proportions. Opioids are cutting a swath through America. No class, no race, …
Although the discipline of ABA has been around for more than 50 years at this point, it’s still not all that unusual to run into people who have never heard of it. “The American Bowling Alliance, man? What’s that got …
Every two years, like clockwork, Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) go through the same drill: submitting their recertification applications with the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB) to keep their credentials current. The most time-consuming part of the whole process is …
During the now-infamous $35 billion Sprint-Nextel merger of 2004, things didn’t go as smoothly as the execs might’ve hoped. The merger would make Sprint the third largest telecom company in the world, and was supposed to level the playing field …
On August 31, 1997 Great Britain lost a princess. Diana had been enjoying a carefree summer of lavish fun alongside her new beau, Dodi Fayed. She was scheduled to meet her sons, Prince Harry and Prince William the very next …
At a large high school in Southern California, a freshman named Andrea sat alone on the steps near the gym. Far removed from the main campus, the spot was a popular hangout for kids during lunch. As she peeled her …