Taking a Bite out of Bullying with Behavior Analysis
All 50 states have passed anti-bullying laws in the past 15 years; yet the results of a 2011 survey suggested that nearly 30% of US students in grades 6 through …
9 Ways to Enhance Your Educational Experience at ABAI
With the 2018 ABAI Convention in San Diego about to kick off, it’s a perfect opportunity to think about a few ways in which you can maximize your educational experience …
Thirty-five Years and Counting: How Long Can a Nation Be “At-Risk”?
The National Commission on Excellence in Education was formed in response to Terrel Bell’s (former Secretary of Education) view that the US education system was not producing a competitive workforce. …
1 in 6 Adults in America Won’t Be Able to Read this Post
Project Follow Through was a federally funded study in which 22 different models of instruction, including Direct Instruction (DI) and Behavior Analysis (BA) were evaluated with over 200,000 at-risk children …
What does behavior analysis have to offer education?
My first full time job as a behavior analyst was with a public school system. On countless occasions a classroom teacher would say to me, “But you’re a behavior analyst …