A Versatile Tool for Behavior Change Professionals

The MotivAider is a remarkably simple electronic device that's designed to automatically keep its user's attention focused on virtually any chosen behavioral objective.

Invented by a clinical psychologist, the MotivAider capitalizes on the observation that individuals who intend to engage in specific behavior are more likely to actually engage in that behavior if their attention is directed frequently to their intention and/or to personal motives that support it.

The MotivAider repeatedly captures and directs a user's attention to a chosen behavioral objective, and it does so privately and automatically without disrupting normal activities and without requiring ongoing input from the user.

Although the device is used primarily to facilitate behavior change by repeatedly prompting the user to engage in desired new behavior, the MotivAider can also be used to facilitate behavior monitoring/observation and to dependably prompt helpers to implement beneficial interventions.

Designed From Scratch To Change Behavior

The MotivAider is not an adaptation of a product that was designed for another purpose. It was designed from scratch to do a particular job and do it well. What's more, it's been continuously improved over the course of over thirty years of use worldwide in the fields of healthcare, education, business and sports.

The MotivAider looks like a pager and weighs less than three ounces including battery and removable metal belt clip. The device can be clipped to the user's belt or waistband or carried in a pocket. Once programmed, the MotivAider works completely automatically. All settings are automatically saved when the device is not operating and re-applied when the MotivAider is placed back in service.

The MotivAider uses a unique "high-wobble" vibration signal to capture and direct the user's attention. The result of painstaking testing, the MotivAider's vibration signal bears little resemblance to the tinny and audible vibration signals produced by most pagers and popular timing devices. The intensity, duration and pattern of the signal can be adjusted to combat habituation, minimize disrupting normal activities, and ensure maximum effectiveness for each user.

How the MotivAider Works

Here's how the MotivAider is used to facilitate behavior change:

The behavioral change professional helps the user devise a brief personal message — a word, phrase or image — that instructs and/or motivates the user to engage in a chosen desired behavior.
The user mentally associates the personal message with the MotivAider's vibration so that whenever the user feels the vibration, his/her attention is directed to the personal message that's been associated with the vibration, and he/she is urged to engage in the chosen behavior.
The professional and/or user determine how often the user should receive signals. The MotivAider is capable of delivering signals at regular, average or random intervals ranging in length from a few seconds to many hours. (If random intervals are selected, signals are delivered at random intervals within a range defined by the user and/or professional.) The between-signals interval can be easily adjusted at any time to achieve a signal delivery schedule that's optimal for any given user and purpose.

See a sample of studies documenting the MotivAider's effectiveness

A Useful Instrument for Research

"The MotivAider makes my work so much easier and more efficient... It is a useful instrument for behavior analytic research, which requires rigorous treatment implementation for experimental control purposes. It can also facilitate data collection for interobserver agreement. I think it is especially helpful when taking data using time sampling procedures, such as momentary time sampling."

--Mirela Cengher, Behavioral Consultant, Attentive Behavior Care, Greater New York area.

Pricing and Support

Gen5 MotivAiders sell for $64.50 or less—much less in quantity. Behavior change professionals may qualify for wholesale pricing if they are purchasing MotivAiders for clinical, research or teaching purposes.

The MotivAider is covered by a three-year warranty, and Behavioral Dynamics, Inc. provides free expert support.

If you would like to evaluate a MotivAider before ordering a larger quantity, you are welcome to purchase a single MotivAider at a substantial discount. Please call us at 1-218-681-6033, or email us, and we will provide you with a special discount code you can use to order online.

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