Episode description

Session 12 of The Behavioral Observations Podcast features an in-depth conversation with Mary Lynch Barbera, BCBA-D. In this episode, we talk about a wide range of topics including, but not limited to,

• Her pre-ABA career as a nurse (which actually involved quite a bit of OBM work!).
• How she learned about behavior analysis, and how her advocacy for her son led her to becoming a BCBA.
• The motivation behind writing her best-selling book, The Verbal Behavior Approach, and creating her e-course, Autism ABA Help: Online Training for Professionals and Gung-Ho Parents.
• What her writing practices are, and how best to avoid, “the curse of knowledge,” when communicating behavioral principles with lay people.
• Her thoughts on some recent workshops from the recent National Autism Conference at Penn State University.

Mary shares tons of resources in this episode, so please check out www.behavioralobservations.com for the Session 12 show notes. She also has generously provided listeners with a $50 coupon for her course. Enter BEHAVIORPOD at checkout to redeem it. To learn more about Mary, be sure to visit her website at http://www.marybarbera.com.

This podcast is sponsored by bSci21.org. bSci21.org is your go-to ABA news site. The companion article for this episode is called, “I” is just a bit of Verbal Behavior, by Dr. Scott Herbst.