Dreams can become a reality by setting your mind and heart to it. Let me tell you that it truly has for my latest guest: Amber White is an neurodivergent BCBA in Texas. Growing up, she knew she was different, but was often misdiagnosed. Her expereinces working with the neurodiverse population helped her learn moreContinue reading “Interview with Amber White as neurodivergent BCBA”
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Interview with Luisa Rinaudo as speech pathologist of The Therapy Garden
Who knows of a speech pathologist providing their own private practice!? Meet Lusia Rinaudo: Luisa graduated from Seton Hall University with her Bachelors in Early Childhood Education and Special Education in 2019. In 2021, she continued her schooling at Seton Hall with a Master’s in Science in Speech Language Pathology. Luisa has found a passionContinue reading “Interview with Luisa Rinaudo as speech pathologist of The Therapy Garden”
Michelle Zeman- Advocate for change
I got a returning guest who shares an important message with our community. Meet our returning guest, Michelle Zeman: Michelle Zeman is an autistic BCBA from Orlando, Florida. Besides being a BCBA providing ABA therapy for nuerodiverse clients, she’s been advocating for legislation to approve bills about increasing safety in schools for neurodiverse students byContinue reading “Michelle Zeman- Advocate for change”
Interview with Desiree Campos as CEO of Abel’s Dream Foundation
Did you know there are organizations out there in the world to help families with neurodiverse children and adults? Meet Desiree Campos: Desiree Campos is a CEO of Abel’s Dream Foundation. Her non-profit organization became a resource and service for families with neurodiverse children and adults based on her own experiences as a parent forContinue reading “Interview with Desiree Campos as CEO of Abel’s Dream Foundation”
Interview with Christine Dodaj as CEO and founder of SpEd Connect
Did you know there are resources and services to help parents navigate special education in school districts throughout the United States? Meet Christine Dodaj: Christine Dodaj is the CEO and founder of SpEd Connect. Her missionwith SpEd Connect is to help families of neurodiverse children and adults navigate special education in school districts throughout theContinue reading “Interview with Christine Dodaj as CEO and founder of SpEd Connect”
Interview with Alyssa Latham as a behavior analyst and parent coach
Did you know behavior analysts who provide parent training in the ABA field? Meet Alyssa Latham: Alyssa Latham has over 10 years of experience working with neurodiverse people of all ages as a behavior analyst. After working with big ABA companies for so long, she made the change and created her own ABA consulting businessContinue reading “Interview with Alyssa Latham as a behavior analyst and parent coach”
Interview with Marissa Davila as a BCBA in ABA telehealth
Did you know there are ABA therapy companies who mainly use telehealth? Meet my first guest in the new year: Marissa Davila is a behavior analyst and founder of Blanton Behavioral Services LLC. She is not like most behavior analysts who run their own ABA therapy company because she mainly provides telehealth for clients onContinue reading “Interview with Marissa Davila as a BCBA in ABA telehealth”
Interview with Kirt Manecke as an author and online course creator
Who knows someone who creates an online course based off a published book? Meet the last guest on “The World of Autism” for 2022: Kirt Manecke is an author of a book that gained a testimonial from Dr. Temple Grandin! Not only that, his published book inspired him to create his own online course toContinue reading “Interview with Kirt Manecke as an author and online course creator”
Self-regluation onto IEPs with Martin Slyngstad
I got a returning guest who wanted to talk about an important topic with our community: Martin Slyngstad is an autistic self advocate who is an author of a book: Chatterbox- My life with Autism. He works full time as a behavior specialist. He returns on “The World of Autism” to share an important messageContinue reading “Self-regluation onto IEPs with Martin Slyngstad”
Interview with Dr. Jennifer Bellotti as a BCBA-D and executive president of FSBA
I am so excited to announce I reached 40 guests in my podcast series on, “The World of Autism”! Over a year now, I had 40 guests featured in my podcast series for the “The World of Autism”. I brought on autistic self-advocates, therapists, teachers, parents, siblings, professionals, etc., come on to share their experiencesContinue reading “Interview with Dr. Jennifer Bellotti as a BCBA-D and executive president of FSBA”
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