Speaker Series
Professional development
As part of our professional development we invite internationally renowned guest speakers to teach and train our BCBAs in areas related to cutting edge research in the field of ABA.
We also invite speakers who can share a different perspective, ensuring that our BCBAs embrace and understand Autism with a training that is educated, forward thinking and holistic.
Dr. Greg Hanley
Ph.D., BCBA-D, LABA
Dr. Greg Hanley and other progressive behavior analysts have encouraged a move toward forward-thinking ABA practices. One key feature of today’s ABA is the concept of a child being happy, relaxed, and engaged before teaching them skills or focusing on behavior reduction.
Dr. Greg Hanley met with the 2020 Behavior team in September 2023 and again in January 2024 to train our BCBAs on Practical Functional Skills Based Treatment and Feeding/Treating Food Selectivity Without Tears.
We encourage everyone to read Dr. Hanley’s perspective on today’s ABA.
Linda A. LeBlanc
Ph.D., BCBA-D, Licensed Psychologist
Linda A. LeBlanc, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Licensed Psychologist is the President of LeBlanc Behavioral Consulting and the past Editor in Chief of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Dr. Linda LeBlanc was a guest speaker in March 2023 and spoke on the topic of Clinical Decision Making.
Ashley Rose
Director at Mission Cognition, LLC
Ashley Rose, BCBA is Director at Mission Cognition, LLC, in New York. 2020 Behavior utilizes the Mission Cognition curriculum for our South Bay social skills groups.
Ashley Rose chatted with our BCBAs twice in 2022 regarding trauma informed, developmentally appropriate, neurodiversity affirming practices pertaining to the growth of play and social behaviors.
Dr. Damon Korb, M.D
Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrician
Dr. Damon Korb, M.D. is Clinic Director & Founder of Center for Developing Minds in Los Gatos, CA. Dr. Korb is a Behavioral & Developmental Pediatrician, F.A.A.P.
Dr. Korb spoke to our BCBAs in 2022 about ADHD and ASD
Tracy Vail
M.S., CCC-SLP
Tracy Vail is a Speech Language Pathologist and former owner of Let’s Talk Speech and Language Services, Inc.
Tracy Vail met with 2020 Behavior in 2020 and 2021 to discuss total communication approaches, transfer trials and increasing vocalizations.
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A. is a young man with Autism and a former client of Charlie Bell. A. has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and lives and works in sunny Australia.
A. spoke to our BCBAs in 2022 about the receiving end of ABA, his perspective on the field as well as autism in the media.
Kaila Sugiyama, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
Kaila Sugiyama practices as a LMFT at Esther B. Clark School here in the South Bay.
Kaila and her colleague, Lauren Flores, ASW, talked with our BCBAs in Spring 2024 about managing conflict with high needs families, and the importance of collaboration with providers such as LMFTs and LCSWs.
Lauren Flores, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Lauren Flores practices as a LCSW at Esther B. Clark School here in the South Bay.
Lauren and her colleague, Kaila Sugiyama, LMFT, talked with our BCBAs in Spring 2024 about managing conflict with high needs families, and the importance of collaboration with providers such as LMFTs and LCSWs.
Gabi Torres, MS, BCBA, IBA
Founder of Find Your Balance LLC
Gabi Torres is the founder of Find Your Balance LLC, an organization whose mission is to support the professional development of culturally responsive practitioners and to remove barriers and increase equity and access in the field of behavior analysis.
Gabi led a workshop on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in May 2024 focused on using ACT to become more responsive and effective behavior analysts.
