The Behaviour Speak Podcast

In Episode 169, Ben chats with Catarina Rivera, founder of Blindish Latina, a platform smashing disability stigmas through storytelling and advocacy.  As a Latiné woman who has lived with disability all her life, she brings a deep understanding of intersectionality to conversations surrounding disability. She wore hearing aids from a young age but did not know why she was hard of hearing. At 17, she was diagnosed with Usher Syndrom...

In Episode 168, Ben chats with Dr. Trina Spencer, the first female Director of the Juniper Garden's Children Centre, a part of the KU Life Span Institute, originally founded in the mid-1960s when citizens of Northeast Kansas City, Kansas joined with faculty from the University of Kansas to address concerns about the development and education of children in their low-income, inner-city community. Since its inception, Juniper Gardens...

In Episode 167 Ben chats with Basim Hudeen, a Black Muslim Board Certified Behavior Analyst and doctoral student at the Chicago School for Professional Psychology.  After a brief stint as a linebacker with the NFL's New York Giants,  Basim combined his love for sports and his passion for supporting kids and adults with behavioral challenges back to his hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and opened Unlimited ABA Sports where he util...

In Episode 166,  Ben chats with Dr. Lauryn Toby,  Erica Ranade, and Dr Kristyn Peterson. 

Trigger Warning:

This episode discusses sensitive topics, including sexual harassment in conference, workplace, and academic settings. The content may be distressing to some listeners. If you find these topics triggering, please take care while listening or consider skipping this episode. Remember, if you or someone you know is affected by sex...

We're excited to share Episode 7 of our Mini-Episode Series:  The Road to Black Con 2024 featuring conversations with attendees from last year's Black Applied Behavior Analysts conference!  Episode 7 features conversations with Breanna Kelly, Erykah McClendon, LaKeshia Wells, Akricia Joseph, and Kemy Williams!

IN PERSON TICKET SALES FOR BLACK CON 2024 END ON JUNE 28TH!

To register for Black Con go to https://babainfo.org/conference...

In Episode 164, Ben chats with Gitxsan-born Indigenous developmental disabilities advocate Frankie (Sii Lu Yee) Abel.  Frankie works as an Indigenous Practice Advisor for Community Living BC in rural remote British Columbia while attending Simon Fraser’s Beedie School of Business in the Indigenous Executive MBA program.  She is passionate about advocating for Indigenous people and vulnerable adults and children who don't have their...

Episode 161 is a humbling, wonderful conversation with Dr. Michael Yellow Bird.  Dr. Yellowbird works with Tribal and Indigenous Peoples to bring mindfulness and neurodecolonization approaches to these communities for the purposes of healing and improving wellness. I use neuroscience research to examine how mindfulness approaches and traditional Indigenous contemplative practices can train the mind and positively change the structu...

Episode 160 features a conversation with Kim Trottier, founder of Culturally Committed.  The purpose of Culturally Committed is threefold: first, it creates a pathway for client feedback, so providers can learn what Indigenous Peoples want and need to create trusting relationships. Second, it provides a list of providers who are demonstrating a desire to offer culturally safe services, so clients can choose offices where they know ...

We're excited to share Episode 4 of our Mini-Episode Series:  The Road to Black Con 2024 featuring conversations with attendees from last year's conference!  Episode 4 features two conversations. The first is with Mia, a registered behavior technician with The Indiana Institute for Behavior Analysis whom I interviewed on the deck of the paddle boat during the 90s Boat Cruise.  The second is a conversation with Darnell and Mohammed,...

In Episode 158,  Ben chats with Gerron Cooper, a business analyst at IREX.ai, a company that develops predictive AI analytics from surveillance cameras in the human trafficking space.  

Gerron has a diverse academic background and a passion for exploring the intersection of human behavior, artificial intelligence, and management. Gerron holds a master's degree in applied behavior analysis from The Chicago School of Professional Psy...

We're excited to share Episode 3 of our Mini-Episode Series:  The Road to Black Con 2024 featuring conversations with attendees from last year's conference!  Episode 3 is a chat with Anika Costa live on the Detroit River on the 90s Boat Cruise!

Check out Episode 153 for a conversation with BABA President, Denisha Gingles and Vice President, Cammie Williams!

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-153-black-con-2024-baba-s-triumpha...

We're excited to share Episode 2 of our Mini-Episode Series:  The Road to Black Con 2024 featuring conversations with attendees from last year's conference!  Episode 2 is a chat with Gabriell Abrams and Guirline Lews!

Check out Episode 153 for a conversation with BABA President, Denisha Gingles and Vice President, Cammie Williams!

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-153-black-con-2024-baba-s-triumphant-return/

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In Episode 155, Ben chats with Dr. Yaniz Padilla Dalmau. She has a specialty in the assessment and treatment of challenging behavior using an applied behavior analytic (ABA) approach. Yaniz has a passion for improving access to behavior analytic services for underserved populations through novel models such as telehealth and through consideration of cultural variables within assessment and treatment. One of her life’s missions has ...

We're excited to share Episode 1 of our Mini-Episode Series:  The Road to Black Con 2024 featuring conversations with attendees from last year's conference!  Episode 1 is a chat with two amazing behaviour analysts:  Ashley and Marquita

Check out Episode 153 for a conversation with BABA President, Denisha Gingles and Vice President, Cammie Williams!

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-153-black-con-2024-baba-s-triumphant-return...

Episode 153 features a conversation with the intervening President Denisha Gingles, and Vice-President Cammie Williams of the Black Applied Behavior Analysts, Inc. which paused operations in July 2023 following two unfortunate situations that occurred at our 2023 conference in Detroit: a physical and verbal attack, as well as homophobic statements made from one of their members to another.  Among other things, these incidents expos...

In Episode 152 Ben chats with Courtney Copeland, a doctoral student in counseling psychology at the University of Buffalo and an Enrolled Member of the Seneca Nation and Dr. Katy Leigh-Osroosh, an Assistant Professor in the School of Counselling, School, and Educational Psychology at the University of Buffalo.  

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BACB: 1.5 Learning IBAO: 1.5 Cultural QABA: 1.5 DEI

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In Episode 151 Ben chats with Dr. Amanda Young. Dr. Young is Hidatsa of MHA Nation as well as an Anishinaabe of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, both reservations of North Dakota. Amanda received her PhD in Counseling Psychologist from Oklahoma State in 2022. Her current research embraces the stories of Native women who are leaders within the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Movement in what’s colonially known as th...