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Maria Nicolaou, MA, BCBA is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst from the United Kingdom. She received her Master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from the Tizard Center, University of Kent in Canterbury. Maria has been working with students on the Autism Spectrum since 2012. ? ? She has worked in home programs, schools as well as the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. She is the Senior Behavior Analyst for Special Learning.

Dr. Sarah Haney McDevitt is a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Senior Behavior Analyst in the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She is also an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. McDevitt is a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis, International and is the new co-director of the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis. Dr. McDevitt has conducted research on the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders and has authored book chapters in addition to publications in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Dr. McDevitt has served as a guest reviewer for various peer-reviewed journals and has recently been elected to serve on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Her current research interests include the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders with an emphasis on caregiver training, social validity of feeding interventions, and factors that influence the generalization and maintenance of intervention outcomes.

Dr. Kristin Bowman is a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist and Board-Certified Behavior Analyst. She received her master’s degree in communication sciences and disorders from the University of Florida and, after being introduced to B.F. Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior, she continued her postgraduate education and received her doctoral degree in applied behavior analysis from Endicott College. Dr. Bowman’s research interests primarily include cross-disciplinary collaboration and areas where the fields of speech-language pathology and behavior analysis may work conjointly such as improving verbal behavior and remediating feeding challenges. She has presented at national and state conferences and her work has been published in?Behavior Analysis in Practice,?Journal of Behavioral Education, and?Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autism. Dr. Bowman has served as a member of interprofessional autism diagnostic teams and values a collaborative approach to treating children with developmental disabilities.

Sneha Kohli Mathur, PhD, BCBA Sneha considers herself an ally to the disAbility and Autism communities, and started Spectrum Success in order to support individuals on the autism spectrum, while educating neurotypicals on how to create a socially inclusive community. Sneha is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Psychology, and a doctorate degree in Education and Disability Studies. What makes Sneha’s research, teaching, and consulting unique is her expertise in two very distinct areas, applied behavior analysis and disabilities studies. She is able to layout behaviorally supported practices within a caring social-model context. Sneha is a Faculty in the Psychology department of the University of Southern California (USC), where she teaches Master level courses in Applied Behavior Analysis, and undergraduate courses related to Autism and Neurodiversity. Sneha is also the Faculty Advisor to the Best Buddy Club at USC, in which USC students mentor autistic participants. She has been invited to speak all over the country, and recently published a book, Understanding the Lived Experiences of Autistic Adults, which she co-authored with an Autistic Adult. Sneha has also worked with colleges to develop and implement autism support programs to maximize the success of college students with ASD. She works with both the students as well as faculty and staff, in order to maximize a positive college experience. Ultimately, Sneha’s work centers on increasing the quality of life for individuals with Autism, and her future-focused approach allows her to help individuals build long-term success.

Ioanna Konstantinidou is a Board Certified Analyst who has been using behaviour science to help children and adults with autism and learning disabilities to achieve their goals and have a good quality of life for more than ten years in both the UK and Greece. Ioanna is currently leading the behavioural department in a social care provider for adults with autism and learning disabilities in the UK while she is also a Phd student in Queens University in Belfast. Organisational behavioural management and staff training are two of Ioanna’s areas of interest. Ioanna is also offering behaviour analytic services to individuals, families and organisations as a freelance consultant.

Autism and Behavior Analysis- from dissonance to dialogue

Dr. Debbie Coehlo is a certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Pediatric Mental Health Specialist with a Doctoral Degree in Family Sciences and Human Development. She is the Founder and Director of Juniper Pediatrics, a clinic modeled after John F Kennedy’s multidisciplinary system of care. Using a holistic, integrated care model, Juniper provides counseling, medication management and family therapy for children with ASD, ADHD and other childhood mental health disorders.

Dr. Coehlo completed her Master’s in Nursing with a specialty in parent- child nursing. She spent 10 years working at the Child Development Center at the University of Washington in the Genetics Clinic and Multidisciplinary Clinic. In 1999, she complete her Doctorate degree in Human Development and Family Studies. 

She continues to teach at the undergraduate and graduate level and had pursued research in the area of social networking, transitioning to out of home care for families, and child development. 

Dr. Coehlo is a co- editor for the 4th and 5th edition of Family Health Nursing (F.A. Dais, 2010/2013) and has published several journal articles in the areas of families choosing residential care, families in transition, family health nursing, and care of children with special health care needs.

Dr. Ronald Brown, a noted expert on the topic of ADHD has served as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic (Health Affairs) at the University of North Texas System.

Dr. Brown completed his Ph.D. from Georgia State University and has been the past President of the Society of Pediatric Psychology and the Association of Psychologists of Academic Health Centers.

He is a board-certified clinical health psychologist and has been an active clinician, teacher, advocate and investigator. He served as a member of the Behavioral Medicine study section of the NIH and chaired several special panels at NIH. He currently serves as the Editor of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.

Dr. Ronald Brown’s area of specialization includes behavioral sciences, pediatric psychology, attention deficit disorders, neuropsychology, psychopharmacology, learning disabilities and psychosocial oncology. 

Ms. Manya Ralkowski has been practicing in the field of applied behavior analysis for over 25 years. Her training began under direct education and training from consultants from the Lovaas Clinic in Los Angeles while completing her bachelor of arts in Communication Disorders with endorsements in special education and psychology at Western Washington University. Ms. Ralkowski continued her education and training with a master’s degree in Education from Lesley University and a graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of Washington while working as an assistant teacher on the Project DATA grant at the Haring Center-Professional Training Unit. She also possesses a doctorate degree in Instructional Leadership.

Dr. Lyre Fribourg is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst.  She balances her work schedule between her private practice in Los Angeles, California and a staff psychologist position at University of California, Los Angeles in the Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics clinic.  She enjoys working in an interdisciplinary team and values the collaboration with physicians when it comes to diagnosing and treating children.  She leads a parent group for newly diagnosed families of children with autism and provides group parenting classes to families of young children.  For more than 25 years, Dr. Fribourg has worked with children with neurodevelopmental disorders, and their families in homes, schools and communities.  Additionally, she has shown her commitment to educating other professionals in the field through professional development workshops about behavior management in schools and presenting at annual conventions for behavior analysts.  Outside of her practice, she loves spending time with her husband and children, who give her yet another perspective on the challenges that come with parenting children. 

Dr. Bailey received his PhD from the University of Kansas and is currently Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Florida State University where he was a member of the graduate faculty for 38-years and produced a record 63 PhDs. He is currently Director of the FSU Panama City Masters Program in Applied Behavior Analysis. 

Dr. Bailey has published over 100 peer-reviewed research articles, is a past editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, and is co-author of Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis, How Dogs Learn, Ethics for Behavior Analysts, 2nd Expanded Edition, How to Think Like a Behavior Analyst, and 25 Essential Skills and Strategies for Professional Behavior Analysts, all co-authored with Dr. Mary Burch.

Karen is the Founder and CEO of Special Learning. She started the company in 2010 after learning about the effectiveness of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) juxtaposed against the reality that over 95% of the world did not have access to ABA. As an entrepreneur with over 20 years of corporate experience, she started Special Learning to leverage existing and emerging technology to make quality ABA resources and services available to parents, educators and professionals around the world.

Karen’s entrepreneurial experience includes starting and growing a diversity retained executive search firm specializing in placing women and minority executives in leadership positions of Fortune 1,000 companies. Her investment banking background includes working with various venture capital and private equity companies to facilitate deal flow while representing CEOs of rapidly growing companies seeking to raise equity and debt capital for various middle market businesses and commercial real estate developers. Her corporate background includes various leadership and functional roles in Fortune 1,000 and middle market companies.  Her additional entrepreneurial activities include owning and operating high end boutique

She graduated with a Masters of Management degree from Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a recipient of the Elijah Watts Sells Award from the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA), an award granted to less than top 5% of all CPA exam candidates.

Dr. Abraham Graber earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Iowa in 2013. He served as the Director of Medical Humanities at the University of Texas at San Antonio from 2016-2021 and joined the Wexner College of Medicine in January of 2023. He has wide ranging rearch interests, including philosophy of science and meta-ethics; however, his primary specialization is in disability bioethics with an emphasis on developmental disabilities.

Dr. Jessica Graber earned her PhD in School Psychology at the University of Iowa, specializing in school consultation and brief outpatient services for individuals with intense behavioral challenges. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, working across inpatient psychiatric, school, outpatient, and telehealth contexts and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at San Antonio, working as a research consultant, university instructor, and clinical supervisor. Since completing her training, Dr. Graber has supervised psychological and behavior analytic services for persons with neurodevelopmental differences and adaptive challenges across school, outpatient, residential treatment, and telehealth-to-home contexts. She is currently a psychologist in the Complex Behavior Program at the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.