Garden Academy’s Executive Director, Dr. Laura Grow, BCBA-D, Principal Emily Mahon, BCBA, and Classroom BCBAs Taylor Custer, BCBA and Rafaella Gashi, BCBA presented a webinar on Supporting Individuals With Autism During Routine Disruptions. This webinar is available free and on demand, but registration is required. You can register to view this webinar at any time here.
Our Senior Leadership team and BCBAs are incredibly active participants in the field of behavior analysis. Even in a year as busy as 2020, six members of our staff have been published this year, with some being published multiple times! Read on to find out more about their research…
We interviewed Garden Academy staff member Sean Yocum about his seven years of service at Garden Academy and got to know more about what made him decide to go into the field of autism education, his studies for his Master’s degree program, and his experience with group supervision at Garden Academy.
Taylor Custer, BCBA, Garden Academy’s Classroom Trainer in Classroom A2, was recently published for her work on “Outcomes of a practical approach for improving conversation skills in adults with autism” in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Samantha Breeman, BCBA, Garden Academy’s Classroom Trainer in Classroom C, recently had her Master’s thesis, titled The effects of procedural integrity errors during auditory–visual conditional discrimination training: A preliminary investigation published in Behavioral Interventions. Dr. Laura Grow, Garden Academy’s Executive Director, served as a co-author.
We are excited to share that Garden Academy’s Executive Director, Dr. Laura Grow, was invited to contribute to Behavior Analysis in Practice.
Her article, More Than the Work: Reflections on Building a Sustainable Career in Behavior Analysis, offers insights on resilience, authenticity, and leadership. It provides guidance for early-career professionals and meaningful reminders for all of us about the importance of aligning our work with our values.
Garden Academy’s Executive Director, Dr. Laura Grow, BCBA-D, Principal Emily Mahon, BCBA, and Classroom BCBAs Taylor Custer, BCBA and Rafaella Gashi, BCBA presented a webinar on Supporting Individuals With Autism During Routine Disruptions. This webinar is available free and on demand, but registration is required. You can register to view this webinar at any time here.
We interviewed Garden Academy staff member Sean Yocum about his seven years of service at Garden Academy and got to know more about what made him decide to go into the field of autism education, his studies for his Master’s degree program, and his experience with group supervision at Garden Academy.
Garden Academy’s Clinical Director, Dr. Danielle Gureghian, BCBA-D gave a presentation on Acceptance and Commitment Training titled “Doing what matters in times of uncertainty: Moving towards our shared values” as part of our staff in-service.
Samantha Breeman, BCBA, Garden Academy’s Classroom Trainer in Classroom C, recently had her Master’s thesis, titled The effects of procedural integrity errors during auditory–visual conditional discrimination training: A preliminary investigation published in Behavioral Interventions. Dr. Laura Grow, Garden Academy’s Executive Director, served as a co-author.
Garden Academy’s leadership team presented a webinar on Temporary strategies for avoiding or reducing problem behavior in the home setting during social distancing. To access the webinar and resources mentioned in the presentation, please click the read more link below.
Our Executive Director, Dr. Laura Grow, presented a webinar titled "Naturalistic Teaching Strategies: An Evidence-based Approach for Teaching Play and Social Skills" for the Binghamton Regional Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders Spring 2020 Conference today.
Our Clinical Director, Danielle Gureghian, Ph.D., BCBA-D, led a workshop on acceptance and commitment training titled "Moving Towards Flexibility and Doing What Matters: Mindful and Values-Based Living" during a recent professional development day.
Members of Garden Academy's leadership team recently attended the The Council of Autism Service Providers conference to attend seminars on leadership and to network with other service providers for the autism community.
Dr. Laura Grow Ph.D., BCBA-D, Garden Academy’s Executive Director, presented on a panel with two other distinguished leaders in the field of behavior analysis…
Dr. Danielle Gureghian Ph.D., BCBA-D, Garden Academy’s Clinical Director, and Rafaella Gashi, Classroom Supervisor, presented their work in collaboration with Caldwell University…
Congratulations to Dr. Gureghian, Garden Academy Clinical Director, for the publication of her book chapter...
Grow, L. L., & Van Der Hijde, R. (2017). A comparison of procedures for teaching receptive labeling of sight words to a child with autism spectrum disorder. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 10, 62 – 66. More...
