The ABA Speech Podcast- Easy Strategies for Speech Therapists, BCBAs, and RBTs
Rose Griffin
264 episodes
1 week ago
In this reprise episode, I’m revisiting an important conversation with Dr. Michael Selbst and Dr. Jeniffer Cruz about Pathological Demand Avoidance, often called PDA. I began getting more questions about PDA as clinicians and parents shared concerns about students who weren’t responding to traditional strategies and seemed to escalate around even small or well-intended demands. In this episode, we break down what PDA is and how it’s currently understood. While PDA is not a formal diagnosis in...
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In this reprise episode, I’m revisiting an important conversation with Dr. Michael Selbst and Dr. Jeniffer Cruz about Pathological Demand Avoidance, often called PDA. I began getting more questions about PDA as clinicians and parents shared concerns about students who weren’t responding to traditional strategies and seemed to escalate around even small or well-intended demands. In this episode, we break down what PDA is and how it’s currently understood. While PDA is not a formal diagnosis in...
The ABA Speech Podcast- Easy Strategies for Speech Therapists, BCBAs, and RBTs
30 minutes
4 months ago
#244: ABA Across The Lifespan with Cindy Mrotek
Is this intervention going to make a client’s world bigger? That’s the guiding question for today’s guest, Cindy Mrotek, BCBA and LBS, founder of a.c.e therapies—a center offering Speech, OT, and ABA services, along with options for adult learners. With three locations across Illinois, a.c.e therapies focuses on skills that truly matter across the lifespan. In our conversation, Cindy shares why focusing on meaningful skills and goals is so important for increasing quality of life and “making ...
The ABA Speech Podcast- Easy Strategies for Speech Therapists, BCBAs, and RBTs
In this reprise episode, I’m revisiting an important conversation with Dr. Michael Selbst and Dr. Jeniffer Cruz about Pathological Demand Avoidance, often called PDA. I began getting more questions about PDA as clinicians and parents shared concerns about students who weren’t responding to traditional strategies and seemed to escalate around even small or well-intended demands. In this episode, we break down what PDA is and how it’s currently understood. While PDA is not a formal diagnosis in...
