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.
16 Publications in 6 Years!
Staff Highlight: Sean Yocum
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.
Dr. Grow Presents Webinar for BRCASD Spring Conference
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.
Garden Academy Staff Attend Autism NJ Transition Conference
Dr. Gureghian Presents Workshop for Staff
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.
Garden Academy Leaders Attend Council of Autism Service Providers Conference
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.
Strategies for Empowering Women in the Workplace
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…
Using a Three Component Generalization Strategy to Teach Empathy to Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Reinforcer Choice as an Antecedent Versus Consequence During Acquisition Tasks for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
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…
Training Parents via Telehealth to Decrease Sleep Disruptive Behaviors in Children With Autism.
Just Published
Congratulations to Dr. Gureghian, Garden Academy Clinical Director, for the publication of her book chapter...
Alabama Association for Behavior Analysis
Texas Association for Behavior Analysis
A comparison of procedures for teaching receptive labeling of sight words to a child with autism spectrum disorder
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...