Autism Knows No Borders

143. Assent Based Treatment, with Liz Lefebre and Amy Evans


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Both Liz Lefebre and Amy Evans are Board Certified Behavior Analysts with specializations in Precision Teaching, Fluency Based Instruction, Instructional Design, and Assent Based Treatment. They are also the Co-Founders of Octave, an organization dedicated to improving skill sets of behavior analysts, teachers, and instructional designers. 

In today’s conversation, we discuss:

  • Why Liz and Amy decided to start Octave
  • What Octave’s values and mission are
  • What Precision Teaching, Instructional Design, and Assent Based Treatment are 
  • What Liz and Amy have learned from listening to autistic voices and how that has affected their programming 
  • Why practitioners should move away from “traditional ABA" and undo the training that they might have undergone
  • What some of the potential barriers to ethical practices in ABA are
  • How to increase a client’s appetite for learning
  • Advice for other practitioners
  • To learn more about Liz Lefebre and Amy Evans, please visit octavetraining.com

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    139. Responsive Skills Training: An Autistic-Informed Curriculum, with Molly Ola Pinney and Ann Beirne

    35. The Do Better Movement, with Dr. Megan Miller

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