Dr. Lina Slim joins me in Session 217 for a wide-ranging conversation that is almost impossible to describe in a list of bullet points.

But I will try... In this show we discussed:

• Her pivot from studying animal behavior and language to teaching children with Autism.
• Her unease with seeing lackluster applications of ABA.
• Starting her own school while earning her Ph.D., while raising two children.
• Providing services all over the world.
• Detecting your own biases when providing services (please check this part out if you listen to nothing else in this podcast!!!).
• Developing trust through asking questions.
• What it's like to practice ABA in three different languages.
• What she plans on talking about at this year's Verbal Behavior Conference (and please consider attending, it's a great time!).
• Great advice for the newly-minted BCBA.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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