Brenda Eaton is a BCBA, mom, and creator of Grow Your Happy. She has a 27-year-old son on the autism spectrum, which was her inspiration for getting into the field. Prior to becoming a BCBA, Brenda had a career in the fashion industry and spent time in New York before moving back to Pennsylvania where she got her master’s in education at Temple. After her son’s diagnosis, she spent most of her time supporting him and saw that so much more support was needed outside of the traditional ABA and behavioral techniques, especially around building resilience and independence.

Through Grow Your Happy, Brenda focuses on acceptance and commitment training and there’s a lot of cross-over with ABA principles as well. Emotions are important internal events and need to be considered when working with children and clients. Often the behavior is just the tip of the iceberg and there’s a whole lot more underneath. Brenda shares what she would have done differently looking back on her life experience and career as well as improvements needed within the field. She also shares details on her upcoming CU training around acceptance and commitment training, which will be held on October 19th.

What’s Inside:

How Brenda got into the field of ABA and how her son inspired her work.
The importance of emotional regulation in behavioral work.
Info on Brenda’s upcoming acceptance and commitment training (CU).
Advice for new BCBAs.

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