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I had a great chat with fellow Auburn University alum Dr. Alice Shillingsburg. Alice has been doing great work in the field for decades, as you can see from her bio below:

Dr.\\xa0Shillingsburg\\xa0currently serves as Sr. Vice President of Children\\u2019s\\xa0Clinical\\xa0Services and Training at May Institute. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from Auburn University and completed her predoctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at the Marcus Institute. She previously served as the Director of the Language and Learning Clinic at the Marcus Autism Center and held an appointment of Associate Professor at Emory University in the Division of Autism and Related Developmental Disabilities. Dr.\\xa0Shillingsburg\\xa0is a licensed psychologist and\\xa0Board Certified\\xa0Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D). Her clinical expertise includes the development of language and behavioral programming to address a variety of behavioral difficulties and social communication deficits associated with autism and other developmental disabilities. She has published over 50 empirical papers and book chapters on interventions for children with autism and related developmental disabilities. She is currently an associate editor for the\\xa0Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, editorial board member of\\xa0Focus on Autism and Other Developmental\\xa0Disabilities, and\\xa0is\\xa0past associate editor for\\xa0The Analysis of Verbal Behavior.

In this episode we talk about:

• How she got into the ABA field.
• Our similar experiences at Auburn University\'s\\xa0Psychology Department.\\xa0
• Her work in clinical leadership at The May Institute.
• Things to avoid when trying to advocate for change.
• Her upcoming talks (two of them!) at the\\xa0Verbal Behavior Conference 2021.\\xa0
• Teaching Social Skills.
• Using Speech Generation Devices... and so much more.\\xa0

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