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In Session 181, Dr. Francesca Degli Espinosa, Ph.D, BCBA-D, joins me for a wide-ranging conversation that in my opinion, got better and better as it went on!

If you\'re not familiar with Francesca or her work, she is director and consultant at\\xa0ABA Clinic Ltd., adjunct professor at the University of Salerno, and a guest lecturer at Queen\'s College, Belfast, and Pennsylvania State University. She is regarded as an expert in Skinner\'s analysis of verbal behavior, and will be one of the featured speakers at the 2022\\xa0Verbal Behavior Conference, which incidentally, is coming up right around the corner.

We cover quite a lot in this interview, including why she pivoted away from studying medicine, her first response to reading Verbal Behavior, how she \'stalked\' Vince Carbone at a conference, her paper,\\xa0Teaching generalized question-discrimination skills to children with Autism: Conceptual and applied considerations, why clinicians at all levels should still do direct therapy, what she plans to discuss at this year\'s Verbal Behavior Conference, why we should seek to understand concepts and principles better rather than being overly technological in nature, and lots more!

As always, we close the public feed with Francesca sharing some excellent advice for newly-minted BCBA\'s. And, for you, the Patreon subscriber, we spend another 15-minutes or so discussing dog training. In this subscriber-only segment, Francesca talks about why she finally got a dog (his name is Darwin), the ups and downs of training, and what she\'s learned from this experience.\\xa0

Other resources mentioned in this podcast

• Schlinger (1995).\\xa0A Behavior Analytic View of Child Development.
• Remington et al. (2007).\\xa0Early intensive behavioral intervention: Outcomes for children with Autism and their parents after two years.\\xa0
• Michael, Palmer, and Sundberg (2011).\\xa0The multiple control of verbal behavior.
• Horne and Lowe (1996).\\xa0On the origins of naming and other symbolic behavior.\\xa0
• Miguel (2016).\\xa0Common and Intraverbal Bidirectional Naming.
• Verbal Behavior Conference\\xa0registration page.\\xa0

Session 181 is brought to you with support from:

• Behavior University. Their mission is to provide university quality professional development for the busy Behavior Analyst. Learn about their CEU offerings, including their brand new 8-hour Supervision Course, as well as their RBT offerings over at\\xa0behavioruniversity.com/observations.
• Tate Behavioral, a progressive ABA provider located in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. If you\\u2019re a BCBA looking to work for a supportive and innovative team, and live in the heart of charming New England, visit\\xa0their jobs page by\\xa0clicking here!
• The\\xa0Secret Agent Society\\xa0Small Group Program helps kids 8 to 12 years old crack the code of emotions and friendships through an animated \\u2018secret agent\\u2019 theme.\\xa0 With a sophisticated digital health platform now at the heart of the program, you can deliver groups face-to-face, with telehealth, or a combination of formats. Follow\\xa0this link\\xa0to book a live demo from anywhere around the world. Also, don\\u2019t forget to mention that \\u201cMatt sent you\\u201d to have your SAS Provider establishment fee waived (a minimum $500 USD value)!
• Last but not least, special thanks goes to this year\'s Verbal Behavior Conference!\\xa0Click here\\xa0to learn more and register.