Dr. Camille Kolu is a behavioral scientist from Cusp Emergence in Colorado. Dr. Kolu has about 20 years of autism treatment experience and has collaborated with or worked for nonprofits, families, diverse educational facilities, and groups in Texas and Colorado to provide effective autism treatment and support for those affected by developmental or other disabilities.

Dr. Kolu brings together creative service, best practices, and a background in both behavior analysis and behavioral neuroscience to strengthen community fabrics through education, relationships, and behavioral support. She also focuses on TIBA, or trauma-informed behavior analysis, and Shayna recently took Dr. Kolu’s course on trauma sensitivity.

Here, Dr. Kolu shares her career journey and what led her to the work she’s involved in today. We discuss how trauma impacts behavior and the six “buffers” in behavior analysis. Dr. Kolu also shares tips for preventing and managing staff burnout, how the field has evolved around the concept of trauma-informed care, and her advice to new BCBAs in the field.

We’re also hosting a webinar with Dr. Kolu on January 22nd at 3:30pm EST. Head to our website to sign up!

What’s Inside:

• The six “buffers” in behavior analysis
• Tips for preventing and managing staff burnout
• Advice for newly minted BCBAs

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Can you believe we’re wrapping up another year? As we approach the end of 2025, we wanted to reflect on some of the highlights of 2024 in a How To ABA year in review. We share some major personal and professional wins and look back on some of the best topics and guests we’ve had on the podcast.

Our favorite highlights include our work with Dr. Alan Schnee, conferences we’ve attended, and our collaboration podcast with ABA Inside Track. Our favorite guests include Dr. Peter Gerhardt, Jenna Mazzillo of ABA Naturally, Dr. Saul Axelrod, Dr. Cody Morris from Behavior Analysis and Practice, and so many others! We also touch on some of our CEUs we’ve offered and what we have in store for 2025.

What’s Inside:

• A look back on How To ABA’s 2024 highlights
• Reflections on our favorite guests and topics
• Our plans for 2025

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After our students learn to answer WH questions, the next step is to teach them inferencing skills. Students need to learn how to make inferences, or to predict future events and what will happen next. However, understanding the hidden meaning in stories and social interactions can be challenging, especially for those on the autism spectrum. Here, we discuss the best ways to teach inferencing to these learners.

Before we start to teach inferencing, it’s important to look for certain prerequisite skills which we cover also cover here. We also discuss sequencing and using scenarios, teaching to mastery, linguist systems, and reading comprehension.

What’s Inside:

• How to teach inferencing skills
• How to identify prerequisite skills in learners
• How to teach inferencing skills to mastery

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