Stories from ABA Professionals

Real Stories from ABA Professionals

Discover how ABA professionals are transforming lives. With dedication and evidence-based practices, they help children and families achieve new milestones every day.

ABA professionals empower individuals to gain communication skills, achieve independence, and overcome daily challenges. Their passion for helping others is expanding the field’s impact and bringing greater awareness to behaviour analysis within the community.

Conrad’s Story

Meet Conrad Leung, a dedicated Behaviour Analyst who discovered his passion for behaviour science during his psychology studies and honed his expertise through specialized ABA training. In this video, learn how he’s helping children and youth build essential communication skills, adapt to their environments, and achieve greater independence, all while working to elevate awareness of behaviour analysis and its growing impact.

Video Takeaways

Conrad discovered his passion for behaviour science through psychology studies and ABA training.
He helps kids develop key communication skills and independence.
He’s committed to making behaviour science more widely understood.
He sees a bright future for behaviour analysis with new applications ahead.
A supportive community has been key to his growth as a professional.

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Being able to help in giving somebody some basic, communicative skills, have some more independence within their own environment makes a big difference.

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Its applications are so broad, and I think over time, those applications are going to increase their breath.

Dr. Julie Koudys’ Story

Dr. Julie Koudys is driven by her passion for behaviour analysis and its transformative power. In this video, hear how she’s helping individuals reach remarkable goals—from communication breakthroughs to mobility milestones—and how she’s championing the expansion of behaviour analysis into new areas for even greater impact.

Video Takeaways

Behaviour analysis builds critical skills through proven methods.
Many people still don’t know how much it can help.
Step-by-step strategies lead to real, lasting progress.
Teaching future professionals extends her reach.
Embedding behaviour analysis into other fields expands its impact.

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If I really wanted to make more impact, teaching was one way to do that.

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There are many areas where we overlap with other disciplines, and I'm hopeful that as regulation comes about there is an increasing opportunity for the expertise that we have, sort of be embedded in these other areas.

Shiri’s Story

Shiri Bartman, a Clinical Psychologist and Behaviour Analyst, found her passion for behavioural science while working directly with children with autism. In this video, she shares her story and explains how she’s now teaching, advocating, and expanding behaviour analysis to improve lives and tackle pressing global challenges.

Video Takeaways

Hands-on experience sparked Shiri’s passion for behaviour analysis.
She helps children build essential life skills.
Behaviour analysis finds causes, not blame.
Teaching at George Brown College inspires future practitioners.
Behavioural science can tackle major societal challenges.

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As behavior analysts, we're really good at asking the right questions to figure out what's making this behavior happen.

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This is what I was meant to do forever.

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