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University of Missouri-St. Louis MS in ABA: The Accessibility Play – Low Cost, High Admission Rate, and a Research University Credential

April 2, 2026 · 12:01 PM

The University of Missouri–St. Louis MS in Applied Behavior Analysis is positioned as one of the least expensive and most accessible graduate ABA programs available — a combination that is rarer than…

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ABA Technologies and Operant Innovations: How a Melbourne, Florida, Company Built ABA’s Most Influential Professional Development Pipeline

April 2, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Founded in 1997 by the late Dr. Jose Martinez-Diaz, ABA Technologies has grown from a Florida Institute of Technology partnership into a national platform for online ABA education, continuing education, and professional…

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Eileen Shaklee Built Autism with a Side of Fries into One of the Longest-Running Parent Advocacy Platforms in the Autism Community

April 2, 2026 · 6:00 AM

Known to nearly 100,000 Facebook followers as Mama Fry, Eileen Shaklee has spent more than a decade translating the daily realities of raising an autistic son into a humor-driven, community-building media presence.…

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Matt Cicoria and the Behavioral Observations Podcast: A Decade of Long-Form Conversations That Shaped ABA’s Professional Culture

April 1, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Since 2016, Matt Cicoria has hosted the Behavioral Observations Podcast, an interview-based show that has become one of the most widely listened-to ABA podcasts among clinicians. With more than 200 episodes and…

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Dr. Nasiah Cirincione-Ulezi: The BCBA Leading ABA’s Reckoning with Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Humility

April 1, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Dr. Nasiah Cirincione-Ulezi is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, university faculty director, organizational founder, and one of the most frequently cited voices on diversity, equity, and inclusion in applied behavior analysis. As…

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Frank Campagna and Autism Daddy: The Sesame Street Producer Who Built One of Autism’s Most Unfiltered Parent Platforms

April 1, 2026 · 12:01 PM

Frank Campagna has worked at Sesame Workshop for more than two decades and produced the Emmy-nominated autism initiative that introduced the character Julia to millions of families. Under the name Autism Daddy,…

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Bay Path University MS in ABA: Four Concentrations, BACB 2027 Fieldwork Alignment, and a Program Built for Where the Field Is Going

April 1, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Bay Path University’s MS in Applied Behavior Analysis offers four distinct concentration tracks — Autism Spectrum Disorders, Applied Verbal Behavior, Trauma-Informed Practice, and Supervision and OBM — and has aligned its fieldwork…

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Wayne State University MS in ABA: Five Semesters, Fieldwork Woven In, and a Discussion-Based Design That Changes How Students Learn

March 31, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Wayne State University’s MS in Applied Behavior Analysis is built on a structure that most online programs do not attempt: a discussion-based pedagogy, a cohort model, fieldwork integrated throughout the five-semester curriculum…

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University of South Florida MA in ABA: The Cohort Model, Small Classes, and Why Faculty Access Matters

March 31, 2026 · 2:00 PM

The University of South Florida’s MA in Applied Behavior Analysis is built around a cohort enrollment model with small class sizes and a deliberate emphasis on faculty-student engagement. In a market where…

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Purdue University Global MS in ABA: $420 Per Credit, ABAI-Verified, and One Year to Finish

March 31, 2026 · 12:01 PM

Purdue University Global’s MS in Applied Behavior Analysis pairs one of the lowest per-credit tuition rates among ABAI-verified programs with an average completion time of one year and the Purdue name —…

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Joy F. Johnson: The Autistic BCBA Redefining What Affirming ABA Practice Looks Like

March 31, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Joy F. Johnson is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, clinical director, adjunct professor, and founder of Spectrum Support in Baltimore. She is also autistic. As a Black, Autistic, and Jewish woman working…

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Rob Gorski and The Autism Dad: How a Single Father’s Blog Became a Lifeline for Autism Parents Worldwide

March 30, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Rob Gorski has been documenting his life as a single father to three autistic sons in Canton, Ohio, since 2010. Through his blog, podcast, and social media presence, The Autism Dad has…

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Arizona State University MA in Special Education with ABA Concentration: The Scale Play – and What It Costs

March 30, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Arizona State University’s online MA in Special Education with an ABA concentration offers BACB Pathway 2 eligibility, a 10-course structure, and public university tuition in one of the most recognized online graduate…

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Drexel University MS in ABA: Quarter Terms, ABAI Verification, and Two Specializations That Go Beyond the Standard Curriculum

March 30, 2026 · 12:01 PM

Drexel University’s online MS in Applied Behavior Analysis is structured around a quarter-term calendar that compresses the academic year into four 10-week sessions - a format that accelerates content delivery and suits…

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Dr. Jonathan Tarbox: The Academic Who Brought ACT Into ABA’s Mainstream

March 30, 2026 · 8:00 AM

As Program Director of USC’s Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis, past Editor-in-Chief of Behavior Analysis in Practice, and author of five books, Dr. Jonathan Tarbox has become one of the…

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Dr. Amanda Kelly: How Behaviorbabe Became ABA’s Most Recognized Ethics Voice Online

March 29, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Known across the ABA community as Behaviorbabe, Dr. Amanda N. Kelly is a BCBA-D, ethics expert, and the first licensed behavior analyst in Hawaii. With a podcast surpassing one million downloads, a…

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University of Oregon MS in ABA: The Program That Made Culturally Responsive Practice a Curriculum Requirement

March 29, 2026 · 2:00 PM

The University of Oregon's MS in Applied Behavior Analysis is the only program in this field that has built culturally responsive practice and the preparation of clinicians for racially and ethnically minoritized…

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Simmons Online MS Posts 78% First-Attempt BCBA Pass Rate in 2024, 24 Points Above National Average

March 29, 2026 · 12:01 PM

The Boston university's 20-month online Master of Science in Behavior Analysis — ABAI-accredited through 2030 — reports a 2024 first-attempt rate of 78% against a national first-attempt average of 54%.

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Pepperdine University MS in ABA: ABAI-Verified, No GRE, and Done in as Few as 12 Months

March 29, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Pepperdine University's online MS in Applied Behavior Analysis combines a nationally recognized private university brand with one of the most accelerated timelines in the field. ABAI program verification, no GRE requirement, and…

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Northeastern University MS in ABA: One of the Oldest Programs in the Country – and One of the Highest-Passing

March 28, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Northeastern University's MS in Applied Behavior Analysis has been training behavior analysts since before most online ABA programs existed. Its 76% first-time BCBA exam pass rate — 22 percentage points above the…

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Dr. Mary Barbera: How a Nurse-Turned-BCBA Built the Most Trusted Parent-Facing ABA Brand Online

March 28, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Dr. Mary Lynch Barbera holds a doctorate-level BCBA certification, a nursing degree, and a personal stake in autism as the mother of a son with autism. Her Turn Autism Around brand, which…

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Paige Layle: The Most-Followed Autistic Voice on TikTok and What Her Platform Means for ABA’s Public Perception

March 28, 2026 · 12:01 PM

With 2. 7 million TikTok followers and a bestselling memoir, Paige Layle has become the most prominent autistic self-advocate in the social media landscape.

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Florida: The ABA Industry’s Preferred State – and the Risks That Come With It

March 28, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Florida has the fourth-largest autism population in the nation, an early insurance mandate, a Medicaid program projected to spend more than $2. 6 billion on ABA therapy in a single fiscal year,…

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The Sleep-Autism Connection: Why BCBAs Are Becoming the Default Sleep Therapists for Autistic Children

March 27, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Research consistently finds that 50 to 80 percent of autistic children experience significant sleep disturbances - a rate far exceeding the general pediatric population. Behavioral sleep interventions are the most evidence-supported treatment…

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The Braff Group: The Firm That Prices ABA Deals – and Has for 25 Years

March 27, 2026 · 2:00 PM

No advisory firm has shaped the ABA M&A market longer or more visibly than The Braff Group. With more than 375 completed healthcare transactions and the most widely cited deal data in…

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The BCBA Ethics Code Revision: What Changed, What Didn’t, and What It Means for Practice

March 27, 2026 · 12:01 PM

The BACB’s 2022 Ethics Code replaced an eight-year-old compliance framework with a principles-driven document that restructured clinician obligations, strengthened supervisee protections, and introduced explicit dignity language for the first time. This is…

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AI Autism Screening Tools: Three Startups, One FDA Question, and a Lot of Families Hoping

March 27, 2026 · 8:00 AM

A growing number of companies are building AI-powered tools that promise to cut the time between first concern and autism diagnosis from years to weeks. Cognoa’s Canvas Dx became the first to…

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New York’s ABA Crisis: Medicaid Rates, OPWDD, and Why the Empire State Is Losing Providers

March 26, 2026 · 6:00 PM

New York was the 49th state to cover ABA under Medicaid, launching the benefit in August 2021 after years of advocacy. Less than four years later, the state is cutting the technician…

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California’s ABA Market: The Largest in the World, and the Hardest to Operate In

March 26, 2026 · 12:01 PM

California accounts for roughly 15 percent of all national demand for Board Certified Behavior Analysts, has the highest recorded autism prevalence among any CDC monitoring site, and runs the most structurally complex…

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Tara Phillips and Autism Little Learners: An SLP’s 25-Year Bridge Between Speech Therapy and ABA

March 26, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Tara Phillips is a licensed speech-language pathologist with more than 25 years of clinical experience supporting young autistic children. Her platform, Autism Little Learners, has grown to more than 91,000 Instagram followers,…

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