Episode 342 - Assent and PECS

As behavior analysis pursues more opportunities to meaningfully ally with the neurodiversity movement, we need to ensure we're doing more than just playing lip service to those seeking additional supports by improving our listening. But how can you listen for assent without good communication skills? This week we are joined by Armando Bernal to explore how PECS may provide a more robust inroads to collaboration than we may have thought as well as some other ways that BCBAs can up their assent game. This episode is available for 1.0 LEARNING CEU. Articles discussed this episode: Allen, L.L., Mellons, L.S., Syed, N., Johnson, J.F., & Bernal, A.J. (2024). Neurodiversity-affirming applied behavior analysis. Behavior Analysis in Practice . doi: 10.1007/s40617-024-00918-0 Doherty, A., Bracken, M., & Gormley, L. (2018). Teaching children with autism to initiate and respond to peer mands using picture exchange communication system (PECS). Behavior Analysis in Practice, 11 , 279-288. doi: 10.1007/s40617-018-00311-8 If you're interested in ordering CEs for listening to this episode, click here to go to the store page. You'll need to enter your name, BCBA #, the two episode secret code words, and answers to the knowledge check questions to complete the purchase. Email us at abainsidetrack@gmail.com for further assistance.

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Episode 342 - Assent and PECS is an episode from ABA Inside Track by Robert Parry-Cruwys.

This episode is 01:21:30 long.

This episode was published on Apr 22, 2026.

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