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Autism WeeklyNow Trending: “Balancing Profit and Care: Private Equity’s Impact on ABA Therapy for Autism” | With Dr. Robbie El Fattal #132In this episode, we are thrilled to welcome back Dr. Robbie El Fattal, Founder and CEO at Maraca Learning, and a renowned expert in the field of autism therapy. Today, we'll be discussing a highly important and timely topic - private equity and its impact on the autism community. As our guest will explain, private equity firms have been investing heavily in autism therapy providers in recent years, and this trend has significant implications for people with autism, their families, and the broader healthcare industry. Download to learn more!
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2023-07-0748 minAutism WeeklyNow Trending: Understanding Assent & Assent Withdrawal in ABA | With Dr. El Fattal #115Now Trending is back with another episode on Autism Weekly, and Dr. Robbie El Fattal is our guest. We want to talk about current issues affecting the autism community and various solutions being undertaken to improve accessibility for everyone. Robbie is the Founder and CEO at Maraca Learning, a clinician-led autism therapy provider headquartered in Boise Idaho, as well as a PhD BCBA. Today we are going to discuss assent in ABA therapy, which is the acknowledgement to willingly participate given by the client, especially when the client is under the age of 18. Download the latest episode to learn...
2023-01-2734 min
Maraca LearningMeet Maraca's New Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Nicole McMillan!In this interview, Robbie and Nicole have a casual conversation regarding Nicole's background and much more!
2023-01-2624 min
Behavior Analysis in Practice- The PodcastS4E3: Exploring Quality in the Applied Behavior Analysis Service Delivery Industry with Bryant C. Silbaugh and Robbie El FattalBryant C. Silbaugh and Robbie El Fattal join us to talk about their paper, Exploring Quality in the Applied Behavior Analysis Service Delivery Industry
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Host and Executive Producer: Cody Morris, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
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Editor, Stephanie Peterson, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
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2022-12-121h 14Autism WeeklyNow Trending - Myths, Misconceptions and the Evolution of ABA with: Dr. El Fattal and Dr. Kerri Milyko #110Now Trending is a new segment we hope to continue on Autism Weekly, and Dr. El Fattal is our first regular guest. We want to talk about current issues affecting the autism community and various solutions being undertaken to improve accessibility for everyone. Dr. El Fattal is the Founder and CEO at Maraca Learning, a clinician-led autism therapy provider headquartered in Boise Idaho, as well as a PhD BCBA. He’s also a board advisor to a multi-state autism therapy platform where he advises as a subject matter expert in ABA and organizational health. We also would like to we...
2022-12-0949 minMaraca LearningInterview With Amy And JonathanIn this interview, Robbie has the opportunity to talk with Amy and Jonathan regarding the ABAI CESS Task Force Draft Recommendations released on September 28 to ABAI members.
2022-10-1145 min
Maraca LearningInterview with Matthew Brodhead and Kristopher BrownA discussion on non-competes, and how they affect the ABA community.
2022-07-011h 06
Building Better Businesses in ABAEP 24: Organizational Culture is like Bigfoot: Frequently Talked About, Often Misunderstood, and Rarely Measured with Dr. Robbie El FattalOrganizational Culture is like Bigfoot: Frequently Talked About, Often Misunderstood, and Rarely Measured with Dr. Robbie El Fattal
Robbie's the consummate entrepreneur, founding 3 ABA practices over the past 10 years (including Cultivate Behavioral Health & Education). Robbie and I hit it off the moment we met: we're both passionate about organizational culture, entrepreneurship, our ABA field, and the humble learning it takes to hone our leadership skills over time. We're also psyched to co-present a Behavior Live CEU event on June 29th. Enjoy, kind listener!
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2022-06-2852 min
Maraca LearningInterview with Ivy Chong and Robin Landa of The May InstituteIn this interview, Rob has the opportunity to talk with Ivy Chong and Robin Landa of The May Institute. They cover issues of assent and how May is currently undergoing culture change to build a more positive clinical environment where their clients and staff can thrive.
2022-06-1446 min
Maraca LearningInterview with Joshua Pritchard, PhD, BCBA-DIn this interview, Josh shares his unique perspective as both a behavior analyst and board member at JRC. Although he explains that he’s not representing JRC in these interviews, he does have unique insight to share that reveals many of the questions we need to answer as a community.
2022-05-271h 30
Maraca LearningInterview with Summer Mingo, BCBAIn this interview, Summer shares her story and background as an autistic behavior analyst. Summer's interview is absolutely beautiful and brilliant in a number of ways.
2022-05-2536 min
Maraca LearningEpisode 2In this interview, Robbie and Tom wrestle through difficult questions regarding CESS, while also going down interesting rabbit holes that draw us back to where we stand today in ABA.
2022-05-2547 minMaraca LearningEpisode 1A talk between Robbie El Fattal, Ph.D, Amy L. Odum, Ph.D, and Jonathan Tarbox, Ph.D, about recent controversy in the ABA community regarding electroshock behavior correction being included at the 2022 ABAI conference and how this affects the ABA community.
2022-05-2244 min