Episode 49 - Matrix Training w/ Cormac MacManus

Meet Your Podcast Guest

Cormac MacManus is a board certified behavior analyst (BCBA) and an ACE Training and Implementation Specialist at the New England Center for Children (NECC). Cormac works with school districts and special education centers around the north east to support the implementation of a web-based curriculum and assessment platform to teach students with developmental disabilities. Cormac received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and masters degree in applied behavior analysis from Ulster University in Ireland, and is currently enrolled in the doctoral program in behavior analysis at Western New England University. Cormac’s previous experiences include eight years of clinical work with individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities at NECC, working across multiple areas and settings within the organization including day, home-based, intensive treatment, and residential programs. Cormac has worked with clients ranging from 4-22 years, moderate to severe needs, in the capacity of a direct care staff and supervisor of a team of 30 staff members. Cormac’s main focus and research interests include response persistence, assessment and treatment of challenging behavior, play, and verbal behavior. Cormac teaches verbal behavior and concepts and principles of behavior analysis as an adjunct professor at University of Massachusetts Boston. Cormac enjoys reading crime and graphic novels, listening to podcasts, and teaching his toddler and wife 80s and 90s pop culture in his spare time.