Episode 204 - (TRAUMA-INFORMED/LEARNING) Trauma-Informed Applications of ABA w/ Dr. Adithyan Rajaraman + Dr. Jennifer Austin

Meet Your Podcast Guests

Dr. Adithyan (Dithu) Rajaraman has been applying the principles of learning to improve socially important behaviors of children with and without disabilities for 12 years. After providing in-home care to young children with autism as an undergraduate, he worked and trained at the New England Center for Children (NECC) in Boston, MA, as well as in Abu Dhabi, UAE. While at NECC, Dithu earned a Master’s degree in severe-needs special education from Simmons College (2014) and obtained board certification in behavior analysis through Western New England University (WNEU; 2016). Dithu recently completed his Doctorate in behavior analysis at WNEU, under the advisement of Dr. Greg Hanley. Dithu’s research and practice interests include the assessment, treatment, and prevention of problem behavior, caregiver training related to the address of problem behavior, and expanding the scope of behavior-analytic services to under-resourced settings. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology at UMBC, where he teaches and mentors undergraduate students in basic and applied behavior analysis. Dr. Jennifer L. Austin has worked as a behavior analytic researcher and clinician for over 20 years. Her research and clinical interests have focused primarily on behavior analytic applications in schools, as well as applying our science to populations that are relatively underserved by the field, including prisoners, children in mainstream education, and children who have experienced abuse and neglect. Dr. Austin received her Ph.D. from the Florida State University and currently serves as Professor of Psychology and Head of Behavior Analysis at the University of South Wales. In 2020, she received a SABA award for her contributions to the international development of behavior analysis. She is a Past-President of the UK Society for Behaviour Analysis and a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Behavior Analysis in Practice.