Episode 214 - (CULTURAL/ETHICS) Compassionate Care w/ Dr. Mary Jane Weiss + Dr. Jessica Rohrer

Meet Your Podcast Guests

Dr. Jessica Rohrer is a doctoral level Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D) and Licensed Behavior Analyst in the state of Connecticut. She is the Director of Consultation at CCSN, where she provides leadership and program development support to the consultative team at CCSN as well as educational programs. Dr. Rohrer received her master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) through Northeastern University and her doctorate in ABA through Endicott College. Dr. Rohrer has worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Saint Joseph and Endicott College, and is a professional member of various professional local and national behavior analytic organizations. Dr. Rohrer has presented nationally and internationally on topics such as staff training, preference assessments, and increasing independence, and her work has been published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Analysis in Practice, the Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, and the Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Dr. Mary Jane Weiss, Ph.D., BCBA-D is a Professor at Endicott College, where she directs the Master’s Program in ABA and Autism and is a mentoring faculty member in the Doctoral program. She also conducts research with the team at Melmark. Weiss has worked in the field of ABA and Autism for over 30 years. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University in 1990 and she became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst in 2000. She previously worked for 16 years at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center at Rutgers University, where she served as Director of Research and Training and as Clinical Director. Her clinical and research interests center on defining best practice ABA techniques, exploring ways to enhance the ethical conduct of practitioners, evaluating the impact of ABA in learners with autism, teaching social skills to learners with autism, training staff to be optimally effective at instruction, and maximizing family members’ expertise and adaptation. She serves on the Scientific Council of the Organization for Autism Research, is on the Professional Advisory Board of Autism New Jersey, is a regular reviewer for a variety of professional journals, and is a frequent member of service committees for the Behavior Analyst Certification Board. She is also a Past President of the Autism Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, a former member of the Board of the Association for Professional Behavior Analysts, and a former Vice President of the Board of Trustees for Autism New Jersey.