Episode 230: Empowering Parents and Staff with Acceptance and Commitment Training with Dr. Ashley Carrigan

In this conversation, Dr. Ashley Carrigan shares her journey into the field of behavior analysis, highlighting her personal experiences and professional aspirations.  We explore Dr. Carrigan’s dissertation research, evaluating the effectiveness of a telehealth parent training intervention melding Acceptance and Commitment Training, Behavior Parent Training and weekly coaching sessions to address selective eating in children.  Dr. Carrigan emphasized the challenges she faced during her research, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lessons learned throughout her academic journey. She also discusses her current roles in education and community service, her passion for mentoring future behavior analysts, and her strategies for balancing work and family life. 

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Articles Referenced:

Jeudy, D.S., Andrews, M., Mittelman, C., & Beck, C. (2025). Changing the Narrative: A Contextual Behavioral Science Approach to Colorism. Journal of Colorism Studies, 6 (1), 0_1-27.

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Episode 85 Online ACT Matrix Parent Training for Japanese Mothers with distress with Dr. Yukie Kurumiya

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Dr. Carrigan live from the 2023 Black Applied Behavior Analysts Conference in  Road to Black Con  2024 Mini Episode #6

https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/the-road-to-black-con-2024-mini-episode-6-with-dr-jesca-apamo-gannon-ashley-carrigan-danni-reid-and-jadine-wilson/