ABA Therapy: Helpful or Harmful? | Honest Talk with Mary Barbera

About this episode

Laura Clery discusses the controversial ABA therapy for autism with expert Mary Barbera.

I started the controversial autism therapy ABA for my son to try to deal with elopement. I don’t know how I feel about it yet. So I talked with ABA expert and author Mary Barbera who has a lot to say about the therapies and approaches. People have strong opinions on ABA, so I wanted to learn more. Dive in with me and see what you think. Visit https://www.nocd.com to book a FREE call with their team and learn how they can help, today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Laura Clery

Guest: Mary Barbera

Topics covered

• ABA therapy
• autism
• parenting
• mental health
• therapy approaches

Keywords

• ABA therapy
• autism
• elopement
• therapy opinions
• Mary Barbera

Sponsors

NOCD

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NOCD

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