Lessons from a Black Autistic Behavioral Therapist with Joy F. Johnson

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Joy F. Johnson is a black, autistic behavioral therapist who runs Spectrum Support Services. She brings a new perspective to the podcast in so many ways. Join into the conversation as we discuss:- How joy uses her behavioral training to help keep black autistic kids safe when interacting with the police, and what strategies we all should be using to do the same- Joy’s take on behavioral strategies that we've been critiquing on this podcast like planned ignoring, using reinforcers, and using hand-over-hand assistance from her perspective person who is trained in ABA and also black and autistic- Joy's experiences with racism and ableism in the United States- Why Joy loves watching credits, the surprising doors her interests have opened for her in adulthood, and several important reasons why we shouldn’t withhold an autistic person’s interests from them 
View show notes and transcript at learnplaythrive.com/podcast

Lessons from a Black Autistic Behavioral Therapist with Joy F. Johnson

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