SLPs and BCBAs: How Do We Make Collaboration Work?

Lynn M. Dudek opens this recorded discussion of collaboration between speech-language pathologists and behavior analysts. She explains why shared goals, clear communication and respect for each profession matter, then compares their histories, scopes of practice and approaches to evidence.

Presenter credits: Michele LaMarche, Lynn M. Dudek.

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Dudek describes collaboration as a deliberate commitment to the person receiving support and their family. The discussion covers professional expertise, willingness to learn from colleagues and reflection on whether teaching is helping the learner.

The available teaching discussion traces speech-language pathology and behavior analysis, including communication, social validity and different ways the professions describe evidence-based practice. The catalogue credits both Lynn M. Dudek and Michele LaMarche.

What does this recording cover?

• Shared goals centered on the learner and family
• Communication, parity and professional expertise
• History and scope of speech-language pathology
• History and scope of behavior analysis
• Different descriptions of evidence-based practice

Course evaluation records

The six-item evaluation mean was 4.56/5 across 3 complete responses, from 24 recorded rating responses. This mean includes only unambiguous complete six-score responses. Source: Special Learning course evaluation records, snapshot October 11, 2026.

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I can’t recommend due to the technical difficulty of losing sound on the webinar halfway through. The content was good however.

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