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About The Speakers

Amanda Link has over 16 years of experience providing behavior analytic services to a wide range of individuals. She began her career in a Sheppard Pratt School program, working in the nonpublic school setting for nearly 10 years before transitioning to a supervising behavior analyst role with Little Leaves Behavioral Services. Amanda is thrilled to be back with Sheppard Pratt Schools as one of two Regional Manager of Behavioral Services. In her current role, Amanda oversees the behavior programming across 7 Sheppard Pratt School programs. Amanda earned her master’s degree in clinical psychology, a post-graduate certified in applied behavior analysis, and a post-graduate certificate in professional counseling. Amanda is a licensed behavior analyst (LBA) and graduate-level professional counselor (LGPC) in the state of Maryland and a member of the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis, the Association of Professional Behavior Analysts, and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences.

Lea McCray, MS, BCBA, is a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) with 5 years of experience working in both early intervention Autism services and alternative education settings. Currently serving as a Behavior Specialist for Sheppard Pratt Mann School - Residential Treatment Center and Parent Consultant for Continuum Behavioral Alliance. Specialties and interests in parent training, behavior reduction programming, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Autism awareness. Motivated to see simplicity and authenticity valued in the workplace.

Disclosure Statement

Sheppard Pratt holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest. In accord with Sheppard Pratt's Disclosure Policy, as well as standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Medical Association (AMA), all planners, reviewers, speakers and persons in control of content have been asked to disclose any relationship he /she has with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. All planners, reviewers and speakers have also been asked to disclose any payments accepted for this lecture from any entity besides Sheppard Pratt, and if there will be discussion of any products, services, or off-label uses of product(s) during this presentation.

Amanda Link, M.A., BCBA, LBA, LGPC & Lea McCray, MS, BCBA, report that they have no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients during the past 24 months. They will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation. All conflicts have been mitigated through review. 

Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months: Todd Peters, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, Louis J. Marino, Devi Bhuyan, PsyD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, April Sobiech, LCSW-C, Latia Suite, LCSW-C, Rachel Smolowitz, PhD, Tom Flis, LCPC, Megan B. Anders, PhD, BCBA-D, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene