Core Members of CARE ABA Lab
Jennifer J McComas
She/they
Faculty lead
Research interests
– Functional behavior analysis
– Intervention and support for interfering behavior
– Response persistence
– Community informed interventions and support
Personal interests
– Hiking
– Reading
– Walking dogs
– Listening to music
Rebecca Kolb
She/her
Lecturer in Special Education
Research interests
– Assessment and treatment of severe interfering behaviour
– Culturally responsive service delivery
– Increasing self-determination and autonomy for individuals with disabilities
– Telehealth as a service delivery model
Personal interests
– Knitting
– Reading
– Gardening
– Paddle boarding
– Music
– Playing with puppies
Hannah S Beavis
She/her
PhD student Special Education, Lab Coordinator
Research interests
– Communication & language skills
– Group social skills interventions
– Telehealth as service delivery model
Personal interests
– Theatre & comedy
– Reading
– Travel
Ximena Becerra
She/her
BA Special Education student
Personal interests
– Crocheting
– Writing
– Walking
Chantel Browne
She/her
MA Special Education student
Research interests
– Staff training in early intervention
Personal interests
– Baking
– Walking
– Reality TV
Makaela Chavez
She/her
MA Special Education student
Research interests
– Parent training
– Early intervention
Personal interests
– Kayaking
– Rock climbing
– Photography
– Books
– Soccer
Majo Garcia
She/her
MA Special Education student
Research interests
– Neuroscience
– Naturalistic interventions
Personal interests
– Hockey
– Reading
– Journaling
Kaci Johnson
She/her
MA Special Education student
Research interests
– Sensory reeducation
– Integration of Special Ed and GenEd classrooms
Personal interests
– Baking
– Hockey
– Music
Dylan Kistler
He/Him
MA Special Education student
Research interests
– Games, theatre and play interventions
– Transition and vocational programmes
Personal interests
– Board games
– Politics and debate
– Fiction and poetry
– Snowboarding
Vanessa C Lara
MA Special Education student
Research interests
– Intervention and support for interfering behaviour
– Culturally responsive service delivery
Personal interests
– Dogs
– Whales
– Walking
– Fishing
Elsie Liu
They/she
Bradley McMahon
He/Him
BS Special Education student
Research interests
– Early intervention
Personal interests
– Digging for records
– Disco music
– Comedy
Rose Marie Jane Rementina
She/her
MA Special Education student
Research interests
– Transition from school to work
Personal interests
– Journaling
– Reading
– Listening to music
– Watching sunsets
Jamil Salaam
He/Him
PhD Special Education student
Research interests
– Outcomes for transition students
Personal interests
– Exercise
– Reading
– Music
Morgan Smith
She/her
Taylor Troup
She/her
MA Special Education student
Research interests
– Early intervention
– Severe interfering behaviour
Personal interests
– Being outside
– Working out
– Spending time with friends/family
MA Special Education student
Research interests
– Self injurious behaviours
Personal interests
– Cooking
– Baking
– Reading
– Dancing
– Music
Yuanzhen “Judy” Wu
She/her
MA Special Education student
Research interests
– Adherence to treatment
– Parent training
– Culturally responsive early intervention
Personal interests
– Reading
– Video games
– Music
Kaiyuan Zhu
She/her
Graduate student in Special Education
Research interests
– Neurodivergent advocacy
– Relational frame theory
– Acceptance and commitment theory
– Self injurious behaviours
– Family ecology
Personal interests
– Jogging
– Reading
– Music
– Rock climbing
Friends of CARE ABA Lab
Abby Erwin
Amanda Chavis
Affiliate Members of CARE ABA Lab
Alumni Members of CARE ABA Lab