Mary Barbera is the lead Behavior Analyst for the Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project that studied the effect of Verbal Behavior Techniques in 57 classrooms throughout the State of Pennsylvania. Barbera was the founding President of the Autism Society of America's Berks County Chapter and sits on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Action Coalition for Autism Services.
The Verbal Behavior (VB) approach is a form of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), that is based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and works particularly well with children with minimal or... (more)