Teaching Graduate Students to Translate Non-Behavioral Treatments Into Behavioral Principles

Dr. Kristin Bowman is a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist and Board-Certified Behavior Analyst. She received her master’s degree in communication sciences and disorders from the University of Florida and, after being introduced to B.F. Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior, she continued her postgraduate education and received her doctoral degree in applied behavior analysis from Endicott College. Dr. Bowman’s research interests primarily include cross-disciplinary collaboration and areas where the fields of speech-language pathology and behavior analysis may work conjointly such as improving verbal behavior and remediating feeding challenges. She has presented at national and state conferences and her work has been published in Behavior Analysis in Practice, Journal of Behavioral Education, and Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autism. Dr. Bowman has served as a member of interprofessional autism diagnostic teams and values a collaborative approach to treating children with developmental disabilities.