Bio: Mary Jane Weiss, Ph.D., BCBA-D is a Professor at Endicott
College, where she directs the Master’s Program in ABA and Autism
and is a mentoring faculty member in the Doctoral program. She also
conducts research with the team at Melmark. Weiss has worked in the
field of ABA and Autism for over 30 years. She received her Ph.D. in
Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University in 1990 and she became a
Board Certified Behavior Analyst in 2000. She previously worked for 16
years at the Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center at Rutgers
University, where she served as Director of Research and Training and
as Clinical Director. Her clinical and research interests center on
defining best practice ABA techniques, exploring ways to enhance the
ethical conduct of practitioners, evaluating the impact of ABA in
learners with autism, teaching social skills to learners with autism,
training staff to be optimally effective at instruction, and
maximizing family members’ expertise and adaptation. She serves on
the Scientific Council of the Organization for Autism Research, is on
the Professional Advisory Board of Autism New Jersey, is a regular
reviewer for a variety of professional journals, and is a frequent
member of service committees for the Behavior Analyst Certification
Board. She is also a Past President of the Autism Special Interest
Group of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, a former
member of the Board of the Association for Professional Behavior
Analysts, and a former Vice President of the Board of Trustees for
Autism New Jersey.
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