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Applied Behavior Analysis Department

Department: Applied Behavior Analysis
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Email: jbeers@thechicagoschool.edu
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Biography

Jennifer Beers received her MS in Applied Behavior Analysis from St. Cloud State University. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analysis (BCBA). Her interests are in the areas of verbal behavior, stimulus equivalence and relational frame theory (RFT), skill acquisition programming, and teaching behavior analysis.

Education

B.A., Psychology, Millersville University
M.S., Behavior Analysis, St. Cloud State University

Licensure(s)

Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

Areas Of Expertise

Professional Memberships

Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)
California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA)

Q&A

Q. Please describe your teaching philosophy.

A. I aim to maximize learning in the classroom through interactive lessons and frequent feedback. My goal is not only for students to succeed in the classroom but to be able to use the skills learned in their daily life.

Q. Please describe your philosophy regarding the practice of psychology.

A. I approach psychology from a behavior analytic framework and evaluate functional relations between the environment and behavior in all areas of life.

Q. Why did you choose to enter the field of psychology?

A. I choose to enter the field of psychology after seeing the effects behavior analysis can have in approving the lives of a wide variety of people.

Q. What advice would you give a student entering The Chicago School of Professional Psychology?

A. Give it everything you can. You will got out of it only what you put into it.

Campus Affiliation

The Chicago School Los Angeles

Bringing out "True Colors" in CPS Students

Chicago Public School students are literally reaping the rewards of applied behavior analysis. Prizes, privileges, pop songs, and bright colors are just some of the components of a behavioral intervention program implemented by Chicago School alumna Lorena Arevalo in low-performing schools to encourage academic achievement and good behavior.
CPS Students Show Their True Colors

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For the thousands of U.S. children who have a military parent stationed overseas, homecomings can be hard. In a new program developed by The Chicago School and staffed by Chicago School students, children express themselves and their fears through music, drama, and art.
More about the Home Again project.

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