How often do you get silly with your clients?

How often do you request help from your team?

During today’s meal - I speak with a behavior analyst about her experiences in ABA, getting “weird” and playful with clients, her big move to Mexico, integrating into the community, and navigating chronic illness and pain.

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Shelby Hancock, MA, BCBA, LBA

Shelby is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with over a decade of experience working in the field of ABA across multiple roles.

She earned her Bachelor's degree in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism with a concentration in Recreation Therapy from Radford University in Radford, VA in 2016 and her Master's Degree in Special Education with emphasis in ABA curriculum from Arizona State University in 2020. She earned her BCBA and LBA credentials in 2021, and has spent her career since then specializing in early intervention.

Shelby has a passion for play-based interventions, and credits her unconventional background in rec therapy along with her many years riding horses and working as a camp counselor for her ability to "get weird" with kids in ways that allows them to be their most authentic selves.

She began her career in ABA as a teacher's assistant at a well known CABAS (Certified Applied Behavior Analysis School) program in Richmond, VA, where she called home for many years.

Her professional interests include early intervention, building functional communication with her young clients, and sharing the magic that comes along with getting into a child's world with their grown-ups as they navigate the trenches of early parenthood through parent training.

Shelby currently resides in Merida, México with her husband and their three pets, where she is currently focusing on perfecting her Spanish and making a new city feel like home.

In the future, she hopes to build a network in her area to find avenues to support families and help the community better understand autism and the needs of autistic people. In her free time, she enjoys making art, gardening, yoga, reading, and exploring local cuisine.

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Follow Shelby!

Instagram: ⁠@shelby_like_the_mustang

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