Using the VB Mapp App to Assess and Teach Language with Liz Maher

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Following up on the last two episodes on the VB Mapp from Dr. Mark Sundberg and Dr. Barbara Esch, Liz Maher BCBA and co-owner of DataMTD joins me to discuss the VB Mapp App.

Data Makes The Difference (DataMTD)

Liz’s ABA expertise and her husband Steve’s software and technology experience come together in the best way in the creation of their apps. Liz and I go way back, to my early career in the Verbal Behavior Project. She shares how her first app was created to track data, and while it’s not obsolete it has laid the foundation for many other companies to create similar and more improved versions. Liz and her husband created the VB Mapp App and the Essential For Living App.

The VB Mapp App

The VB Mapp app is an efficient and organized way to help parents, caregivers, and providers administer the VB Mapp even if they have little to no understanding of the operants. This is not a quick assessment and can take several hours, but the tools provided can make the process smoother. You can get a free version or buy it if that’s right for your needs. Listen back to the last two episodes (219 and 220) to get more information on the VB Mapp.

Top Assessing Mistakes

Whether you’re a parent or a provider, there are so many simple mistakes that can be made when administering any assessment. Liz and I discuss mistakes we’ve seen and even some we’ve made. We discuss things like how to avoid mixing operants and over-accounting for skills.

You have to check out the VB Mapp app because this tool can be really valuable for not only assessing but teaching and programming as well.

Using the VB Mapp App to Assess and Teach Language with Liz Maher

Liz Maher on the Turn Autism Around Podcast

Liz has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst since 2008. She is also a mother of two young adults. Her oldest child, Sarah, is now 26 years old and was diagnosed with autism in 1998.

Liz has not only had experience being a mother to a child with autism, but has spent close to 15 years providing consultation to teachers in Pennsylvania on Applied Behavior Analysis and Skinner’s Analysis of Verbal Behavior.

Liz, along with her husband Steve, created the company DataMTD which produces the VB Mapp app for Dr. Mark Sundberg, as well as the EFLapp for Dr. Patrick McGreevy. Together, Steve and Liz, have created a company that not only provides electronic apps but also provides online and onsite training on these amazing assessments as well as training on basic Applied Behavior Analysis principles and procedures.

Liz is passionate about training people on the science of Applied Behavior Analysis in a non-intimidating way, and helping people who work and live with children and adults with autism understand how the science can not only make their children’s lives better but also their own.

You’ll Learn

  • What is the VB Mapp app?
  • How can the VB Mapp app help parents and caregivers with no assessment experience?
  • How to know when you should move forward from the VB Mapp.
  • The Data Makes The Difference, company, and applications.
  • The top assessing mistakes by parents, caregivers, and providers.
  • How long should a typical assessment take?

Resources

Free Workshop

Increase Talking &
Decrease Tantrums

in Young Children with

Autism &/or Speech Delays