SLP + BCBA · English · 廣東話 · 國語
Bridge our expertise. Amplify your impact.
Speech and behavior are not competing frameworks. They are complementary sciences — and neurodivergent children get better outcomes when the two teams stop working in parallel and start writing one plan.
- 20+
- Years of clinical experience
- 1,000+
- Children served
- 25+
- Schools & clinics partnered
- 500+
- Educators & clinicians coached
The daily standoff
You have almost certainly had one of these arguments
Every one of these tensions is real, and every one of them dissolves once both disciplines are looking at the same data. This is the work.
AAC autonomySystematic prompt fading
The SLP wants the child to have unrestricted access to their voice. The BCBA wants a fading schedule that produces independence. Both are right.
Instructional complianceSelf-regulation
A child who cannot follow a direction may be dysregulated rather than non-compliant. The distinction changes the entire intervention.
StructureSelf-advocacy
Predictability supports learning. It can also teach a child that their objection carries no weight. The plan has to hold both.
FormFunction
Motivation to communicate comes before the complexity of what is communicated. Getting the sequence right changes everything. Build the want, then the how.
How the work runs
You do not have to choose between Speech or ABA
You do not have to stay stuck in professional silos. And you do not have to navigate complex cases alone.
Assess with a dual lens
I evaluate communication and behavior together because they go hand-in-hand, so nothing is missed.
Build an integrated plan
Goals and strategies are designed using both speech-language and behavioral frameworks.
Implement, coach and refine
Through coaching support, I ensure strategies are applied confidently for lasting impact.
Who I work with
Four people at the same table
Parents & families
You are being handed two sets of advice that do not agree, and you are the one who has to reconcile them at bedtime. I translate between the disciplines so you can advocate with confidence.
Speech-language pathologists
Behavior is not an obstacle to your session — it is data about your session. Bring the caseload you find hardest: limited vocal learners, AAC abandonment, motor speech that will not generalize.
BCBAs & behavior analysts
Verbal behavior is a starting point, not the whole of language. Advanced language programming, AAC selection, and knowing when a speech-sound problem is not a compliance problem.
Educators & administrators
Professional development and classroom models that actually get used, drawn from seven years coaching in the largest public school district in the country.
Services
Ways to work together
1:1 consultation
$150 USD / hour
Ongoing case consultation for a clinician, educator or parent working through complex communication and behavior questions. You bring the real caseload; I work through it with you.
SLPs, BCBAs, educators, and parents
Group & team consultation
Custom — inquire for details
One session, one team — the speech-language pathologist, the behavior analyst and the classroom staff in the same room, working on the same child, reaching the same plan.
Clinics, school teams, and early intervention agencies
Professional development & training
Custom — inquire for details
Workshops and staff training on SLP–ABA collaboration, positive behavior support, AAC implementation, and inclusive classroom practice — built from seven years of coaching inside a public school system.
Schools, clinics, agencies and conferences
Recognized work
Recipient of the 2025 Dissemination Award from ABAI's Speech Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group, for a collaborative classroom model integrating ABA and SLP in an early childhood program for students with autism.
In their words
What colleagues and families say
Years of a true multidisciplinary approach
“Our center has constantly worked with Linda over the last few years. She has provided professional consultation to our clients with language deficits. As a dual-licensed practitioner, Linda has demonstrated a strong understanding of both ABA and ST and has provided multidisciplinary therapeutic opinions. Her opinions are very insightful for making intervention decisions. We appreciate all her support.”
Haidy LiBCBA, Clinical SupervisorMuhe Education, Beijing A transformation in my son's communication
“The augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system Ms Linda recommended brought a transformative change for my child, JinBao.”
Hui-Min XieBCaBA, Supervisor & parent of an autistic childMengxiang Special Education, JinanTranslated from Chinese An amazing day of learning in bridging ABA and speech intervention
“The strategies and resources she shared have proved invaluable.”
Mark C.School District Administrator & SLP, New York City
Free resources
Start with something you can use this week
Interprofessional Collaboration Checklist
A team-meeting checklist that turns "we should collaborate more" into specific questions people can actually answer — on values, roles, jargon, and whether you are genuinely coordinating or just running parallel sessions.
From Play to Purpose
The six-phase rapport-building guide. How to move an autistic learner from free play to structured instruction by building trust first and fading in demands second — with the criteria for when you are allowed to advance.
Next step
Start with a free 20-minute call
Bring one case, one sticking point, or one question you have been carrying for months. No charge and no obligation — we work out together whether I am the right person to help.