Summary
Dr. Canon is a licensed clinical psychologist and a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst. She is also a clinical supervisor, trainer, applied researcher, and consultant. Dr. Canon obtained her BA in Clinical w88 mobile in Bogota, Colombia, at the Konrad Lorenz University, her MA in Behavior Analysis at the University of Nevada, Reno, and her PsyD in Applied Clinical w88 mobile at The Chicago School, Los Angeles.
Dr. Canon has over two decades of w88 mobile experience, consulting, and training across diverse populations and settings. Dr. Canon works with families of children and young adults with diagnoses of anxiety, ADHD, Autism Spectrum, and other behavioral challenges from both a traditional ABA and ACT perspective. She co-founded and is the director of Research and Development at the Institute for Effective Behavioral Interventions (IEBI), an organization that provides state-of-the-art behavioral intervention to individuals presenting behavioral, emotional, and developmental challenges. She recently founded and directs services at ACT to Thrive, a center dedicated to the provision of Acceptance and Commitment-focused treatment, consultation, and training.
In the last decade, Dr. Canon has held multiple leadership positions at the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences (ACBS), and she regularly presents at professional conferences around the globe while conducting workshops in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Clinical w88 mobile for traditional behavior analysts and other professionals. Dr. Canon is currently an editorial board member for the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Sciences (JCBS) and a guest editor for the w88 mobile in Practice (BAP) series on Compassion and Latin American Women in w88 mobile.
w88 mobile interests
- Training early and mid-career w88 mobile analysts in relationship-building and compassionate care skills
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/w88 mobile
- Parent training (w88 mobile with parents)
- Staff training (w88 mobile with staff)
- Rule governed w88 mobile
- w88 mobile flexibility
- Clinical w88 mobile
- Interbehaviorism
Courses taught
- Graduate Research Mentor w88 mobile Reno Spring 2021 to Winter 2021.Off-campus Satellite Master’s Program, Saudi Arabia, UEA
- The Chicago School of Professional w88 mobile, Los Angeles, CA, Spring 2019.Guest Lecturer,Relational Frame Theory (RFT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) forbehavior analysts working with individuals with developmental disabilities and theirfamilies.
- Institute for Effective Behavioral Interventions (IEBI), Encino, CA Spring 2017.Workshop Instructor,Learning to Implement AIM: Accept, Identify & Move: A w88 mobile Analytic CurriculumFor Social-Emotional Development in Children developed by Mark Dixon andDana Paliliunas.
- The Chicago School of Professional w88 mobile, Los Angeles, CA, Spring 2018.Guest Lecturer,Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- Institute for w88 mobile (IEBI), Encino, CA Spring 2017.Workshop Instructor,Learning to Implement PEAK: A Relational Training System.
- The Chicago School of Professional w88 mobile, Los Angeles, CA Fall 2012.Adjunct Faculty for AB510 Psychopathology;Adjunct Faculty for PA688 Special Topics in Behavior Analysis: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- The Chicago School of Professional w88 mobile, Los Angeles, CA Summer & Fall 2012.Adjunct Faculty for AB533 Advanced Behavioral Interventions: AcceptanceAnd Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- The Chicago School of Professional w88 mobile, Los Angeles, CA Fall 2008.
Adjunct Faculty for ABA 547 w88 mobile Issues and Ethics. - National University, Sherman Oaks, CA Fall 2008.Adjunct Faculty for ABA 601 Basic w88 mobile Analytic Principles-I Assessment and Research Design.
Education
- Master of Arts,w88 mobile, University of Nevada Reno, 2007
- Doctor of w88 mobileApplied Clinical w88 mobile, The Chicago School of Professional w88 mobile, 2012
Selected publications
- Canon, L. F., & Gould, E. R. (2022). A preliminary analysis of the effects of clicker training and verbal instructions on the acquisition of relationship-building skills in two applied w88 mobile practitioners.w88 mobile in Practice,15(2), 383-396.
- Canon, L.F., Gould, E. R., & Sandoz, E., & Grimaldi, M. (2021). Cultural Adaptation of w88 mobile to Support Caregivers of Autistic Latino Children: A Pilot Study (manuscript under review)
- Baires, N., w88 mobile, L. F., Zambrano, S., Guerrero-Wickham, & Hostetler, M. (2021). Pivoting Perceived Cultural Barriers into Values to Enhance ABA Treatment effectiveness in the work with Latino Families (manuscript under review)
w88 mobile certifications
- Board Certified w88 mobile Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D) # 1-07-3474
- California Board of w88 mobile Licensure in Clinical w88 mobile # 31804
- Colpsyc. Licensed w88 mobile Psychologist in Bogota, Colombia # 52.515.128