Jennifer Beers

Jennifer Beers is a faculty member at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in the College of Graduate and Professional Studies, affiliated with the Applied Behavior Analysis department. She has over 20 years of experience in autism intervention programs across clinical, educational, and community settings, with a focus on verbal behavior, stimulus equivalence, and relational frame theory (RFT).

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Los Angeles)
  • M.S. in Behavior Analysis, St. Cloud State University
  • B.A. in Psychology, Millersville University

Her research emphasizes skill acquisition programming and training behavior analysts. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D) and a full member of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and member of the California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA). Recent publications include interventions for letter identification accuracy in behavioral education contexts.

• Key Expertise:
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Autism Spectrum/Developmental Disorders
  • Functional Behavior Assessment
  • Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention
  • Verbal Behavior/Language Acquisition