Spencer, T. D. (2022, June 24). Story Champs. ABA Speech with Rose Griffin.

—How Dr. Trina Spencer is bringing interprofessional collaboration and anti-ableist practices to South Africa.
—What is ECHO Autism?
—What is Story Champs?



Spencer, T. D. (2022, June 3). Becoming a humble behaviorist: Impact of collaboration

Learn as Dr. Trina and Team Autism Weekly converse about the path to becoming a humble behaviorist.


Spencer, T. D. (2022, May 19). ABA: Controversies in autism therapy. AimsGlobal.

Topics include: 1. ABA - the current controversy
2. The use of contrived reinforcers
3. The problem with the name “ABA Therapy.


Spencer, T. D. (2022, April 18). Ten instructional design efforts to help behavior analysts take up the torch of Direct Instruction. Behavior Analysis in Practice, BAPcast.

Learn as Dr. Trina Spencer joins BAPCast to discuss her paper, "Ten Instructional Design Efforts to Help Behavior Analysts Take Up the Torch of Direct Instruction."


Spencer, T. D.(2021, May 6). Principles of language instruction and intervention. SLP Nerdcast.

Learn as Dr. Trina Spencer and Dr. Doug Petersen share some "freaking awesome" intervention-focused follow-up to their previous talks on Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and Dynamic Assessment (DA).

Spencer, T. D.(2021, April 8). Screening and progress monitoring. SLP Nerdcast.

Dr. Trina Spencer and Dr. Doug Petersen step up once again with an eye-opening follow-up to their previous episodes on Dynamic Assessment (DA) and Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS) for language assessment and intervention in schools. Tune in to go the extra MTSS and DA mile and learn about your essential role in the screening and prevention domain, an area of SLP not often explored but so essential to a student's academic success.

Spencer, T. D. (2021, March 11). Essential elements of multi-tiered systems of supports for language.

Dr. Trina Spencer and Dr. Doug Petersen lay out the relationship between an SLP's expertise and the MTSS mission of preventing "dysteachia." They do this by highlighting the truth that listening and speaking are the foundation for reading and writing.


Spencer, T. D. (2021, February 18). Applications of dynamic assessment to culturally and linguistically diverse children. SLP Nerdcast.

Dr. Trina Spencer and Dr. Doug Petersen return to the Nerdcast to continue the discussion on Dynamic Assessment (DA). In this follow-up, Trina and Doug weave just the right amount of side-tracked laughter, nerdy sci-fi narrative, and evidence-based discussion to rev up your DA engines and have you racing to the literature to explore a different assessment frontier that is more ethical, less biased, and much more versatile than norm-referenced assessment alone.

Spencer, T. D.(2021, March 7). Introduction to dynamic assessment and why it is an essential SLP tool. SLP Nerdcast.

Joining Kate and Amy in welcoming the dynamic duo, Dr. Trina Spencer and Dr. Doug Petersen, who share their knowledge and passion about all that Dynamic Assessment (DA) has to offer clinical practice. This episode has a little something for everyone, including some revolutionary ideas on the validity of DA to answer many clinical questions, perhaps even better than a static measure.

Spencer, T. D., & Bozenski, E. (2019, November 16). [Storytelling for Children with Autism: Interview with Trina D. Spencer.] Anderson Center for Autism: 1 in 59 Podcast Radio Show.

Dr. Spencer is an associate professor at the University of South Florida in the Department of Child and Family Studies. She has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) for nearly 20 years. Tune in to learn more about her current research and other recent works!


Spencer, T. D. (2018, September 7). [5 Questions in 10 Minutes with Trina Spencer, PhD - Multi-Tiered Language Support Systems.] LADSE 5 'n 10 Podcast Show.

Five questions in ten minutes with Trina Spencer by the LADSE team.


Spencer, T. D. Instagram (2021, March 9). Evidence-Based Practice and ASHA's Resources.

This conversation will cover the following topics:
1. What is Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)?
2. How to become an evidence-based practitioner.


Spencer, T. D. Instagram. (2020, October 27). Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis for SLPs.

Have you ever wondered what Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is or how we, as Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), can work better with Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs)? Check out this live session with Trina Spencer to learn more about the ABA field, BCBAs, Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs), and how we can improve understanding and collaboration in each other's fields.


Spencer, T. D. Instagram. (2020, October 13). Narrative language Q& A with Trina Spencer and Doug Petersen. [Video]. Instagram.

Meet Trina and Doug! This BCBA-SLP power duo co-authored the recent publication titled "Narrative Language: Principles to Intervention", among other narrative-based research publications!