Michelle Turan is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst, and holds a PhD in Education. Michelle has been working in the field of behaviour analysis for over 20 years, and has been teaching graduate coursework (in ABA) for 12 years. Michelle is a published researcher in the field of autism and ABA; however, she spends most of her professional time training others on the value of applied behaviour analysis, to increase learning and decrease problem behaviour in typical children, as well as children with special needs. More recently, Michelle has been travelling with students to India, to work in a school for children with autism, as part of the Mohawk College ABS field placement course.