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 Psychology 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 Psychology at The Chicago School, Los Angeles.
Dr. Canon has over two decades of clinical 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 Behavior Analysis 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 Behavior Analysis in Practice (BAP) series on Compassion and Latin American Women in Behavior Analysis.
Research interests
- Training early and mid-career behavior analysts in relationship-building and compassionate care skills
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/Training
- Parent training (ACT with parents)
- Staff training (ACT with staff)
- Rule governed behavior
- Behavioral flexibility
- Clinical Behavior Analysis
- Interbehaviorism
Courses taught
- Graduate Research Mentor University of Nevada Reno Spring 2021 to Winter 2021. Off-campus Satellite Master’s Program, Saudi Arabia, UEA
- The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, Spring 2019. Guest Lecturer, Relational Frame Theory (RFT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for behavior analysts working with individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
- Institute for Effective Behavioral Interventions (IEBI), Encino, CA Spring 2017. Workshop Instructor, Learning to Implement AIM: Accept, Identify & Move: A Behavior Analytic Curriculum For Social-Emotional Development in Children developed by Mark Dixon and Dana Paliliunas.
- The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, Spring 2018. Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- Institute for Effective Behavioral Interventions (IEBI), Encino, CA Spring 2017. Workshop Instructor, Learning to Implement PEAK: A Relational Training System.
- The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 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 Psychology, Los Angeles, CA Summer & Fall 2012. Adjunct Faculty for AB533 Advanced Behavioral Interventions: Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (ACT).
- The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, CA Fall 2008.
Adjunct Faculty for ABA 547 Professional Issues and Ethics. - National University, Sherman Oaks, CA Fall 2008. Adjunct Faculty for ABA 601 Basic Behavioral Analytic Principles-I Assessment and Research Design.
Education
- Master of Arts, Behavior Analysis, University of Nevada Reno, 2007
- Doctor of Psychology, Applied Clinical Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 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 behavior analysis practitioners. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15(2), 383-396.
- Canon, L.F., Gould, E. R., & Sandoz, E., & Grimaldi, M. (2021). Cultural Adaptation of ACT to Support Caregivers of Autistic Latino Children: A Pilot Study (manuscript under review)
- Baires, N., Canon, 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)
Professional certifications
- Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D) # 1-07-3474
- California Board of Psychology Licensure in Clinical Psychology # 31804
- Colpsyc. Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Bogota, Colombia # 52.515.128