Our Mission
The Behaviorist Diaries goal is to create a learning community dedicated to advancing behavior analysts. We believe that we must have more compassion in our profession for ourselves in order to better serve our clients and are dedicated to creating opportunities to learn from one another, provide resources, and create a community where we simply have fun discussing the science of behavior.
Our Values
The Behaviorist Diaries Founders
Meet Chrissy
Christina King, Ph.D., BCBA, LABA
Dr. Christina (Chrissy) King (she/her/hers) is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) with over 20 years of experience working with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders across a variety of settings including private special education schools, public schools, and home and community settings. Chrissy has served as a course designer, faculty, as a BACB Supervisor at Simmons University in the Behavior Analysis program for 12 years. Chrissy has presented research at over 25 conferences both locally and nationally and has been a guest on local news broadcasts as well as podcasts.
Chrissy holds a Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis and a Masters in Behavioral Education both from Simmons University. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Boston University in Communication Disorders. Chrissy’s areas of research expertise are stimulus equivalence, verbal behavior, and derived relational responding.
Chrissy is a mom to twin girls who were born in February 2020. When not working she enjoys playing with her children, reading, sleeping, drinking wine and attempting to relax.
Meet Colleen
Colleen Yorlets, M.S., M.A., BCBA, LABA
Colleen Yorlets (she/her/hers) is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) with over 15 years of experience working with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Colleen has also served as faculty at Simmons University and Assumption College.
Colleen is currently working towards earning her Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis from Simmons University and has previously earned a Masters degree in Behavior Analysis from Simmons University, a Masters degree in Psychology from Boston University, and her Bachelors degree in Psychology from Franklin and Marshall University.
Although Colleen has focused her work in Applied Behavior Analysis in working with children, she is especially interested in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and enjoys designing and conducting experimental studies which have implications for our applied work. Colleen’s areas of interest include stimulus equivalence, errorless learning, and differential outcomes.
Colleen is an incredibly focused and hard worker, but does take some time to go for walks in “nature”, seek out the the best coffee shops (which of course have strong coffee and wifi) and sometimes enjoy a glass of wine or margarita with friends.