
Advocating For Indigenous People with Developmental Disabilities
About this episode
In Episode 164, Ben chats with Gitxsan-born Indigenous developmental disabilities advocate Frankie (Sii Lu Yee) Abel. Frankie works as an Indigenous Practice Advisor for Community Living BC in rural remote British Columbia while attending Simon Fraser’s Beedie School of Business in the Indigenous Executive MBA program. She is passionate about advocating for Indigenous people and vulnerable adults and children who don't have their voices yet. Frankie hopes to focus her career on bridging the gap between Indigenous people and the rest of the world.
Continuing Education Credits (https://www.cbiconsultants.com/shop)
BACB: 1.5 Ethics IBAO: 1.5 Cultural/Ethics QABA: 1.5 Ethics
Contact:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankie-abel-8bab06234/
https://www.communitylivingbc.ca/about-us/indigenous-relations/
Links:
Residential schools
The Indian Residential Schools Surivivors Society
The 60s scoop
https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/sixties_scoop/
Indigenous Day school
https://irshdc.ubc.ca/learn/indian-day-schools/
Indigenous Foster Care
https://themedium.ca/disproportionate-suffering-indigenous-children-and-ongoing-discrimination/
The Gift Of Being Different
https://aidecanada.ca/resources/learn/asd-id-core-knowledge/the-gift-of-being-different
Shikabe Makwa
https://www.camh.ca/en/driving-change/shkaabe-makwa
Behaviour Speak Podcast Episodes Referenced
Rachelle Gladue
Grant Bruno
Louis Busch Episode
Links:
DMV Association of Black Behavior Analysts (DMV ABBA)
Black Men in Behavior Analysis
Black Applied Behavior Analysts
Missouri Black Behavior Analysis Community (MOBBAC)
TAP: The ABA Pathfinders
https://www.mobbac.org/tap-the-aba-pathfinders
Black Women in Behavior Analysis (BWIBAAD)
ABA Verzus Block Party
https://www.linkedin.com/company/abaverzus-block-party/
Behaviour Speak Podcast Episodes Referenced:
Black Men in Behavior Analysis with Jeron Trotman
https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode79-black-men-in-behavior-analysis-with-jeron-trotman/
The Missouri Black Behavior Analysis Community with Kelly Baird
Behaviour Analysis in Ghana and Nigeria with Josephine Akure and Joy Oviojie
Culturally Responsive Screening Tools for Autism and/or Intellectual Disabilities in Nigeria with Dr. Eziafakaku Nwokolo
Artificial Intelligence and Behaviour Analysis with Dr. Marc Lanovaz
Black Liberation Psychology with Dr. Evan Auguste
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